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gctwnl

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About gctwnl

Sometimes hacker, sometimes designer, most of the time influencer, writing from the trenches of large company IT architecture

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    Comment #48488332

    By the way, there is caching (cache TTL is hort but during sessions it is active). E.g. Settings Status Config Usage Stats Session Total cost: $15.59 Total duration (API): 18m 3s T…

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    Comment #48467830

    What is that, exactly?

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    Comment #48435498

    Why was this flagged? The article is a serious attempt at observation and analysis.

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    Comment #48435479

    That is interesting. $200/month for >$10k at API-pricing? That's way more than the 2.5x-12.5x the article observes.

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    Comment #48435432

    Wait, what?

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    Comment #48435424

    Yes, th enumber is based on subsidised subscriptions and he article makes that clear.

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    Comment #48435411

    There are no revenue estimates in the article). Only as serious as possible estimates of cost per task.

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    Comment #48435383

    The data is given and not made up. The data based on actual use and on analysis of public numbers.

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    Comment #48435366

    The no-caching is explained in the linked conversation. The numbers are from actual use.

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    Comment #41742390

    Short 3 minute excerpt of a talk on fundamental properties of IT as well as fundamental properties of humans that influence design decision making in complex (IT) landscapes. Only …

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    Comment #41028940

    Why, if the author asks it to summarise a single webpage and gives the link should ChatGPT go out and load 5 more (one is the same page again, the others short overview pages, so w…

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    Comment #41028862

    Definitely. Otherwise it would have required a lot more than a single blog post. It is an observation, not anything rigorous with a large number of examples, and decent statistics.…

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    Comment #38780148

    Generative AI models 'memorise' some training data. This can be sought-after so we get reliable answers, but it is also a bad thing: training data leakage, plagiarism. The problem?…

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    Comment #38149248

    I would consider this realistic service design, just as Meta’s Cicero (plays blitz Diplomacy) is smart design. It might work as a service. What the answer glances over is that even…

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    Comment #37986186

    Bridges the gap between all the explanation of the internals of transformer architectures etc. and the (good/bad/imagined) uses. Suitable for non-technical people, but does explain…

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    Comment #33330354

    Article using psychology research insights on the subject of convincing others, e.g. IT architects convincing management what the 'right thing to do' is

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    Comment #29952219

    Because loans are generally a safer investment than stock (ownership) with more certain returns. And when you can get good returns from loans (high interest) stock gets relatively …

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