Getting *so close* to figuring out that much of an RFP is bullshit, now we're getting automated text generators on both ends, fantastic.
"Mercifully for workers, after months of speculation about ChatGPT-style AI taking over white-collar work, the corporate chore of responding to RFPs is one of the first that generative AI is disrupting."
https://archive.ph/2023.10.06-180836/https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-chatgpt-is-coming-for-sales-jobs/
I've launched a new thing!
https://www.verylittlegravitas.com/hallwaytrack
Sometimes the best bits of a conference would be in the hallway after a great talk. You'd be fired up and chat about the talk and meet new people.
Hallway Track is my selfish way for me to get that back. Small groups, impromptu conversations, interesting people, on zoom.
I'm capping them to 20 signups and the first one is about the Cosy Internet of the 2010s.
Check it out!
misread "where does my computer get the time from" as "where does my computer get the time" and already I'm jealous of my computer and all the things it gets done in a day and it's not even 9am
why not simply send the people in midwestern diners to coastal cities for three months and see what happens and how they react rather than constantly flying coastal journalists to diners
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Seeing friends on here from Twitter, I’m wondering if it’d be a good idea to introduce something like #indiebizmfridays[0] or whatever, for posts and boosts to this here federated social network, as a way to support:
* increasing visibility for indie shops and businesses
* increasing discoverability
* making “advertising” less of a taboo (don’t be guilty about sharing the stuff you make so people can buy it!)
[0] or whatever day
Ok but what if your past light cone defining your observable universe is actually a method of lazy loading and traveling faster than light is the equivalent of pull-to-refresh, in this paper I Sha
Life is short. Use the fancy olive oil and the special salt. Drink the expensive wine and the fine spirits you've been saving. Get out the nice plates you're worried will break. Buy the guillotine you've had your eye on. Stake out and learn the routines of billionaires. Blow that rainy day money on turning inside sources. Don't waste your life on what-ifs. Behead them all and let the revolution sing.
Now *this* is cyberpunk:
Paw Patrol snacks from Lidl under urgent recall because the URL on the pack has been compromised and is serving hardcore porn
https://scorpinc.social/@az/110987129846643998
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