ChrisLicht

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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

This guy is a classic on infowarriorrides. Have seen him at least ten times.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yuri Gagarin was rumored to be drunk when he took the famous flight.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m older than dirt and have seen lots o’ presidential elections. Polls this far out, for the general election, are utterly meaningless.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I was reading several months ago that there was a time in the mid ‘90s that there were a few gay clubs in Russia that were relatively unmolested by the cops, as long as the local “roof” was paid off.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Unhoused” troubles me. It feels like it denudes the impact of a person having no place to call home. Is it supposed to destigmatize “homeless” in some way?

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just stand closer.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re thinking in the right direction. And, employers are going to increasingly insist on what I like to call repressionware, hardware and software installed in your home workspace that effectively leashes you to work, vitiating many of the advantages wfh gives today.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

There used to be a business joke you’d hear in the ‘60s, often attributed to John Wanamaker, a pioneer in marketing:

“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half!”

The joke highlights the dilemma many businesses face in evaluating the effectiveness of their advertising spend. It’s remained relevant in the advertising and marketing industries, reflecting the challenges in measuring the impact of advertising efforts.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Too bad the product is execrable today.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

What about the Dutch?

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In 7th grade, many years ago, my school had an excited young teacher who convinced management to let them teach a Logic class. I can’t even remember if the teacher was male or female, but I use the shit I learned in that class constantly, particularly the fallacies and biases we memorized (and then promptly weaponized against teachers, parents, and pastors).

When billionaires attribute their success entirely to their own virtues, skills, or talents, and blame others or external circumstances for their failings, they are demonstrating a self-serving bias, a specific form of the fundamental attribution error. They fail to acknowledge external factors like market conditions, socio-economic advantages, or the efforts of their teams that may have contributed to their success. Conversely, they externalize blame for failures, ignoring any personal shortcomings or misjudgments.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

This sounds very knowledgeable. If the reporting is to be believed, why do you think the OpenAI folks might be so impressed by the Q* model’s skills in simple arithmetic?

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