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This article incredibly well written (by a writing teacher). Some choice quotes

Writing isn’t just the production of sentences – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention. It’s a way of learning what one thinks by attempting to say it

AI’s prose is perfectly mediocre, producing the sort of inert gloss that reads like a Frankensteinian amalgam of MFA-workshopped writing, an unintentional parody of the style it mimics. The resultant stories and essays are simulacra of thought, generated via pattern recognition learned from millions of human-penned words, rooted in no particular experience by no particular person

By contrast, student-written fiction is gloriously flawed, a struggle on the page between what the author is trying to say and what’s actually being said. The prose stumbles in a way reminiscent of a foal learning how to walk: even in their trembling legs I see hints of future grace. Such clumsiness is necessary; its absence would be proof of the foal never having learned to walk

Reinforcement Learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning

The first non-tech company to reach this milestone. Joins Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon.com and Facebook parent Meta Platforms.

I don’t think I have ever read something as wholesome as this in the opinion section of the NY Times. I’m guessing that is it heavily aspirational rather than based on data but it paints a very sweet portrait.

Does this work for commercial data brokers? E.g will it stop the steady stream of phone calls from recruiters?

Ah yes it does. Which I guess is another benefit of this setup. I don’t need to know which countries are included with the base plan as they only charge extra for the countries that aren’t

The one service I have that works this way is AT&T mobile International Calling and Data. I pay $10 USD for any day that I use the service outside the US and Canada. It is always “on” so I don’t have to worry about enabling it before trips or canceling it when trips end.

I agree it would be great if more services were like this.

Wirecutter is definitely hit and miss but I will say that their upgrade pick for towels (Riley Home) are phenomenal and have held up to everyday use for 3 years and counting:

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-bath-towel/

Our company also closes this week. The best thing about it is that you get back and Slack hasn’t piled up in your absence so it’s as close to a true break as you can get.

Curious what you mean that Mazda is failing

Bogleheads Forum has been going strong for 15+ years. Straight-laced investing talk: buy and hold, index funds, etc.

https://www.bogleheads.org/

Nice idea! Does it play through the user’s logged-in account? Or in other words, will it use my YouTube Premium account to play the videos without ads?

Sorry about that! I updated the title

Unclear. I first learned about this law in an article about employees potentially losing benefits by moving out of state:

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-31/remote-wor...

I was reading an article on California worker protections and came across a reference to this. For some reason I had never heard about this law in spite of living and working remotely in CA for years.

Note that it may only apply if the employee lives in CA.

Would love to see statistics on how many and which software jobs are moving from US to other countries now that these roles are 100% remote. Anyone know where to find this data?

Like many I have moved on from Sublime Text to VSCode but as someone who cannot live without a Git Client UI, Sublime Merge continues to be my favorite. It has the same Sublime Text ethos around speed and is generally a joy to use

I remember when I first heard about this concept and found it explained a big difference between my brother and I that I had struggled to articulate (he is an asker and I am a guesser)

Indeed. Not sure why more US-based engineers that are staunchly pro remote work don’t seem concerned about this.

If I recall correctly, Walter Lewin could also freehand draw perfect circles on the chalkboard

Agree 100%. The utensils tray is a game changer!

When we were remodeling our kitchen in 2018, I would ask around to contractors, store sales reps, and others for which appliances they preferred. Couldn’t get anyone to agree on ovens, stoves, washing machines, fridges, or freezers. But every person I talked to recommended a Miele dishwasher. We have been very happy with ours!

HopSkipDrive | Sr. Rails Engineer | Remote | https://www.hopskipdrive.com/

HopSkipDrive is a rideshare service focused on the transportation of children, primarily to and from school. We work with schools and districts to help them with students that are not served well by the school bus system, for example foster youths or kids experiencing homelessness.

We are a fast growing startup and have a wonderful team full of kind, genuine people who love to collaborate and write clean well-tested code.

We are based in Los Angeles but operating nationwide and running a fully-remote engineering team.

https://boards.greenhouse.io/hopskipdrive/jobs/4791883004

A founder I worked with had both a bone marrow transplant and a lung transplant. He named his company 3dna to commemorate having three sets of DNA in his body

Thanks for the suggestion. Fantastic story!