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by timbaboon 5d ago
In South Africa Toyotas (Hilux in particular) get stolen all the time because they are so reliable (and you get parts throughout Africa). So then you end up making new sales when people replace their stolen cars. One way to get around t
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by timbaboon 9d ago
There is a lot more to tech than gen AI…
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by timbaboon 14d ago
Yep. I'm feeling the same way... even though I'm hardly able to use AI at work, the push is still there for us to use it, making it even more frustrating. Anyway, I hate it, and I'm just sorta phoning it in now and trying to
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by timbaboon 15d ago
Velocity to solution is default for senior management, that's for sure ;)
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by timbaboon 16d ago
But does it use AI?
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by timbaboon 17d ago
Having a weird experience with this at work. We are being told to use it, but the amount of flip flopping on whether or not we can use ChatGPT or Codex or anything else has left a lot of us without any clear direction. One day it’s allowed,
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by timbaboon 18d ago
Haha yes, I immediately saw the fingers and was surprised 'cos I thought that was something they had "solved" by now
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by timbaboon 2mo ago
Yeah but in South Africa medical aid rates are regulated by the government and all companies have to stick with that rate. The idea is that if you keep your customers healthy then there are fewer claims.
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by timbaboon 2mo ago
Oh for sure. It's a carrot-type program though. So you don't get any penalties for not doing something, but you get rewards for doing things.
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by timbaboon 2mo ago
Largest medical insurance company (Discovery Health) in South Africa has just launched a sleep rewards program as part of their wellness program (Vitality). The idea is that you get rewarded for getting good sleeping scores... which is not
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by timbaboon 3mo ago
GOTO3 and loop? Don't you mean GOTO2 and loop ;)
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by timbaboon 4mo ago
Yep, same in South Africa. I still haven't accepted those T's & C's from a few years ago so can't chat with most businesses. In some cases there is no other option, so I just... don't use that company. On the
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by timbaboon 4mo ago
My take from going through comments on HN is that many people are being mandated to use them, not that they are just giving in. Maybe I'm misreading, but that was my impression.
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by timbaboon 4mo ago
I’m now paying for Kagi :/
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by timbaboon 4mo ago
Let’s do both?
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by timbaboon 4mo ago
I was discussing a change we wanted to make to some tables in one of the DBs, but it would require a lot of effort because of the sheer size. Anyway, after saying how much effort would be required the response I got was to “please ask ChatG
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by timbaboon 5mo ago
I gave exactly the same comment to a colleague at work today :D
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by timbaboon 5mo ago
Seen it used in some of the fraud models (I work in insurance). So that's both from the perspective of people trying to claim fraudulently and from suppliers over charging. I can't say how much of a lift we actually get vs exis
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by timbaboon 5mo ago
How often does it correctly identify that the blog post was actually written by Claude or ChatGPT etc? :)
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by timbaboon 5mo ago
I see, yes, you need to have two, otherwise science cannot happen
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by timbaboon 5mo ago
How many countries should be included before it should be published?
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by timbaboon 6mo ago
Sunshine in the UK?? :P
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by timbaboon 7mo ago
I read the title and felt personally attacked :(
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by timbaboon 8mo ago
Yep. We work with CMT and we’ve both done extensive testing on this. I think that often people don’t necessarily know what a hard braking event actually means, or how it’s quantified. Giving that realtime feedback helps close that gap in un
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by timbaboon 9mo ago
I’ve played guitar for 20 years, but I’ve decided to do something different and just got some drums. I need to spend some time away from work lest I suffer from burnout again…
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by timbaboon 9mo ago
If anything I’ve learnt more because I’m having to go and find bugs in areas that I’m not super clued up on… yet ;)
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by timbaboon 1y ago
Yes, we are. South African company.
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by timbaboon 1y ago
Haha no - then it wouldn't have got a gold medal ;)
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by timbaboon 1y ago
I was included in Strava’s beta testing for their AI offering (Athlete Intelligence). It was useful in no way at all, and the prod version out now is no better. Disabled that. My bank also started offering a chatbot through WhatsApp to let
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by timbaboon 1y ago
Haha that’s exactly why I clicked on the story :)

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