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Data Engineer from Amsterdam.

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Comment · 2 years ago
Exactly what I was looking for! Creating small, portable llm-powered tools begs for a lightweight vector database.

The other open source solution I found is sqlite-vec, which is still in alpha.

Comment · 2 years ago
I can confirm there are no school buses in Amsterdam. School kids do use the extensive public transport network to get to school on occasion.
Comment · 2 years ago
I would say something like "hup!" (friendly) or "doorspelen, pannenkoek!" (less friendly, but would score you points).
Comment · 2 years ago
There's a rough Dutch equivalent encouragement "gas erop!" or "gas op die lolly!". Literally translated: "gas on it!" and "gas on that lollipop!".

Both imply that you should increase the throttle and go faster in the current bearing. I'm not sure where the lollipop comes from.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I don't know OPs full context but I would suggest prioritizing income safety over the uncertain outcomes of a startup career if I had no roof over my head.
Comment · 3 years ago
Most customers don't want to pay for good customer support.

This answers the question of the article. What customers want is offloading responsibility without paying for it. There are many concierge level services at the premium end. Chatbots are an attempt at offering this type of luxury to the masses. And it may succeed.

Comment · 3 years ago
From secondary sources I understand that customers could pay what they want for specialty coffee. Other articles were priced at a premium to subsidise this money losing endeavour. Turns out, people don't pay enough voluntarily to run a business.
Comment · 4 years ago
I have the opposite experience. When people typically stick around for the majority of their career, there's no incentive to capture knowledge thoroughly. Onboarding time was noticeably longer because of it.
Comment · 6 years ago
Why is it remarkable that the company is based in Amsterdam?

I live there. There's a decent but not great startup culture. The services infrastructure is fantastic and there are many massive multinationals based here.

Comment · 6 years ago
I don't see how you need some sort of health benefit as justification to enjoy psychedelics. Why not do it for its own sake?
Comment · 6 years ago
> Research has shown that napping can mitigate the risk for sleep deprivation

Sleeping helps against not sleeping enough. Who'd have thunk it.

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