The findings are based on older models and assuming recent models behave similarly, what kind of prompt style one should use then to improve the outcome to avoid the increase in variance especially when you ask a model to solve really complex problems?
I think it's more expensive, and I'm not sure it can absorb vapor (not liquid)
It's fun that it has the same refractive index as water, so if you put clear ones in water they disappear. Then you ask someone to put their had in a bowl with them for a surprise.
Aka orbees. Also useful as a soil amendment if you have clay soil, it stops it from claying so much and retains water underground for plants.
They make glow in the dark ones, which I put into a masonry jar with some distilled water and a drop of bleach, I light it from underneath with a USB LED and it glows for about an hour. Cool night time light.
Back in the early 90s they had a different name and they were irregularly shaped. This was for Soil Amendment. I think it started with a Z.
i don't think so. It was a brand name of whatever SAP they had decided was safe for plants to bathe in. I found some about a decade ago, just by asking about water retention crystals at an agricultural outlet. I think it's cheaper to buy orbees when they're on clearance, though.
Agree housing is expense no matter where you look US, Europe, Australia and so many more.
You do mention “a bit” annd I’d argue the material, design and housing cost itself to build is by now a far smaller portion for most urban/suburban places where the majority of people are.
IMO land and regulations/policies is really where majority of prices have driven up for housing price.
By far most organization do not care about you as an individual.
May it be work, government on various levels, special interest groups, you name it. You are just a single member and in the big picture they focus on their agenda first and foremost.
Sometimes I have the impression the larger the organization the worst and unfair that is.
With age I somehow keep shifting my interest and company more and more closer to family and friends, meaning the smaller the circle the better I feel about it.
For me it was this, generalized to "Ultimately, no one, nobody else, will be able to or willing to care about your best interests except yourself."
People, families, groups, systems and institutions act primarily through their own structures and in their own best interests, are able to forget, misinterpret or simply not care about what you want/need/desire/expect/(feel you) deserve from them, and can never care about you as an individual as much as you can care about yourself.
This can apply to small or big things. This even applies to formal, specific, contractual obligations others have to you. That's just paper. It can be at best ineffective to expect others to act in your (best) interest while you are not there supervising and understanding everything they are doing. Trust, but verify, and be ready to protest for and enforce your rights.
The world is full of minor and major bullshit many have given up on to change, to care about, or feel powerless to change anything about. If anything moves in this world it is through the stubbornness of dedicated individuals. Since you yourself have only limited time and energy, be ready to endure this bullshit which makes life seem insufferable and unfair.
Also, today's society has no effective mechanisms to punish misbehavior at small scales, and repeat offenders who move between communities.
I may have been childish, naive, too hopeful or entitled to expect otherwise, but nowadays I know that at any time, people or the universe can metaphorically say "fuck you, i don't owe you anything" and fuck your life and feelings over, regardless of how conscientiously or nice or supposedly selfless you acted. But so must you, if people expect more from you than you can and are willing to give, even if it hurts them, else they will drain your joy and energy and potential out of your life.
It's also important to recognize that corporations aren't a thing that can care about you in the same way an individual could. You're better off not thinking of them as having any form of central agency.
I know since the tech layoffs accelerated in Oct/Nov 2022 some people have a hard time finding new jobs or at the same salary. Particular for newer graduates or people with limited years of experience it is not easy.
But here in the Silicon Valley overall it does not yet really felt that much different. Some companies are still hiring, there are opportunities, roads here have rush hour and restaurants are still see guests coming in.
In 2002/2003 when you drove down N. First Str. in San Jose those buildings were mostly empty. It was scary. Hard to come by any job opportunity and highway 101 had no congestion. Many people moved out of CA at that time and it took years to recover.
To me 2008 with the real estate bubble felt less of an impact as tech was not hit so hard.
Now to me technology companies overall are already in a recession, but in the last few months layoffs, shutdowns have calmed down. Despite the swing back to higher interest rate many businesses are still doing ok, but should the overall economy slow down further in 2024 we might see also more cut downs, more reduction in work force and a weakening housing market might further deteriorate the situation.
I don’t think we are out of the woods yet and maybe a good time to ask in 6-9 months again if www bubble in 2001 was worse
