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Comment · 1 year ago
Sheets is vastly superior to Excel for most users ;)
Comment · 1 year ago
Is it possible that prior staff at companies like Microsoft may have injected backdoor vulnerabilities?

How is this auditable?

Comment · 1 year ago
LLMs, though limited, may spark testable hypotheses that inspire the creation of scientifically grounded, functionally intelligent systems.
Comment · 1 year ago
Solidworks, RFEM, other niche applications only run on Windows...

I made the switch to Google Workspace and Docs years ago...

At a recent company used the Microsoft largely for teams, but there are so many unnecessary headaches and time consuming log-ins (each taking a few seconds that continually add up) that the next paradigm cannot come soon enough...

The best way off Microsoft is via the browser... Vanilla JS Webgl etc

Prediction: we are less than a year away from this becoming a reality...

Edit: Possible solution: simply boot into a browser, with an underlying cloud syncing filesystem with trusted circles of sharing...

How many seconds would be required to go from power button to accepting input in this paradigm?

Comment · 1 year ago
Very cool demo...

Most yachts have polar charts, and the speed is a function of sail area, heading, wind speed and direction amongst other things. Are you considering calculating estimated boat speed based on given conditions and controllable variables?

Comment · 1 year ago
Good question - this is updated now so all skiers move in the same direction.

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