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https://openai.com/research/gpts-are-gpts Another source of info.

I noticed I saw way less information about shows in my area, the only thing I used facebook for. I missed nearly two months of shows at my local venues due to relying on facebook b…

American fixed rate mortgages are locked in for the life of the loan. If you get an ARM (adjustable rate mortgage) this is not the case. A fixed rate mortgage is a hedge against ri…

NHK World livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0lYkdA-Gtw

In god we trust, all others pay cash. Take the money, leave the cannoli.

The original concept was that universities were places of basic research, and more translational (read: monetizable) research was thought to be done at corporations. That theme cha…

Totally! Most of our best equipment was stolen and modded from materials science imaging or manufacturing automation. There was a budding industry for automated fluorescence imagin…

I would say that is a very strong criticism and very warranted! For note, I witnessed the immolation of two careers over retractions of papers that could not be replicated. You cou…

"If it always worked, it would be business. Let's go to the pub." -- Me, consoling a grad student after experiment failure #24. More seriously, if you're in basic science, your ski…

Ah, the uManager guys! Great software, sits on top of ImageJ (open source image analysis). Our software was a custom C+Win32 app that was ported from CodeWarrior on MacOS 7/8. Wind…

This looks great, and I would have loved to see this when I was in the lab. When the software industry says to you: "We will nearly triple your salary, you don't have to work weeke…

I think the idea is that the SNR of .edu TLD is likely higher than all other TLDs. Probably true for now.

There is theory, and there is practice. If you do this kind of work, sometimes you will meet people that are completely unreasonable and there is no satisfying them. Try working at…

I believe my point was that a modern torpedo hitting a ship is a very high kill probability (mobility or other), being it is guided and explosive. I would say a missile is more sim…

Torpedos are not bullets, I don't think this is a good analogy.

Trading company is separate from the foundation, purpose is to split the edu org from the industrial org. For those that don't know, raspis are bulk ordered for industrial use and …

One interesting note about this, is that there are machines for automating manufacturing that are explicitly not allowed to be exported. source: friend who did factory liaison for …

Totally! To be fair, I would not trade it for anything. I saw things no person had ever seen in the world. It's tough when you're in there though, the feelings of no escape really …

I paid a very high price in opportunity costs, and additional degrees. If you want to peek my cohort, I am behind by about 5-7y if you were to look at salary min/maxing. You are ri…

In general, sexy problems pay less. I spent a decade doing sexy problems in science, got paid squat. Now I'm in tech making 4-5x what I was doing, while using the skills I gained f…

Ubiquiti uber alles. Their amplifi alien line really rips, but harder to mesh (more expensive) than the other ubiquiti gear. The alien increased my 3fl away signal dramatically, an…

I will probably regret this. There is no guarantee of any relationship. You are searching the internet junk pile for artifacts that help you accomplish some goal. Your expertise he…

Software is not lemonade. As for the bot, this is grown of "all tasks must be completed" "Inbox zero" type of thinking. Feels like we're holding issues wrong, but that is my view. …

I have definitely experienced effective small org -> ineffective large org. Lots of make work, "lawyers don't get paid to simplify". Growing from small to large company you can end…