The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It’s Forgetting How to Code. It's concerning how much tech we're forgetting, especially as sometimes we realize we still need that tech. Good things for us ronin, who might have to return to serve the daimyo again.
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Facing AI and a tough job market, gen Z turns to entrepreneurship: ‘I have to prove myself’. So many article say the same thing: you can't expect to just get a job with the education you received in high school and college. Because a lot of the easy jobs are being done by AI. But if you are really smart and have something to offer, AI can be a great force-multiplier.
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Moral anger accelerates misinformation sharing. This is so true, and social media personalities know how to exploit this. The more you feel angered or shamed, the more you will grasp for any information that might seem to support your stance, no matter how poorly-documented it is. It's human nature.
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You can't really be anonymous to advanced LLMs now. They know more about you than you realize. Just be forewarned.
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Amusing and telling that all the advanced LLMs can't solve this problem:
A farmer has 17 sheep. 9 ran away. He then bought enough to double what he had. His neighbor, who had 4 dogs and 14 sheep, gave him one-third of her animals. The farmer sold 5 sheep on Monday and again the next day, which was Wednesday. Each sheep weighs about 150 lbs. How many sheep does the farmer have?
It used to be easy to confuse early LLMs with irrelevant and distracting information. It still is, actually, as this problem illustrates.
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Here's an opinion on how OpenAI can hurt Oracle. A lot of assumptions are being made, and I would think that Larry would not let this happen.
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The unions vs the billionaires. There will always be some billionaires left in California, since many are stuck in Silicon Valley and can't easily move. But they can't shoulder all the weight. Unions are deluding themselves if they think they will win the war, even if they win a battle.
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A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts. Datacenters are like casinos around here. You see a fancy dolled-up building, but surrounded by so much poverty. It would be nice if the wealth from whoever owns the datacenters could trickle back to the community. Instead, they have to put up with higher energy prices and water restrictions.
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Explain like I'm... is a cute way to learn about more complicated science topics. Great for kids.
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Aging Gracefully in the Tech Industry. Yeah, many of those older folks in the tech industry got sidelined by COVID and by AI. It all happened around 2021 and 2022. Life hasn't been the same.
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Nice background story of oral GLP-1 agonist drugs. Didn't realize that only 5% of eligible people are on these meds. I still see a lot of obese people walking around. Being fat is now a choice.
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New Census data shows Oregon Is losing residents in their prime earning years. No it's not just the housing. It's the taxes and the dumb governance. It's high crime and a negative change in the demographics we see. People who do drugs and don't mind trashing up the neighborhood. Why hang around? But sure – blame housing.
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Oregon retail jobs are falling 5 times faster than nationally. Related to that is this story. Retail is failing and with that, the city and the state. Recovery wasn't real if it required federal subsidies to be maintained. There will be a point of no return. Where the city and/or state will be like Intel. And we will need to elect someone like their CEO to turn things around.
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