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naijaboiler··on Canadian military will rely on public servants to boost its ranks by 300k
No sir, everybody does not break laws. Only people who routinely do like Trump thinks everyone else is doing it. That’s why he’s so sure he can find cases against his perceived political enemies only to find out the in thing he can find is the woman bough a second home, which she indicated is a second home, and let her neice stay there.

Only criminals think everyone else is a criminal

naijaboiler··on 'Do not trust your eyes': AI generates surge in expense fraud
Not solved but constrained. If I post you per diem. I no longer have to worry about if what you spend it on is legit or not
naijaboiler··on ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
The thing they are series about is racism, and having power to terrorize anyone they deem “undesirable”, a group which may one day include you
naijaboiler··on Trump pardons convicted Binance founder
Because he’s giving them the one thing they really care about “white nationalism”

They will overlook everything else he does. Everything

naijaboiler··on The fight between doctors and insurance companies over 'downcoding'
not magic words. sometimes cash price is non-insurance price and is 3x the insurance price. since insurance and providers have a negotiated rates. so paying cash means paying 3-5x
naijaboiler··on Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report
Except the internal team that can do the same thing better and cheaper
naijaboiler··on Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report
Nope the trope is you bring in consultant as fall guys for your ideas
naijaboiler··on It's just a virus, the E.R. told him – days later, he was dead
As a surgeon, one truly humbling fact about humans is we are simultaneously incredibly fragile and impossibly resilient. You will be shocked at what people can survive and what flimsy things kill people
naijaboiler··on Jeff Bezos says AI is in a bubble but society will get 'gigantic' benefits
Ib the US, 1995 by far!!!
naijaboiler··on US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees
republicans. that's what they are all about. if you voted for them, you willingly voted for this.
naijaboiler··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
This legislation makes every digital communication open to being policed at the source. It is far too overreaching and too rife for abuse.
naijaboiler··on ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps
you have left out how it can be used to monitor violation of corporate copyright materials. And what it means for silencing political speech is enormous.
naijaboiler··on Is Fortran better than Python for teaching basics of numerical linear algebra?
correct. Python is a general purpose language pretending to speak math.
naijaboiler··on Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
wrong. There is a study that surveyed those that didn't. The conclusion was that if turnout had been better, Trump wins by an even larger margin. There definitely was a shift right.
naijaboiler··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Heck I will gladly pay 90%
naijaboiler··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
No single human is smart enough to manage unitary executive an optimal long term form of government
naijaboiler··on Why Romania excels in international Olympiads
This!
naijaboiler··on Why Romania excels in international Olympiads
I disagree that there are cognitive differences between large ethnicities of people. Almost always, what we attribute as cognitive differences is differences in opportunity and societal power structures
naijaboiler··on Paracetamol disrupts early embryogenesis by cell cycle inhibition
This is a dangerous advice. Please folks. disregard this OPs comment. I doubt he is a doctor.

Ibuprofen is not better in every way. Ibuprofen is active in so many different parts of the body at the same time that inevitably it has unintended effects which is more pronounced especially in the elderly. It's bad for stomach, bad for kidneys, bad for mental status. and very bad with long-term use.

TLDR. Both aren't great for different reasons. Tylenol can be acutely OD'd and evidence is starting to show it isn't great embryos. Outside of those 2 situations that can be easily avoided, it is overall less bad than ibuprofen.

naijaboiler··on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel
i remember when this happened during an actual crisis, in 2008, republicans all over cried on the radio day after day, arguing that it's socialiasm.

But now, crickets!!

naijaboiler··on From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next year
meh it doesnt matter. Biden tries "government that delivers", it didnt' work. instead his VP lost to one that promised cruelty. I used to be a what's good for type person. Now im just slowly giving up, and adopting a "eff you, I got mine" attitude.
naijaboiler··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
no we don't. Our plan includes some support, but we honestly haven't needed it. We are also aggressive about sizing compute resources to the task, and foregoing some of the more costly "easier serverless options" that databricks provides. Their serverless SQL though is excellent value for money.
naijaboiler··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
we have databricks at my company 50m ARR, 150 employee thats still growing at 15% YoY. With 0 full time Data Engineer (1 data scientist + 1 db admin both co-manage everything on there as part-time jobs. They have their full-time role). We are able to have data from like 100 transactional database tables, Zendesk, all our logs of every API call, every single event from every user in our mobile and web applications, banking data, calendar data, goole play store data, apple store data, all in 1 place. We are a 2-sided marketplace, we can easily get 360 degree view of our B2B customers, B2C customers, measure employee productivity across all departments. It's that deep data understanding of our customers that powers our growth

My team of 3 data scientists are able to support a culture of experimentation, data-informed decision making accross the entire org.

And we do all that 30k annual spend on databricks. That's less than 1/5 the cost of 1 software engineer. Excellent value for money if you ask me.

I really struggle to imagine being able to that any cheaper. How else we can engineer a data hub for all of our data and manage appropriate access & permissions, run complex calculations in seconds (yes we have replaced overnight complex calculation done by engineering teams), join data from so many disparate sources, at a total cost (tool + labor) <80k/yr. I double dare you to suggest or find me a cheaper option for our use case.

naijaboiler··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
we have databricks at my company 50m ARR, 150 employee thats still growing at 15% YoY.. With 0 full time Data Engineer (1 data scientist + 1 db admin manages everything on there as part time jobs). We are able to have data from like 100 transactional database tables, Zendesk, all our logs of every API call, every single event from every user in our mobile and web applications, banking data, calendar data, goole play store data, apple store data, all in 1 place. We are a 2-sided marketplace, we can easily get 360 degree data on our B2B customers, B2C customers, measure employee productivity across all departments.

My team of 3 data scientists are able to support a culture of experimentation, data-informed decision making accross the entire org.

And we do all that 30k annual spend on databricks. That's less than 1/5 the cost of 1 software engineer. Excellent value for money if you ask me.

I really struggle to imagine being able to that any cheaper. How else we can engineer a hub for all of our data and manage appropriate access, run complex calculations in seconds, join data from so many disparate sources, at a total cost (tool + labor) <80k/yr. I double dare you to suggest or find me a cheaper option for our use case.

naijaboiler··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
Its always true. Whether you are a start up or an individual. People throw money at you when you least need it. But when you do need it, they give all types of hassle
naijaboiler··on Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation
we have databricks at my company 50m ARR, 150 employee. With 0 full time Data Engineer (1 data scientist + 1 db admin manages everything on there as part time jobs). We are able to have data from like 100 transactional database tables, Zendesk, all our logs, every single event from eveery user in our mobile application, banking data all in 1 place. We are a 2-sided marketplace, we can easily get 360 degree data on our B2B customers, B2C customers, measure employee producting.

My team of 3 data scientists are able to support a a culture of experimentation, data-informed decision making and support the entire org, and we are still growing 15% YoY.

And we do all that 30k annual spend on databricks. That's less than 1/5 the cost of 1 software engineer. Excellent value for money if you ask me.

i struggle to imagine how else we can engineer a hub for all of our data and manage permissions appropriately at less tooling and engineering cost

naijaboiler··on Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market
Well those people vote. Home ownership rate is 65%. Home owners I believe are more likely to vote than renters. So yeah your proposition is not feasible
naijaboiler··on The Only Birthrate Strategy That Worked, & the Need for Strong Pronatalism
Correct. This the first article that I have read that has the right solution to declining fertility.

Miss often than not, I see it framed as an economic problem needing more economic solutions. This article hit the nail on the head. It is also a socio-cultural problem. And social cultural solutions work far better than purely economic solutions.

naijaboiler··on The U.K. closed a tax loophole for the global rich, now they're fleeing
“As you pay more tax, you get less services”

This is a lie. In US, most food our rules, legal system, government agencies (that are not direct transfers like doc security & Medicare) exist to protect properties and interest of the rich.

That higher income people are not seeing much of direct transfers does not mean they are not getting more benefits from the government. Even our bloated military and foreign policy is primarily still protecting US business interests globally. It’s not minimum wage peon that benefits from that. It’s owners of large capital

naijaboiler··on ICE is getting unprecedented access to Medicaid data
lets even just take him at his word. $16.2B, we are now about to spend 144b to stop that. very smart.
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