An estimated 1 in 6 drivers in Los Angeles don't have insurance. I know at least a dozen people who have been hit by uninsured drivers, and that's not counting hit and runs, who probably are also mostly uninsured. The…
> Nuclear weapons can't slop the world into passing age verification laws nearly in unison Why do you think LLMs are responsible for this? Governments all around the world copied each other with COVID laws as well, in a…
I know a lot of people with ADHD and even more without it. I haven't noticed any correlation between ADHD and creativity or out-of-the-box thinking.
> it seems the USA has been supporting Russia in its current war a lot more than China Don't be ridiculous. The US literally provides targeting information to Ukraine, including for long-range missile strikes deep…
Can you explain what about is it a gift? What are the benefits you get from it?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperstition
Not sure I should trust an article written by an LLM to make a solid judgment about what other models did or didn't do.
At the risk of sounding like one of those people at Mensa that annoyed you... The people at Mensa aren't a valid sample of people who score high on IQ tests, because there is a such a strong selection effect for people…
That's not the experience of owning a PC I remember from the 90s at all.
Satire?
I was shocked to notice the date in the URL. I think I understand where the LLMs are getting it from now
I have had this thought quite a bit, that the silver lining of the slop-ification of the internet could lead people to spend less time online, which in my mind would be a positive development. But unfortunately I just…
> I have seen H1Bs used for basic Java development, Desktop Support [...] Working in non-FAANG corporate America, these types of roles are the only thing thing I've ever seen H1B hires used for. They've run the gamut…
Taste aside, foraging in the woods--whether for mushrooms, berries or herbs--unlocks some atavistic response inside me. It feels deeply true to my nature as an animal, and is very rewarding in a way that surprised me…
Not a great example. All felines sleep a lot, it's part of their physiology. It has no bearing on pre-historic humans.
But a warning for novice birders: Merlin's sound ID feature produces a lot of false positives.
Well people are clearly using the term to mean different things, so it must not be all that explicit
Heavy subsidies by the state.
Damn it, now I've lost the game
In some ways (not all, of course) an implicit demand from the government is worse than an explicit one. An explicit one at least puts all the cards on the table.
How I wish that were true for more than a tiny fraction of the population
Without an explicit definition of what "paycheck to paycheck" actually means, the survey data can't be taken as accurate. I have no problem believing that for a large portion of the population (perhaps over half) a…
I am very concerned about wealth inequality in the US, but this: > Between 55% and 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and are one large expense or missed paycheck away from homelessness. Is simply untrue
China has both carrot and stick. Living standards there have improved dramatically over the past few decades. Over here they use a smaller stick, but no carrot at all.
DuckDB is for analytics, so OLAP instead of OLTP. If you're using the DB for normal transactions, stick with sqlite
An estimated 1 in 6 drivers in Los Angeles don't have insurance. I know at least a dozen people who have been hit by uninsured drivers, and that's not counting hit and runs, who probably are also mostly uninsured. The…
> Nuclear weapons can't slop the world into passing age verification laws nearly in unison Why do you think LLMs are responsible for this? Governments all around the world copied each other with COVID laws as well, in a…
I know a lot of people with ADHD and even more without it. I haven't noticed any correlation between ADHD and creativity or out-of-the-box thinking.
> it seems the USA has been supporting Russia in its current war a lot more than China Don't be ridiculous. The US literally provides targeting information to Ukraine, including for long-range missile strikes deep…
Can you explain what about is it a gift? What are the benefits you get from it?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperstition
Not sure I should trust an article written by an LLM to make a solid judgment about what other models did or didn't do.
At the risk of sounding like one of those people at Mensa that annoyed you... The people at Mensa aren't a valid sample of people who score high on IQ tests, because there is a such a strong selection effect for people…
That's not the experience of owning a PC I remember from the 90s at all.
Satire?
I was shocked to notice the date in the URL. I think I understand where the LLMs are getting it from now
I have had this thought quite a bit, that the silver lining of the slop-ification of the internet could lead people to spend less time online, which in my mind would be a positive development. But unfortunately I just…
> I have seen H1Bs used for basic Java development, Desktop Support [...] Working in non-FAANG corporate America, these types of roles are the only thing thing I've ever seen H1B hires used for. They've run the gamut…
Taste aside, foraging in the woods--whether for mushrooms, berries or herbs--unlocks some atavistic response inside me. It feels deeply true to my nature as an animal, and is very rewarding in a way that surprised me…
Not a great example. All felines sleep a lot, it's part of their physiology. It has no bearing on pre-historic humans.
But a warning for novice birders: Merlin's sound ID feature produces a lot of false positives.
Well people are clearly using the term to mean different things, so it must not be all that explicit
Heavy subsidies by the state.
Damn it, now I've lost the game
In some ways (not all, of course) an implicit demand from the government is worse than an explicit one. An explicit one at least puts all the cards on the table.
How I wish that were true for more than a tiny fraction of the population
Without an explicit definition of what "paycheck to paycheck" actually means, the survey data can't be taken as accurate. I have no problem believing that for a large portion of the population (perhaps over half) a…
I am very concerned about wealth inequality in the US, but this: > Between 55% and 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and are one large expense or missed paycheck away from homelessness. Is simply untrue
China has both carrot and stick. Living standards there have improved dramatically over the past few decades. Over here they use a smaller stick, but no carrot at all.
DuckDB is for analytics, so OLAP instead of OLTP. If you're using the DB for normal transactions, stick with sqlite