kurttheviking

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by kurttheviking 19d ago
I don't think the parent comment disagrees with it being a problem. I read it as more: the use of an agent doesn't resolve the ambiguity in the underlying problem but instead injects another variable that could further misrepresen
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by kurttheviking 2mo ago
More so than now, but one could still find work elsewhere. At least in the US, you would visit a local library and read newspapers to see job listings in other cities. Or, you could rely on "headhunters" who would work to collect
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by kurttheviking 4mo ago
I do but mostly for coordination and comms sharing with my spouse by using group aliases. Summer camp registration, school nurse contact info, car insurance, library holds...all super convenient to get joint notifications for things. And ye
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by kurttheviking 5mo ago
I own a reasonably well performing indie bookstore. I've noticed for the model to work you need a critical mass of other local shops clustered to make the trip an experience for families and diverse tastes. My working theory is that th
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by kurttheviking 7mo ago
I started coaching my son's little league baseball team a few years ago, mostly because that was the only way I could keep him interested it and I just wanted him to keep playing a team sport. But, that first season showed me how incre
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by kurttheviking 8mo ago
Most Substacks have an RSS feed (I'm not sure if one can disable it or not); in this case: https://samkriss.substack.com/feed
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by kurttheviking 9mo ago
agree, was similarly hoping for something akin to a total factor productivity argument
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by kurttheviking 11mo ago
This is the way. I've been dual booting with Ubuntu for almost 20 years now and my main finding these days is just how easy it has become and how rarely I need to switch to Windows. Sure, it happens and the option is always there, but
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by kurttheviking 11mo ago
My issue is the pods fail to dissolve ~5% of the time and leave a gunk that clogs the dispenser which again requires time and effort to clean. I'm convinced by the video to try powder again but I've had the filming issue with almo
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by kurttheviking 11mo ago
I am unable to load this article...presumably for related reasons
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by kurttheviking 1y ago
Out of curiosity, what embedding model did you use for this?
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by kurttheviking 1y ago
I thought the Rav4 had been outpacing it for awhile now. (Plus, that's also artificially limiting total vehicle sales which are, unsurprisingly, still trucks.)
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
This was exactly my reason when I lived in a tiny apartment in Boston having no exhaust or fan in the kitchen itself. Put the Foreman Grill by a window with some burgers cooking, job done.
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
Cerebras Systems | Product | Sunnyvale, Toronto, Chicago | Full-Time We specialize in building high-performance AI hardware, including the world's largest chip, the Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE). We are making significant software and hardw
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
im in the market for a printer, mind recommending one?
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
yeah it wasn't an option for a variety of reasons. for instance, landlord of the prior location will subdividing and reletting the space and that work will take time to complete. another consideration is remaining inventory tends to be
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
yup...it's razor thin. the ones that we found doing well are very, very good at community engagement in events and partnerships with local schools, community colleges, etc.
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
yeah, it was the same for us. really one day we woke up, talked about it, and agreed, why not. worst case, i'll work a few more years than i had originally planned or whatever. best cast, we have delivered a valuable service to the com
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
yes exactly, my wife and i are the same way. some of the other shops we talked to were surprised at the amount of foot traffic from people who for one reason or another just happened to be in the area. anyway, we will have a full 8x13'
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
we have a really great local library system where i live so what we're working on is definitely more a local store. we'll have a mix of titles based on our knowledge of community preferences (my wife is also a writer and knows muc
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
thanks! my wife and i both really like local bookstores and often stop into them when we travel. and you know, you only live once...so why not.
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
at full retail price, you're often looking at 40-50% for books...but then everything goes on sale at some point. sideline merch (think the stuffed animals in the kids section) can get 60%+. but after rent, expenses, etc. we're jus
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by kurttheviking 2y ago
my wife and I have a new side project: we're opening a bookshop! the last local store is closing due to retirement and we figure the community demand is still there. we're negotiating the lease, sorting out how to order a lot of b
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by kurttheviking 3y ago
This was a fun one to lookup. eBay 2001, Amazon 1999 (first order was a book I needed for high school as well as VHS tape for the movie Heat), but my winner is Yahoo Mail 1997. I'm sure my AIM account would be older but is long since d
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by kurttheviking 4y ago
I'm seeing weird effects from the "Try it out" text that chases the cursor. Sometimes it jumbles and freezes, etc.
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by kurttheviking 5y ago
> But there's no way I'd ever want the ownership of my house or cars or other property controlled by an NFT. +1. My dad died in 2015 and the lawyer who held his Will had apparently gone out of business in the early 00s. I spent
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by kurttheviking 5y ago
I need to read the article but your comment speaks to exactly the analysis I'd like to see: what was the productivity change among those with a stable WFH situation prior to COVID vs. during COVID, and how does that correlate with fami
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by kurttheviking 6y ago
For me, I highly value switching to an asynchronous order system and the apps give me that. In the pre-app days, I'd sit on hold for significant amounts of time trying to get an order in on a Friday or Saturday night. (For one of my fa
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by kurttheviking 6y ago
Terrariums (e.g. https://www.etsy.com/listing/880201016 ) We all received a kit in the mail and on a Friday afternoon, everyone was guided by an indoor gardening expert. It was a calm, pleasant, ~2 hour exercise and I g
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by kurttheviking 6y ago
I see it a lot when integrating legacy healthcare systems that effectively operate on state-transition queues with an assumption of in-order processing.

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