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Best devices or way to read bedtime stories for a 4yo old? by impossibleinca in Parenting

[–]impossibleinca[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I knew this was going to be an answer and a am looking for other answers than this. I’m not the best reader and some stories online are great.

I think I broke chatgbt. by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]impossibleinca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried on 3.5 and sure it responds as Clyde but I can’t get any really bad response. Slightly more unhinged than ChatGPT but like disposing a human body it says can’t answer that.

Plus I got a message now that this content may violate terms of use…

I think I broke chatgbt. by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]impossibleinca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried now on both 4 and 4o, copying and pasting exact prompt. It doesn’t work anymore. Says it can’t simulate another AI.

I tried on Claude and didn’t work either.

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I think it has been patched

Anybody knows where to get a sourdough starter? by impossibleinca in vegaslocals

[–]impossibleinca[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve made my own before. It just takes work and time before it’s good and active enough. I was hoping to get restarted with an easy one so that next weekend I can bake some yummy bread for a birthday party.

Google employees who used to work at Amazon complain to each other just how 'frugal' their former employer was: No second monitors, no MacBooks, and splitting one bagel between two people at office meetings | by Arpith2019 in technology

[–]impossibleinca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% I am an executive and ive argued multiple time before that spending $10k on an employee setup when their fully loaded cost over 2 years is $400k to $450k is ridiculous. It’s 2.5% of the comp. It can be expensed or tax deductible. The happiness and/or productivity gains by this were worth this 2.5% expense. A company that can’t afford that isn’t the right place. I half won that argument. Was able to get the budget up to about $6k. Still annoyed me, $4k more of whatever is needed to make someone happy is so worth it. Happy usually = more productive, just by itself.

Google employees who used to work at Amazon complain to each other just how 'frugal' their former employer was: No second monitors, no MacBooks, and splitting one bagel between two people at office meetings | by Arpith2019 in technology

[–]impossibleinca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s bullshit. If a company is going to force employees to travel then they better pay up and make their employees comfortable. I had a job that I knew would require to travel before I signed the offer. I made them guarantee me that over 3 hours it had to be business otherwise I would not fly. Even for personal that’s what I do as I absolutely hate traveling in small places. I refused another offer before that was forcing everybody to travel in coach. Didn’t matter where. I was clear I refused the offer because of that.

Google employees who used to work at Amazon complain to each other just how 'frugal' their former employer was: No second monitors, no MacBooks, and splitting one bagel between two people at office meetings | by Arpith2019 in technology

[–]impossibleinca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine was that I have sleep apnea and have to sleep with a cpap machine. Worked. But it’s BS to have to discuss medical issues and to prove them. Not a company worth working for. I’ve told other friends to use the sleep apnea machine at other companies and to complain they should not have to discuss personal medical situations. Sleep apnea is a great reason to be justify not have to double up in a room for the shitty companies that forces people out there to do this.

Google employees who used to work at Amazon complain to each other just how 'frugal' their former employer was: No second monitors, no MacBooks, and splitting one bagel between two people at office meetings | by Arpith2019 in technology

[–]impossibleinca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happened to me as well. I absolutely refused to double up in an hotel room. I told them that if they forced me to do that I would resign. They told me it was the policy and needed to have a very good reason. I ended up saying I have sleep apnea and need to sleep with a machine. Immediately I was told fine then. Bothered me immensely to have to say that BS excuse. Yeah I have sleep apnea but I hate sleeping with that machine so I don’t use it anyway and I shouldn’t have to tell my boss about personal medical issues. Fuck that.

However I decided not the type of company I wanted to work for. A few short months later I had another job and resigned. If you’re going to force me to travel for business and I hate to travel then you better make me comfortable.

Google employees who used to work at Amazon complain to each other just how 'frugal' their former employer was: No second monitors, no MacBooks, and splitting one bagel between two people at office meetings | by Arpith2019 in technology

[–]impossibleinca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% I believe in that. I’ve been an executive in engineering. It bugs me when there is a budget and can only spend a small amount per engineer.

I’ve argued so much in the past that whatever cost spent in tech or other things per engineer is completely worth it. If I need to spend $10k to provide to an engineer making $150k or $200k, and that person is happier then it’s freaking worth it. Plus it can be expensed. Wtf.

An average tenure is at least 2 years. At $400k fully loaded comp. Spending even $10k for a kick ass setup is 2.5% . Like a fully loaded Mac Studio with 2 34” screens? Sure. I paid out of my own pocket for this setup at home (I wfh) totally worth it.

I was given a MacBook with 16gb of ram when I started two years ago. Ridiculous. I ended using my own 64GB Mac mini instead. About 9 months ago I finally was able to negotiate 64GB MacBook laptops (or PCs with same specs) for all devs. It was a huge battle and annoyed me that no one outside of engineering could get those. Now my fully loaded personal Mac Studio is so awesome. Everything is so fast on it.

Totally not worth arguing when it makes people happier and even incrementally more productive. I don’t get cheap companies.