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Comment on I teach at a business school. It’s time to shut them down. (gifted link) in ~life
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Comment on I teach at a business school. It’s time to shut them down. (gifted link) in ~life
d32 Link ParentBut it is: (Citation stripped the links and they hide the core). But perhaps this was just the side-thought and not the core of the article.But it is:
Recent evidence shows that many foundational studies supporting the win-win idea were based on flawed data or couldn’t be replicated. Yet faculty members keep researching, writing about and teaching the topic — suggesting an ideological project more than an academic exercise.
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Comment on I teach at a business school. It’s time to shut them down. (gifted link) in ~life
d32 Link ParentFrom the quotes - is the entire article just a big sandwich wrapper around pissing on ESG, which is now a very popular past time in republican U.S. right now? Even if it isn't, that part gives it...From the quotes - is the entire article just a big sandwich wrapper around pissing on ESG, which is now a very popular past time in republican U.S. right now? Even if it isn't, that part gives it a strong political charge. Who is the author trying to please?
Yes, one is able to attack the ESG on the intellectual level perhaps quite convincingly, but the timing of the attack makes it...suspicious. -
Comment on Looking for advice: How do I find out what stocks to invest into? in ~finance
d32 Link ParentYea I was probably saving my fingers too much and not expanding my thoughts enough. That "advanced game" you would be trying to play - knowledgeable stock picking, "harvesting alpha" or how do the...Yea I was probably saving my fingers too much and not expanding my thoughts enough. That "advanced game" you would be trying to play - knowledgeable stock picking, "harvesting alpha" or how do the professionals call it - would be zero-sum against the professionals. But while it is entirely possible for you to loose your investment by picking a small set of very bad bets, it is not really probable. As you said, you have market working for you and when tide rises, it brings almost everyone up - including the cranky old ruined barge you might have picked. Point is, don't pick your ships anyway. Don't read their parameters and their news and their reports. Your energy is better invested elsewhere.
Yes, if you make 3-5 bets during your life, they may pan out. If you invest regularly, you want to use rational strategy and not lower the future value of your portfolio with every bet you make. -
Comment on Looking for advice: How do I find out what stocks to invest into? in ~finance
d32 LinkAs seemingly everyone else, I came here to write snarky "You don't". To explain a bit: when you invest in large diversified ETF with low fees, you are betting on the world economy getting a bit...As seemingly everyone else, I came here to write snarky "You don't".
To explain a bit: when you invest in large diversified ETF with low fees, you are betting on the world economy getting a bit better over time. Hopefully that will happen, because if it doesn't, we all got much bigger problems. But when you pick individual stocks, you bet against the market. You pretend to know more that all the other participants (or at least more than half of them), including professionals like hedge fund managers, big institutional investors etc. - and you bet against the price set by them, in a zero sum game against them. -
Comment on 1 in 8 Billion - Browser game, free, life sim with real statistics from 172 countries in ~games
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Comment on Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn facing cyber security incident in ~tech
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Comment on Software developers are not okay in ~tech
d32 Link ParentWould it though? Can you really imagine most of us office rats - some of us already with painful back aches, low fitness and overweight, burned out - joining a "backbreaking" labour?hypothetical drop in demand for skilled knowledge work would increase the labor pool of people for manual labor and drive the pay down even more.
Would it though?
Can you really imagine most of us office rats - some of us already with painful back aches, low fitness and overweight, burned out - joining a "backbreaking" labour? -
Comment on Software developers are not okay in ~tech
d32 Link ParentI am! (What do vegans and Linux users have in common? ;) )anyone is excited about OS updates anymore,
I am!
(What do vegans and Linux users have in common? ;) )
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Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech
d32 Link ParentHis track record of lies - just on this topic! - is much richer than that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk We should have already been...His track record of lies - just on this topic! - is much richer than that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk
We should have already been on Mars for 1-6 years too.
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Comment on Was watching a history YouTube video when I realized they are all AI in ~tech
d32 Link ParentUpvoted, but.... What if the "content" is actually better? More informative, engaging, more tailored to your tastes etc.. ? I am not saying it is, but it may be in a short future. What then? While...Upvoted, but.... What if the "content" is actually better? More informative, engaging, more tailored to your tastes etc.. ? I am not saying it is, but it may be in a short future. What then? While we are talking about entertainment, you can be picky and "consume" what you want, but in other areas - education, work, common citizenry - you may not have the option.
Anyway. The first time the "machine" made me laugh all by itself, I knew something was lost. -
Comment on The mathocalypse in ~science
d32 LinkThis is quite something. I keep having the thought repeatedly: Another one (profession) bites the dust. Programmers, digital artists, animators, various analysts - business, economics, law..., now...This is quite something. I keep having the thought repeatedly: Another one (profession) bites the dust. Programmers, digital artists, animators, various analysts - business, economics, law..., now theoretical mathematicians.
And no, don't lie to yourself that AI is not and will never be good in any of this - we are long past the phase when it was good enough in many fields, now we are in the one when it is the best (and cheap) approach to many of them - as we see here.
Who will put food on our tables? -
Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
d32 Link ParentFair point, especially with hardware, but if we add the rest of the American spyware group - Facebook, Palantir, CIA, NSA etc etc - who would "win"?Fair point, especially with hardware, but if we add the rest of the American spyware group - Facebook, Palantir, CIA, NSA etc etc - who would "win"?
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Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
d32 Link ParentGoogle itself is the biggest source of spyware. Will this help against that?Google itself is the biggest source of spyware. Will this help against that?
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Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
d32 Link ParentThere's not. Or rather: define malware. I would include spyware and addiction-inducing gambling leeches in the list of unwanted software. After all, their intent is malevolent. Guess what makes up...There's not. Or rather: define malware.
I would include spyware and addiction-inducing gambling leeches in the list of unwanted software. After all, their intent is malevolent. Guess what makes up 99.99% of the play store. -
Comment on Blocking of unverified apps on Android starts in Brazil and other three countries in ~tech
d32 Link ParentI don't want to "hack on" on the computer I own - or rather whether I want it is besides the point. What I want is to have the final say in what apps I do and don't install on it and not outsource...I don't want to "hack on" on the computer I own - or rather whether I want it is besides the point. What I want is to have the final say in what apps I do and don't install on it and not outsource that to some adversarial monopolist behind the ocean. Ridiculous.
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Comment on Human contractors are seeing all your horny — and creepy — AI prompts in ~tech
d32 Link ParentYou can at least pick your poison :) I'm currently using Open webui with CommandCode goat subscription and... It routes my requests all over the place, while promising at least paper-worth...You can at least pick your poison :)
I'm currently using Open webui with CommandCode goat subscription and... It routes my requests all over the place, while promising at least paper-worth guarantees.I'm doing it to at least "unbundle" the provider of the product (chat and tools) from the provider of the "fuel" - LLM.
I don't have yet a sponsor for 10K worth of hardware that is needed to have the smallest of the frontier models running at home.
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Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news
d32 Link ParentYes yes, I was not trying to employ whataboutism or such, both sides ARE problematic. I just don't like framing one side as being unique in this way and not addressing the other one.Yes yes, I was not trying to employ whataboutism or such, both sides ARE problematic. I just don't like framing one side as being unique in this way and not addressing the other one.
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Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news
d32 Link ParentNo, it was me who was being rude. But yes, your analytical approach seemed cold. In any case, thanks for your words. And for the context, I'm one border away from one of these ... "situations"....No, it was me who was being rude. But yes, your analytical approach seemed cold. In any case, thanks for your words.
And for the context, I'm one border away from one of these ... "situations". And bad news is flying in from all the other sides too.
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Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news
d32 Link ParentOK. Thanks for giving such a well cited answer to my hot-headed blurb. I'll see myself out.OK.
Thanks for giving such a well cited answer to my hot-headed blurb.
I'll see myself out.
Yes and as I said, maybe I read too much into it. I'm just allergic to such current fashionable republican line of thought so I noticed it. Feel free to ignore this thread of mine.