rndmwlk

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by rndmwlk 2y ago
>1) There are so much BS jobs in BS companies it's hard to understand if those are even companies doing real thing (cf. David Graeber) This time last year I was searching for a new job, something I've done a few times at this p
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by rndmwlk 2y ago
>If Reddit could grow to the size it had with management that was harmless at best, what could it do if Steve came back? Harmless at best wasn't enough, so let's bring in actively harmful! I'm being hyperbolic but Reddit d
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
It's only arbitrary if you make it arbitrary. A strict ban on "military and warfare," may prevent some relatively innocuous projects from reaching fruition, but I find that to be an insignificantly small & significantly w
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>migrant children show up and work and just lie about their age or supply forged documentation, which is impossible to verify for the company or any US agency. Except it is possible, obviously, as the Department of Labor ultimately disco
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
It’s disingenuous to frame using data to train a model as a “view,” of that data. The simple cases are the easy ones, if ChatGPT completely rips a NYT article then that’s obviously infringement; however, there’s an argument to be made that
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I have a few friends in the trades, all part of a union, and none of them would echo this sentiment. It's also funny because this is the exact same sentiment people complain about with the corporate world, where it's more about wh
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I can only hope to one day build something as meaningful as "Fontly Color Fonts." Alas, there can only be so many geniuses capable of sculpting meaning out of the chaos that is the aether.
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Then the author doesn't really understand what's happening or isn't making much sense. There isn't anything, as far as I can tell, structure specific that caused this ousting. If it was a normal for-profit structure with
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I think a more fitting analogy would be walking into a store to sit down and cool off with no intent of buying anything. You are "taking" passive resources (air conditioning, space, potentially employee attention). Would you consi
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I know you're getting a bunch of suggestions but I'm going to throw in my stupid simple approach that I've loved. First, if you don't like the texture, as others have suggested, go with steel cut oats or whole oats (I al
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Whoops, I totally misinterpreted that! Apologies.
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I couldn't disagree more. You can easily twist his letters to his son to create this narrative. If you read it as a whole his message isn't at all anti-marriage, he was a devout Christian who believed wholeheartedly in marriage. H
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
At my previous job, when they did their return to office rollout, I remember the head of our department waxing on about how much he missed being in the office with everyone. He missed it so much, he went on, that while he would previously h
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Also, social security contributes to taxable income.
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>So many people actually don't give a fuck if what they do works or is of merchantable quality as long as it's perceived they are working for the hours required. I've found that's due to completely backwards incentive
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
If all out war breaks out between two nuclear powers I don’t think 155mm production/stockpiles are going to be quite as impactful as these folks say. A lot of these screeching hawks are the same who were warning about the capabilities
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
We aren't even close to the beginnings of AGI. An LLM is no closer to AGI than a model T is to a space elevator.
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>human life is human life regardless of origin Not regardless of age though apparently?
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
To say competition on pricing and product are orthogonal is to treat this like some sort of study and completely ignore the real world conditions that these businesses live in. The salient point the author is making is these predatory prici
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Strange stuff, some old internet art. http://www.teleportacia.org/war/
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Ahh, I see what you're saying now. First, there's a bit of an assumption of local lending opportunities drying up. This isn't necessarily going to happen, local banks don't have infinite capital, but lets assume that it
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>Do they work out long term? Assuming we are talking about loans as a commodity, yes & no. They work out in the same manner as any other economic commodity which is some will outperform, some will perform, and others will under perfo
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>A bank serving a single town goes down with the town This isn't necessarily a bad thing from the perspective of the town.
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Been awhile since I've worked in the industry, but the commoditization of loans has increased the risk threshold banks are willing to take on. Can tranche up loans to cater to specific buyers and decrease the overall risk in certain me
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Also ignores the entire defense and aerospace industry. It's laughably ignorant to just write off the STEM talent at places like Lockheed, Boeing, Honeywell, etc because FAANG is a popular destination for CS grads. Also, people here (a
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
>After all, someone’s usefulness is by definition how much others are willing to give for something they do, and for philosophers that quantity seems to be $0. I can only repeat my point so many times, this is exactly the outlook on life
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
We just fundamentally disagree about what is important in life. If education does not become a public funded "burden" then it becomes a luxury of the rich. And yes, education can *and should* be more than just preparation for your
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
I really dislike this take. It's an oversimplified view of the world and a sad evaluation of what is important in the world. I'd much rather my taxes go to funding someone learning & teaching philosophy than subsidizing Lockhe
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
Obviously they can do whatever they want, no one is saying they are doing something illegal, the pertinent question isn't can they be doing this but should they be doing this. I disagree that this is a sound business decision, and
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by rndmwlk 3y ago
An ironic sentiment considering Reddit is entirely reliant upon free labor of both moderators and users who upload content to provide any experience whatsoever. Reddit is, at the moment, purposely expensive to run. They could have chosen to

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