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datathrow0007

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    Comment #35954030

    I've posted a rebuttal.

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    Comment #35954021

    The basic error underlying this line of thinking was covered above, but I will reiterate. And at risk of sounding cliche, without taking the holistic picture into mind, the only th…

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    Comment #35951143

    I'll step in for rozal, because this is a big ask (and much more effort than picking out a few research papers, that no one here will surely read). /********* / The main issues wit…

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    Comment #35949848

    We both know that's not the most charitable, good-faith interpretation of my comment. I think I've made it clear that I have personal experience in this area; but if it wasn't, I'l…

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    Comment #35949457

    - over-diagnosis - over-prescription - (mis/ab)use of drugs to artificially increase work output (with lower quality), causing the rest of the team to have to: fix the (mis/ab)user…

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    Comment #35948068

    My close(ish) confidants in my industry will be understanding; and those outside of my inner circle will be polite and cordial about it; but behind closed doors people will judge y…

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    Comment #35947991

    Ask your manager for a waiver, and an invention assignment on your side-project. It’s not a business; but a side-project (right now) — assuming it’s tech-related. If it’s a non-tec…

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    Comment #35947725

    Google Alerts?

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    Comment #35947680

    > What can I do to minimize my risk of having lower chances on the job market due to this adventure? a. Don’t quit your day-job until the side-project makes atleast two times your …

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    Comment #35939551

    [flagged]

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    Comment #35939486

    Not a fan, OP. No, reducing LLMs to just “statistical text predictor” is an absurdity; but so is leisurely stringing together observations from unstructured experimentation to form…

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    Comment #35932290

    Not when you optimize for: 1. Paying less than what a worker is worth 2. Owning a serf rather than establishing an engagement with a professional On #1, older, more experienced wor…

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    Comment #35929210

    A provocative spin: Left-side: ORMs suck, just write SQL Middle: ORMs relieve the impedance mismatch of the OOP "object graph" paradigm and the SQL "relational algebra" paradigm. O…

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    Comment #35928954

    Yes, but that would require academics to grow a practical bone in their body and realize "understanding" language is just one piece of the "intelligence puzzle." The hype will die …

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    Comment #35928890

    [flagged]

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    Comment #35928853

    Docs. It's for when you want to have distributed data stores. For example, if you're building out a doc to track your net worth, income, and spending habits: - One main sheet that …

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    Comment #35928732

    Use a view that acts as a quick-and-useful abstraction to mimic a denormalized table? E.g. ``` CREATE VIEW vw_events_and_projects AS SELECT * FROM events JOIN projects ``` Then ```…