wfhBrian

The new bubble wrap, nice!

Reading HN causes epigenetic changes...

If you don't get that, then you don't understand epigenetics

My impression of this thread is "I don't know the difference between genetics and epigenetics, so here is my opinion on weed..."

The only reason I know the difference is because I used to use the gym at the same time as an epigeneticist.

In short, all genes can be flipped on/off based on their environment.

And reading HN does impact the environment in which your genes live

The other issue with linking is that the "best" in the windows market is that it's heavily dependent on current promotions. It's easy to find windows laptops discounted >20% which really throws off the direct comparisons at retail prices.

Value-based fees by Alan Weiss

Maybe from a VC business standpoint. But I'd disagree as far as "indie" (small cap) businesses go.

A couple years ago I switched from Google Docs to Obsidian.

Unfortunately, as other have mentioned, Google Docs omits some seriously impactful features.

All it would've taken, at the time, was collapsible/foldable headings for me to stick with Docs.

But since then, I've grown to appreciate the millions other things Obsidian has to offer, like the ease of developing plugins which, to me, make Obsidian feel like it's an OS within my OS.

There are great places to work in-person, for example, any of Musk's companies which have missions that require extreme levels of communication and dedication that can only be achieved through colocation. This makes it worthwhile.

And it's great for other people to be able to choose something more flexible, whether for family or some other desire, and be able to leverage the benefits that remote work provides.

But even in small company, it's absurd to think that there's a single answer to "which is better" for every employee.

What's more absurd is that the executive-level positions tend to be more flexible. If anyone's to benefit from in-person communication and spontaneous interactions it's those making decisions that impact those people.

As an outsider, neither employee or employer, to me the whole thing looks like an abusive relationship, particularly egregious on the employer side, but not without problematic actions from the employee side either.

And while HN is an outlier, most people work to survive, not the other way around. Imagine if the same energy that went into promoting RTO, or even WFH for that matter, went into "enabling individuals to make worthwhile contributions and feel good about what they do."

Queue the "people are lazy and can't be trusted" and "basic income is the only answer" choir.

/end rant (cost: -37 karma)

> for original art to flourish, there comes a time for the artist to seclude themselves and create without market pressures, the influence of popular culture and daily distractions. Us devs can learn much from him.

Strongly agree.

You can use a replacer function to special handle stringifying functions if you needed to do that.

Imagine if we had the same enthusiasm about increasing human intelligence.

Lol, when I read the title it took me a second to even remember what "threads" was...

And the obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

I'm certain you already have the dataset necessary to create an AI replacement of yourself as the moderator, even with the existing available models.

If this isn't already in the works, it should be as a key-man insurance policy.

I'm sure the other moderators would be fine, but they couldn't ever carry that dang weight.

People constantly recommend Bard to me, but it returns false and/or misleading info almost every time

I would have to be rewritten in JavaScript or TypeScript

Bard is such garbage. Between Bard, and Google being Google, Gemini has an uphill battle that I just don't see as winnable.

Bard is not even comparable to GPT-3-turbo, let alone GPT-4.

It's so bad that I lose respect for people when they tell me they use it. In my personal testing of it, the contradictions between its multiple drafts are jarring. For example, in a comparison of three NPM modules, it claimed each of the packages was "fastest" in the three different "drafts" it produced.

And what does Google even plan to do with any sort of comparable model? Mine your chats for advertising data? Make chat responses gameable by "Chat Engine Optimization Experts"?

At least Meta makes their AI "open-source." But a closed source model by Google has exactly one possible outcome: killedbygoogle.com

Edit: removed unnecessary judgement about meta.

> Then they might assemble something like a robotic attack army and send it over after

Violence is undeniably primitive behavior.

It amazes me how many humans assume that other species would advance technologically to the point of interstellar travel while still holding on to primitive roots.

It's extra surprising from a community like HN where an abundance mindset is the status quo.

Just got back from Europe and this was my biggest complaint about the places we visited.

Living in Florida, I never have a problem finding restrooms. Not sure what kind of restroom oasis the author is from, but, at least here in Florida, restrooms are not hard to find.

[INSERT OS] (or any platform) doesn't make you smarter...

But, how you use it can make you smarter,

or suck you into a cult.

Sorry it sounds like you don't have a satisfying life outside of work, and that has nothing to do with WFH vs RTO.

Learning to WFH is as much a skill as learning to operate in an office environment. The difference, when you learn the former you also have increased freedom.

Many already died because the sea grass has been rapidly disappearing, especially after the last red tide.

[1] https://www.savethemanatee.org/red-tide/

Re 1a. This is why I'm constantly discouraged by the lack of useful political discourse here on HN. If a well-payed anf well-educated group can't manage it, then who will?

> I was able to move closer to my church community, so my "human interaction" need is being fulfilled richer than ever now.

This is what the "but you need human interaction" return-to-office crowd doesn't understand.

WFH !== Being alone

WFH means surrounding yourself with the people you choose to be around.

Whether that's your church community, fellow hobbyists, intramural sports teams, the local co-working space, etc.

Plus, that can include "my coworkers" for anyone that wants to make work a bigger part of their life, like those working in startups. However, this should be the exception, not the rule like it has been.

It should be your choice...

Also pretty outrageous how this is quickly ushered off HNs front page...

Starts strong:

> Chrome usage data shows that 90% of a user's time on a page is spent after it loads

Clearly impressive, breakthrough, research going on at Google.

Metaphor is the basis of language, with the human body being the most accessible reference.

And no support for collapsing/folding text under headings...

And thus we will see the rise of the software solopreneur.