The difference is between cursing and cursing AT someone.

“The garage door broke.” “Ah, fuck.” - Fine “You fuck.” - Not acceptable

If you get a written warning, it’s probably time to start looking for a new job regardless.

Hey congrats! I worked seasonally at Best Buy a few times and am also recently out of a 3 year hiatus. It’s a good kind of nerve wracking, though.

I remember the best advice for me through the process of their digital training/ personality test is that they already have a specific answer in mind. There aren’t philosophical debates. They want to know that you understand it’s a business and that there is always a ‘better’ answer, so give them that answer.

(I e. If they ever say on a scale of 1-5, the answer is always 1 or 5. )

Except you’d also have to factor it county-by-county with how long it would take to drive to a state where there is no ban.

It’s the same with guns. If your neighbor won’t ban it, it’s not really a ban. It’s an inconvenience charge that only the rich can afford to pay.

Didn’t the guy who originally posted the “1:1 model comparisons” later admit that he stretched and scaled the models to fit better?

It’s derivative, but not a ripoff.

“Thoughts and prayers”

If only something allowed you to use the typing system you already know, was able to be rolled up, doesn’t require you to already own a 3D printer and have knowledge of modeling software, and cost less than $50.

If only…

That’s not the fault of the user/students, though. They’re different tools. One is outright worse than not using it. Neither produce lasting benefits.

Headline: Screwdrivers better than hammers for screws.

Text: When craftspeople were trained using hammers with screwdriver bits duct-taped to them, they were able to perform the task, but were not able to keep pace with people using screwdrivers. Another team was given power drills, which were effective in practice. However, these did not produce any benefit once all people were given screwdrivers.

“What? You scared?”

The study shows that once you remove the LLM though, the benefit disappears. If you rely on an LLM to help break things down or add context and details, you don’t learn those skills on your own.

I used it to learn some coding, but without using it again, I couldn’t replicate my own code. It’s a struggle, but I don’t think using it as a teaching aid is a good idea yet, maybe ever.

You skipped the paragraph where they used two different versions of LLMs in the study. The first statement is regarding generic ChatGPT. The second statement is regarding an LLM designed to be a tutor without directly giving answers.

Everyone should read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

It was written almost 120 years ago, and shows just how horrendous these working conditions used to be before the FDA existed. Everyone who wants to cripple the ability of the FDA to regulate these plants wants those kinds of inhumane working conditions back.

It has a socialist message in the second half, but remember - socialism doesn’t replace democracy. Socialism replaces Capitalism.

Yep. It’s another of their “depressing comic week” where there is no punchline, the comics are just incredibly depressing. There’s no hidden meaning, which makes them even more impactful.

“9th billing from a movie 20 years ago complains about vague use of his character (who had been replaced by two other actors already)”

He argues that TV is better because it can tell stories over a longer period of time, and that movies are becoming bad because they tell the same story over a longer period of time?? This is giving ‘old man yells at cloud’ energy.

Her HUSBAND signed the terms + conditions for a free 1 month trial. They’re claiming that he can’t sue for a wrongful death on her behalf because of THAT.

It took me way too long to realize this was supposed to be a joke because Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury. Such an easy thing to mishear.

Unfortunately, in a lot of these cases, they’re treating people poorly because they either expect to be or think they deserve to be treated like that too. They justify their self-hatred by projecting it onto other people.

The answer you’ll hear is, “Well, no, but SOMEONE has to tell them the truth.”

I was more commenting on how even the “normal” part of the story was weird. He didn’t even get a few sentences in before it felt wonky, and went off the rails from there.

E: If this random woman hit the bear, talked to him, let him load it up, and then saw the exact same bear show up in Central Park, wouldn’t she have reported that? If she wasn’t there, how did he know her gender? Neither of those stories make sense to me.

Yeah, it just seemed weird that he said “I pulled over” and “I put it in the back of my van” if she was there too.

Then again, he does have brain worms so… /Shrug

How did he know “the person who hit and killed the bear” was a woman?

Social? They were communicating potential dangers during a shift change. That’s their job.