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That’s my understanding as well, that it’s opt-in. That brings me little comfort.
I actually love the idea of embedded LLM help. I just wish Google used on-device compute with small models.
The idea that the browser will be used to farm data that’s not on the public internet is reprehensible to me, consent notwithstanding.
When I hire a junior engineer do I have to teach them about Google’s dark patterns so they don’t unwittingly upload our intellectual property?
Posted by
bhouser on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @03:22PM
from the self-post dept.
"Chrome DevTools uses the console message, associated stack trace, related source code, and the associated network headers as input data. When you use Understand this message, Google collects this input data, generated output, related feature usage information, and your feedback. Google uses this data to provide, improve, and develop Google products and services and machine learning...
Well, yes actually.
Except unfortunatly, I think I'm right.
Is this an intentional browser API concession due to some polling limit? I don't see the connection?
Interesting, didn't know that! Wonder why they don't.
My issue here is with wheel events. They look identical for trackpads and mice, so I can't code for different behaviour.
I'm actually hoping I'm wrong about the inability to reliably distinguish between trackpad and mousewheel wheel events.
Posted by
bhouser on Friday April 12, 2024 @10:13AM
from the mappedin.ca dept.
How is it discrimination if they set the termination date for ALL employees to March 1, 2023?
I think you're making a mathematical error here.
If inflation goes to zero, that does not mean prices have fallen to where they were before. It merely means prices stop increasing further.
So a temporary bout of inflation equal in magnitude to a one-time but persistent wage increase, _do_ cancel out.
In case it didn’t occur to you: I think this was put forward as an example of culture producing negative outcomes.
Comparing oneself with other people on a single dimension is a bad idea because likely the most extraordinary thing about that other person is what stands out. Said otherwise, it’s the reason you chose them as a comparison point.
Same with people posting fancy pictures on instagram.
You don’t see that they have a chronic but unseen illness, and that their children hate them, for example.
Specifically though when I see people who have accumulated much more wealth than I have, often they’ve been doing it much longer. It makes more sense when I remind myself that. And yeah I could have started saving/investing earlier, but if the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago, the 2nd best time is today.
The reason for Discord over Slack, BTW is voice & video. Otherwise Slack is working great.
Discord would be awesome for work ... I want to use it so bad. But the terms of service are completely unpalatable. Discord basically gets a perpetual license to anything you post.
IMO a manager needs to make their direct reports and their team successful. But you can start doing that while you're an IC: get in the habit of unblocking people and generally being useful.
Also, manage a coop student or intern. One of the reasons companies hire them is to give their ppl management experience, so take advantage of that.
I did both of these things, and my company made me a manager 2 years earlier than when I thought I'd try to transition into management.
And after 6 months I decided I didn't really like management that much, and they graciously let me transition back to IC, haha.
It probably helps if your company is growing, has a healthy management culture, and great career progression options for ICs and Mgmt. If that's not the case, switch companies.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by a “duration swap” and “different forms of money”?
I still think you're strawmanning the essay (and I'm sorry you didn't figure out sooner what you wanted to do with your life - that really sucks!).
Bill Gates knew what he really wanted to do and what interested him so not taking a day off was probably a no-brainer.
If you had been able to realize earlier that travelling the world was what you wanted to do, then you could have put all your efforts into making that happen.
I think the essay is suggesting that merely working hard without enough of that effort spent on the directional problem won't yield the results you want, ultimately. So I think the suggestions here taken holistically are useful to a theoretical-younger version of you.
Your point may be true, but it's not a rebuttal to the parent's assertion that "contagious narratives" are a normal part of many generally accepted systems. It's like you're throwing in random information.
I think the $40k price tag is deceptive if you look a bit closer. The extended range 300 mile battery is only available on the Platinum edition which starts at $60k IIRC, otherwise you're stuck with 230 miles which IMO going to make the truck feel hamstringed.
The $50k Cybertruck gets you 300 miles.
"Judge each part of your work based on your motivations." Nicely said. Puts into words a phenomenon I've experienced in the past: the more motivated I am, the more pragmatic my decision making becomes ("pragmatic" being measured against the goals I'm motivated toward achieving).
I think you might be looking at this a little too black and white. Perhaps a robot won't replace an electrician, but an electrician with advanced technology at his/her disposal can do the work that in the past required several electricians.
I think that going forward, we will see a smaller and smaller percentage of the population producing increasingly larger portions of the wealth. These producers will produce more than they can personally consume. The problem then becomes one of wealth distribution.
We need to find a new way to structure capitalistic society so that wealth producers can be rewarded for their efforts, but those not able to as effectively produce wealth are still able to live well. Ideally we should implement a system that can scale all the way from where we are now, to the point where very few people are required to produce wealth.
Same, except I recently switched to xterm.
"They" don't need to outpace the bitcoin network at its current capacity. All "they" need to do is add enough network capacity so that bitcoin mining with current technology becomes unprofitable. Then many other players who depend on the profitibility of mining will stop.
I've experienced similar, but only when working hourly from home. I guess I feel responsible for distractions in my own house, but when I'm in the office I have no second thoughts about billing for the time where I did my best in the environment provided.
When you're ready to come to Europe, just start with Germany. DHL is very fast, even with standard shipping (compared to my experiences with shipping in Canada). Most shipments are delivered in one or two days. And 80 million people is a decent market.