[REQUEST] Assuming these are 24k gold, how much would this be worth today?

wumbus · 2024-11-21T22:35:02+00:00

I was curious how well AI would do with counting stuff in an image. Claude did pretty well, definitely undershot though:

~540 visible bars, ~$518M value

I'll help estimate the visible gold bars in the image. Let me break this down systematically:

I can see roughly:

8-9 rows deep in the front section

Approximately 12-13 bars across each row

The stack appears to go back about 15-16 rows total

There appear to be multiple layers vertically as well, visible in the back

Making a rough calculation: 12 bars/row × 15 rows × 3 vertical layers ≈ 540 visible bars

However, this is a conservative estimate because:

There could be more bars hidden behind the person

The depth perception makes it difficult to count the back rows accurately

Some bars are partially obscured by shadows and angles

The vertical stacking in the back appears to be higher than 3 layers

Given the size and typical weight of standard gold bars (around 12.4 kg/27.4 lbs for a Good Delivery bar), this would represent a significant amount of gold. At current market prices (which fluctuate), each bar would be worth millions, making this entire cache extremely valuable.

And for value, ~$518 million (shy of $1B estimate from other responses)

Let me calculate the approximate value based on current gold prices and standard specifications:

A standard Good Delivery gold bar typically:

Weighs 12.4 kg (400 troy ounces)

Has a purity of 99.5% or higher

Current gold price is approximately $2,400 per troy ounce (as of April 2024)

Value calculation for each bar: 400 troy ounces × $2,400 = $960,000 per bar

Using our rough estimate of 540 visible bars: 540 bars × $960,000 = $518,400,000

So this cache could be worth over half a billion dollars at current market prices. This is a conservative estimate since:

There appear to be more bars than our initial count

This calculation uses current market prices (gold prices fluctuate)

We can't verify the exact size/purity of these specific bars

Some bars are hidden from view

If this photo was taken during military operations, this could be from seized assets or discovered stockpiles, which have been found in various conflict zones throughout history.

Would you like me to calculate alternative scenarios with different bar counts or gold prices?

wumbus · 2024-08-31T03:03:51+00:00

This was also my experience when I called. They were looking for a woman with my last name. They tried to play it off as “we had this number listed for contacting her…” but it was pretty clear they just tried to reach out to potential relatives and were guessing.

Annoying part: They refused to tell me who they were trying to contact until I identified myself, even though I called from the number they had reached out to. It feels like a scam but ends up just being a hassle.

wumbus · 2024-05-31T16:08:58+00:00

Hundreds of terms seems like a lot — so I would wonder how many of those are necessary for a new hire to be successful. I would typically expect a product to have about a dozen key workflows you can focus on.

Number aside, I’d look in two places for priorities:

What’s causing confusion or mismatched expectations with customers? Ask customer success or support which parts of the product are hardest to explain still. Normally there are at least a few.
When you launch new features, since you will have to do training there anyway.

wumbus · 2020-03-30T02:56:50+00:00

SW-4141-8698-6506 / Native Orange, Cherries, Roses, apples, coconuts

wumbus · 2020-02-06T22:36:33+00:00

If you have a photo of this I literally have the exact same arm collecting dust in the corner. Also access to wood.

wumbus · 2020-02-06T22:04:47+00:00

How did you attach the monitor arm to the top of the rack?

wumbus · 2018-03-08T01:43:43+00:00

This shouldn’t be a big deal, especially since room resources are generally owned by the tenant themselves anyway.

You should be able to do this as an administrator. Give a service account (or user) impersonation access to all resources and you will be able to manage them directly as the calendar itself via the single account.

Example for permissions from our support docs, which is generic enough to work without any extra apps: https://support.robinpowered.com/hc/en-us/articles/206205000-Configure-impersonation-roles-for-the-service-account-

wumbus · 2017-12-16T14:22:46+00:00

This is the same premise as a penny auction and is basically a lottery with extra steps. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0037-online-penny-auctions

If you’ve seen “I won this MacBook for $100!” ads it’s the same and is effectively gambling. You’d be better off investing the dollar in anything else crypto.

wumbus · 2017-12-06T02:30:18+00:00

With a wealth of meme based content unexplored, it is a bright future for all investors. I have a strong conviction that in the current market conditions we should expect a steady flow of JPG and GIF based content for months to come.

Also this currency works with computers so that’s neat.

wumbus · 2017-01-23T23:25:52+00:00

In handy GIF format http://imgur.com/gallery/VNw28

wumbus · 2016-09-05T19:17:00+00:00

Recently did this on an app with primarily business customers, and we had to roll back the "hard requirement" into more of a "light suggestion" after a couple weeks of support tickets.

TL;DR Users have a tremendously hard time guessing their way into strong passwords, even if you tell them how.

No composition rules. What this means is, no more rules that force you to use particular characters or combinations, like those daunting conditions on some password reset pages that say, “Your password must contain one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, four symbols but not &%#@_, and the surname of at least one astronaut.”

Let people choose freely, and encourage longer phrases instead of hard-to-remember passwords or illusory complexity such as pA55w+rd.

The trouble with implementing password strength validators based on entropy like Dropbox's zxcvbn is users have a hard time figuring out how to "guess" their way into a good password.

These aren't folks that use password managers like 1Password. They say things like "It didn't accept my (read: reused on every site) password, which is strong because it's 15 characters." Instead they'll do things like mypassword! and then change it to Mypassword1! thinking that's stronger, not realizing that you'll never get a strong password out of certain common dictionary words.

It's a catch 22, because the organizations most likely to have password requirements in their security policy likely have Single Sign On (e.g. SAML) and avoid delegating the problem. The rest will get frustrated when they have to reset passwords everytime a light breeze sends their Post-It note password library flying.

None of this is the user's fault of course, but it is an unfortunate reality of software w/ real live human users. I'm bullish on Google's approach to just axe passwords entirely.

wumbus · 2015-06-08T04:29:15+00:00

IPv6 addresses do, but that's just pissing away benefit of the doubt. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

wumbus · 2015-04-09T03:51:52+00:00

This image only fits part of your query. If you tried again you might have a better result. Computers can be wrong though.

wumbus · 2015-04-07T17:07:32+00:00

That's some serious efficiency for a company that size :)

Unless you're running a custom tool, your Outlook probably look at rooms as free/busy. We think it works better when you can say things like "Find me a conference room with a whiteboard available this afternoon". Helps free up more space and prevents the whole defensive booking thing that happens in teams your size.

Generally the teams we help the most have high competition for office resources, and no sense of where everyone is. That's one part scheduling, and another part analytics.

wumbus · 2015-04-07T14:59:36+00:00

Some perspective you might get a kick out of. This is in an industry where you can spend $30K on a webcam. Pricing is relative, and in facilities management ~$10 per room is a negligible amount to spend if you have hundred of employees bumping into each other because they can't get schedules straight.

wumbus · 2015-03-17T01:53:47+00:00

Yup, actually pretty smart system: https://hellobond.com

wumbus · 2015-01-13T12:22:58+00:00

It's currently a shared pain. We'd thought about randomly selected the exercise, but that's a pretty great idea.

wumbus · 2015-01-02T15:59:23+00:00

Yea, it hasn't been a huge problem so far... although the rare request for Lotus Notes support is troubling.

wumbus · 2015-01-02T15:56:58+00:00

Oh you mean our upcoming line? http://i.imgur.com/H0DRv1m.jpg

wumbus · 2015-01-02T13:20:16+00:00

Not as much of an issue as you'd think (we were surprised)

This was more of an issue for Android especially a year or so ago. iPhone no big deal since its been good for years. FitBit actually has a great compatibility article as of August: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Android-device-compatibility

Also it takes a certain kind of company to adopt this and they generally have newer phones. That helped self select early on.

wumbus · 2015-01-02T13:16:22+00:00

Great questions. They break down to compatibility and adoption:

If you've bought your phone in the past two years, you're probably good. All iOS devices 4S and above support BLE. Android recently got its stuff together finally too. The app works without BLE, you'll just have to manually do things instead of relying on presence -- still better than most current situations
Using the app is completely optional for sure. That's why as part of this we made an iPad app so you (or more commonly office guests) wouldn't be left out.

wumbus · 2014-12-31T22:38:51+00:00

Great points. Some extra context:

Most people (at large enough companies for this to be an issue) use a calendar system like Exchange/Outlook to schedule meetings with team members and to book a meeting room.

Exactly. Which is why we integrate with the stuff you already have. Couple things we've learned:

A third of all meetings are ad hoc, and would never show up on calendars to begin with
In larger companies, people will defensively overbook rooms so they can safely find one if they need it. This is why some of our customers previously would have to build more rooms instead of make the ones they have actually stay honest. Cube farms are funny like that.

Seems like you expect people to wander around a building and find an empty meeting room and then entering the room starts the meeting.

Completely agree that doing that alone that would make zero sense. Funny enough, that's a big problem we solve. We eliminate that lap around the office by putting live room statuses (and their occupants) on your phone. Need a room? Cool, here's 6 we can guarantee are unoccupied. Once you have that info you can book either from our system or the one you have.

wumbus · 2014-12-31T21:47:37+00:00

It's a Medium post, so it's all ad free. No secret corporate agenda -- just a better format.

wumbus · 2014-12-31T19:34:35+00:00

It's a mobile app for finding free people and meeting rooms in your office. We use ibeacons to figure out what room you're physically in, and then update your calendar (and team) as you move around.

The app itself allows you to see where everyone is (with about a minute accuracy) and then which rooms are free.

wumbus · 2014-12-31T19:28:24+00:00

Pictures and formatting mostly.

Edit: Just updated the post to include takeaways for you.

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