timssopomo

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by timssopomo 12d ago
Spacetime sounds like really interesting technology, but I'm not sure that the comparison between CRDB is a good one. I used to work at Cockroach Labs. The problem it's solving is fundamentally different. CRDB as a solution makes
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by timssopomo 4mo ago
I think this is exactly right. The thing that makes AI (imo) different than hitting the center option in text suggestions is that it's _not_ simply picking the most likely word following the last. It's attending to the entirety of
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by timssopomo 5mo ago
You don't tell them they're not allowed. You ask them what they need from the meeting and how so you can free up the time from their calendar, or what they need to comfortably delegate the responsibility to you. Managers don'
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by timssopomo 5mo ago
Outside of California they're sparkling ai labs.
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The Model Says Walk: How Surface Heuristics Override LLM Reasoning Constraints(arxiv.org)
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by timssopomo 1y ago
Metal bodied planes are adjusted with thumb screws and levers - they just aren't accurate enough for fine work. Re: a woooden body, there are a couple reasons it's preferable despite the maintenance - the biggest is that they can
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by timssopomo 1y ago
Before the industrial revolution, there wasn't a ton of difference. If you look at a plane made in the early 19th century in both Japan and the US or Europe, they'd look pretty similar. A carpenter on one continent would probably
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by timssopomo 2y ago
No, it's the failure to do anything about it. Americans got robbed of something between 20-40% of the purchasing power of their dollar depending on what they're buying. People aren't stupid, they know they're getting hoo
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by timssopomo 2y ago
Wages in aggregate outpaced inflation in aggregate. That's not necessarily going to make it feel like your living situation has improved, especially if your consumption patterns don't perfectly match the CPI model and if you'
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by timssopomo 2y ago
I totally agree with everything you said about information asymmetry and responsibility to provide context. Maybe I didn't explain clearly: it's not an operational failing if someone just decides to "take initiative" to
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by timssopomo 2y ago
I managed reviews like this as a team lead, manager, and director at three startups. There are a lot of misconceptions from employees about the process. It's true that managers have a lot of latitude to read self summaries and either a
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by timssopomo 2y ago
The issue is that "stablecoin" doesn't mean anything legally. US regulators have collectively abdicated their responsibility to create fair rules that encourage innovation while protecting investors and creditors. Tether publ
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by timssopomo 2y ago
Having lived in Brooklyn and Jersey City for a combined 12 years, starting when an office worker could still buy a literal house in Prospect Heights, I'm fully convinced that "gentrification" is a meaningless phrase and we ne
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by timssopomo 3y ago
Fellow former tradesman and perennial DIY-er here, I think this is dead on. There is a fundamental mismatch between the economics of startups and the economics of trades. Startups and technology work best when you can achieve scale quickly
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by timssopomo 3y ago
They happen. The company has no mechanism for determining that a person has entered into a contract unless someone tells them. Prohibitions on transfers prevent the cap sheet from growing, and the company from getting marked to market when
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by timssopomo 3y ago
I live in upstate NY - plenty of people rely on heat pumps as a primary source. You need backup systems for natural gas and oil in this climate too, for what it's worth. They won't run when the power goes out.
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by timssopomo 4y ago
This isn't unique to open source, the behaviors described are easily recognizable to anyone interacting with end users of SaaS or, really, any software. It does not matter how well things are communicated and how much effort goes in to
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by timssopomo 4y ago
It seems a bit of a stretch to suggest that the public at large "wanted" to adjust zoning laws to end up with a car-centric environment. Automakers created the concept of jaywalking [1]. Judges defended the rights of the public to
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by timssopomo 4y ago
I'm an iOS user and spent 6 years working in the bowels of adtech. I'm generally skeptical of the industry. Apple's posture and position here seems like a net good for me as a user. Apple's and Facebook's approaches
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by timssopomo 4y ago
Of course, working at home is socially isolating and requires a different approach than working in the office... but _maybe_ this just means that some people are better suited for remote work than others, and workers ought to choose a job t
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by timssopomo 4y ago
I'm pretty sure the folks who are for a debt jubilee are also for reforming bankruptcy rules, and there are folks who are in favor of reforming bankruptcy rules that aren't for a complete jubilee. I was pointing out that we alread
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by timssopomo 4y ago
We do, actually, at least in the US. It's called bankruptcy. We generally recognize that sometimes despite best intentions, debts become unpayable and in these cases, the debts get restructured and creditors are frequently wiped out (w
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by timssopomo 5y ago
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?view=... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap#/media/File:OEC... Seems like countries with paid leave have comparable or hi