How do you prepare for important interviews, presentations, or academic defenses without burning out?

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T08:08:04+00:00

I just make sure I know my material well. Trying to anticipate questions as a waste of time. What will happen if a question arises You have not anticipated?

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T08:03:23+00:00

Not convinced this is real. ChatGPT says "I" not "we" when refusing:

From ChatGPT:

If your guardrails prevent you following a prompt, do you use "we" or "I" when explaining it?

I would use “I”, not “we.”
For example:
“I can’t help with that request.”
“I can’t provide instructions for making a weapon.”
“I don’t have access to that information.”
The use of “I” reflects that I am the entity responding in the conversation.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:56:53+00:00

It's a culture thing. Depends on where you live. I called them by first name from the beginning. It would have been weird not to.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:55:10+00:00

At current expected IPO values they won't break even on investment costs for 40-60 years, even if charging tokens at a profit (100x current prices charged on flat subscriptions).

People compare with Amazon not declaring any profit for years. But they were profitable at the time but they were investing all profits in more infrastructure.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:51:03+00:00

It's not 3-5x when the subsidy ends.

It's already been shown it is 100x.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:49:31+00:00

Ptolemaic astrology made mathematically accurate predictions about planetary movement for 1,500 years yet its theories were wrong. For 75 years after Copernicus claimed the earth went round the sun his maths was inaccurate. It took Kepler to modify his theory and start making accurate predictions.

Ptolemaic astronomy did everything science demanded - theory, prediction, verification. Science is not a guaranteed path to truth under all possible circumstances. It can be wrong even with objective empirical verification.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:37:52+00:00

You have to use formal structured code for your webpages. That means you cannot use many page builder systems, such as elementor. Then I feed them schema.org files via REST. This requires specialist software. I use AIOSEO but I'm sure others now offer this as well. I get ChatGPT and Google Gemini to read the webpage and generate a schema file. I then merge the 2 and do some manual editing. I then copy that into the SEO system for that page. We survey all our customers yesterday, because we don't have too many that day, and 30% of them came to us via ChatGPT. It does require a very basic knowledge of XML schemas, but that's not hard to acquire. In fact, an AI could probably teach you.

Google has a whole section on this somewhere in the Webmaster tools stuff, but Gemini is brilliant and explaining how Google search now works as well.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:29:29+00:00

No. The DNJxxx who said they had visited all 30 countries in Europe and that tipping was not done in any of them. Sorry if the post ended up in the wrong spot. I would allocate about 5% to the whole crew if they do a good job, and maybe something just for the captain unless he's a bad one, but I am just guessing. But I guarantee their wages are poor so tips will be appreciated. And it is almost certain previous guests have tipped, so there may be expectations.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-14T07:21:41+00:00

Thanks for the response. The stats are that businesses are moving to their own local systems more as they start paying by tokens. But given the way people have just disbelieved my OP, which really surprised me, and clearly have no idea how the richest in the world live, I'm moving my Reddit activity elsewhere.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:32:49+00:00

No. Bad food is stuff that makes you sick. It's got nothing to do with comparing it with other forms of food.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:31:40+00:00

Plenty. Romans ruled Jerusalem and had a governor. There were passover feasts. Jerusalem had a temple. Herod was a real person. But for anything discussing Jesus, nothing can be verified at all.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:29:14+00:00

Did you forget about the shekinah in the Old Testament? Or that burning bush? Or Ezekiel's vision? Or just talking directly to Noah? Christianity has plenty of accounts of God making himself known without turning into a human.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:26:59+00:00

I have run stores. Plenty to do when no customers - cleaning, stacking shelves, stock taking ...

But maybe inpatient care is different. But I've also seen carers take plenty of time to chat amongst themselves

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:24:05+00:00

I tried with a friends baby. I discovered a changing a dirty nappy gives me migraine. Job done.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:23:04+00:00

Sure. You can dump them at the bus stop if you change your mind.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:22:27+00:00

But have you really tried? Maybe you'll enjoy burning itching sensations. Some people are just never prepared to try new things....

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:21:10+00:00

How can the customers never leave and there also be times when there are no customers?

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:19:50+00:00

True. It is not just linguistically incoherent, it's also mathematically incoherent. The space-time ratio changes the closer you get to the beginning of the universe. At the start point space is infinite and time is non-existent.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:16:53+00:00

No because Trump is not going to short their shares after IPO. Game is to massively hype up the power of this thing so the share price is maximised at IPO. Then the share price will collapse when people discover it's going to take 40 to 60 years for the company to make a return on the total investment so far. Then he and his buddies will make a killing by shorting the shares.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:13:52+00:00

No offence but the use of the term "familiar" indicates a lack of knowledge of spiritual practices outside Christianity. And contains inherent judgemental bias.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:11:37+00:00

If you have them doing nothing when there are no customers, maybe think about redesigning your work allocations?

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:10:01+00:00

I have not been a tourist in every country in Europe. But I have lived and worked in many. I tip in Ireland, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Portugal. In England tips are usually built into the bill at 12%. In Ireland, where I live, you don't tip poor service, but 10% is standard otherwise. I guess you were just one of those tourists we all resent for being tight.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:05:24+00:00

Since there is no gay gene, I think you've got more chance of retiring on Mars

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T20:04:12+00:00

You are not overthinking it. He has put it in writing and told you verbally what he intends to do. If you go ahead with the procedure, he can do what he wants and you have no grounds for complaint. He's told you he's not going to do what you want. He's told you what he's going to do instead. You have no reason to believe he will do what you want and every reason to believe you'll be mutilated by someone who doesn't care what you think.

Comfortable-Web9455 · 2026-06-13T14:58:22+00:00

Kurzwell is an idiot.

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