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It's not just PWAs, right, it's the APKs as well?
That really sucks. Spike in Graphene adoption
Very interesting, thanks.
Is a potential use case for RAG to set up something like a debater bot - a resource that would be primed to answer arguments on a particular topic.
Maybe I could load up a set of my preferred books on a topic (like bitcoin, or climate change), and then have my own private LLM that would also primarily be about giving good replies for debate? If so, how might one do this?
So, for instance, when someone comes up with a reason why bitcoin won't work, I could come back with some well-structured arguments on that topic.
This is as opposed to thinking, "Darn, I know I've heard a great response to that argument, but I can't remember it now."
Also - have a sheet of paper to slice up nearby. This way you can test it easily and objectively, without running your finger across the blade.
I just did a "digital detox" yesterday (#1093374).
Not boring, but no screens. It feels good. I need to figure out how to screen-proof a greater percentage of my time.
I started drinking coffee because there were all these studies, telling us how great coffee was for health, mental acuity, etc.
But now, knowing more about how these kind of studies work, I suspect ALL of them to be funded by the coffee industry. I did a little clicking on this article to see if I could figure out where it was funded, but couldn't figure it out.
Regardless, I believe most of these studies are funded by organizations with an interest in promoting coffee.
But I still drink coffee...
I'm no expert, I just work at it with something very similar to this one:
It takes some time, but works pretty well. I've even used it to sharpen serrated knives, it seems to improve their cutting ability as well.
Yep, just forces you to make that bit of extra effort to convert, and see which price is actually better per unit.
I think they need to balance things out, and appeal to all customers - the price conscious ones, and the ones that just grab and go.
For the price conscious shoppers, they do the math, and figure out what to buy.
For the grab and go customers - well, they pay the "stupid" tax. Or maybe those customers benefit, because they're not spending extra time in the store with their calculator out.
I just did some research - it turns out that Walmart has been fined for this before:
The allegations state that Walmart violated New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and Unit Pricing Disclosure Act (UPDA) by inaccurately displaying unit prices for various grocery products. The UPDA mandates grocery retailers to present prices using standardized units such as per quart, per pound, or per 100 sheets, enabling consumers to compare prices of differently sized or packaged items easily.
During inspections in early 2023, OWM identified over 2,000 instances where incorrect units of measurement were used at Walmart stores, often varying within the same product category, complicating price comparisons for shoppers. Previous inspections in 2021 and 2022 had already resulted in $226,950 in fines for similar violations.
Just to be clear - I'm not saying the government SHOULD be monitoring this. Apparently displaying the unit pricing is mandatory, but making it easy to understand is not as mandatory (at least in some states).
Interesting that Walmart has been fined about this issue, and still continues to do the exact same thing. I guess they're constantly making judgements on issues like these, as to whether they pay more in fines, or make more with these (semi-deceptive) practices.
I don't think it's ineptitude. It's gotta be more complicated to switch up the unit pricing all the time, instead of always sticking with a per pound pricing, for instance.
I'm assuming it's to steer/push you towards buying something that's more profitable, for the store.
It's not just regular government unions that are scammy.
The United Nations also has unions of their workers. They're just as bad. It's just about preserving their jobs and increasing their pay.
I worked for one of the UN organizations decades ago. I used to be idealistic about that kind of organization, but no more.
At the time I was there, there had been an upheaval about how inefficient the UN was, they had brought in consultants to try to consolidate. But the union was just not having it.
The union's point was that something like 90% of the costs of the UN were from employees, and if there were going to be big cutbacks, that means they were going to come from reducing the number of employees, and they just weren't going to allow that to happen.
Yeah, that's me. I used to read tons of books (first paper, then ebooks on a device).
Now I'm more into short-form content, on the web. I don't think that's a change for the better.
Yeah, it does feel a little lonely. And I'm positive I've made enough mistakes that anyone well-resourced could figure things out.