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Comment · 2 years ago
That OpenAI are institutionally unethical. That such a young company can be become rotten so quickly can only be due to leadership instruction or leadership failure.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'd expect these series to be cointegrated. A chart or OLS isn't going to prove chicken or egg.
Comment · 2 years ago
I find the 'hero' photo fascinating, of the aircraft lined up quite closely under construction. The closeness, the apparent temporary nature of the equipment nearby, the lack of there being a 'line'. Then it struck me perhaps the planes are stationary, while the 'line' moves around them. Can anyone shed any light?
Comment · 2 years ago
The child doesn't choose their parents.

The parents can be mistaken.

If enforcing the good habits of good parenting is not a problem, then 'apps' wouldn't have a problem with it. But they do. Because they're doing the equivalent of promoting cigarettes as a health elixr, something many on HN are complicit in through 'educational' branding of gamified (addictive) social media and even NFTs.

Comment · 2 years ago
Silos don't collaborate. They emu head in sand, burn with fire or molasis those that come close to shining a light on their deliberate opacity, and/or push cost of complying with them on others.

Non interdisciplinary processes, made by people, are a hinderance to the health of an organisation and the people working there. Remove those that enforce them no matter their self perceived importance. They're a scourge akin to closed shops of the 70s.

Comment · 2 years ago
My domain: 24 years registered to me. A .com.

My email address: Listed at the top of the front page. In a H3 tag.

This email address's spam problem: Not a problem. 15ish per day get to me including Junk folder. Thanks Purelymail.

What is a problem: Transactional email unrelated to transactions, Promotional email which is newsletter junk spam, Social networks complaining of not being used.

Comment · 2 years ago
I tried in Sublime. But settled on Zettlr which is designed for knowledge bases and academic writing: markdown, Zettelkasten, tags, directory structure, text search and bibtex - Jabref (or Zotero) integration - is useful too. Plus the map thing if that's your cup of tea though I find its usefulness limited.
Comment · 2 years ago
I do get along with my colleagues.
Comment · 2 years ago
I wrote a short reference book as an educational reference. Very niche. Released under Creative Commons.

When interviewing someone, they presented pages from it and claimed themselves as author of the 'highly technical work'.

Comment · 2 years ago
Rationality and imperfect information are different things.

Neither of which fit your example which is search cost. Not everyone knows a lot of things, it is impossible to know everything. Therefore tradeoffs are made. Which is rational.

Comment · 2 years ago
Both the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal censor their own news, so I suppose this is news that they've done the work and effort reporting on that they deem not worth knowing. A bit of a (deadweight) loss.
Comment · 2 years ago
Perhaps an insight into vulture humour:

George the turkey vulture: It's a nice day to hang out circling.

Rambo the turkey vulture: Hey George, let's hang.

Pappias the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Sydney the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Violet the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Sydney the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Seven the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Arnold the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

Angel the turkey vulture: Where's the food? No food. LOL. You guys!

All: LOL (but silently).

...

60 vultures later someone observes 60 vultures circling and concludes:

A. There's definitely no carcass, as that's a myth.

B. There's definitely a carcass, as there's 60 vultures.

C. I'm going to find some water to drink.

Comment · 2 years ago
Not a core competence so vendor solution is used.

That's financialisation. That's maximising value. Right?

Comment · 2 years ago
My teeth fell out reading this.
Comment · 2 years ago
> The law, Senate Bill 478, set to go into effect on July 1, prohibits the use of “drip pricing, a practice in which companies advertise only a portion of what a customer would actually pay for a certain product or service,”

> a 5% or 6% SF Health Care Security Ordinance surcharge ... also charge customers a 20% service fee that goes to employees in lieu of the traditional tipping system.

What's next. A fee for soap used to clean dishes? A fee for a customer's share rent? A fee for providing a bathroom? A fee for vegetables?

It's dishonesty. Charge customers what they need to pay. Put this on a price.

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