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by matwood 7mo ago
> I didn't have to wait long for an MRI (two weeks) versus months in the US. Where in the US did you have to wait months? There seems to be an MRI/imaging location in every other shopping center in the US right now. I've n
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by matwood 7mo ago
Gambling can be entertainment, and as long as it's viewed as consumption it's fine IMO. I enjoy playing craps whenever I'm in a casino, and have great memories with friends playing the ups and downs of the table.
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by matwood 7mo ago
> It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Welcome to the Fox News propaganda bubble. There’s also talk radio and podcasts that will continue to ignore the issues. You also have to remember that most
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by matwood 7mo ago
Products where the only value was the code are definitely under pressure. But, how many products are really like that? I suggest everyone look up HALO that’s so popular in investing right now, and start looking at companies with the assumpt
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by matwood 8mo ago
Adventure can take many forms, you just have to look outside yourself to see. For example, I’ve flown to Paris many times, that’s no longer an adventure for me (though I do love visiting the Louvre any time I’m in Paris). Finding adventure
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by matwood 8mo ago
Some empathy for other people would go a long way.
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by matwood 8mo ago
There's definitely a procrastination trap that someone has to be aware of, but I wouldn't say all the self-help/management is a sham. Much like people who get stuck researching, there comes a point where you simply have to ac
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by matwood 8mo ago
The VP by most accounts is best in class. It’s just too damn expensive. There’s also still an open question if people really want to strap goggles to their face.
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by matwood 8mo ago
Which makes for a great internet complaint, but I’ve owned that mouse for years and it’s never once been a thing I thought about in practice.
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by matwood 8mo ago
Back in the day it was also our (kids/parents) responsibility to provide book covers. We always used paper grocery bags, but you could buy some that were purpose built.
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by matwood 8mo ago
I’m old, so all our computers were in the library or lab. But, kids will be kids. We would stick paper clips into the sockets to see if we could trigger the breaker, among other idiotic things.
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by matwood 8mo ago
Yeah, I have a 64GB M1 Max and can run local models pretty well. I bought it on release and even now it never feels slow. I may upgrade just because I want to move to the 14” since I travel more now.
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by matwood 8mo ago
Why would you stop talking right as the conversation was getting really interesting???
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by matwood 8mo ago
Where do you think deep social interaction starts?
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by matwood 8mo ago
> The reality is that most people are too busy thinking about themselves to spend any time thinking about you I was fortunate to come to this realization in my 20s and wish I had realized it so much sooner. The vast majority of people ar
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by matwood 8mo ago
You can never go wrong with genuinely asking someone how their day is going. If someone doesn't want to talk it's very easy for them to shutdown the conversation and move on. But, I find most of the time people are dying to talk a
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by matwood 8mo ago
Yeah, some of the responses in this thread I hope are just jokes. Asking someone how their day is going is bare minimum social behavior that should carry zero risk of anything.
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by matwood 8mo ago
I'm trying to figure out in what situation asking someone a general question like 'how is your day going?' going to have lasting negative consequences.
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by matwood 8mo ago
You seem to imply the US reaps no benefit from providing security?
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by matwood 8mo ago
> You should be asking why 70 million people voted the way they did in spite of the events you describe. In part the propaganda machine that started in the 80s with AM talk radio, culminating to algorithmic feeds today.
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by matwood 8mo ago
> The value in SaaS was never the code I feel like a lot of people are about to learn this lesson for the first time. Except in some very niche areas the majority of the value was never the code. The SaaSs that everyone thinks will be re
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by matwood 8mo ago
Yes, there have been translation apps for along time, but the LLMs are much better. If the phrases can have dual meanings the LLMs will often explain so you end up with a better understanding of what was said/needs to be said. The LLMs
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by matwood 8mo ago
I see people who have conversations spanning months. They don't start new threads and instead go back to existing threads to continue the topic. They also reference the prior threads discussion many times. This would feel like a switch
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by matwood 8mo ago
> But if these are all bots, who cares... I agree, but I’ll add if it’s people you’re never going to meet, also who cares…
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by matwood 8mo ago
I was wondering about this. Maybe we were not really meant to spend so much time communicating through screens. And if all we do is communicate through screens, does it even matter if it’s AI, a dog, or a person? I know people will jump in
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by matwood 8mo ago
The way I’ve watched Alzheimer’s work in a family member is that it’s a step down function rather than gradual. And once something is lost, it doesn’t come back. So anything that can delay the next step even just for months is a win right n
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by matwood 8mo ago
Exactly. There should be much greater incentives to (in)validate prior publications. That is what science is about.
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by matwood 8mo ago
> I also find that I can speak far better than I can listen. Interesting. I'm learning Italian while living in Italy at the moment. I'm much better at listening than speaking. I can eavesdrop quite easily. I am still relatively
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by matwood 8mo ago
> few years to really internalize. Given that many engineers have never internalized this, you’re more confident than I am.
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by matwood 8mo ago
Same. Everyone wants to feel smart by trying to point out that every piece of writing is AI generated now, but most of us (myself included) are just average writers. All of the LLMs generate phrasing I often use.

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