pempem

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by pempem 3mo ago
Its happening at a global moment of chaotic behavior. When prices are soaring, information and institutions are disintermediated, jobs are hard to come by and layoffs easy, insurance is tied to your job and your kids' well being to you
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by pempem 3mo ago
Six months into a new role, started getting rejections from applications nearly a year ago. It feels like not a single norm from 2019 has persisted.
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by pempem 5mo ago
He's low enough that he felt he must go along with kidnapping the leader of a foreign country
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by pempem 6mo ago
Not a silly question. If you go back to the 2000s, you'll see the growing militarization of local police. This is partially an economic prop-up where the military can now sell police departments materials/arms/etc. and polic
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by pempem 6mo ago
Who purchases and greenlights adoption? These cycles are very long and partnering with consulting firms gets you cross industry access. In fact, if you look at basically every major AI/LLM player you'll see a similar "allianc
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by pempem 7mo ago
The goal is the grift + outrage. If you can get both, great. If you can get just one, a very solid win. Each time something is thrown into full chaos there stands a private actor or dozens to make 7-8 figures.
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by pempem 7mo ago
Literally yesterday google changed how secrets work. Its very possible to introduce change.
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by pempem 7mo ago
I was with you until the end. This is a public forum and thus nothing is ever bog standard because presumably every week new people join with varied to no experience in the ways of the corporate world. Further, much of the software ethos is
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by pempem 8mo ago
Was it them that did that or employers freezing wages and losing R&D credits/facing tarrifs / wild instability?
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by pempem 8mo ago
Your argument - esp the 'blue cities' bit given that the majority of metro(polis) cities in the US could be called blue (minus Miami, Houston, Dallas)- feels slanted. OP your post was "if you dont like face scanning don'
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by pempem 8mo ago
This is a false either/or. It has been proven and reproven that these claims of crime requiring store shutdowns were improperly put forward, without research, by a lobby. So much so that it was covered in mainstream media. December 202
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by pempem 9mo ago
This is happening in california. In fact there are three current situations: 1/SB9 cutting R1 lots in half 2/ ADU laws, which let you build up to 3 homes/units where there was one and further, can be combined with SB 9 3&#x2
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by pempem 9mo ago
^ This And the scale applies at every single step of the process. A citizen homebuyer is playing a oneshot game. There are few discounts to be had and every single fee is its own battle. A corporation/PE is playing a multi-shot game. T
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by pempem 10mo ago
Collectively decide and easily are carrying lots of weight here. Americans (citizens that is) have held fairly consistent opinions on healthcare, guns, education, war and yet very little changes because all voices are in fact, not equal. We
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by pempem 10mo ago
The claim is too absolute. Software amplifies value, but inference cost and capability still shape what’s possible. Users aren’t demanding obfuscation; they just want predictable pricing and clear ROI. Does anyone want hidden math in their
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by pempem 10mo ago
Ah I always get triggered by "to be fair..." This is like saying "instead of taking a fixable broken thing we've thrown it out" but there's no current intention to get/build a new one. In fact, the goal co
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by pempem 10mo ago
It would be weirder for that blanket resume to be accompanied by posts about how much your wedding taught you about b2b saas sales with your photo, location, and a list of all the people you met through work and are willing to say you'
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by pempem 10mo ago
Ok - this obviously doesn't work everywhere but recently was flown to a city for an interview. Day long, full loop, 5 45 min interviews + 1 working session with a panel. Had dinner with the team the night before. There's no way to
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by pempem 10mo ago
I haven't found this to be the case as much. Posted a job, got 100 applications, at least 10 had referrals. 10 is manageable for me to sift through but not the win the applicant thought. More than that, I found a colleague had a whole
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by pempem 10mo ago
Its the same as "bird dogging" or wholesaling in real estate or really any series of other middlemen or wholesale business who do the hard work of finding the deal but don't necessarily have the cash or want to run the busine
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by pempem 10mo ago
Insurance and actuarial science is some of the most data-drivenwork we have. It is incredibly hard to withstand peer pressure and there is not much wrong in admitting what the data has already proven.
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by pempem 10mo ago
I've been trying paper for about 2 years now and its been great. Works about the same, feels the same, no pods. Its quite a nice experience.
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by pempem 10mo ago
Is vague enough to mean either thing which in and of itself is a red flag. "To face justice" is both a phrase this administration would use and is more concrete.
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by pempem 10mo ago
Can you help me understand. Is Starlink, or satellite enabled wifi really the only solution here if you're 10-15 min away from a populated area?
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by pempem 11mo ago
Ways to start my morning...reading "When they have sex, people expect to ejaculate and feel good, not have their intercourse morph into a drag race with a clown half-way though." Stellar description.
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by pempem 11mo ago
Both things can be true. 1/ totally misleading title 2/ the fires in CA drive the outlier 3/ insurance has already largely pulled out of los angeles. For example there are maybe 2 reliable insurers for 2-4 unit landlords in t
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by pempem 1y ago
This is some long horizon impact. Really just wildly unfortunate to see a disruption that feels unique. It's not due to war, even if academics could 'flee' to another institution, its a discarding of the prioritization of kno
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by pempem 1y ago
OOh I have a great connect for VFX if you need a sound engineer
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by pempem 1y ago
It also happens when you ask it to do simple things like create comments. At least 400 words and still it will regurgitate/synthesize, often with a "!", the content you're asking it to comment on.
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by pempem 1y ago
There are - we have to accept - alternate solutions as well.

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