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by xkqd 5d ago
> LLMs are not "intelligent" > they just use language in a way that appears intelligent Prepare to get dumped on by folks telling you that this is no different from anyone they have interacted with. And intelligence is a mad
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by xkqd 26d ago
Doesn’t necessarily have to be to mislead investors, could be to mislead applicants, competitors, whatever. I know if my business was shittin’ the bed I wouldn’t want to give any appearance of that. Better to just let everyone think it’s bu
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by xkqd 26d ago
Just speculating here but perhaps those ghost job listings are used to artificially boost the appearance of growth or even just things being business as usual. Might be useful to some folks.
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by xkqd 1y ago
Likewise. The guy bought two laptops to compare for a week and returned the one he didn’t like, then later that year did the same thing between two TVs. When he went to return the TV he didn’t want, he was told he was banned from returning
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by xkqd 1y ago
Between the natural born sociopaths and decent people being stressed to no end, I don’t see this getting better anytime soon.
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by xkqd 1y ago
I’ve contended since the beginning that final round interviews/power days should always be done in person. This gets tricker with small fully remote firms, but I see no reason a coworking space couldn’t be arranged for an interview
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by xkqd 2y ago
That was my previous understanding too, but this was the protocol of a large healthcare system. Their logic was that only symptomatic animals can spread rabies, and once symptomatic they tend to die within a week and display obvious symptom
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by xkqd 2y ago
I’m not sure I follow. What’s uniquely American about killing decision makers? Especially morally questionable individuals? Yeah, it’s a garbage way for society to operate but this is an expression of the human condition. If anything this i
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by xkqd 2y ago
> Next cookie cutter CEO to be installed will just continue the same shit. Maybe, but what lays outside their door will always haunt them. There’s no replacement that won’t have this in the back of their mind, and I suspect this is sort
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by xkqd 2y ago
After a potential exposure myself the state’s protocol was to capture and monitor the animal. If it displayed symptoms or died, it was assumed positive for my vaccination purposes and would then be tested to confirm. If it didn’t display an
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by xkqd 2y ago
Well, both of those are subjective terms but if it’s effective it’s effective. The most effective movements are usually a combination of protest and civil disobedience. Considering livelihoods are under threat I wouldn’t condone nor blame a
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by xkqd 2y ago
I know the whole point of cloud services is to pick and choose, but in general I wouldn’t express “outrage” or scoff when comparing Azure to AWS. I recommend Azure to the smallest and leanest of shops, but when you compare functionality mat
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by xkqd 2y ago
This one’s on Jack Welch - a pioneer in short term gain over long term building. You absolutely can juice a company’s performance by going dog-eat-dog, but inevitably when the smoke clears you’re left with jackals and hyenas stretched too t
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by xkqd 2y ago
> Is it more or less rational to assume that we have some special intangible spark? My comment is predicated on the belief that yes, at this moment it is more rational to assume we have a special spark. Moreso, it’s irrational that indiv
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by xkqd 2y ago
I’ve heard similar equivalencies in the past and I don’t know what the root cause of someone feeling this way is? Apathy? I’ve heard coworkers argue that enjoyment from video games is equally valuable to enjoying time with your family or en
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by xkqd 2y ago
Considering a significant portion of art appreciation revolves around the artist themselves, the talent and story they possess, and the level of effort and expression that went into the piece… I don’t know about that. There’s plenty of visu
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by xkqd 2y ago
> One of the VPs leaves, then ruins another company the same way. Often the target company is exuberant they got themselves a FAANG VP and bend over backwards to “let them work their magic”. Destination company is usually totally unaware
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by xkqd 2y ago
These statistical models certainly don’t have will, they hardly have understanding, but they do a great job at emulating reasoning. As we increase parameter sizes and increment on the architecture, they’re just going to get better as statis
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by xkqd 2y ago
I mean, sure I can do anything. However i won’t because despite it not being in my training data, i recognize that blindly running updates could fuck my day up. This process isn’t a statistical model expressed through language, this is me m
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by xkqd 2y ago
> Why are they in leadership roles? Because they’re useful to the bottom line and are anti-social enough to destroy anyone who threatens it. People and moreover mentality like this should not exist in our society, yet we incentivize for
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by xkqd 2y ago
If it makes any of us feel better, the wave of articles on this are more than likely an astroturfing campaign for early awareness of the movie.
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by xkqd 2y ago
I work less in the office. Too many distractions. Also the corporate productivity difference is only marginally better, but I get to spend significant time surrounded by my wife and children. I will not be in my deathbed wishing I spent les
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by xkqd 2y ago
Some of the most affluent parts of the country still rely on well water. Look at horse country 45min outside of Philadelphia, they seem to have pretty good teeth. Now for your tone, I’m not sure. Be polite.
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by xkqd 2y ago
And in my experience you run out of those individuals rather quickly and start cutting well-intended employees after only a few years. After that, you start firing hard working individuals who can’t or won’t play the game. After that, you’r
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by xkqd 2y ago
> kind of a stupid idea because it makes your other employees nervous And in the medium and long term solidifies a self-serving culture rather than individuals working towards the group’s and firm’s success.
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by xkqd 2y ago
I mean, when things go bump on our farm my wife won’t hesitate to grab the rifle and haze a black bear or coyote. I’ll lay down my life for my wife and kids but I assure you she can be as dangerous as the next guy; in general much more. It
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by xkqd 2y ago
To everyone’s surprise, we still are engaging in trench warfare. Maybe the USA isn’t currently involved in a war where they’re digging and in the trenches, but Eastern Europe right now is proving that trenches aren’t going anywhere.
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by xkqd 2y ago
I think that’s what they were saying but their comment was so low quality it’s hard to be sure.
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by xkqd 2y ago
My money is on the breaching charges that these high speed folks use. Particularly in conjunction with the thousands and thousands of reps that folks put in practicing breaching. It's enough force to rip a reinforced door clean off the
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by xkqd 2y ago
Sorry I’m late to respond. > But by that logic we should let a 20 year old kid start as asbestos mine with hand tools next to a drinking water source, or let them operate heavy machinery on a highway with no training of any kind. This is

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