- triggercut parent3. Could it generate it's own GoL forum asking these very questions?
- My father recently had a stroke, we both have ADHD, his is untreated. Since the stroke, most of his impacts have been cognitive, not muscular and most of his cognitive issues relate to worsening executive functioning across all executive functions, but particularly exacerbating the worst issues attributed to ADHD.
As you would know ADHD is a problem with regulation, not capacity however with this stroke it appears that his capacity has fundamentally changed and is further impacted by the dysregulation.
It's still early, and we haven't seen the specialist yet but I'm taking this hypothesis to them and (if I remember to) will update/edit here with their response.
- I was a CAD manager for various multi-disciplinary engineering firms in my early career, I can attest to some of the accounts regarding various CAD systems already mentioned.
One not mentioned that comes to mind is E-tap, used by electrical engineers. Well into the five figure territory once all the various bells and whistles were added.
However the most expensive software I ever saw in the wild was some little known simulation platform for a mathematician running predictive models (it also did this with 3D graphics, so both senses of the term) on mine/rail/port operational scenarios. That was into low six figures a seat and five in annual maintenance.
- I've seen fully loaded Ansys go for over $30k but yearly maintenance would have been maybe $15k, however this was over 10 years ago.
... And let's not forget the the $30k workstation needed to run it too.
- That's not it at all. In fact, in most of your stated cases it's the opposite. If you read the bill and understood governance of the scheme and the technology underpinning it, you would see that it actually addresses some of the very fears you are projecting onto it.
- There's a system that already exists in Australia (TDIF) based on OAuth and OIDC, but it's not legislated and lacks regulatory oversight. This uplifts and codifies this to a federal level and adds some additional governance and oversight in a similar way to the Consumer Data Right (CDR).
It's Authentication/Identity. But really it's a federated system of consent where you can allow one authoritative holder of some information about you to transmit it to another. Simple E.g. omitting many details but say some federal government agency (A) wants my driver's licence number. because I use the same identity for both (A) and my state department of transport (B) I can tell (B) it's ok to send it to (A). (A) and (B) are both in the "network" which is governed by a central Register (R) and verifies each to each other so they can securely share data over standardized channels. The central register does not get involved beyond legitimising (A) and (B) to each other. The benefit is for a lot of cases the specific information stays with the relevant party, you just consent to when one needs to borrow some from another.
- You might hate/enjoy this then: https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io/jekyll/update/2023/12/27...
- When I first started taking stimulants for ADHD and was trying to get the right dose I was confused because nothing was happening at first but finally reached a tipping point where it was working, but it was like a more intense version of my normal hyper-focus I would get at 8pm after "warming up" for 12 hours, after a couple of days it settled in between where I get the easy ability to switch attention without getting annoyed, or not realizing.
- I've used a number of pdf libraries in python and C# over the years, none have worked reliably as needed (that's just pdf I guess), but haven't used pdfplumber, I'll be sure to give it a go, thanks for the suggestion.
Yes, additional metadata. Totally understand it adds in a lot of complexity but could help for fine-tuning an LLM.
With regards to dates, not a lawyer, but for Federal I would go with "Start Date", it's always the day following the End Date of the previous comp. The Date of Assent (well the year at least) is in the title, but also the first start date. The registration date can be either before or after the start date depending. [1][2]
The tricky part is when sections have different commencement dates that are detailed in the text. I don't know anywhere that is easily accessible. And, if you think about it, usually the most important information for say businesses being regulated.
I wouldn't worry with timezone per say, it's relative to each particular state.[3] i.e. why polling closes in a federal election at 6pm in each state rather than coordinated with ACT.
[1] Section 12 of the Legislation Act 2003 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00213
[2] Sections 4 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00213
[3] Sections 37 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00213
- Yes, this. I've been trying to find a general way to automatically semantically chunk various legislation for a while now. Partly so as to diff various versions/amendments, but also to graph connections to other referenced legislation.
Most of the time I end up having to just take half an hour to manually regex and format plain text.
A particular case I have is where there is a draft bill put out for industry/community consultation. Quickly diffing the releases is the goal but for now usually relies on one (preferably two) subject matter experts to read the whole thing top to bottom to build an understanding. I don't think these would be available via the means you've secured. They are usually hosted on a relevant government entities website as PDFs
One last question/comment, have you considered adding some additional reference info like the federal list of entities?[1]
[1] https://www.finance.gov.au/government/managing-commonwealth-...
- Just FYI my work's network has blocked your site as "Malicious"
(Symantec Endpoint Protection chrome extension)
- Being able to break down exploratory questions or define work to be done and communicating that clearly is 80% of general consulting.
Sure, you're aligning your approach to a machine, but it's not completely dissimilar.
I struggle with delegation in general, even taking the time to delegate to LLMs, mostly because I work faster intuitively and expressing myself clearly just takes longer. With the benefits of semi-repeatable results, personally, I've found the most benefit working with GPT3 & 4 over the last 6 months has been getting better and more conscious in describing what I'm after.
- I like mTLS, I've worked in scenarios where both mTLS and OAuth are used separately and together, but if the comment here is suggesting certificates will be less complicated than OAuth then I would say I spent an equal amount of time banging my head against the wall with regards to learning and wrangling both, but maybe that's just me, would appreciate anyone else with experience in both to add their take.
- Hands up if you initially parsed this as using a LLM to file for divorce?
- The title should really read: "study drugs make some people worse at problem solving, not better"
Or even "prescription medication that effects brain not always helpful for people who don't need it"
Anecdotal evidence but my problem solving was good before medication and better now that I have the right medication.
- The UK. Not standardized, just a lucky combination of a fancy school trying to justify fees and good teachers who made the most of the situation for their students.
- Wow! I stand corrected. I was led to believe that Acorn went bust and sold to Psion. I thought it went Acorn Pocket Book 1, Acorn Pocket Book II, Psion 3.
Live and learn. Thanks! :-)
- This brings back happy memories. I was lucky enough to have the precursor, an Acorn Pocket Book, as part of my school curriculum. I lost it a few years ago in a move but I can still remember the the distinctive "device" smell (probably the case material). I yearned for the additional memory of the Psion 2. I would write lengthy stories that would fill up the memory. No off-device storage. I'd have to delete entries of birds i'd spotted and researched from cards app, tough decisions needed to be made.
Long before pokemon swept the west, our teacher would take us bird watching. We'd create entries in the cards app for each one we spotted, then research the birds in the library to fill out the entry. Then, as a class we'd trade (share) our research with each other.
- I'm the same. Half the time I feel inspired and excited, the other half I feel cynical and tired.
FWIW from my point-of-view as someone in one of those companies working on products (and who hasn't read the paywalled article) I see a few things playing out that are not new, mostly it's the same newer, bigger hammer syndrome:
1. Trying to solve the same old inconsequential problems but with new tech
This happens all the time. Eventually you realise that the problem is actually relatively benign. You want the hammer to hit home every time but realise that even if it did there is no real value gained.
2. Trying to solve a problem that's already been solved with existing more established tech
Open calls for ideas in company innovation labs or platforms are full of noise. Some of that noise is always around the same automation problems, usually some kind of extraction or some kind of categorisation in a workflow. Most of the time products exist but people are just unaware. In large companies the capability might already exist in house but there's a "must invent here" bias
3. Trying to solve hard problems without the right domain or technical expertise
There are legitimate problems that appear innovative and novel, maybe ones that have been waiting for this level of capability to come along so they can execute, however, adequate knowledge of the technical domain (fine-tuning, prompt engineering, zero-shot, context) or the problem domain (how to read a cat-scan) limits their ability to make a cobbled together PoC reliable, repeatable, scalable, trusted.
Think of it as some generalist buying a stock rally car to build a new racing team, but doing it all themselves instead of hiring a mechanic to tune it properly, or a driver to give you the mechanic feedback... or the mechanic to tell the driver what they can and can't do at the extremes... or the driver to tell the mechanic to FO and "fix" it. Dialogue.
4. Problem is too niche and hard to communicate effectively
If a project succeeds in an organisation and there's no one around to hear it, did it really succeed?
5. Lack of existing innovation culture, strategy, or clear direction hamstrings any serious attempt
A non-starter. A lot of organisations still can't embed or operationalise their good ideas properly. If they can't do that already, it's unlikely to change here.
6. LLM successfully implemented into existing product but no body notices or cares.
The whole "put a clock in it" from product design or "get it to send email" of software.
7. Hard problems even with the right attitude and team still take time solve effectively with relatively new technology
Ignoring the legitimate institutional roadblocks of assuring privacy, security, safety, ethics etc. It's still early days. Cost of O&M long-term is still kind of uncertain, as are some of the basic parameters like the context window. Increasing the size of it could fundamentally change your approach. Anyone who was building a system before plugins were announced probably needed to re-think a number of things and go back to the drawing board. Sure there are some who will just continue as planned and iterate later, but some will be cautious before locking in.
Lastly, I know personally for me, LLMs have become a large part of enhancing my daily workflow. They have increased both the quantity and quality of my output but the 2 fundamental problems for me are:
1. Remember it's there and to use it. (Can what I'm doing could be done with LLM assistance)
or
2. How to formulate a question or request. (This is a fundamental problem of all "work" and "management" how do you define and communicate effectively?)
- Purposeful strategic misrepresentation from those in power leaving others to succumb to sunk cost fallacy and perpetuate the myth of Hirschman's hiding hand...
Yum!
- "Oh for a muse of fire..."
- Was notified about this via the Feedly widget on my Google Pixel phone.
huh, how time flies
- I remember listening to an episode of Odd Lots a couple of months back discussing how someone was using the the Fed Discount Window.
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnR...
I'm not finance savvy enough to determine if this fits, but I've been wondering if some kind of event might follow
- About 20 years ago I moved into a tiny studio with my first serious girlfriend. She didn't appreciate the beautiful sounds of my 1980's IBM Model M keyboard I'd been using since I was 5. Probably more so since I usually worked late into the night. Given another gripe was the significant amount of floor/deskspace used by my two 19" CRT monitors, I compromised, and replaced the Model M with some $20 logitech thing, throwing the M out in the trash.
I really regret that decision.
- I like a similar one from the great (and sweaty) Tim Harrington -
"Knowing how the world works / Is not knowing how to work the world"
- With the Docker enterprise licensing stuff last year, I had to cease use of Docker Desktop at work which has been really annoying. As a non-dev who dabbles and roles their own tools it means my primary use case of firing up a DB really quickly and easily when needed is gone.
I've been eyeing podman but the additional friction scares me off from jumping in. Has anyone else not doing full-time dev found it (or similar) a simple enough replacement?
- I did the same. But had it specifically set in 2021 Also set in the restaurant. George gets a job as an "Uber Delivery"* driver and Kramer is excited about VR.
*Is that a thing? I don't think I've seen that where I am
- That's good to know, some useful context:
tldr: It's going to take a while
The search area is immense. People (even locals) fail to understand the incredibly vast distances. Sure, you can think up a comparison from your own context of a few hundred kms... but does your example have nothing, and I mean, literally nothing manmade but the road infrastructure itself in the proximity of the horizon for sometimes hundreds of kms? Few places do. In more remote places than this, say in the Kimberly, you might as well be on the moon. There's nothing out there to support you or resupply you; you always have to think about that ahead of time.
It's the middle of summer here, we are approaching our hottest month (February). Pavement, being a heat island, makes working alongside or on it a slow process. Exposure and heat stroke are real risks.
On the upside, the roads are sealed, and in relatively good condition and well designed when compared to say much of the US or the poorer parts of Europe but the odds that it falls into a crack or pothole will scale with the distance. A vehicle-mounted detector makes obvious sense but could be costly. However, as we know, especially at these temperatures, roads are slow moving rivers. It might even become embedded if it did indeed land on the surface. In which case it sounds like we may never find it.
Assuming it's most likely in the literal middle of nowhere. The risk of a member of the public coming into to direct physical contact would be highly unlikely. There are sections of road that haven't had human feet walk on them since they were last poured. But that introduces an interesting problem. What happens next time maintenance replace that section? Do crews need to be wary of digging it up, possibly aresolising it in the process? Maintenance is probably the most likely human contact scenario. Does every safety management plan now include the incredibly remote chance of finding it?
- Somewhat luckily/unluckily my job sometimes needs me to raid my references to come up with positions on niche topics.
Probably not that healthy really. Like a hoarder with happy clients