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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Information-dense written words are beneficial in the corporate setting too. We just call them "executive summaries".
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
A well-written, well-formatted email does convey some level of professionalism right? Even if it is a little wordy. Maybe this is no longer true with AI. I went to a career fair recently and a new grad sent me an email afterwards. His three
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Do artist really have a fully formed vision in their head? I suspect the creative process is much more iterative rather than one-directional.
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
What that comment is describing is already here. A colleague sent an email that was obviously AI-generated (bloated, repetitive, low signal-to-noise ratio). I guess he's quite new to the team and it's a sign of formality, but I re
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Brain drain to the US like other professions.
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
It's a mix of steel and wood. Curved Glulam beams sits on top of massive steel trusses, which are mostly hidden from view. The steel trusses in turn sit on top of big Y columns. The roof is seismically isolated too.
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Mathematicians are wired differently than engineers. To us engineers, e is approximately pi is approximately 3.
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Completely agree. Yes, great engineers tend to be compensated well, but only slightly more than the median performer. In other words, a 10x engineer isn't getting paid 10x more. It's probably more like 1.5x to 2x. If we somehow in
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
Lots of interesting debates in this thread. I think it is worth placing writing/coding tasks into two buckets. Are you producing? Or are you learning? For example, I have zero qualms about relying on AI at work to write progress report
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by wcfrobert 2y ago
This is much better. Love it when code follows the KISS principle without unnecessary abstractions or optimizations when its not needed.