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Nike by Phil Schiller – The job is not done until the job is done
- Our business is change.
- We’re on offense. All the time.
- Perfect results count — not a perfect process. Break the rules: fight the law.
- This is as much about battle as about business.
- Assume nothing. Make sure people keep their promises. Push yourselves push others. Stretch the possible.
- Live off the land.
- Your job isn’t done until the job is done.
- Dangers
Bureaucracy
Personal ambition
Energy takers vs. energy givers
Knowing our weaknesses
Don’t get too many things on the platter - It won’t be pretty.
- If we do the right things we’ll make money damn near automatic.
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How Good Is ChatGPT at Coding, Really?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/chatgpt-for-coding
ChatGPT has not been exposed yet to new problems and solutions. It lacks the critical thinking skills of a human and can only address problems it has previously encountered. This could explain why it is so much better at addressing older coding problems than newer ones.
“ChatGPT may generate incorrect code because it does not understand the meaning of algorithm problems, thus, simple error feedback information is not enough,”
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Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
https://time.com/6982015/bitcoin-mining-texas-health
This study explores the adverse effects of a Bitcoin mining facility on the health and environment of Granbury, Texas. Residents report significant disturbances due to noise pollution, resulting in sever vascular circulatory issues, migraines, sleep issues, and a decrease in local wildlife. Despite efforts to mitigate noise through sound barriers, the community continues to experience reduced quality of life. The rapid expansion of Bitcoin mining in Texas, driven by favorable political conditions, underscores the need for regulatory measures to balance economic benefits with community well-being.
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Magnific.ai Relight – change the entire lighting of a scene
It’s a new Magnific spell that allows you to change the entire lighting of a scene and, optionally, the background with just:
1/ A prompt OR
2/ A reference image OR
3/ A light map (drawing your own lights)https://x.com/javilopen/status/1805274155065176489
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LocalSend.org – Share files to nearby devices. Free, open source, cross-platform.
https://localsend.org/
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Become a Master Negotiator Using These 7 Practical Negotiation Techniques
https://www.readtheprofile.com/p/negotiation-techniques
- Discover the other person’s need
- Get to ‘no’ fast
- Practice ‘mirroring’ and ‘labeling’
- Lead your counterpart to your desired destination
- Appeal to your counterpart’s emotions
- Maintain emotional control using the ‘Late Night FM DJ voice’
- Let your counterpart give you the answers to the test
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Anthropic Economic Index – Insights from Claude 3.7 Sonnet on AI future prediction
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-economic-index-insights-from-claude-sonnet-3-7
As models continue to advance, so too must our measurement of their economic impacts. In our second report, covering data since the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet, we find relatively modest increases in coding, education, and scientific use cases, and no change in the balance of augmentation and automation. We find that Claude’s new extended thinking mode is used with the highest frequency in technical domains and tasks, and identify patterns in automation / augmentation patterns across tasks and occupations. We release datasets for both of these analyses.
