alex_anglin

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by alex_anglin 2mo ago
Such is the state of British politics?
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by alex_anglin 3mo ago
Isn't it the wild west already? On a lark, I asked Claude to compare AI to the wild west a while ago. It raised three points of similarity: - Land-grab economics - Lack of regulation - Changing social and professional attitudes. Whatev
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by alex_anglin 4mo ago
Doing the lords work, as they say. Thank you for sharing.
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by alex_anglin 1y ago
Pretty rich that between this and Claude for Chrome, Anthropic just posted a ~40m YouTube video touting "How Anthropic stops AI cybercrime": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCNkDrIGCw
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by alex_anglin 3y ago
Taking a broad view of music, ChatGPT has been great at creating lyrics for songs my DND character sings.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
In the context of the source material (the books by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson), the 'greening' of Dune/Arrakis is a very broad plot theme. So, the comment is not one of 'green washing' but i
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
When asking if anyone in the protest had firearms, a journalist was ejected from a news conference. Would have been a good opportunity to disavow violence, but here we are. In this case, it's not so much painting with broad strokes as
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
How would that take down Twitter?
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
In the context of 'IT Consulting Companies,' which the blog post is about, it means that clients are paying a higher billable rate than for more 'junior' staff.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
The great ones also realize that there are other things employees value and build upon those, along with compensation.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Negotiating courses often refer to this as the BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement). Considering what that scenario is and having it as your bottom line is the best piece of advice they impart.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Reducing attrition is a good incentive, especially these days. Whether it's enough is another question.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Then you too can enjoy The Mythical Man Month.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Getting off topic here a fair bit, but you may enjoy these conversations with Max Brooks from the Commonwealth Club: -How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive&#x2F
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Yeah, the consensus view these days seems to be that Brother laser printers are the way to go.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
I too have a Canon POS inkjet printer/scanner. Recently had to change change out the black ink cartridges, because those are the only ones that really deplete. Picture my frustration when all of the cartridges needed to be replaced at
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
I would argue that it's a reasonable limit on whichever freedom may be cited not to allow the creation and distribution of child pornography, even when it is fictitious.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
If children are being harmed by decisions, how is it not controversial?
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
SAP typically targets big corps with large IT spend, not so much startups.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Writing as someone who uses mind maps as part of my kit, I empathize with your comment. For my purposes, I've found that it helps to focus the map around a specific objective, project, etc. If I'm preparing a paper or presentation
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Lots of lithium there too.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
BeOS[1] was an OS at the time that by many accounts had good user experience. Didn't achieve commercial success though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Lives of Squamish Nation members will certainly be bettered, which is why they agreed to the arrangement.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
2600 had paper issues and local meetups all over the place.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Wikipedia is a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
IIRC you're referring to the wife of Michael Cowpland, who founded Corel. They were another hot tech firm at the time in Ottawa, but not related to Nortel.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
>The company makes their money in different departments and making money is the name of the game. The challenge here is that under this model the different departments get credit for the revenue they generate. What their relationship is
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Wear a mask?
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Thank you for sharing. I wasn't aware these existed and am already looking at getting one. As others in the discussion have noted, it doesn't a lot of depth or distance for bad things to happen.
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by alex_anglin 5y ago
Makes it harder to maintain persistence on the device, I believe. Whether it solves the problem in question is another matter.

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