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  1. Comment on What long standalone book is worth its page count? in ~books

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    I haven't read The Power Broker, but I have been thoroughly enjoying the podcast mini(?)-series The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker that goes through a couple of chapters of the book at...

    I haven't read The Power Broker, but I have been thoroughly enjoying the podcast mini(?)-series The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker that goes through a couple of chapters of the book at a time. Each episode is usually over an hour long and they released them monthly over this last year.

    I think I'm up to episode 6, but it's been a fascinating listen and I'm not even from NYC or even the US. Almost makes me want to pick up the book (at least now that there's an ebook version).

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  2. Comment on What sound did I hear while hiking through Tucson's Pima Canyon? in ~talk

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    Could be this! Tucson has Palo Verde Beetles that sounds like helicopters or lawnmowers. Especially when they go past your ear.

    Could be this! Tucson has Palo Verde Beetles that sounds like helicopters or lawnmowers. Especially when they go past your ear.

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  3. Comment on What could be Microsoft's larger game plan or agenda with CoPilot? in ~tech

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    My work (government) has a trial for using it at the moment. Clearly in a very limited way (I'm not sure of the specifics, but it only accesses some of our information). It has been extremely...

    My work (government) has a trial for using it at the moment. Clearly in a very limited way (I'm not sure of the specifics, but it only accesses some of our information). It has been extremely helpful in this context. There a lot of questions that get asked and answered in pretty much the same way that CoPilot helps a lot with. We also use it to provide a bare-bones report or advice document that we can fill in with specifics and that will gets sent on to whoever needs that information.

    One of the most useful ways I've seen it used, though, is summarising meetings through the transcript and record function in Teams. It's never a perfect job, but it's pretty good at pulling out the action items from a meeting, and if you've ever worked in government you know how helpful that can be. Having more than one person or entity taking notes also is helpful if we ever get asked to provide evidence in an inquiry. It makes us more transparent as a result.

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