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I am frustrated by this article. 1. Why focus on Swifts as opposed to any other species in decline? They state that they are "iconic", so maybe that's the answer? Are they more "ic…

GDP records market transactions. So in your scenario, purchasing the chicken, the chicken feed, the chicken coop, etc would all be measured. The time spent raising the chicken (ass…

I would not over complicate this. My personal four part plan for this is: 1. Donate a portion of my income to charitable causes I find worthy. I would like to target 10% of my net …

This is spot on. Obviously there is a lot to dislike about performance reviews, but big companies need some process to determine who gets a raise, who gets promoted, etc. Although …

Seems like an over sight that there is not a photo of the actual diamond. This article has a photo. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/africa/large-diamon...

Has anyone implemented a DSL for a professional use case? I would love anyone to share what was the use case, what alternatives did you consider and how did you measure success? I …

That's fascinating. Where would you direct someone that is interesting in learning more about these items? Any good sources or websites to read?

I think we should retitle this to reflect the actual article title, "How Leaders Miscommunicate When Tensions Are High".

This is a common practice in other high altitude, high traffic mountains, such as Aconcagua. Rangers actually watch you deposit your excrement bag and fine you if you do not do so …

" They could only get hired into new companies where nobody knew any of their past coworkers, because a simple reference check would reveal how difficult they were to work with." -…

Many universities will have a portal where students and professors can get free or heavily discounted versions of software, such as Mathematica.

I don't think its any less convenient for my partner than if I worked in an actual office. Plus, I still have the added benefit of no commute, which means more time with my partner…

I see the value in this, but I personally have not had success with it. I have found I am most effective remote if during my working hours, I don't do anything I wouldn't do if I w…

Streamlit and Shiny for Python are both great for cranking out simple UI's for basic use cases, especially where there is a tie-in with something data or machine learning related. …

"...rather you get a bunch of people xgboosting their way up your leaderboard" --> I don't see that as a universally bad thing. I feel this is actually very representative of the m…

"Shares of the company were down 0.5% in afternoon trading on Tuesday." --> If that was their goal, it seems like in this case it was not successful.

I've had a similar thought. I read a LOT of these various blogs and I frequently ask myself whether its valuable and how much time I should invest in these. I've concluded its prob…

Interesting paper analyzing patent and research article data to measure productivity and innovation.

Yeah I totally agree, but I do think there are times when starting with the absolute most basic implementation that meets the business needs is the way to go. That could be a simpl…

Pinecone is in a tough spot. A huge number of database vendors are implementing vector functionality into their products, which risks the niche that Pinecone is attempting to carve…

This may be nitpicking, but technologies being described as "cool" versus "enterprise" or "new" versus "old" I find meaningless. I don't necessarily want to have the "coolest" or "…

Taking a lunch break. I used to work through lunch at my desk and then found that my focus and energy would really crash around 2-3. I have found that even taking a 30 minute break…

Can you elaborate why you think that?

Yeah I see your point. A few thoughts: 1. This assumes that that a someone can/will usually accurately scope 4 stories, with proper requirements, and clear peer review standards. I…