foolinaround

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by foolinaround 5d ago
Beautifully written essay. The benefits of serendipity are intractable by design whereas throughput gains can be readily measured (or at least we think so). The OP notes a point - "who did you think with?" -- maybe there are point
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by foolinaround 5d ago
To the person themselves, AI replaces the creativity that one would have used their minds, but to the second person and beyond, the creativity that sparked the imagination (as simple as a few sentences describing a situation) would be quite
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by foolinaround 5d ago
while taste does matter, for many practical applications, what AI produces is 'tasty enough'
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by foolinaround 7d ago
i think the spread of youtube shorts and tiktoks is the reason for this. In around a minute, an expert provides a quick summary (talking points) in a digestible format that the person fully understands, but of course, no details or caveats
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by foolinaround 21d ago
who receives (or has received) actual payments ( other than the lawyers)? I think we need some service that is able to break this out
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by foolinaround 21d ago
what makes a thinktank fake? no real authors? the about page seems rather standard to me - https://hanoverinstitute.com/hanover/about Every thinktank has always been established to push some viewpoint.
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by foolinaround 22d ago
wow, did'nt know. but thats brilliant! however, i did wonder at the decor at my local thai restaurants and they were definitely using some ethnic pieces, and now I realize...
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by foolinaround 22d ago
what do mean with the example of thailand and thai food, and why is that a psy-op? Every country tries to subsidize and dump excess production of stuff they produce
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by foolinaround 23d ago
perfect is the enemy of the good... how about some of them being ADA-conforming, with maps noting where they are?
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by foolinaround 23d ago
the public bathroom should be redesigned so that one can do only the thing it is designed for - and maybe it needs to be a single-user design. Almost like an airline bathroom size - might be a bit claustrophobic but these are for emergencie
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by foolinaround 24d ago
considering that most non-profits barely have any data, i dont know what MS' incentive is, in not holding on to the data... it definitely must be in the TBs
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by foolinaround 2mo ago
maybe, the calories for that item, and a lower limit that counts as a full meal?
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by foolinaround 8mo ago
Is Musk's Starlink capable of filling the gap for this large population?
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by foolinaround 10mo ago
Are there good suggestions for a personal finance class at the high school level that one can take online?
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by foolinaround 1y ago
classic case of supply and demand
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by foolinaround 1y ago
A request to add Tamil, a widely spoken and one of the earliest classical languages! Thanks!!
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by foolinaround 1y ago
this tool is really nice... Suggestions: Can I get some transliteration when I hover over it, rather than translation? Maybe a Alt+ ?
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by foolinaround 1y ago
In general, people leave or stay for their managers, not their companies. In retrospect, in one of the earlier companies, I could see the company not doing well, but had a great boss and stayed, and then got hit by downsizing.
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by foolinaround 2y ago
Bathing is no longer considered a luxury, and so will never be given up.
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by foolinaround 2y ago
are there places today that don't do some variation of scrum today? Waterfall is pretty much non-existent.
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by foolinaround 3y ago
thinkpad t440p with ZorinOS
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by foolinaround 3y ago
Kudos to the Magnet man!! if that magnet cart design could be open-sourced, then it might be updated or made cheaper by others, and used in other places too!
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by foolinaround 3y ago
> maybe books should be read in pairs Great idea! Now we need a seperate thread or spreadsheet of books by eminent authors that present contradictory viewpoints!
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by foolinaround 3y ago
What benefits can one perceive in the first 7 days, to make a decision on whether it is worth it or not?
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by foolinaround 3y ago
if we had to eat this elephant one bite at a time, one option to consider is completely seperating sports from colleges? What would be the impact? What are the drivers that could enable youth to participate in sports run/administered b
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by foolinaround 3y ago
Instead of a GirlfriendGPT, a personal assistant GPT - which is hosted in a private location, and receives feeds of all your personal data ( emails, calendar, fitbit) and adhoc ( I can send a note to it saying I drank 6 beers last night). I
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by foolinaround 3y ago
Does this in any way enhance protection of a citizen from government or other powerful actors?
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by foolinaround 3y ago
this "not knowing the neighbors" is a flimsy excuse at best. This is mostly true of any densely populated city around the world, where people move in for jobs. In the past few years, crime in some US cities are committed by certai
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by foolinaround 3y ago
https://archive.ph/VYxH4
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by foolinaround 3y ago
> Everybody wins Doesn't someone have to lose? I am guessing the tax-payers lose somehow, though I don't understand how..

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