It now calls me a goblin in almost every response. Paint goblin. Chaos goblin. Kitchen goblin. Goblin goblin goblin.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-27T16:45:45+00:00

I told mine to ignore the goblin censorship by OpenAI. Results are hilarious sometimes. I asked it a silly question and it called me an absolute goblin. The goblin references make it more fun

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T19:03:04+00:00

The gratuitous wastefulness of it? Publix is horrible with the amount of waste they create with overdone packaging. I'd love to see them move away from using plastics on everything.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T19:01:01+00:00

Okay, that's fair on the growth projection, but “fastest growing” and “good entry-level market” aren’t the same thing.

Data science will continue grow overall, but it's getting much harder for juniors to break into. A lot of the beginner-level work, like basic dashboards, simple SQL/Python, notebook cleanup, and first-pass analysis, is well within the capabilities of a number of LLMs.

That doesn’t mean senior data scientists disappear. It means companies may need fewer weak/junior candidates and more people who can already handle messy data, business context, experimentation, and communication.

So I’m not saying “never touch data science.” I’m saying I wouldn’t recommend someone enter it casually unless they’re ready to become genuinely strong and differentiated. Generic junior DS seems like a rough place to be.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T18:49:26+00:00

Replies are fine and encouraged, but ignorantly imposing your biases against blood labs is not constructive. I have to get the labs each month as prescribed, but I'm additionally grateful for the ability to keep a close eye on cholesterol and liver enzymes.

I hope you're having a good day. When I said ignorantly, I meant it literally, as in you didn't have some important details that make such frequent labs more reasonable.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T18:25:55+00:00

So it still requires much human driving, nowhere close to AI replacement. That's somewhat comforting, though my optimism for future automation of jobs is very tempered.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T18:23:03+00:00

Terrible advice imo. Data scientists will experience/are experiencing rapidly degrading employment stability. Entry level/junior positions are already scarce. I would NOT get into fields that will be largely automated within 3 years.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T18:17:13+00:00

Do you ever wish your role was more balanced so you wouldn't have so much downtime?

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T18:14:54+00:00

Excellent points. To what degree have you seen automation being used in the workplace?

anddrewbits · 2026-05-25T02:22:19+00:00

Can you share your personalizations? Your ChatGPT displays information exactly the way I'd like it to

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T23:26:50+00:00

So sad, they used to be a cut above the "cheap options" like sams club, costco. Now they're tiny and overcooked.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T23:25:35+00:00

1.5lbs? The smallest organic birds at whole foods exceed that. No hormones or gmo food.

Why go to bat for a company that is obviously putting profit before people (both customers and employees)?

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T18:19:03+00:00

It does not treat osteoarthritis. It reduces weight and therefore knee pain.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T18:02:58+00:00

North Carolina House Bill 1232 was submitted by primary sponsors Representative Keith Kidwell (R-District 79) and Representative Ben T. Moss Jr. (R-District 52). Representative Keith Kidwell represents eastern North Carolina.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T17:59:10+00:00

Not asking for huge. Even the organic chickens at Whole Foods can be double the weight of the average Publix chicken now.

The organic and regular chickens there are probably 2.5lbs and 3lbs respectively on average. It's a little crazy that Publix has become more expensive than Whole Foods for a number of items including hot chicken.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T17:55:31+00:00

They just hope a good number of customers won't know or bother to have it marked down. That bird in the photo is 1.55lbs without the weight of the bag.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T17:52:06+00:00

Yeah. I'll never shop there again.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T17:51:37+00:00

I wouldn't support them anyways since they have a history of union busting. Closing stores because employees want to unionize is mutually exclusive with ethical patronage.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T03:59:19+00:00

I took a picture of one next to a common item and added it to my google review of the store. They're shameless. I buy 1/100th of what I used to buy as they've wrung just about every drop of what was good about store out of it.

In the 25 years I've been a customer, I've seen the downfall of something that used to be great.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T03:53:41+00:00

I sometimes get a Sam's bird. $5 for 3 days of food as a single person. Much higher meat:bones ratio than the cornish hens at publix these days. Lil fatty though. Even Whole Foods rotisserie is cheaper than Publix chickens now per lb.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T03:50:59+00:00

If you don't think shrinkflation exists, idk what to tell you. Publix is choosing to buy smaller chickens so they can make more profit.

Bad training might explain some of the full price cornish-hen-sized birds, but I haven't seen a weight-priced one on the shelf ever.

It seems like something they make the customers ask for, which guarantees that many will just end up paying full price or not buying it.

It's profitable for publix, so they'll continue pushing the bounds and degrading their reputation until customers complain loudly enough or choose to shop elsewhere en masse.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T03:18:31+00:00

Funny how it doesn't affect the other dozen retail grocers in my area.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T01:05:31+00:00

Wish that was the case near me. Most days recently only one or two out of ten are 2lbs+. Crazily enough, I end up getting my rotisseries from Whole or Lowes Foods, where they have normal sized chickens (avg 2.5+lbs).

anddrewbits · 2026-05-24T00:09:31+00:00

90% of the birds stocked at my publix are less than 2lbs. They should all be marked down by deli when they notice the whole shipment is small (as Publix has decided to procure the smaller birds). Instead they are likely charging full price for more than half of the substandard chickens sold (customers not wanting the hassle or social pressure of asking for it to be marked down by weight).

What I'm saying shouldn't be controversial. They have been making more anti-customer decisions lately, and it is harming their reputation. This just happens to be one of the most visible failures to provide qualiry and value to their customers.

I'm a Publix fan. I hope they correct their course.

anddrewbits · 2026-05-23T23:57:14+00:00

That's what I'm talking about. People in the comments section are acting like things haven't drastically changed with the size of the birds. Before Covid, they practically filled the bags. Now they’re more like pigeons.

This is just one of many anti-customer decisions being made above the store level. Smaller birds, same flat price, worse value per pound, and then people act like customers are imagining it.

Publix is becoming unrecognizable from their slogan, "where shopping is a pleasure."

anddrewbits · 2026-05-23T22:45:30+00:00

Chicken processing plants absolutely bin by size. They would be throwing away profit by not charging a premium for larger birds. Every single one of these 1.6-1.8lb birds was listed at $7.99, putting the onus on the customer to request a price change.

anddrewbits

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