The new bubble wrap, nice!
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If you don't get that, then you don't understand epigenetics
My impression of this thread is "I don't know the difference between genetics and epigenetics, so here is my opinion on weed..."
The only reason I know the difference is because I used to use the gym at the same time as an epigeneticist.
In short, all genes can be flipped on/off based on their environment.
And reading HN does impact the environment in which your genes live
Unfortunately, as other have mentioned, Google Docs omits some seriously impactful features.
All it would've taken, at the time, was collapsible/foldable headings for me to stick with Docs.
But since then, I've grown to appreciate the millions other things Obsidian has to offer, like the ease of developing plugins which, to me, make Obsidian feel like it's an OS within my OS.
And it's great for other people to be able to choose something more flexible, whether for family or some other desire, and be able to leverage the benefits that remote work provides.
But even in small company, it's absurd to think that there's a single answer to "which is better" for every employee.
What's more absurd is that the executive-level positions tend to be more flexible. If anyone's to benefit from in-person communication and spontaneous interactions it's those making decisions that impact those people.
As an outsider, neither employee or employer, to me the whole thing looks like an abusive relationship, particularly egregious on the employer side, but not without problematic actions from the employee side either.
And while HN is an outlier, most people work to survive, not the other way around. Imagine if the same energy that went into promoting RTO, or even WFH for that matter, went into "enabling individuals to make worthwhile contributions and feel good about what they do."
Queue the "people are lazy and can't be trusted" and "basic income is the only answer" choir.
/end rant (cost: -37 karma)
Strongly agree.
And the obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
If this isn't already in the works, it should be as a key-man insurance policy.
I'm sure the other moderators would be fine, but they couldn't ever carry that dang weight.
Bard is not even comparable to GPT-3-turbo, let alone GPT-4.
It's so bad that I lose respect for people when they tell me they use it. In my personal testing of it, the contradictions between its multiple drafts are jarring. For example, in a comparison of three NPM modules, it claimed each of the packages was "fastest" in the three different "drafts" it produced.
And what does Google even plan to do with any sort of comparable model? Mine your chats for advertising data? Make chat responses gameable by "Chat Engine Optimization Experts"?
At least Meta makes their AI "open-source." But a closed source model by Google has exactly one possible outcome: killedbygoogle.com
Edit: removed unnecessary judgement about meta.
Violence is undeniably primitive behavior.
It amazes me how many humans assume that other species would advance technologically to the point of interstellar travel while still holding on to primitive roots.
It's extra surprising from a community like HN where an abundance mindset is the status quo.
Living in Florida, I never have a problem finding restrooms. Not sure what kind of restroom oasis the author is from, but, at least here in Florida, restrooms are not hard to find.
But, how you use it can make you smarter,
or suck you into a cult.
Learning to WFH is as much a skill as learning to operate in an office environment. The difference, when you learn the former you also have increased freedom.
This is what the "but you need human interaction" return-to-office crowd doesn't understand.
WFH !== Being alone
WFH means surrounding yourself with the people you choose to be around.
Whether that's your church community, fellow hobbyists, intramural sports teams, the local co-working space, etc.
Plus, that can include "my coworkers" for anyone that wants to make work a bigger part of their life, like those working in startups. However, this should be the exception, not the rule like it has been.
It should be your choice...
> Chrome usage data shows that 90% of a user's time on a page is spent after it loads
Clearly impressive, breakthrough, research going on at Google.
[1] https://github.com/brianpetro/obsidian-smart-connections
I made this little ChatGPT prompt for analyzing the comments[1][2].
But, I'm still here reading comments. I guess there are just some things AI can't replace... yet?
[1] video workflow of how I use the prompt on mobile https://twitter.com/wfhbrian/status/1663305398084837376?s=20
[2] share link for the prompt https://chat.openai.com/share/df861f21-5cf2-43e0-b519-a06781...