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Comment on McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers in ~food
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Comment on McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers in ~food
snake_case Link ParentI noticed that too, that ordering a numbered meal seemed pretty much like the wrong way to do it. Even with that, my goto at taco bell has always been three crunchy tacos and a side nacho+cheese...I noticed that too, that ordering a numbered meal seemed pretty much like the wrong way to do it.
Even with that, my goto at taco bell has always been three crunchy tacos and a side nacho+cheese and that shit used to be like $5 and I think I paid almost 10 a while ago, no meal, no drink just the tacos were $2 ea now. Shits wild.
Prices at sit down restaurants have gone up at the same scale though, we used to be able to sit down and eat for about $30-40 with tip and now we don’t leave anywhere under $50. We’re not even in the city.
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Comment on The death of punctuation in ~humanities.languages
snake_case Link ParentI’m friends with a lot of anxious humans, rather than accepting the TLDR they’ll feel obligated to read the entire text and they wont respond until they do. I love them and I shorten my texts for...I’m friends with a lot of anxious humans, rather than accepting the TLDR they’ll feel obligated to read the entire text and they wont respond until they do.
I love them and I shorten my texts for their sake, lol
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Comment on The death of punctuation in ~humanities.languages
snake_case Link ParentI do the exact same thing, to some people. Most people Ive learned to hold a lot back cause they’ll just stop responding if I send too many words at onceI do the exact same thing, to some people. Most people Ive learned to hold a lot back cause they’ll just stop responding if I send too many words at once
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Comment on Career mentorship: How does one find a mentor? in ~life
snake_case LinkI’m a woman in tech and Ive found mentors by taking jobs that are at the very tip of my skills, jobs that I’m not even sure I can do. I have gotten very lucky that I was working in tech during the...I’m a woman in tech and Ive found mentors by taking jobs that are at the very tip of my skills, jobs that I’m not even sure I can do.
I have gotten very lucky that I was working in tech during the 2018-2022 boom. I took a job with an AI startup just out of sheer hubris, really, I was in way over my head with that one but I pulled 12 hour days and learned SO much from my coworkers there, who were happy to work with me.
I find I get to learn a lot from pretty much everyone around me, not just one specific mentor. I put a lot of effort into making sure that whoever is helping me has a good time while we’re working together. I try to make the job more fun for everyone around me, I take notes so I don’t have to ask the same thing twice, and I always try to pay it forward.
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Comment on US hemp industry plans next move after Donald Trump signs THC ban in ~society
snake_case LinkTypical, he undoes the one good thing he accidentally did during his last presidency.Typical, he undoes the one good thing he accidentally did during his last presidency.
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Comment on What is going on with the Epstein files? in ~society
snake_case Link ParentRag systems are actually pretty solid, I work on one for a living. Its pretty easy to get it to not hallucinate by including a system prompt in every query. Theres a ton of benchmark tests out...Rag systems are actually pretty solid, I work on one for a living. Its pretty easy to get it to not hallucinate by including a system prompt in every query.
Theres a ton of benchmark tests out there that specifically ranks them on their ability to accept a system prompt with a few chunks of text and answer based only off that text, and the different models all have scores for those tests and we use that ranking system to pick models for customers where I work.
I understand the apprehension though, this is super new tech, just like two years old.
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Comment on What is going on with the Epstein files? in ~society
snake_case LinkThese guys created a searchable dump https://couriernewsroom.com/news/we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/ Unfortunately they didn’t connect an LLM to it so...These guys created a searchable dump
Unfortunately they didn’t connect an LLM to it so its pretty basic term-search.
I searched for Obama just as a litmus test, cause he’s not involved, and theres a ton of really boring references to him just because he was the president at the time. Was a good litmus test imo, helped me get my bearings that a lot of these files are super boring and only have meaning as part of the larger story.
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Comment on That new hit song on Spotify? It was made by AI. in ~music
snake_case Link ParentEverything I see it in, its a layer between me and what I want to use the computer to do. Blocking my way The sales people all have this idea that no one will want to use computer interfaces any...Everything I see it in, its a layer between me and what I want to use the computer to do. Blocking my way
The sales people all have this idea that no one will want to use computer interfaces any more, they’ll just want to log in and tell the computer in plain English or whatever language what they want to do.
Thats fair, but it removes all troubleshooting ability and makes it such that you need an internet connection to use the device at all which is already a reality with many devices and a reality I hated.
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Comment on Longest government shutdown in US history ends after Donald Trump signs funding bill in ~society
snake_case Link ParentThey shut the whole thing down for over a month and still they’re all just blaming the democrats And tbh I can kinda see it on that one cause guess what happened soon as the elections were over…....They shut the whole thing down for over a month and still they’re all just blaming the democrats
And tbh I can kinda see it on that one cause guess what happened soon as the elections were over….
Oh and like wasn’t covid supposed to be a real enough consequence for no one to ever vote for that idiot ever again? So many unnecessary deaths caused by that man and all his supporters just blame the democrats
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Comment on Longest government shutdown in US history ends after Donald Trump signs funding bill in ~society
snake_case Link ParentI’m with you that a lot of our current plight is entirely the fault of the democratic party because I really do not think they want to be a liberal party, I think they want the rich people to keep...I’m with you that a lot of our current plight is entirely the fault of the democratic party because I really do not think they want to be a liberal party, I think they want the rich people to keep their status quo, they’re just not dumb as fuck like the republican party and they know that not starving their population is the best way to do that.
(Or, at worst, they purposely ran a bad campaign and let the republicans win because they all now believe that they need to starve out all the extra humans before the ai takes our jobs and we all starve) #kiddingbutalittlescared
I don’t think pulling out the breaks and letting the republican party crash hard is gonna do anything though, cause we’ve been crashing pretty hard all year and all the conservatives still just blame the democrats
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentThey were the biggest donors to his campaignThey were the biggest donors to his campaign
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentMedicare for all is a much better talking point Built on top of existing infrastructure that is medicare A bit of precedent in the ACA Can be done along side existing health insurance, which...Medicare for all is a much better talking point
- Built on top of existing infrastructure that is medicare
- A bit of precedent in the ACA
- Can be done along side existing health insurance, which avoids upending an entire trillion dollar industry over night
- Theres still a place for state sponsored medicaid because medicare honestly covers jack shit
Its the tiniest, most far reaching, most impactful change our government could possibly make.
But instead y’all want free money for everyone no strings attached and you’ll lose with that every single time and it doesn’t matter how you spin it, all people will hear is free money.
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case (edited )Link ParentI think that was the idea with the ACA too, but I guess it just didn’t get spread far and wide enough. But, the ACA made it in because it wasn’t go big or go home. It was a tiny change to how...I think that was the idea with the ACA too, but I guess it just didn’t get spread far and wide enough.
But, the ACA made it in because it wasn’t go big or go home. It was a tiny change to how things are done right now and the health insurance companies were the biggest sponsors of it.
I don’t think it would have passed at all if the health insurance companies weren’t on board. i’m almost sure that the reason its dying now is because those same companies have decided they don’t like it.
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentHowever, in order for that to work, there need to be other systems in play Our government was actually starving people because the democrats wouldn’t let them stop funding the tiny bit of...However, in order for that to work, there need to be other systems in play
Our government was actually starving people because the democrats wouldn’t let them stop funding the tiny bit of healthcare assistance we actually have.
Basic income is a utopia idea. We’re so far away from this being an actual solution that its a waste of brain energy to ponder it and the one single candidate that ran on basic income was a total used car salesman of a candidate.
I get it. Free money for everyone cause everyone deserves their share of resources is an amazing reality to wish for. Humans just don’t work that way though. Best we can do is need based assistance which yes is a total waste of resources but so are political
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentI still believe that people generally want to do good and want to make decisions that help others. We’re all just having trouble making our way through the onslaught of propagandaI still believe that people generally want to do good and want to make decisions that help others. We’re all just having trouble making our way through the onslaught of propaganda
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Comment on Large US study finds memory decline surge in young people in ~health.mental
snake_case Link ParentI do the same exact thing but with documentaries. Every so often I’ll venture into a podcast. Been doing this for as long as I can remember. Had those national geographic vhs tapes when I was a kid.I do the same exact thing but with documentaries. Every so often I’ll venture into a podcast. Been doing this for as long as I can remember. Had those national geographic vhs tapes when I was a kid.
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentI haven’t given up trying to reach people. Its just frustrating. Its been ten years and I havent changed anyones mind about anything at all. I know there studies like “people do not change their...I haven’t given up trying to reach people. Its just frustrating. Its been ten years and I havent changed anyones mind about anything at all.
I know there studies like “people do not change their minds ever” and I read those studies and I get it but I just have this hope that my friends are more intelligent than that and…. Its been ten years.
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Comment on Libertarianism is dead in ~humanities
snake_case Link ParentIve had this discussion with my politically extreme friends so many times Ive given up. They are all suggesting grossly simple answers to endlessly complex issues and I just do not know how anyone...Ive had this discussion with my politically extreme friends so many times Ive given up.
They are all suggesting grossly simple answers to endlessly complex issues and I just do not know how anyone who doesn’t intimately know how the actual system that we have in place today works can suggest any kind of fix for it.
Looking at you, basic income supporters. Ugh.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one asking questions still. Everyone else is just tossing out dumb ideas.
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Comment on Things to do when you've lost your job in ~talk
snake_case LinkWrite your resume yourself. Get your friends to review it. Hell, get us to review it. If you take all the personal info out you can post it on r/resumes and they will tear it up and you’ll be...Write your resume yourself.
Get your friends to review it. Hell, get us to review it. If you take all the personal info out you can post it on r/resumes and they will tear it up and you’ll be better for it.
Just write it yourself and you’re ahead of like 90% of the applicants.
Yeah, that sounds about right. I just remember being able to get that same meal for like $5 in 2014ish when I was broke asf