I sorta disagree though, based on my experience with llms.

The email it generates will need to be read carefully and probably edited to make sure it conveys your point accurately. Especially if it’s related to something as serious as insurance.

If you already have to specifically create the prompt, then scrutinize and edit the output, you might as well have just written the damn email yourself.

It seems only useful to write slop that doesn’t matter that only gets consumed by other machines and dutifully logged away in a slop container.

Every other queens of the stone age record is an instant classic. They’re probably my favorite band and I genuinely dislike half their stuff.

Not currently. Except for starvation wage retail. Tech hiring is still mostly frozen and smaller companies tend to just copy larger ones.

Thanks for posting regularly! This detailed write-up is super appreciated.

You can get very good stereo speakers and a quality amp for a few hundred bucks.

The idea that you need to spend thousands is a myth. It’s more about form factor than specs. Sound bars suck. Full range woofers don’t.

Sizzling hot take, lol

Came here to say:

• thyroid medication
• obstruction surgery
• cancer surgery and treatment
• cardiology to treat dilated cardiomyopathy.

Probably cost $25k over the years. I’m extremely grateful our pet insurance covered 80-90% of that.

Dude just turned 10 and he’s healthy and happy enough to start treating his arthritis.

You couldn’t be more wrong.

All my teacher friends wind up working 10 hour days on average.

They work during breaks.

They work during summer.

Good teachers don’t just show up for classroom time then disappear.

Teaching.

College degree mandatory, graduate degree preferred.

Yearly continuing education costs.

Out of pocket expenses for classroom materials.

Sometimes providing food for kids who don’t have it.

Famously low salaries and very long hours.

It’s so much worse when you lay it all out like that, haha.

Most people can’t afford new cars, let alone new cars priced way above average.

Water, electricity, or both?

ACAB

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I’m a sucker for all daily sharing games.

I’m excited to see this!

I was following the project on Reddit before I left, and I haven’t seen any updates since then. Pretty thrilled to be able to support them. It feels like a long shot to achieve the full scope of the vision, but even if we get a smaller version of it, I’m psyched to experience it.

They really have made a ton of progress in the last year or so.

Sorry it’s not going in the direction you hoped. I’m personally super into this vibe. Feels bizarre and different. Hopefully they capitalize on the theme and do something cool with it. If the “dragon” flight part is as tight and fun as recent Doom mechanics, it could be really fun.

So far so good 3 episodes in.

The look and feel of the world is great.

The characters are pretty believable.

Writing is good so far.

it’s a bad time to be looking for work in tech.

Be patient, keep your head up. Keep applying. You’ll get something soon.

Sorry you’re seeking in a down market. It happens every now and again in this industry. You’ll get through the eventually.

Nothing is more fun than guessing what arbitrary macguffin the DM has in mind. Or tirelessly asking if you see anything in this corner or that corner, or over there, or under the desk, or behind the tapestry.

I strongly disagree with the people who say pet insurance is prohibitively expensive.

We pay around 120 per month for both of our cats and it has paid for itself several times over. When we had 4 cats, it was under $200 per month.

One emergency surgery can be over $5,000.

Dental issues can be extremely costly.

We had a cat with chronic allergies. Insurance covered his ongoing immunotherapy treatments which were over $100 per month.

We had a cat with cancer who had over $10k in treatments and surgeries covered in less than a year.

I strongly, strongly recommend you get quotes from a couple reputable providers. We have been very happy with trupanion.

Then, call your vet and ask how much surgery for an abscess, tooth extraction, cancer treatment, or broken leg is. Then ask how much an ultrasound is.

We have saved thousands of dollars over the years with pet insurance.