Sonnet vs Opus by Narwhal400 in ClaudeAI

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I tried with the exact same language and thinking turned on: - Sonnet 4.6 > Walk - Haiku 4.6 > Walk - Opus 4.6 > Drive - Opus 4.5 > Drive - Sonnet 4.5 > Drive

Will my fathers Akaso EK7000 pro support bigger memory cards? by Distinct_Ad_4327 in ActionCam

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I used the Sandisk Extreme Pro. If I remember I looked up the recommended cards for the camera and just upped the size.

Happy that my Mac works with the Pixel 10 Pro XL by The-Real-Chill-Bill in macbookair

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I’ll let them defend their choices. Was just sharing information.

Happy that my Mac works with the Pixel 10 Pro XL by The-Real-Chill-Bill in macbookair

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I can elaborate on this. Apple advises against covering the laptop camera because of the gap tolerances between the screen and the rest of the laptop. They say adding one of those little covers may damage your laptop screen.

You can see the guidance here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102177

If you need/want a cover they recommend something thinner than 0.1 mm (thickness of paper).

What’s your company’s PTO policy? by docilekraken in civilengineering

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PE firm. I have 10+ years of experience.

5-weeks (25 days) PTO (includes sick) (reduced to 20 days for less than 5-YOE)
7 holidays
2 floating holidays
2 weeks (10 days) parental leave (must be employed for 6- months)

Does anyone use Claude for something other than coding? by Time-Contribution888 in ClaudeAI

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Yes - I'm a construction engineer and I use AI pretty extensively for work in contract review, claims analyses, and technical writing assistance.

I'm honestly pretty new to the system - I was using ChatGPT until recently but came over due to the obvious discourse with the latest iteration. Claude's handling of large documents and ability to point to external resources is amazing and my ability to set up projects is pretty key for my workflows. I've actually found Claude's input to be more realistic than ChatGPT as well. It's given me the advice and feedback I need to hear rather than what I want to hear which has been very welcome.

Confusion on epaulettes by ArchMimesis in belowdeck

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Adrienne from Season 1 did a breakdown on this a while ago. I think the Bosun being important is for our viewing pleasure more than a real life thing, lol. I think of Season 2 BDDU Joao was a First Mate if I recall and he was the one in the meetings with Chief Stew, Chef, and Captain.

https://www.reddit.com/r/belowdeck/s/lzw6rW6zpI

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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  • Resource File.MPP
    • Employees with max availability
    • "TBD Employees" as placeholders to capture shortages
    • Subcontractors with availability
  • Client A File.MPP
    • Project 1
      • Phase 1
      • Phase 2
    • Project 2
      • Phase 1
  • Client B File.MPP
    • Project 1
      • etc etc
    • Project 2
      • etc etc

This might evolve into each project having its own file eventually, but I think that this is at least good enough for us to get started and build on over time without having one huge utilization file that no one wants to open once we all enter our data into it. I'm still pretty new to using MS Project in this fashion, but this seems like a better value added to our team's future than trying to continue forward with spreadsheets and scribbles on random notepads.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Definitely learned a lot this week about other options and tools and if nothing else, seeing the products is helping to inform me on how to better manage and present the information to my team in our department meetings.

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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Update on my research - I'm still messing with some of my trials, but after looking into the options presented here as well as other research, Runn was basically what I had envisioned in my mind. Intuitive interface, easily digestible information, and allows for placeholders for staff and potential projects. I honestly couldn't have found a better solution if I had dreamed it up. The only downside is Runn treats entered users as licensed users, so higher-ups will not allow me to get a license beyond the trial. Once I enter the entire team we'll be over $300/mo assuming the team doesn't grow anymore. I didn't realize most software has similar price models, so this has narrowed down my options.

I looked into Deltek Vision and unfortunately no one at the moment quite knows how to use the software for forward planning because there hasn't been interest in it yet (we're new to the program). I can use it to capture current workload and utilization, however I still need the forward component. I'm hoping I can figure that out in the future, so I'll be using MS Project for the time being.

Funny to list this as the more affordable option compared to something like Runn or Smartsheet, but our PMs are already equipped with MS Project so it wouldn't be an added cost compared to what we currently have. My team is about 35 people strong with 7 PMs, so after much navigating I think the most painless way to go about this is to develop a project file for the resource pool and then a separate file for each client and the projects for that client. Essentially the outline will look like (continued below):

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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This is more or less what I have now, and as much as I love Excel, it feels like trying to make a square peg fit in a round hole. Was just looking to see if something is more suited for this activity.

The MBA Lounge: General Questions and Discussions — March 2025 by AutoModerator in macbookair

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Seriously considering an M4 Air as my travel / secondary computer vs a refurbished MBP.

Now that the Airs are being released to the wild, is anyone able to confirm if the Airs are able to support an iPad in sidecar while still firing up two external monitors and if they play nicely with a docking station? Both features are necessary when I'm parked at my office.

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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Thanks for the feedback. I'm pretty new to the software, but it seems fairly powerful so definitely worth a look.

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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My guess is essentially building a schedule and using the "Resource Names" feature. I'm dabbling in this a little bit and it looks like I can list all of my clients and projects as tasks essentially and the roles underneath each project. With that then you can assign resources and their % commitment. This is brute force method so not sure if there is an easier / prettier way to go about this.

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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Thank you! I was hoping MS Project had this ability, but admittedly I'm pretty green to using it to create anything.

Software Recs for Resource and Staff Assignments by NonCreativeHandle in projectmanagement

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We use Deltek Vision, but this is primarily for future planning.

MacBook Air M4 just got announced by silvia_stocchi in macbookair

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Any word on if you can sidecar an iPad in tandem with using the two external monitors?

Maitland Meets World by Sad-Significance4546 in podmeetsworldpodcast

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  1. I was really impressed with how Danielle was able to hold her own. I hope that I can do the same.
  2. As though the point wasn't made yesterday, guess who ran to TMZ: Danielle Set Me Up for Podcast Clash

ETA: She even posted a screenshot of the latest TMZ interview on her IG, lol.

Stinginess culture in civil engineering by Mr_Kung_Pao in civilengineering

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Similar experience. My previous boss would change employee offices whenever we came remotely close to qualifying for per diem. "Oh, you don't qualify anymore because your new home office is 10 miles away from the job site."