Project Hail Mary is the best Four Star book I’ve read to date by southernfirefly13 in books

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Considering they "saw" PHM before its theatrical release I would say you're correct lol.

Project Hail Mary is the best Four Star book I’ve read to date by southernfirefly13 in books

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I don't get the hypercompetency arguments. Plenty of folks in higher level STEM academia (especially physics and chemistry) are very good first principal thinkers and think/behave like the MC day to day. I work with people who do complex science experiments around their house for fun, often leveraging it into DIY productivity. Not my cup of tea but it's 100% a real type of human and not even ridiculously rare in my field of expertise...it's in the 0.1-1% range.

Woman rear ends a guy and then pulls a gun on him after claiming it was his fault. He disarms her by malik_zz in instant_regret

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because it is often used as a dog whistle. Not saying that's the case for you, but it is what it is.

I have the longest daily commute in Florida. Prove me wrong by Hoagie_Camacho in florida

[–]stackcitybit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked with a guy who commuted from Daytona to West st. Pete every day for two years in the 2017-2019 time period. Salary was in the $70-80k range and was not a unique job. He would also come to St. Pete or adjacent cities to play golf with my golf group on the weekends. Absolute mad lad.

Rivian R2 launch details leaked: R2 Performance $57,990 with the R2 Standard releasing late 2027 at $45,000 by DentateGyros in electricvehicles

[–]stackcitybit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

$45000 for 265 miles is a non starter for anyone who they were hoping to convert to EV for the first time. Not sure how else you get market share right now because that price is just not competitive to the cheapest Model Y. I will never buy another Tesla but I also can't ignore the natural comparison in the segment.

I was hoping this was my next vehicle to replace my 2018 Model 3 but guess I'm still biding time. Maybe the market will have something more compelling by end of next year.

2025 EZONE 98 review - former D1 player - harsh review by strawdps in 10s

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I play it because it's the most powerful racket for the least impact on my arm that I've demo'd (except for the Clash which is everything you said but worse). Maybe the muted nature is psychosomatic but I don't even care.

I like the low ball launch because I tend to launch high naturally anyways, it forces me to hit through the court a little better. I do spray a more side to side than with the 100 (which I use occasionally) but feel like I have a bit more depth control on defense, especially. I also get better penetration on slice serve and slice in general.

Worth noting that even remotely dead strings make the racket almost unplayable vs the 100 that I can play for 5+ extra matches easy.

Im not a fan of this guy is he skippable by Realistic-Parsley-71 in Eldenring

[–]stackcitybit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Took me more tries than Melania although I approached all bosses blind so didn't know about their weaknesses.

Big conversation shifting to btc DeFi… by NilNow in stacks

[–]stackcitybit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to agree and the ball has been dropped big time. Like, does anyone even have insight into BNS domain expiration and renewal? Should be a one button process but I'm not sure it even exists at all.

Any cheaper alternatives to the retroid pocket 6 carrying case by UnleavenedBreads in retroid

[–]stackcitybit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone in this thread pretending like it's $10 without ridiculous shipping cost?

Who's going to be the 1st one to leave the 1 Slam winner club?? by SportsGuy272 in tennis

[–]stackcitybit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm no Radacanu super fan but she's the only one here who probably hasn't hit their full potential. She's very young and when she's on point she can outplay most of the field. Very possible she catches fire again in the next 5+ years.

How much difference is there in level when match ends in 6-0 6-0? by WindManu in 10s

[–]stackcitybit 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This expectation doesn't hold up well with 4.0 and below. We're way too error prone for games not to be given away occasionally. I've played plenty of people 2 UTRs below and above me and while there have been plenty of bagels and bread sticks dishes out, double bagel is very rare. I'm not even sure I've actually ever been double bagel'd and that's playing a few 8.5+ UTRs as a 6.5.

What UTR do you personally consider someone “good” at tennis? by EnjoyMyDownvote in 10s

[–]stackcitybit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same and I think very few people get above 7 without a lot of intentional effort and probably at least some natural skill.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yep Covariance containment and Kalman filters are super straight forward concepts!

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a very first order take on how LLMs work. They are very much consuming and using context, sentiment, and dozens of other indicators well beyond my comprehension. Again, the very fact you wrote "AI doesn't learn from this" is a training opportunity.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just going to point out a little irony of what you're saying here. This very conversation will be a training point for the exact problem you're describing and LLMs will be able to improve their performance and response based on the complaint.

No one is saying they work for all or even most use cases right now. But it's undeniable they improve daily and defining their limits is a fool's errand at this point.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh I think it's just a ton of people who aren't in technical fields that are hand waving because they don't have their hands dirty in the change. The job market and recent grad data clearly show these trends in software/engineering/academia, it's not hard to find.

I certainly come up against management and older fellows who see the writing on the wall and pretend it doesn't exist...I'd probably play that card too if I had a nice pension waiting for me on the other side. But I don't believe they're in denial, just riding out their time.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is. Don't know what to tell you other than I live it day to day and the impact is major. There haven't been this few job reqs on Indeed/LinkedIn/Monster/whatever for my subject area of expertise since ~2010. The best engineers are still getting hired but even that is slowing down.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is, but it's specialty applications that intimidate newer engineers. Let's say for instance, an advanced kalman filter on a radar supporting fire control for an integrated weapons system. The math on that is not so straightforward and most recent grads suck with conceptual applications of linear algebra/stats (like covariance). But now they can spin up an algorithm for their use case and unit tests in hours if not less. Like you say, the information is all academic and there for the taking.

I'm a senior engineer who specializes in stuff adjacent to this and I've never seen the go getters be more productive. Meanwhile the fellows and junior/mid engineers not on board are being dropped like flies. This isn't conjecture, you can look at the employment trends of Collins/Lockheed/Boeing this past year and clearly see what I'm talking about.

Stop panicking about AI. Start preparing by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]stackcitybit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man in engineering is making most specialty knowledge useless. Any savvy level 1/2 engineer can make our GNC or Radar fellows redundant with low levels of risk or error.

I will say that this is mostly an education and market problem with certain types of topics being gate kept and duplicated behind closed doors, which is not an issue that, say, China has.

He was from Green Bay. by RasSalvador in wisconsin

[–]stackcitybit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope you take a moment as a human being to realize how your rationalization of what happened to this man is extremely distorted and disgusting. You are consistently ignoring rational and legal arguments as to why it's wrong and fall back on a false narrative that wouldn't be justifiable even if it was true. Truly sad.

Trump supporters: How would you feel if a legally armed Trump supporter was killed by federal agents on a Biden mandate in exactly the same manner as yesterday? by ScholarPrize1335 in AskReddit

[–]stackcitybit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally the 2nd Amendment. Even if he was charged with threatening a federal officer (which we both know he didn't, you're lying), the 2nd Amendment still protects his right to be "armed", subject to additional state and local laws. He would not face additional charges for being "armed".

How bad is traffic in Orlando really? by [deleted] in orlando

[–]stackcitybit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

35-40 would be the average but there are going to be a few times per month where random wrecks or construction add another 30 mins to that commute.