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BrotherJayne posted:When I was a little kid, my father begged, borrowed and saved to buy a small factory that made taffy apples. Cost more than $1,500,000. The first year he only made $100,000 in revenue. By the time we were done with high school he had paid off the factory and he was making a nice living every year. Is this what these complete loving idiots actually think? it's like a candy apple factory- you know- you put money in and... the apples... over time, more apples... There,fore AI is gonna make a LOT of money we are going to ignore the obvious fallacy that buying and paying off a small factory to fund the life style of literally one person who owns said factory (while presumably providing a poo poo living to a few more people) is quite a bit different than buying technology that will literally be obsolete in one (1) year like Nvidia chips are, but go off king Using the analogy of a candy apple factory (basically the definition of old school revenue generation over time) and comparing it directly to quickly obsolete and brain-meltingly expensive AI setups bought because CEOs want to inflate their stock for no reason by using the word "AI" continually in their quarterly reports is about the level of thought process I would expect from these people. Taima has issued a correction as of 17:28 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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Precambrian Video Games posted:Nobody (American) wants to work as a postdoc anymore They made it totally untenable for any but the wealthy or utterly driven to do postdoc lmao check this Dr Collier video on post doc and why it sucks: https://youtu.be/mExlPihH3jk?si=Yx3Vwa-5GRXMsTeP STEM I guess is only going to get you a living wage if you do certain parts of Medicine or technology, and the latter gets more saturated by the day.
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Mar 31, 2024 17:28
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I work a lab of mostly female scientists, and I lol at any of the fresh graduates coming in expecting to get rich in a STEM job that isn’t forming your own company a la Venter or being some super hot shot expert in the field. It’s a Had one guy, gift of the gab, basically leave after a couple of years to earn his fortune doing pharma sales. Last I heard he did make a bundle, as he thought he was going to in any role outta uni (“I gots a a degree! That means you legally have to pay me £50k starting!”), but he lost his soul and it killed him inside. He’s now studying medicine at Trinity, so good for him.
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Mar 31, 2024 17:35
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you would do well to ignore the bleatings of a candy apple factory heir
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Mar 31, 2024 17:47
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also ignore anyone who says “my father”
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Mar 31, 2024 17:48
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Taima posted:Is this what these complete loving idiots actually think? $3 billion is low, for such a nascent industry!!! For a site named WSJ they seem to have no understanding on how investment works.
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Mar 31, 2024 17:53
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i am harry posted:you would do well to ignore the bleatings of a candy apple factory heir Gonna listen to the AI guys, they sound like they got their poo poo in order for beaucoup bucks.
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Mar 31, 2024 17:55
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Biden made groceries more expensive because he hates America?
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Mar 31, 2024 18:08
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SirPablo posted:Biden made groceries more expensive because he hates America? honestly this makes more sense than any Wolfers post screaming about how inflation actually isnt happening
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Mar 31, 2024 18:12
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SirPablo posted:Biden made groceries more expensive because he hates America? havent had time to research this topic yet but that sounds right.
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Mar 31, 2024 18:13
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no lube so what posted:genre on YouTube of people dumping huge amount into slots. put out blogs everyday. they have several hundred thousand views each My dad is undoubtedly one of those viewers, and has been convinced that if he could just scrape up at least $10k to seed into a slot machine, he's learned some trick via one of these channels that would let him hit big It'll obviously go differently than when he lost $10k at a $100 machine several years ago
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Mar 31, 2024 18:18
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ram dass in hell posted:Biden is going to win delaware, new York, and california The maximum number of states he’d win is 14 which is lol
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Mar 31, 2024 18:19
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Biplane posted:God drat that's terrible. What are the names of these accounts, so I can preemptively block them
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Mar 31, 2024 18:31
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slot machines are just really bad video games that take all your money he should have spent that 20k playing Time Crisis in the arcade for the next 3 years.
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Mar 31, 2024 18:31
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/29/bird-flu-cows/ Wildfires made Texas cows go to other states and spread the virus. The burger nation will fall.
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Mar 31, 2024 18:37
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jetz0r posted:slot machines are just really bad video games that take all your money
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Mar 31, 2024 18:56
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jetz0r posted:slot machines are just really bad video games that take all your money if i had 20k to light on fire i would probably be driving a car that isn't old enough to vote (it voted for hillary)
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Mar 31, 2024 19:12
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Xaris posted:i still maintain it's all just fake and not a real thing anyways. It's a Disney theme park aesthetic unmoored from any historical reality, like any other reactionary fad. A true "trad wife" lifestyle would feature a lot more chain smoking, poorly sublimated rage, matter-of-fact attitudes towards domestic violence, and suicide attempts. And would likely be just as popular with the algorithms.
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Mar 31, 2024 19:42
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blatman posted:if i had 20k to light on fire i would probably be driving a car that isn't old enough to vote (it voted for hillary) lol your car is a lib
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Mar 31, 2024 19:56
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Mandel Brotset posted:lol your car is a lib say what you will (ur right) but there are advantages to cars that know when its someones turn
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Mar 31, 2024 20:04
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lib car... so what
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Mar 31, 2024 20:10
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skooma512 posted:check this Dr Collier video on post doc and why it sucks: *tugs collar*
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Mar 31, 2024 20:13
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blatman posted:say what you will (ur right) but there are advantages to cars that know when its someones turn dale? dale please….
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Mar 31, 2024 20:13
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love my little cuck Kia Soul
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Mar 31, 2024 20:16
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gay son or lib car
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Mar 31, 2024 20:16
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biceps crimes posted:lib car... so what you say that until it puts on the song you know the one I’m talking about
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Mar 31, 2024 20:17
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jetz0r posted:slot machines are just really bad video games that take all your money Had never been in a US casino and honestly, was overwhelmed by the garish and inexplicably active digital screens of the newest slots. It was discouraging, mildly confusing (PRESS FOR THIS! PRESS FOR THAT! DO YOU WANT A MULTIPLIER? CHOOSE YOUR PROGRESSIVE!) and not fun. All I wanted was 3 mechanical rings, with numbers and fruit, and a lowish cost per pull with your lap basket of quarter tokens, but no. Not fun in the least even with money to waste.
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Mar 31, 2024 20:18
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euphronius posted:if they are paying you 67c a mile you literally are losing money I've known two people who tried Uber and both lasted maybe a year and both told me that they were absolutely sure they lost money after accounting for wear/mileage despite treating it like a full-time job. I feel like they maybe had unusually bad experiences, but not by much.
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Mar 31, 2024 20:22
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the popes toes posted:Had never been in a US casino and honestly, was overwhelmed by the garish and inexplicably active digital screens of the newest slots. It was discouraging, mildly confusing (PRESS FOR THIS! PRESS FOR THAT! DO YOU WANT A MULTIPLIER? CHOOSE YOUR PROGRESSIVE!) and not fun. All I wanted was 3 mechanical rings, with numbers and fruit, and a lowish cost per pull with your lap basket of quarter tokens, but no. Not fun in the least even with money to waste. all that stuff is for retention even if it's hit or miss for you, the random casino visitor, it'll keep the addicts engaged
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Mar 31, 2024 20:27
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Willa Rogers posted:
that's downright generous compared to the jagged financial cliffs for everybody not your generation though. Single extra dollar earned can trigger thousands of dollars in benefit cuts at some thresholds. I know you think it's harsh and cruel (and it is!) but goddamn that's so out of touch with what the rest of us deal with which is so, so very much worse. Being the biggest voting bloc meant you got the slightly better end of the completely poo poo deals your entire life and what tiny scraps you were thrown came directly out of our hides.
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Mar 31, 2024 20:30
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skooma512 posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/29/bird-flu-cows/ Time for Congress to classify cows as birds and to spark a new culture war topic while we're at it.
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Mar 31, 2024 20:47
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Willa Rogers has issued a correction as of 23:59 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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Mar 31, 2024 20:59
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I got a PM the other day suggesting that I write an OP for a thread about social security, medicare, "medicare" "advantage" & medicaid and I lol'd thinking about how it'd be a magnet for boomer animus. Sure, let me get right on that so idiots can treat it like their personal generational festivus.
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Mar 31, 2024 21:06
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Willa Rogers posted:I got a PM the other day suggesting that I write an OP for a thread about social security, medicare, "medicare" "advantage" & medicaid and I lol'd thinking about how it'd be a magnet for boomer animus. lol reminds me of the time one of the D&D mods asked another sexual assault victim to write a long new thread/OP about it comparing it to writing a video game walk through write up and then seemed shocked that everyone was REALLY mad about it. Writing good informed OP about a controversial or difficult subject on these forums is an invitation for endless lovely harassment.
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Mar 31, 2024 21:12
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Willa Rogers posted:I got a PM the other day suggesting that I write an OP for a thread about social security, medicare, "medicare" "advantage" & medicaid and I lol'd thinking about how it'd be a magnet for boomer animus. You ahpuld on condition you get ik
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Mar 31, 2024 21:15
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silicone thrills posted:lol reminds me of the time one of the D&D mods asked another sexual assault victim to write a long new thread/OP about it comparing it to writing a video game walk through write up and then seemed shocked that everyone was REALLY mad about it. Because it certainly wasn't traumatizing enough to see other victims smeared without repercussions.
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Mar 31, 2024 21:19
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Out of curiosity, Harik, what cruel & unusual punishments are you facing that are unique to your generational cohort & not to poor people in general?
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Mar 31, 2024 21:23
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silicone thrills posted:Writing good informed OP about a controversial or difficult subject on these forums is an invitation for endless lovely harassment. Student Loan Forgiveness Starts October 2022
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Mar 31, 2024 21:23
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triple sulk posted:top hn story Most of that $3billion is probably OpenAI as well. Hilariously listening to startup podcasts, I can't get a clear view of what anyone really thinks they can do with LLMs as a large scale buisness. Reading between the lines its their bosses saying they gotta have AI but no idea how it will be used or how applicable it is to their industry. Raccooon has issued a correction as of 21:27 on Mar 31, 2024 |
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Mar 31, 2024 21:23
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Taima posted:Is this what these complete loving idiots actually think? loving wild, innit?
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