Benj Christensen

This is wild. theaustralian.com.au/business/techn…

@AdamMGrant Agree on not pressuring kids. That said, as someone who's hired many folks, one signal I look for in early careers is a willingness to push through tough problems. There are some majors (and other activities!) that demonstrate this much better than others.

On the death of a prophet, a church shooting in Michigan, and what I learned from President Russell M. Nelson: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@edwinarbus I've had a couple Clear Plus free trials and didn't see the benefit. Like your anecdote, I often found myself waiting longer than regular precheck - and with more hassle.

At EWR they let me choose from: - CLEAR Plus with PreCheck - CLEAR Plus - Premier Access - Star Alliance Gold Track - PreCheck - Standard I used the CLEAR Plus with PreCheck lane, which was much slower than PreCheck. We must reign in the lane inflation.

@Magendanz (Around here)

@Magendanz ChatGPT guesses 47.292°, -121.300°

Okay, pop quiz: Where am I in LD 5?

.@ring refused to cancel sending a fire truck after a mistaken CO alarm test. They claim “the regulations where you live require the fire dept to check every CO alarm.” No such law here, and fire dept canceled when I called directly. Burdening users and fire depts needlessly.

@Austen Similar to how I learned HTML, CSS, and (basic) JS as a teenager: seeing things I liked on websites, grabbing the code, and figuring out how to adapt it to my own uses.

I think the future of learning to code starts with having AI build things for you then learning what AI is doing and how to optimize it/fix it. Honestly that’s the way most of the best coders learn: you try to get x working then learn the theory behind when it doesn’t.

@hud_zah I needed a measuring cup earlier today so I printed it. Felt like the future.

i think we take for granted how insanely cool 3d printers are??? just vibing creating objects from nothing??? with actual millimeter accuracy??? and u can get one for like $200???

@kyzrsosay @ericjang11 A robot mows my lawn daily (very well, too). Just doesn't look humanoid.

@ericjang11 Wake me when it can mow my lawn.

super interesting design. Love the heads. I'm puzzled by the very deliberate choice of high range-of-motion joints. What is that used for? Are there tasks / environments for which superhuman ROM is critical?

@vkhosla An interesting statement. Which of the most deadly wars in history are you ascribing to religion? How do you account for Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot...?

I look at all the wars thru history and ask myself: All this hate all for the love of God?

I’m bullish on LLMs for code but this is kind of a funny/weird counterpoint that maybe it makes developers chose worse tools

@DrHughHarvey @StanfordHAI The study (to date, as described) seems to be lacking a meaningful comparison to baseline - a control group. E.g.: how deterministic is the average physician?

@JamesClear One I heard and wrote down years ago: "Family is where love goes to work out."

I'm searching for beautiful and compelling descriptions about family life, relationships, friendship, parenting, love, etc. What is one quote or passage that comes to mind?

@SportsGuyLance @Rainmaker1973 @Grazfather Thank you - agreed this is both more accurate and more impressive!

@Rainmaker1973 @Grazfather Here. I used my amazing photoshop skills to remedy this travesty.

The tallest tree in the world, Hyperion, surpasses even famous landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Big Ben. Standing at a staggering height of 115.55 m (379.1 ft), this giant redwood in Redwood National Park, California is as tall as a 35-story building. Hyperion is estimated to be 700 to 800 years old and contain 530 m³ (18,600 cu ft) of wood.

@svpino I think raw GPT-4 gets this right as (hex) 25. Needed to convert decimal 27 to hex first before adding A. chat.openai.com/share/8f0aeafd…

The output from the script: • 22 + 5 = 27 (decimal) • 27 + A = 31 (hex) • The result of adding 22 and 5 in decimal, and then adding the hexadecimal number A, is 31. GPT used both of my functions to compute the final result! Here is the code: github.com/svpino/openai-…

OpenAI just introduced Function Calling. This is a killer feature! It's the most consequential update to their API since they released it. Here is an example to show you how powerful this is:

@steveofmcleod @collision @stripe GPT-4's explanation:

@collision @stripe I can’t parse this sentence, even after Googling: “These language models will act as Heelys for cognitive tasks.” What does “Heelys” mean in this context? Google says it is a type of shoe…

Our Stripe 2022 annual letter: stripe.com/annual-updates…

@Truphone @Truphone : 5 weeks in to this service and _still_ no phone or SMS access. Have emailed many times, been assured "this is still with our Technical Team"... please help?

@Truphone Thank you! Case# 01993669. Still no action on it, now at almost 3 weeks :-(.

@Truphone, bought a plan for my son over 2.5 weeks ago and phone calls don't work. Customer service keeps asking for more time for the Technical Team to investigate the issue. This seems wildly slow. Can you help?