Actually, yes. This kind of management reporting is either (1) going to end up in the books and records of the company - big trouble if things have to be restated in the future or (2) support important decisions by leadership — who will be very much less than happy if analysis turns out to have been wrong.
A lot of what ties up the time of business analysts is ticking and tying everything to ensure that mistakes are not made and that analytics and interpretations are consistent from one period to the next. The math and queries are simple - the details and correctness are hard.
Computers are already fast and efficient at multiplication - optimized long ago. Transformers are fast and efficient at working with sequences of tokens. Tools are not universal. A hammer is not a good violin bow. A MRI machine is not a good relational database. This extends to the natural world too. A zebra is not a good dairy animal. And a human poet may or may not be a good surgeon. It’s good to explore what things can do beyond their intrinsic nature - but expect to encounter limits eventually.
The linked letter reminds schools of their requirements to comply with civil rights statutes that have been on the books in the US for many years. The trump admin, otoh, is on a witch-hunt to “protect” conservative views based on their own feelings and concerns. Not the same.
Try considering the opposite situation. Suppose Biden or Obama sent a mandate to universities making unilateral and ideologically-motivated demands of their curriculum, policies, and practices. Everyone cool with that scenario? Or, does each new presidential administration get to impose their will on institutions of higher learning? What would that be like?
Sample of one, but I went back to grad school at 45. Was living at home with wife and son, so was firmly grounded in the present. However being around energetic, enthusiastic, and optimistic fellow students in their early 20s was a real boost. Many factors at work - the program required a ton of energy and an openness to considering new ideas - something I had not experienced in corporate life in many years. Definitely did not reverse aging, but really lifted my energy and optimism considerably.
1980s massive sci funding due to “Star Wars” defense program and funding revolutions in computer tech, pharma, public health, telecom, etc. Regan and both Bushes blew up their budgets, ran huge deficits forcing Clinton and Obama into making budget cuts to clean up their messes. So yeah, nominally the article may be true but the history is important.
My phone and noise cancelling earbuds allow for both of these already. My issue is with an always-on hidden camera and mic — just creepy surveillance junk
In what way are democrats (or, “leftists,” if you must) authoritarian?
Requiring face masks in a pandemic (which happened under the trump admin, in case anyone forgot) is not the same as masked goons throwing brown people into vans.
Yes. I work on a trading floor. Personal tech is a big issue in the world of private equity, investment banking, capital markets, law, medicine, proprietary research, coding, national defense, homeland security, most government roles, law enforcement, and may other professions. An employee may try to steal IP, but in the case of regulated industries, they can wind up in jail very quickly for doing so. This is no joke, and there is no room for sloppy move-fast-and-break-things jackassery.
Out of curiosity, for what purpose? Do you go back and watch your videos of everyday things? Share them with friends? With photography (and most visual media) the secret seems to be to take many many photos, or draw many many pictures, or shoot tons of video, and then curate and edit meticulously to find just the very best parts. Do you really get much value out of recording lots of day to day video? Is this part of some kind of art project?
"rebranding" takes more than saying "oh, now we are 'meta'" FB launched with great positive repetitional aura, but, at least to me, they have worn that away bit by bit over the years to the point where it becomes hard to earn back,.
you sure about that? Lots of progressive policies stimulate job growth e.g. infrastructure act, CHIPS act, Obamacare, support for public transit, etc. are all make it easier and less risky to hire people. I do agree with you about the disadvantages of the mad king routine, which injects uncertainty, risk, and chaos...
I think there are a lot of us out there in fact. Managing a queue of feeds in an RSS reader is much more pleasant than having newsletters mixed with email. Separation of purpose is a good thing for most, imho
$13b on $113b =12%. With treasuries that is only possible with massive leverage, negative convexity, or other reindeer games. I doubt the prospectus will tell much. Good luck to everyone involved but I personally am envisioning a ten foot pole and all that.
Also need to adjust for moving. A lot of people retire to Florida but would have accumulated exposures in wherever they lived most of their working life.
We need more startups that are creating durable business that employ a lot of people. Unicorns mostly blow up, and the few that succeed typically are not big or stable employers. How about funding more “lifestyle” companies that aspire to be in business for the long haul, not hunting for the exit on day one.
Obviously this is one of many diverse factors at work - but potential YC founders: the comments section here suggests that there is a lot of great human talent available in the market today.
Serious question. Is there any technology to capture the excess thermal energy from data centers and run some of it back into the grid? Or drive some kind of desalination process? Or do anything else useful with this “surplus” heat energy?
The budget is the policy, stripped of rhetoric. What any government spends money on IS a full and complete expression of its priorities. The rest is circus.
What increased and decreased in the most recent budget bill? That is the full and complete story.
If no $$ for open source or open weight model development, then that is not a policy priority, despite any nice words to the contrary.