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jeffwask

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    Comment #48494255

    It's a pretty monumental effort to transport, store, refurbish and show these massive computers. There aren't a lot of organizations even willing to put in the effort which is why …

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    Comment #48448557

    I recall complaining about this with one of my architects who was looking to implement Cognito round about 2019.

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    Comment #48360968

    LOL, reminds me of when we had bonuses tied to test coverage at a company and one enterprising dev wrote a single test that flagged as 100% coverage.

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    Comment #48360104

    The thing that struck me most was that for 25 of 27 years, they have relied entirely on machines and computers to manage the condition which means every hard-earned lesson you have…

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    Comment #48359907

    The Mad Men AI upscale was such trash. You could see cameras, crew, equipment, etc. total mess that showed no care for the material.

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    Comment #48314909

    Go fast; Break things

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    Comment #48300404

    I think I've lived through three separate RAM boom cycles at this point. Two for sure...

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    Comment #48297791

    People have reported a decrease in ROI from spending on Google ads already when they no longer control all the eyes and where you rank in what those eyes see when they search, that…

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    Comment #48297577

    They only dominate Ads because they dominate search if everyone leaves Search the ad business grinds to a halt as well. These are the ying and yang of Google.

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    Comment #48297549

    > it's not Google Search ...and it really hasn't been for a good number of years now. I left a while ago when results were all SEO copy pasta blogs this is just a final nail in the…

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    Comment #48237951

    My first tech job coincided with the first season of South Park.

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    Comment #48236842

    These articles always make me think of the South Park BP Oil episode. "We're sorry. So sorry..."

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    Comment #48228533

    We had one do this in San Antonio too. Right across the well labeled low water crossing and whoosh.

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    Comment #48226653

    Woz is one of the good one.

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    Comment #48226565

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skZXrY-9qf0

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    Comment #48222629

    I mean, it is an amphibious exploring vehicle, so it should be fine, right?

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    Comment #48211952

    I would like to congratulate Meta on this day as they layoff more people for AI. I hope all your platforms burn to ash.

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    Comment #48068604

    It was one AZ. Kinda surprised those guys are built in a way where a single AZ failure takes them down.

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    Comment #48063818

    The original vibe engineering

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    Comment #48062707

    Fixed it for you. Also looks pretty bad their whole platform was compromised by the same hacker group again.

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    Comment #48062679

    I've worked in edtech and it's terrible. The margins are awful. The PE consolidation hasn't helped. Getting leadership to pay anything but lip service to security was impossible.

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    Comment #48036667

    Absolutely, they can be but your lawyers at least have a leg to stand on to push for exclusion. If they are just sitting next to the PowerPoint you gave on Tuesday, they will defin…

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    Comment #48036275

    Because he had them on an OpenAI device and when OpenAI lawyers saw them, they knew they would be penalized more if they hid them. This happens a lot, I believe it was a Sony lawsu…

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    Comment #48036236

    He kept them on his work laptop, and they were swept up in discovery. Don't ignore your security team when they talk about data protection and not doing personal business on work d…

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    Comment #48022825

    Remember all those meetings with Fossil Fuels executives prior to the 2024 election... Pepperidge Farms remembers.