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We run a lot of varied, tiny, simple workflows that were previously running on 5.4-nano and mini. We transitioned them to 5.6 and noticed exactly this range of improvement across the board. In a few cases, we had improvements in classification.

I think a lot of people miss that for many companies, a model upgrade like this is basically a one liner.

Even if you have an amazing model router architecture (which we do for our golden flows), it’s just not worth it. Not to mention reliability and so on

People usually think of "making it" as a single point in time that's binary. Granted, there's some truth to that: most people will feel fully comfortable with a few millions in their bank account.

But in reality, success can be savored a lot more pleasantly if you allow yourself to be conscientious of milestones and include having a great process of getting there as the definition of success.

I've met so many people (myself included) that burned themselves by thinking they will spend only a few years grinding to reach a certain milestone, and get frustrated when the narrow definition of success they've created for themselves isn't met.

I've also met a few others that have realized the above, usually with burnout then self-discovery, many which also "made it" by the standard definition, but have a strong sense of fulfillment.

Naturally the question is how. For myself, what worked is a mix of taking more risks (becoming a founder at 35+), experimentation and using various techniques (therapy, meditation, the usual suspects) to find what can drive me to work hard but with purpose or joy.

It's poetically beautiful that the tool was very very clearly built mostly if not entirely using AI

I am definitely gonna contribute or fork to create an open leaderboard of cable brands and quality :D

I got the Kuycon G32P and it’s an incredible alternative. 32in + 6K for less than 2k$

Also works great with other sources like an Xbox

I used a Pro Display XDR as my daily driver at work and the difference is minimal

Switched to OrbStack in one prompt using Claude. It’s a night and day difference

We’ve been using Microsoft Teams as well as the entire office suite, and we’ve been positively surprised. There is an occasional clunky UI you come across, but the feature set is far superior to Slack or Zoom, and the ecosystem integration is nice.

msft had a massive edge. it had exclusive access to models + had web search before anyone.

they flopped this royally, just like windows mobile. they created a shitty ux by shoving it inside the bing app, then they decided to charge for it instead of capturing all enterprise value.

lastly, the product has stalled and missed on their biggest opportunity which is tapping into the data. you can think it's because of how complex it must be, but then openai and everybody else did it.

it's truly a lesson in product mismanagement, once again, from microsoft

The downstream issues are not related to immigration, otherwise house prices would have fallen in Lisbon.

Look at examples such as Singapore, Dubai and many others that adopted an entrepreneurial attitude and figured out the infrastructure to support that growth.

When will they blame when the immigrants don’t come but the problems remain?

What I see in comment sections of articles like this is a perfect example of why EU is set to lose in the coming decades: mindset.

I’d say most Americans understand the value of highly skilled migration. It’s how America stays #1, it’s how they have the best companies, and bring the most value to their nation.

Meanwhile in EU, any move to attract talent is seen as net-negative, unfair and detrimental to the culture and livability. Their negativity is a self fulfilling prophecy, but it will be a very costly and hard pill to swallow, just like the UK is seeing after Brexit.

I created my own translation app using llama3-80b, I call it "expat translator": I live outside of my home country and always struggled with using translators like Google Translate because they don't tell you if the way you're writing something feels natural in the other language. It gives me some pretty good results and I also instruct it to give me rewrites for informal and professional use, so I don't sound weird on WhatsApp for example.

It uses an on-device model for language detection and results are sub 0.3s thanks to groq

If someone wants to try: https://testflight.apple.com/join/GBxPMw2h

I started using Edge due to work being on the msft suite and I’ve been positively impressed with its performance. It handles way better than Chrome, especially with multiple tabs.

It's a fiscal year convention. Companies use the following year to reference the fiscal year because the fiscal year is named after the year in which it ends.

I have a type of migraine called vestibular migraine and I can confidently say that using dark mode helps A LOT. I agree with previous comments, dark mode is not about optimising for the median, it's about giving more options, just like we did with screen readers, font sizes, etc.

It's one of the sad sides of tech: we have all this knowledge about accessibility and this is either siloed or just not talked about. Designers are learning about aesthetics, color theory, typography but not about making your product support as many humans as possible - which is a business outcome!

Mac and iPhone prices will always be about perceived value. Unfortunately they don't have enough competition to drive prices down and they will take advantage of that for as long as they can.

Some tried from different angles but it seems people just don't feel confident enough to leave the ecosystem. Google keeps pushing sub-par phones. No one has delivered a robust face recognition tech as good as Face ID. Screen and camera quality are almost there but never better in a distinctive manner.

In fact, no one is trying to compete with Apple anymore. Android manufacturers abandoned the high-end market. The tablet and smartwatch markets are pretty much dominated by iPad and Apple Watch.

And as the service category expansion shows, people are getting comfortable with the idea of paying a monthly price for good tech. If competition eventually becomes a problem, they can just start bundling things up like Amazon does: iPhone Upgrade Plan + Apple Music + Cloud Storage + Apple Care + (eventual) TV content.

This is how it's done in the Netherlands, actually.

In Amsterdam / Netherlands:

- Booking.com

- Uber

- ING

- TravelBird

- Travix

- Backbase

- Catawiki

- Marktplaats

- KLM

- Transavia

- PVH

Or look for startups

Advantages of Netherlands, and things to look for at in a country:

- #12 highest net disposable income after tax in the world [2]

- #3 best inequality adjusted HDI in the world [1]

- #1 best healthcare in Europe, costs a flat 100 EUR for everyone [3]

- #1 highest English proficiency of non-native countries [4]

- #1 most affordable place in EU to buy a house [6]

- #4 lowest average of hours worked in OECD [5]

- Vacation days can be taken one-by-one

- Bike culture, cannabis culture, receptive towards immigrats

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequalit...

[2] https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_price_rankings...

[3] https://healthpowerhouse.com/publications/euro-health-consum...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index

[5] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/01/the-countries-where-p...

[6] (page 25) https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/at/Documents/...

I think this is a common mistake developers make when creating products: when things start not working, blindly start to add features or improvements they think will be good. I've been on that path myself and had the pain of (almost) going bankrupt.

Most (if not all) of this can be avoided if you spend time after development on getting feedback from customers, doing interviews, usability testing and most importantly trying to find the right commercial angle to develop the business. For example:

- Is the game localised in different languages? - Why targeting Linux and Windows, and not testing/developing on Mac or mobile platforms? - Why not create a end-of-year sale or bundle the game with others for promotion?

Why not any of the ideas here: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/

This is a misleading way to compare salaries and cost of life between countries.

A much better metric is to look at net disposable income after tax, if you're focusing on the "making money" aspect.

If you're focusing on the life quality aspect you'll also have to consider mortgage, car ownership and time off.

Example:

- In Netherlands you have 24 business days of time off, where you can take them from the moment your contract begins (not after 1 year working), and you can take them however you want.

- Taking a mortgage in Netherlands is currently cheaper than renting and most houses in the "sweet spot" cost around 300k euros, which is ridiculously cheap. Monthly payments are subsidized by the government (for some years) which makes it cheaper than renting.

To summarise, every country has a lot to offer, and at the end of the day life is not just about money.

Well, this alone will not make WhatsApp comply with the law, specially if these conversations were encrypted.

Also, there also has to be a consideration for the 100 MILLION users that might depend on this service. Imagine companies that depend on this to communicate efficiently and businesses that rely on this platform to take orders etc.

If they disobey the law, it must have consequences, but not at the cost of hurting your own people.

Taking it to an extreme, would they also take down a bank website if they didn't comply with a similar request and stop people from withdrawing money? I don't think so.

This takedown will not help in the investigation in any ways. So it seems the justice system isn't working for their main customer: the people.

First of all, no job should be considered dirty.

Second, if you go to places like Netherlands, Norway and Japan you'll see that it's not about money. Higher education prepares workers to do more complex, more efficient and more productive jobs.

Also, the society is more conscious about not having someone to do stupid things for them like collecting their trays after they eat at the McDonadls, this is YOUR responsibility as a member of a society, to look for others as well.

So in Amsterdam for example, street cleaning and trash collection are done with specialized vehicles. In Denmark, subways are autonomous.

I like to believe that as you increase education and income, the people that would be considered "dumb" in an very unequal society will spend their time developing technologies to automate tasks no one likes to perform and increase productivity.

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Booking is hiring Android, iOS, Frontend and Backend Developers. Also Mobile App Designers and UX Designers.

Wanna move to Amsterdam with full expenses paid, a great relocation package and live in the 3rd best life quality in the world (besides making in Euros)?

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Video - Moving to Ams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYgESPtEOeo

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Video - Designing at Booking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgPsc8GFD5Q

That's exactly what I did. I spent a lot of time and money on immigration lawyers trying to find a way to immigrate to the U.S. only because I don't have a degree.

After years of trying without any success I started looking into other options, only to find that it's significantly easier to immigrate into other countries (like Canada). Two months ago I got an offer from a Dutch company (even with them knowing about my degree issue), and I'm moving to Amsterdam next week.

Last month I spent two weeks in California, and, with this new reality, saw the whole place with new eyes. After the glamour wears off, you realize that the other options might be even better, specially after you see that some countries are much more welcoming to immigrants.

I lived in the US and currently in Brazil, so it's great to see two different aspects of the "voice mail culture".

Before cell phones were introduced here, almost every one in middle class had someone bring them an answering machine. When cell phones started showing up, thou, people didn't use voice mails that much.

Today, when you wanna talk to someone and they're not available, you just leave a text or a WhatsApp message. If it's not that important, they'll just see their missed calls and call you back.

This article made me remember that when I started working in the US, my boss got mad many times because I NEVER checked my voice mails so I missed meetings etc. Haha!

Meanwhile, live and on-demand HD online streaming is already a thing for YEARS in Peru:

http://play.tuteve.tv

You can easily do this in Brazil. Incompetence is so widespread that the data center will need years before they know what you're doing there.

Law enforcement doesn't have a single idea of how to operate on the internet, being the most recent proof of that the fact that the NSA spied on our president's email for years without anyone noticing it.

Just keep your distance from drug cartels, politicians and banks and you'll be safe.

Rio de Janeiro, Remote or Relocation, Full Time - Looking for positions in US / Europe / Australia

Stack: Objective-C, Node, JS, Android

Resume: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/thiago-peres/24/1a8/6b0/

Contact: thiago.peres [at] icloud.com

I'm a Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, Interaction Designer and more recently Product Manager with over 5 years of experience in mobile development, focusing on the iOS & Android platforms. I'm looking for product manegement positions and I wanna move to the US.

I have strong skills in leading efforts to see product designs from conception to completion.

I'm currently responsible for the mobile division of the biggest ecommerce in latin america, making apps and mobile websites used by millions.

In Brazil this is offered by insurance companies (it's called home insurance) for a long time.

Besides covering stuff like fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, theft, etc. they give you free home services like the ones you mentioned (hanging pictures, changing lightbulbs) and offer "emergency" services like locksmith, electrician and glazier.

It's way cheaper than your 500-1k range.

Here's one of the companies that do this: https://www.itau.com.br/seguros/residencial/

My tip is to be more creative and figure out a decent name for your product. “Browse your Paper with simple, natural movements.” Does this product name makes sense for native english speaking people?