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I've seen director / VP-level folks at a public company point LLMs at a corporate product and essentially ask it "What deficiencies do you see here? Output to a Word document." Then forward the output to engineering management as a product task list. One person did this to the same product more than once in a couple week span without realizing it so there were multiple documents with conflicting issue lists floating around trying to be read and triaged. And the expectation is that this comprehensive analysis was done so easily, product fixes should be just as easy.

I have to wonder if it's because of how many Enterprise customers they have who have standardized on Github Copilot and gotten it through the gauntlet of legal approvals etc.

Was he in banking? For some reason I was under the impression he was a lawyer and partner in a major Seattle law firm.

namesilo has been decent for me

Accompanying code: https://github.com/tjdevries/advent-of-nvim

This is one area where I find ChatGPT to be quite decent.

FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition [1] is an oldie but a goodie worth a re-mention.

1. https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpris...

Someone close to me works with this guy, who was a total hero last year. Obviously, he had to go through all the treatments. https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/aggressive-coyote-stran...

I have Starlink at my home located in a rural area where the only alternative is DSL at ~1.0MBPS average downlink. Using Starlink made it possible to actually do interactive work from the house without tethering to my spotty LTE service or traveling to a better location. My own experience is that the service has been quite reliable (often 12 hour stretches without an outage), but I do have unobstructed views of the sky. I do find that streaming audio/video can be glitchy and I usually have some kind of audio issues.

This is my experience (greater Raleigh, NC). It's people asking for referrals for painters or experiences with various Internet service providers. Or lost dogs; so many lost/found dogs.

Agreed. It's not surprising at all since they don't want to manage a bunch of different contracts. However, I'm of the opinion (and I am a lawyer) that the contracts should then always be especially construed even more strictly than usual against the drafter.

Shipt does the same thing for some stores they deliver from. They claim something like a 15% markup average, but in reality from our own experimentation on items we most frequently purchased, it often hit 35-100% markups and higher. (Actual examples: a $5 watermelon for $12; a dozen store brand eggs $0.99 in the store but $2.99 from Shipt). Add tips and it's rarely worth it for us anymore.

Home Depot and Lowes do this same thing with certain items like dishwashers. It's obnoxious. Their website will show that they have "1 left in stock" but it's the demo model that's installed in a rack of cabinets and not for sale.

Companies shouldn't be permitted to call something "flushable" if over half of the country's sewer facilities say they are a problem.

That's why my dentist recommends a fluoride mouthwash after brushing.

I'm fairly certain GE also builds timers into the system to "expire" filters on either water volume or time (e.g., six months).

I'm somewhat surprised Google hasn't taken the old Microsoft route of just charging per call for support on their free accounts. MS used to be $300 way back IIRC. Google could probably charge $500.

Previous discussion about the build: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17743960

I will look into this. I do trust certain family members with access to my vault password, but the notification of access and ability to give access to a trusted third party (my lawyer) that is available with LP is very compelling.

I've love to switch away from LastPass. I switched to LastPass Families when it came out due to their "digital contingency plan" so family members (or the trusted family attorney) can get access to passwords rather conveniently if I or another family member passes away. At the time, I didn't see that other offerings made this as easy. Any other good options out there for this use case?

I watch Stranger Things and The Office re-runs on business trips. Once The Office is gone I'll be gone as well.

Macbook Computer Augmentation Software (MCAS)?

It appears to have been a limited survey they rolled out to some Firefox users. My browser just showed a message asking something like "do you want to try something new?" with a button that led to this page.

Mine was like that. So badly swollen the touchpad was almost impossible to press. I replaced the battery myself and it really wasn't bad at all. Less than an hour roundtrip using the "string method" (I saw it on a YouTube video) to slice through the tape they use to glue the battery down. The worst part was trying to clean off the old adhesive before putting in the new battery. This method is really non-invasive because you don't have to pull off a bunch of other parts.

Also lubricated with grease or even bathed in oil which serves as a cushion.

A few years ago, I met guy in my travels who seemed quite carefree and just enjoying frequent international travel with his spouse, funding various art initiatives, etc. Turns out he wrote some utility-related software for a large American city back in the 80s and has nice a recurring revenue stream from that. Other than some now very occasional support requirements, it's essentially just a source of passive income. He said switching costs would be too great, and there's no need to change something that's working.

Craftsman tools has its own story, but over the years they started creating lower quality tool lines and eroded the brand. It used to be a major go-to line of tools especially for entry-level professional mechanics (as I used to be) as they were very good quality US-made tools with a great warranty at a fraction of the price of Snap-on or the like.

You can get smarter by reading and people should be told that.

I'm really interested in this because I have someone who keeps telling me this isn't possible. Do you have a source by any chance?

I believe he switched to an iPhone. [1] I was at an analytics event this year where they were analyzing his tweets based on the originating platform. 1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/donald-...

Or keep them away from airports.