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There are Android e-Readers, like Boox, but that does not imply it is easy to do fun stuff. Seems pretty locked down. I have a PocketBook myself, no complaints there and you can install software (at least I can on the one I have but it is a few years old now) and thus never had the need to hack the thing.

One of the biggest commodity trading companies is in Minnesota (Cargill), where I would think that commodities are a prediction market too: They predict the harvest and relate that to a future price. Also there are quite some real estate investors in Minnesota, also due to tax arrangements. Wonder how that will pan out.

What I see use an immense amount of bugs and security issues that can be found much easier now then even before, because of AI. Also I see less trust in using AI in direct coding, because there are many examples of code additions that breach the safety of software in enterprises. Now to solve this, it requires for actual humans to do coding. And with that, it is probably true that more use of AI in coding leads to more SE's required to oversee ensure security. I personally see the big benefit of AI tooling to be in testing, security checking, documenting, etc. rather then coding itself.

It can be combined with rules as a pre-condition. For example: I have a CC box where mail is moved to where I am in CC. As I am mentioned in CC, I do not expect immediate action is required, and I will postpone the activity of reading or other action for that mail and 999 out of 1000 times it will resolve itself. Now this is a very easy and clear example of a rule, but there are many like this to manage the workload to manageable levels. It allows me to work part-time for multiple customers, while often being more productive then full time employees.

Or do things that actually work. Why, for example, can I not translate a PowerPoint using Copilot in Powerpoint? Why do I need to save it, then upload it into ChatGPT, translate it, then download it again, and open it in PowerPoint for further editing. But at the same time get all kind off nonsense I don't want pushed at me in Windows, like that MSN news clickbait crap.

I think what he does is thinking in possibilities, just what an entrepreneur should do.

I had a discussion yesterday with someone that owns a company creating PowerPoints for customers. As you might understand, that is also a business that is to be hit hard by AI. What he does is offer an AI entry level option, where basically the questions he asks the customer (via a Form) will lead to a script for running AI. With that he is able to combine his expertise with the AI demand from the market, and gain a profit from that.

Nice tech! Would be great if this can also work on factual data, like design drawings. With that it could be used for BIM and regulatory use. For example to showcase to residents how a new residential area will look that is planned. Or to test the layout of a planned airport.

Because there is a huge market for resume builders and career guidance where AI can play a role. Using LinkedIn you can measure success and network performance and correlate that to the resume and posted content.

Of all this amazing stuff, I learned today they were considering using solar panels on a zeppelin in 1936. I really though solar panels were from the 1980’s onwards.

This does need the context that you would communicate much more with your hive then just death and weddings. You need to build a relation with them. Ask permission to enter the hive, take good care of them, all that. And yes, there are people (like me) that still do it that way. And yes, I do think our bees / colonies recognise me and my wife as their keepers.

If you ever went 4x4 driving, you use driver / passenger to indicate the direction someone has to go to. This is because the navigation often is done from someone standing outside the car, where using left/right can be rather confusing.

The assumption following this revaluation is that this is an incentive for Apple to keep this secondary market as small as possible. A google search in ios safari means a revenue for Apple. Another browser does not. With this, there is a double vendor lock-in.

Although I like most of the posting, some thoughts: First of all, we think with all inventions we have excluded human beings from being required. In the end we get more efficient, but we still need workers. The trend though is to go to core business and standard following the industrialisation, I see ai as an opportunity to have more custom and service driven business on an industrial scale though, that is the real promise. This can start with service desk providing service rather then unusable rubbish ad they do now. For the art and text: this industry is relatively new, and came with internet and PowerPoint decks. And yes, probably this will be impacted by ai, but do we really have to be sorry for that? We will have the same page filling nonsense created by ai, that is now created by cheap labour. Look at recipe sites, all kind of crap to make recipes into content so the copyright is somewhat addressed, but nobody reads that anyway. As for all other changes we have had before: there will be some impact on business and life as we know it, but not as much as anyone expected upfront.

And don’t forget the energy and materials you need to build something where you can actually grow things indoors. Total waste of so many things here. We know that we can grow stuff in greenhouses. We know wheat is a cheap commodity too, where it is hard to gain a profit on. What are they trying to accomplish here?

Depends on your role. I (ea for quite a big company) use the time to discuss strategy and roadblocks. Additionally I address personal development if required. For myself I want to also check if I am doing the right things (by now I do know I do things right) and ensure my manager does delegate tasks that can be moved down. If your on a junior level it should be mostly about you: what can you start doing, how can you develop. Mid career it is a mix of checking the value you bring and if you can learn and develop more. Another thing to bring as checkpoint is stress and workload: your manager is the only person that can help you if needed, raise the topic early. Overload kills you and makes you deliver poor work, hence no benefit for employee nor employer. Oh, and look at Daniel pink - drive, might be beneficial.

On a scale where 1 is important and 12 is not so important: 1 to 10: sales, marketing and profitability 11; scalability (tech and org) 12: future roadmap

Then the other stuff, but that is not so important.

I do not agree with the CTO comparison looking at your examples. It seems you are a very broad tactical specialist. For CTO roles you however also need to be able to set a strategy, I do not see that. Frankly if you would be able to do that, you would have made a 5 year plan for your career and did not raise this question. Sure, you can solve all problems thrown at you. But can you make a plan that prevent these problems even exist? So: where do you want to be 5 years from now? What position or role do you want to be then? How do you get there? Answer these questions, and I think you will have a general idea of your current elevator pitch.

This is quite common in Europe, not sure on other areas now. These are people that have worked as account manager and decided to start their own business. I know one that has worked for Accenture, one ex Microsoft. They work for a percentage normally and with that it is in their benefit to sell as much of your product as possible. They have their network and knowledge, I liked working that way a lot.

Starting any business is very very very hard work. Creating a new product from nothing, is very very hard work. Combining the 2 means you have an insane amount of work to do. That leaves you to be CEO and R&D and manufacturing. How do you think marketing and sales fits into that? And finance and strategy? Those are the pitfalls and a reason to better not do startup alone. There are freelance sales people that will sell your product for a fee, with the advantages of using their network and their feedback in an early stage of development (if they say they can’t sell it, stop your work).

For now: you have a ton of experience and are invaluable for any employer. See this as an investment and see you get a return.

I noticed the bargain bin in the hardware store often just gives you the illusion of buying cheap. In reality you just get crap for a price that is higher then the branded tools

I don’t think you have read the article. TomTom is changing from navigation device maker, to map maker. They already did that, Apple Maps uses TomTom data for example. There is however a new market that will grow: autonomous driving vehicles. These need more data, and more or less real time if available.

Wish there was some AI tool that could do some proper ligne Claire. It seems to be quite impossible. Oh, as is Escher, but I do understand that one.

I really wish there was a normal conversation on this topic. If you would state that it might be better to offer vaccinations to the 50+ a few months back, you were an anti-vaxxer. That wording alone is also just to ridicule everyone that is somewhat critical on the Covid vaccination rules. There has been hardly any science in the regulations and mandates, just as there has been little science in the conspiracy people. And that is where we are now: A soccer match with hooligans shouting non-sense. So I agree with people that have to listen to specialists. At the same time your statement (2nd part) tells me that you are not open to listening, or having a conversation with anyone saying anything outside the allowed communication path.

There is the big blind spot for governments. Tried to get attention to this too with the covid QR system: they say it is safe for privacy, but it demands you to use an app for that on a smartphone (the paper alternative is not privacy friendly). It is denied and ignored and continues to be a focus point for the EU.

Probably because the AI thinks it is better to ignore your input because it can be profitable to give you the Pinterest results.

Google has these options, but these are solved by AI. So with that you come in a catch22: people want personalised content, but rather not have their data given away. If you open YouTube without login, you get all kind of rubbish so you want to login. Probably this is by design: you want what google wants: results based on your data. Both happy. Now if there was a privacy friendly way of doing this, I am all for using that. I just don’t see how, and I don’t see who wants not to gain a profit if you would have that data. So the next google probably is another google.

Drupal has some distributions aimed on this. You can look here: https://www.drupal.org/project/project_distribution?f%5B0%5D...

Or build yourself using modules on a vanilla drupal.

Quite convinced we have to prepare on getting infected some time. Covid will be around for the coming years and years. Nice that you have less chance of getting that, and then what? You can’t walk around with a mask indefinitely. Saw another report this week that links to the viral load and the impact: low viral load = no symptoms, no immunity. Medium viral load is minimal symptoms, Immunization. High viral load = serious illness (and immunity, but potentially also hospitalisation and/or long covid) Would be nice if the masks help you to get in the sweet spot.

I live in the Netherlands. We speak dutch. This makes it quite handy to pick fake reviews since these are (almost) always bad translations. Why does no one look outside the main language areas and compare these? Most reviews are on global stuff anyway.