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by tivert 2y ago
> So probably a perk they decided was worth it or necessary for morale at some point I always thought that stuff (along with the snacks) was a ploy to keep employees working longer hours. Needing to get food/coffee/whatever is
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by tivert 2y ago
> Foyle is an AI that helps developers operate their software by using LLMs to translate intent into action. > ... > As developers today, we often know what we need to do but struggle with the how; [deplyment commands, permissionin
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by tivert 2y ago
Just revisiting this, I'm not seeing anything very significant here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Ronald_R... > Reagan had been a prominent spokesman on behalf of Taiwan in the political
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by tivert 2y ago
> Thanks to Ronald Regan, China is strong enough to fight the west Why do you say Regan? Nixon normalized relations, Clinton let it into the WTO, and those seem to be the most significant events.
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by tivert 2y ago
> The Soviet Union lost the Cold War because the US tricked the military-intelligence dominated Brezhnev[0] "administration" into diverting too much investment towards defense. The result was under-investment in infrastructure
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by tivert 2y ago
It sounds like a fake story. Doesn't pass the smell test for me: > I just got a call from the owner of a hotel for which we provide hotspot service.... The owner could make no headway by explaining that the besneakered mascot was a
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by tivert 2y ago
It looks very neat, and I love all the physical controls, but it seems like kind of a device from another time where everyone worked in-person all the time. I work a hybrid schedule, with a mostly distributed team, and hotdesk/hotel
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by tivert 2y ago
> That's not the platform's problem. It would likely make the platform less successful if they were to follow your advice. If you're looking to start a competitor, you need to differentiate somehow. Not using "rage an
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by tivert 2y ago
> Perhaps Romeo and Juliet had a bit too much influence on my historical perspective :,) And royalty/nobility. It mentions that marriage ages for them were younger. Which makes sense, because my understanding is those weddings were
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by tivert 2y ago
> I read OP's message as also saying "this looked like science fiction just a couple of years ago". > ...AI is evolving quickly in many domains, so it's not a huge stretch to think we might make another order of ma
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by tivert 2y ago
> Have you seen the GPT-4o videos? I don't know how anyone can watch those and believe that vision e2e self-driving vehicles are somehow a long way off. Because chatting and driving a car are two entirely different problems?
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by tivert 2y ago
>> Historically, I believe puberty roughly coincided with the age of marriage for girls. > In England, just before the industrial revolution, historical sources suggest menarche occurred between 12-14 years. By the 1840s, girls had
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by tivert 2y ago
> There's no need to have a dislike button. Your behavior is enough. Literally right after you said that, you described why a dislike button is necessary: > If you dislike something and watch it, that's engagement. They&#x27
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by tivert 2y ago
That article is fantastic.
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by tivert 2y ago
> It's been happening way before COVID, your post exemplifies the sentiment: if trusted sources fail at any point they become absolutely distrusted, and people prefer to choose their sources which further departs from a shared reali
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by tivert 2y ago
I'm kinda skeptical about that paper, or at least the conclusion that this is an illusion (which obnoxious people are going run with to deny and disparage people's perceptions, so they get to feel like the clever boy who's
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by tivert 2y ago
Don't worry, gen AI blockchain will solve the problem! Just don't be negative about the technology!
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by tivert 2y ago
> "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981) That honestly sounds like it is either fake or a joke taken out of contex
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by tivert 2y ago
It should be possible, but companies don't serve their customers or users, they serve their shareholders. Giving a user a feature like that will only hurt the company, so it won't be implemented.
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by tivert 2y ago
"expires on", "not safe after", or "unsafe by" are not meaningfully longer. These aren't telegrams, they're not paying a penny a character. If they're willing to mandate the phrase "best i
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by tivert 2y ago
> But why beer??? Legit question--I don't drink so maybe it's obvious and I'm just a knucklehead. Maybe a different regulatory regime applies? That's the case at the federal level. For instance: alcohol often doesn&#x
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by tivert 2y ago
> It's bad if you're a search engine. It's not as bad if you're a human who is capable of parsing natural language semantics. I am a human capable of parsing natural language semantics, and "use by" is terri
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by tivert 2y ago
Yes, but it's unknown how long the product will remain fresh past the sell by date. Personally, I think everything should be labeled with both a sell by date, a best by date, and an expiration date, all right next to each other.
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by tivert 2y ago
> To adhere with the requisite language outlined, any food products with a date label — with the exception of infant formula, eggs, beer, and malt beverages — must state “Best if Used By” to indicate peak quality, and “Use By” to designa
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by tivert 2y ago
> True, that would be an up front cost. At the same time, the IA is still live. This initial expense can be softened by building up redundancy over some years rather than trying to do everything at once I think with that many drives, you
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by tivert 2y ago
> How long does an average hard drive last? You'd have to spend that 700k every that many years (plus the extra bits you mentioned). Quite an operation actually You'd have to spend a lot more, because with that many drives, you
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by tivert 2y ago
> you don't think it's physically possible to drop your kids off at school early? The school doors are locked until 8:39am and there are zombies and werewolves patrolling outside making entering the building early, or waiting o
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by tivert 2y ago
> A net worth of $150 billion is quite an achievement. And not too long ago he was touting he was in it for the good of humanity, and "proved" it by only taking a $60k salary with no equity. A true paragon of honesty and straig
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by tivert 2y ago
> I think there is also the issue of cultural dominance. "English-friendly" means the foreign language is morphed to better suit English speakers. It could go the other way if Mandarin is the dominant trade language. It's
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by tivert 2y ago
> Pinyin is pretty good at rendering Manderin in a Latin script. It's pretty good for Mandarin speakers . It's terrible for English speakers. > Can you elaborate on what you mean by “English-friendly”? English friendly is s

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