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Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by ben_w »

deltree7 wrote: post #678
kibwen wrote: post #578

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To be clear, you're concluding that Joe Rogan is mainstream, and thus nobody should care about his opinions?

No, most people consider NY Times is considered mainstream. And only Mainstream Media is woke

If more people watch Rogan, then by definition Rogan is more mainstream than NYT.

In the specific context of "OpenAI doesn't want that story to be written, but after Microsoft Tay, you can be sure someone's got an axe to grind and is itching to write it, especially against such a high-profile target." there is no 'left' or 'right', no 'woke' and whatever the opposite of that is.

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by Aeolun »

varjag wrote: post #815
billti wrote: post #679

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I buy my own laptop for work. Work will give me a good one, but I want a GREAT one. It’s the one tool I need to do my job, and I’ll be using it over 40 hours a week. It’s a few thousand dollars, but I make a comfortable six figure salary, and I think it’s worth it.

This is increasingly less feasible with fleet managed corporate devices.

You can let your personal laptop be managed, but it’d kinda be a waste of money right?

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by Aeolun »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #787
m463 wrote: post #308

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This is one of those puzzling things to me. You own your life - why not spend your own money for the things that make you and your life better? Who cares? I worked at a job where I had a small, crappy monitor. I made decent cash. I just bought a large decent monitor and brought it into work. I ended up using it for many years. My life was significantly better. I've done that at several jobs since then, and NEVER regr…

I want a 5K 27 inch monitor but they aren’t affordable sans getting an iMac. I did buy my own 28” 4K (and we got my wife a nice 24” 4K) for work, but these are fairly affordable. I wish I could do the same with my laptop, WFH would be better, but it is against security.

Connecting a screen is against security? Or procuring your own 28” laptop is?

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by Aeolun »

Nursie wrote: post #666
RektBoy wrote: post #649

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In normal company, they will buy you a custom setup without problem.

In my experience most have standard equipment and some are so cost-driven they'll do anything to avoid any outlay whatsoever.

Spending $10k/month on your salary is fine, a 25k yearly bonus, no problem, but god forbid they’d need to make a one-off $5k purchase.

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by summerlight »

Actually I'm surprised to see that the rate is just $20/month. With this rate, I think they'll very likely be operating at loss for a foreseeable future. Looks like they're betting that the cost will rapidly go down so it's much more important to secure the market before other competitors come to the party, potentially at the cost of $xB?

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by Aeolun »

ghaff wrote: post #472
Forgeties79 wrote: post #379

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Fair enough! I don't fully agree but it's a matter of opinion ultimately. Was just answering your question as I see it.

I haven't worked in an office in years, but in my case it's travel. The company has travel policies that are what they are. If I'm going to spend my own money and points to upgrade to travel that is outside of policy, well I'll do that. I might object if company policy were to travel baggage-class but it's really not. So I'll pay out-of-pocket here and there.

For a while it was company policy that all international flights had to be business class.

It all got restricted due to covid, and I doubt they’re going back :/

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by pferde »

billti wrote: post #679
m463 wrote: post #308

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This is one of those puzzling things to me. You own your life - why not spend your own money for the things that make you and your life better? Who cares? I worked at a job where I had a small, crappy monitor. I made decent cash. I just bought a large decent monitor and brought it into work. I ended up using it for many years. My life was significantly better. I've done that at several jobs since then, and NEVER regr…

I buy my own laptop for work. Work will give me a good one, but I want a GREAT one. It’s the one tool I need to do my job, and I’ll be using it over 40 hours a week. It’s a few thousand dollars, but I make a comfortable six figure salary, and I think it’s worth it.

Screw that. The employer wants me to dig trenches? They provide me with a shovel. The employer wants me to do computer work? They provide me with a computer. Quality of my work will be directly proportional to quality of the tool.

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by illiac786 »

manmal wrote: post #792
OOPMan wrote: post #647

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You should probably not be thinking about it in that way. Anthropomorphising statistical models is a bad idea...

Oh I‘m not antropomorphising. It feels more like a GPS - a tool I wouldn’t like to be without when driving unknown places. I work mostly alone on projects, at least currently. While I have friends I can bounce back general ideas on, it‘s hard to get good feedback on a small problem that I‘d be stuck with for, let’s say, 5 minutes. So far, the choice has been between disrupting others‘ flow (who might not even work wi…

You meant "something to fall back on" instead of "someone". If you write it like that suddenly you're not anthropomorphizing anymore =)

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by Aeolun »

RussianCow wrote: post #329
300bps wrote: post #281

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No. I'm a salaried employee. Marginal time/effort savings do not directly translate into more money for me. I am also a salaried employee and if I can save a minute of work time that’s one less minute I have to work. I have a body of work I need to complete and sometimes that takes me 40 hours and sometimes much more. The only way I can think of that $20 per month for increased productivity doesn’t help is if your co…

> The only way I can think of that $20 per month for increased productivity doesn’t help is if your company’s metric of success is being present/working 8 hours per day. You've just described most office jobs.

The older I get the more I feel it doesn’t really matter. Somehow we’re all getting paid healthy salaries for playing office all day..

Re: ChatGPT Plus

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Post by pferde »

300bps wrote: post #281
extr wrote: post #265

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No. I'm a salaried employee. Marginal time/effort savings do not directly translate into more money for me. But the $20 charge hits my bank account today. Perhaps if I use it consistently enough and in smart enough ways I will be perceived to be a more valuable/productive employee, which might translate to a raise. But that's a lot of maybes. I'm sure it will get to that point eventually, but by then the value will b…

No. I'm a salaried employee. Marginal time/effort savings do not directly translate into more money for me. I am also a salaried employee and if I can save a minute of work time that’s one less minute I have to work. I have a body of work I need to complete and sometimes that takes me 40 hours and sometimes much more. The only way I can think of that $20 per month for increased productivity doesn’t help is if your co…

You don't need to complete the work. Your employer needs you to complete the work. If your employer gives you tools that make you work less optimally, they get less optimal work in return.
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