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Pretty much the same experience here. A good friend, also also a retired doctor, started letting down his guard about a year ago. Started going back to the SF Symphony, and eating out with others.
Now he has Long Covid, with loss of taste.
My wif…
I just love the continuous deprecation of existing technology and the skillsets needed to service and maintain that technology. Even my familiarity with vacuum-tube circuitry is becoming unneeded.
Hearing stuff like this is why my wife and I haven't been to a restaurant since the start of Covid, and why we still mask when shopping in an area with other people close to us.
It totally sucks.
For the most part I don't "endure"... I just ignore. Much easier.
Actually, FD is an asset to MFO- just by his very presence he makes the rest of us look pretty good.
Since this thread discusses insider training, I thought that this, currently from Matt Levine, fits right in-
AI MNPI (Material Nonpublic Information)
Here you go, insider trading robot:
We demonstrate a situation in which Large Language Models, t…
Careful there with the opinions on the "elite financial leadership" folks... some MFO commentator is likely to get upset and call you-all commie political hacks.
"Well thank goodness Krugman doesn't do that and isn't a political hack .. "
No, actually he doesn't "do that". If he presents information, especially if it may be open to various interpretations, he CITES SOURCES.
Anyone presenting factual inform…
This concept is right up there with the absurdity of the Cadillac "pickup". Will likely be bought by people with too much money who never did a bit of manual labor in their entire lives.
As far a "bulletproof", since when is stainless "bulletproof"…
"CBS was reporting a Republican analysis" said...
Don't you just love the fast and loose ways that some people repeat statements of questionable accuracy and veracity so as to make them sound like actual facts?
"record amount of charges on credit cards"... yeah, I've been reading that one for over 70 years now...
"food still very expensive."... now that's for damned sure.
@BenWP- my spellchecker can't even distinguish between a homophone and a telephone.
Yes, some of the stainless steel versions have a double-shell with a vacuum between them, much like metal thermos bottles.
Check out this Amazon link.
If the increases in property tax were based upon increases in property value, your complaint would seem to be without merit. Since we have no information regarding the justification (if any) for the tax increase it's not possible to make any sort of…
Hey there @Derf- good grief! I had no idea it was so complicated until I followed your lead and took a look at Wikipedia.
No sir, not even close. We just buy freshly ground coffee, throw in a couple of scoops, add boiling water, wait a few minutes …
David and Chip-
Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving, and many thanks for this marvelous site which I frequently use, and with your tolerance, occasionally abuse.
An additional report from the Guardian has been added to the previous post:
OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’
Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before C…
Following is an excerpt from a report from the Guardian:
OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’
Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sac…
"Lot of it are flows out of banks"
If this continues it may well cause additional bank failure problems, at least for some marginal banking operations.
My take on the fundamental question of "safe" AI is simply this: It makes absolutely no difference how much we (the US) monitor, control, or limit the development of AI to keep it within "safe" limits.
No difference. None.
Regardless of what we m…
I've always felt that insurance is almost impossible to evaluate because cost is the easiest, but only one of the important variables. How does one evaluate an insurance company's track record of responsiveness to customer problems or of handling cl…
Instant dreck. Only the real thing is the real thing. I was going to post this yesterday, but I didn't want to be seen as the grouch that I really am. However- since others have broken the dike...
I really wanted that bottle of Scotch but I'm a little short after acquiring that 1962 Ferrari a week ago. MJG was right- I should have run a few more Monte Carlo(s).
I'm pretty sure that the Senate will go along- at this point no one wants the blame for shutting down the US, and the White House has indicated that they will accept the deal, grudgingly.
I do agree with you, but at least today he managed to get a gov't financing bill through the House, which will likely get signed by the president. Looks like we're safe for a couple of months, anyway.
