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vmurthy
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Product Manager at a startup. Hacker at heart. Eclectic reading habits. Silence lover.

  1. > have you seen Amazon's "Rufus"? It's hilariously useless.

    I'd argue -- for now. Maybe it's an incentive/urgency thing. At the moment, Amazon isn't seeing ChatGPT do the buying of goods bypassing Amazon's own search. I expect Rufus to drastically improve especially given that Amazon has an AWS offering of LLM(s) [0].

    [0]https://aws.amazon.com/ai/generative-ai/

  2. I asked ChatGPT to summarize the video and avoid the ad etc.

    "The real reason: opportunity.

    NZ’s economy offers few paths beyond agriculture and real estate.

    Larger, more diversified Australian cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) offer broader careers and education options

    In Summary

    New Zealand’s paradox: a high-quality society built atop a narrow economy. Its openness with Australia, while culturally beneficial, drains the very people it needs to sustain growth. Until it diversifies beyond real estate and agriculture and offers more opportunity to young professionals, the exodus is likely to continue"

  3. The 20 year old me would have been so excited about something like this. The 39-year old (ok 40 next month) is more reserved. It is not that I don't think this will be adapted but more like : What needs to happen (government, civic groups whatever economic forces) for companies to adapt this? It's going to be a slow burn for sure if this needs to work at a global scale but the impetus should begin with incentives, sadly.
  4. One aspect of no phone is how to deal with payments. Specifically UPI payments in India. These are QR code based payments and it is getting more difficult to pay by cash at many locations.

    Right next to that is OTPs from financial institutions.

  5. What a beautiful, thought provoking article! When I saw the title , I thought it was a book summary of “My stroke of insight” [0]. This book is by a neuro-anatomist who had a rare stroke resulting in the left hemisphere of her brain being incapacitated. That led her to experiences similar to that of the article’s author. Do check out the book and pair it with the article

    [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142292.My_Stroke_of_Insi...

  6. FWIW , the blog post doesn't really show any famous games where double bishops helped someone win or anything like that. It's a small fragment of games where players with double bishops improved their position etc.
  7. Went down the rabbit hole which is the overtype.dev website (nice work btw!) and found and even nicer rabbit hole - https://hyperclay.com/ Single HTML apps :). Enjoy!
  8. I would also pair this article with "Stolen Focus" ( a book I am currently reading -- fascinating read ) [0] . I am only 10% in and the book is captivating. Read the book to understand the "whys" of this article .

    [0]https://www.amazon.com.au/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deepl...

  9. Human agents + AI empowered . Gives a new definition for Agentic AI , no ? :-P
  10. Cue the book "The Code Breaker" [0]. I read it a long time ago and such an incredible book and journey by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuel Charpentier. Do check it out

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_Breaker

  11. I've been thinking that they probably are smart enough to know this but see utility in spewing such lies. Because optics implies higher valuation. It's follow the money as usual :(
  12. If you’re talking about Mary Buffett, it is his ex daughter-in-law. How to read financial reports like Warren Buffett is the book (I think)
  13. Ugh. I’ve blocked it from my memory. Deplorable. At some point, it’s just power play. Not even lust.
  14. From the book, it appears that Sheryl used Meta as a platform for promoting her own image and book rather than do the things that prevented a lot of bad. It’s beyond sad
  15. I read the book. It’s a very interesting read. A few things stood out ( no spoilers )

    - Casual indifference at exec level to atrocities happening because of FB/ Meta.

    - Money/power does make you insensitive

    - Tech bro view of the world permeates most decisions that Meta takes.

    - Casual sexual harassment for women ( follows from the tech bro worldview I guess )

    - US centric world view influencing how execs treat world leaders.

    All in all worth a read or two!

  16. @ideashower, In principle, I agree . But the overlords won't care or will quash it down. This way, the employee collective wields some power in a legal way and the overlords have to work harder to quash it down
  17. @nextts: I think that even having a single share is beneficial in that it enables the platform as a whole from becoming another venting place. Having shares means skin-in-the-game so I wouldn't go down the route of not having shares
  18. https://rankandfile.me

    At the moment, I am validating demand for Rank And File, a platform for employee activism. Think Institutional Investors but instead of suits, it is employees who own a large number of shares in their own company and act as a collective.

    R&F aims to provide a private forum for employees to discuss company policies and act as a platform where employees can connect with legal experts and activists who will help them

  19. From my understanding, mindfulness does not imply no thinking. It is more like not reacting to the thoughts that arise. I am a beginner so don't quote me here, though!

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