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by tlogan 3y ago
It seems it got hit this year ( visiting as tourist). Rome and Milan too (visiting family).
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by tlogan 3y ago
> you don’t see that kind of thing > on the streets of Lisbon. Actually that is exactly what I saw on the streets of Lisbon. Please do visit by yourself.
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by tlogan 3y ago
Portugal is disaster. I went there but here is a link [1] :( [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru...
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by tlogan 3y ago
I understand. But what is the solution? Just wait for them to all die? Here in San fransciso we have 3 overdose death per day. That is 40% spike from last years. In 2017 we had 222 overdose death for entire year and we reached that number
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by tlogan 3y ago
I used to strongly support making drugs legal. I thought: this is a free country, you should be able to do what you want. But what I've seen in San Francisco has made me think differently. Most people who use drugs eventually end up no
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by tlogan 3y ago
> our politicians are rarely > serious about anything except > managing public opinion I'd like to underscore that this issue persists also here in the United States. I know it is true in California and San Francisco (I presum
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by tlogan 3y ago
This is how the situation will unfold... - The WEI check will be designed with a level of simplicity that tech-savvy individuals or hackers can easily bypass. Criticisms or objections will be quieted with comments like, "You just need
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by tlogan 3y ago
ChatGPT offers an effective substitute for Stack Overflow, fully encompassing its role for simple questions. For more compelx problems, Stack Overflow was never a good solution; it's better suited for tackling simpler questions. But f
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by tlogan 3y ago
The funny thing is that the person who worted top voted answer is not smart all. He might look smart for a newbie but the question is about tokenizaion and not about parsing. So here is the reason: the top voted answers are wrong.
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by tlogan 3y ago
I have a question: how to fix this? Could enhanced peer review provide a solution? However, the peers are not detectives so I really do not know. It appears we are caught in an inevitable cycle: success in academia is intrinsically tied to
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by tlogan 3y ago
A startup is a specific category within the broader framework of "new businesses". Based on my knowledge, that about 90% of startups do not survive beyond their initial 5 years. If a startup cannot find repeatable and scalable bus
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by tlogan 3y ago
Yes - they are quite easy to navigate. All information is there and clearly labeled. While they may not be aesthetically pleasing, it's important to remember that asthetic is all about fashion.
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San Francisco's Gucci store gets robbed (Union Square)(sfgate.com)
4 points by tlogan 3y ago|0 comments
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by tlogan 3y ago
Exactly. For example, house prices increased 7x. S&P 500 jumped 11x.
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by tlogan 3y ago
During the same period the house prices have risen 586% I think the way we calculate inflation is kinda weird.
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San Francisco’s bold reparations plan has a revolutionary spirit(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by tlogan 3y ago|0 comments
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by tlogan 3y ago
Yes. However, public schools should provide opportunities for children to break free from this destructive cycle. And it is not about “family” values. What the single grandma can do? Or single mom having drug issues can do? And these two e
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by tlogan 3y ago
I have both of my kids enrolled in SFUSD and what you describe is exactly what's happening. Majority of “affluent” parents and immigrants are enrolling their children in Sylvan, Kumon, hiring Russian instructors, and so forth. Even sch
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by tlogan 3y ago
> The wharf wasn't even overrun as > I had seen claimed. The comments like are part of the problem. So the fact that my neiborhood is going to shit does not matter: The wharf wasn't even overrun as I had seen claimed so be q
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by tlogan 3y ago
In separate news, sf chief economist is saying that everything is great [1]. Why is there such strong denial among city leadership and many individuals? [1] https://sfist.com/2023/07/06/san-franciscos-chief-ec
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by tlogan 3y ago
That is just not true. Do you have paper proving that? As far as I know, life expectancy for somebody who reached age of 10 was 36/37. If you include child mortality then life expectancy was in 20s [1][2]. [1] https://www.js
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Prigozhin Is Said to Be in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens(nytimes.com)
12 points by tlogan 3y ago|3 comments
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by tlogan 3y ago
I've built several products for restaurants, all of which have failed. I came to the conclusion that restaurant owners are so burdened with "big challenges" like food and staffing that they don't have time even to think
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by tlogan 3y ago
It might be that you do not know what you do not know. Yes, you’ll notice some stupid cheaters, but you might not catch everything. I can see why you believe identifying GPT-generated text is easy. This is because techniques like prompt eng
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by tlogan 3y ago
The solution is not simple but there is one (but it is complex). The question is are you going to spend time and money to implement the right solution or just pick up a cheaper one? Could it be that they just stop paying bills for Akrose an
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by tlogan 3y ago
Elon Musk's abrupt requirement for users to be logged in to view tweets, along with rate limiting, suggests a problem with the backend. Why do I think this way? Because the decisions does not make sense from the business perspective. T
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by tlogan 3y ago
> Raising the 'right' amount should be the goal. > Not 'as much as possible' Money is like sex - only too much is enough.
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by tlogan 3y ago
It is true but that is life. Consider this perspective: Users of Fly.io are essentially getting a loan from venture capitalists. However, just like any loan, it has to be repaid eventually. Thus, it's prudent not to take on an excessiv
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by tlogan 3y ago
The tweet should be “It is weird that people who are not self-serving hypocrites get mocked for changing their minds”. But in that case the tweet will not be true…
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by tlogan 3y ago
The nature of the “change their mind” in question is critical. If it pertains to business leadership or entrepreneurship, a change of mind is perfectly acceptable and even desirable. The issue arises when people “change their mind” regardin

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