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>Yeah this is definitely one of those things that sounds good on paper but has unintended "consequences" shall we say.

Definitely Goodhart's Law in action.

>it's a caste system

One required by federal policy. Companies are legally bound, or at least incentivized to not risk lawsuits, to degrading temporary staff so as to distinguish between regular employees and contractors.

> It looks like they're just "asking nicely" at this point.

That's precisely what a cease and desist is: asking nicely, possibly with legal merit, possibly not.

Poe's Law strikes again

A company I worked for had the same problem. Messages were being dropped, and either no one on backend knew how or wanted to investigate. I was on the data team and we just had to deal with it.

How can you avoid products that are unilaterally and unexpectedly changed in the future? The answer is you can't.

>And I'd call them imbeciles, why you think that "the people like that exist" is argument for anything ?

I agree, I don't understand these sorts of arguments. While I suppose deference to anecdotal evidence has always been around it seems more and more prolific as of late, and more often than is used as justification for a baseless argument simply because others argue baselessly.

I agree it's odd. They've been showing it off at most of the sessions at the current NEXT conference, and we've requested but not yet gotten access to it.

Could this strategy work to match products across retailers? If so, any tips on getting started with vector databases? I've heard of them but have yet to try one out.

There's certainly a wide gamut of creators out there, and the handymen I've seen have videos like you mentioned. I imagine the complaints above are about the far more commercialized channels that do in fact model their videos after YT's algorithm.

I imagine the critique is based on the nutrition label alone; I'm not aware of and cannot find any labeling where the brand suggests the product is "sugar-free" outside the nutrition label.

Regardless, it is indeed a deceptive practice that I believe should not be allowed, along with the "sugar-free!" labels when they have maltodextrin or other "basically-sugar" ingredients.

Our 7-year old has the same thing. My main advice is to not fret and stay calm as time is the real solution.

For the clinginess, some tactics we've used to account for it is to setup play dates with other kids.

For the meltdowns, we simply ignore them in the moment as best as possible. They settle down eventually.

For the picky eater-ness, he eats what we eat and when he throws tantrums he gets an early bedtime. His body compensates for the extra hunger the next day.

For trouble falling asleep well we're still dealing with that one. We've resolved to just let him read quietly in his room until he's tired and wake him up at a reasonable time.

As someone who's been remote-only for about six years, I agree. I'd prefer a balance of remote/in-office work, and the in-office work I've had during this time has been invaluable.

Further, I agree with the author that there can be issues with office bullshit and I find that the vast majority of that is due to a combination of incompetence and poor organizational culture.

more like lixo am I right fellas

I don't think it's hate, it's simply skepticism. I adopted VR early on with the Vive and have since stopped using it completely, and I'm similarly skeptical that even Apple can pull a VR device off and make it more than a novelty. Still, we'll see if they manage it.

>Slack is straight up painful compared to their chat system.

As someone who vastly prefers Slack over all its competitors, I'm very interested in hearing how Meta's compares. What makes it better than Slack for you?

I also avoid the larger communities. The value in reddit is having a number of doors to open and shut at will. Can I find a better place for discussion in a specific forum? Probably, but reddit is great for being able to visit and consult with many different groups.

I agree with you. /r/legaladvice is the peak example of this; as someone who enjoys reading threads there and generally avoids commenting as I'm no lawyer nor legal expert they've become practically unbearable as more and more ignorant people comment freely and without restraint.

I disagree. Some wikis are better, sure, but some are wildly outdated or flat out wrong.

I've recently been looking into getting a UTV, and reddit discussions are great for subjective decisions like this. A few threads that I found helpful are below:

https://old.reddit.com/r/UTV/comments/q9mqyo/looking_to_buy_...

https://old.reddit.com/r/UTV/comments/13li1iq/is_3500_lb_eno...

Frankly, I'm stunned you haven't had a single time where something useful came from a reddit discussion; sure, topical forums are usually better for very specific knowledge but for many cases it's great. And obviously you need to be able to sift through the bullshit but we deal with that already daily with Google results.

Subreddits like yours are the true loss here.

Agreed. The only good bot is the one that attempts to identify comment-stealing bots farming karma.

>But I really can't think of more than 1 or 2 failures over more than enough years.

It's bad luck for us. We've had at least 10 bulbs die within the past two years, at least half of which had been installed just months before. I'd guess they were a poor quality batch in the box we bought at Costco.

Meanwhile, the Philips Hue led lights we bought ages ago are still working perfectly.

I asked it to write lyrics for an REM song about concrete slabs and it gave me a spiel about how it shouldn't do that because it's not actually an REM and songwriting is hard to do. I responded "you could at least try, you lazy shit" and it actually did it. I'll admit I felt a little bad after this but come on, I know it's not real and it's probably not great, just do it anyway.

Hopefully they loosen up on this "hall monitor" mode but also not let users bully it into submission.

>I liked it, but it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one.

I thought so, too, and was waiting for a punchline that never came.

>Based on the previous game, I pre-ordered the deluxe whatever version, and then couldn't stand the game, even on the easiest setting. This was the game that finally ended pre-ordering for me.

Same here. 2016 was perfection in so many ways that Eternal is just...bizarre by comparison. Nearly every aspect of Eternal was just plain mediocre or bad to me.

Did you get COVID? I'm having similar issues with both work and hobbies and I believe mine stem from the long-term side effects from COVID.

>The opposition to EV is beyond stupid at this point.

You really ought to consider why before calling it stupid. EVs are basically a non-starter if you need to tow or drive long distances quickly for reasons such as children and trucking.

I suggest reading the book Boys Adrift (https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Adrift-Epidemic-Unmotivated-Unde...). It speaks to exactly this topic.

The vast majority of UT houses have basements. Is radon a factor in lung cancer?