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Cake day: November 25th, 2023

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  • First half is straight forward dick measurement contest. Let me paraphrase: “My companies has huuuuge revenue! Why haven’t yours? Maybe because you are so toxic? Have you thought about that, man with smaaaall revenue.”

    Notice how it’s all revenue, not profit. I think this mindset gives an insight into why so many tech bros if they stumble onto profit, quickly grows out of profit. Profit isn’t the score, revenue is. And it’s all about hitting that high score so you can feel like a big man.









  • This was so stupid.

    A hijacking happens when passengers overflow into the cockpit from the cabin.

    Oh no! A little kid has been invited to have a look! Passenger overflow! Hijacking!

    His attempt at solution isn’t as cringe worthy, if one overlooks the reasoning. Separating the cabin from the pilots is a way of preventing hijacking that has been attempted, but it has problems. Notably if the pilots get acute medical emergency or indeed if the pilot steer the plane into the ground.

    Some ten years ago a french pilot locked out his second and ran the plane into the ground. For increased safety the after 911 the door to the cabin could only be opened from the inside.






  • I have so far seen two working AI applications that actually makes sense, both in a hospital setting:

    1. Assisting oncologists in reading cancer images. Still the oncologists that makes the call, but it seems to be of use to them.
    2. Creating a first draft when transcribing dictated notes. Listening and correcting is apparently faster for most people than listening and writing from scratch.

    These two are nifty, but it doesn’t make a multi billion dollar industry.

    In other words the bubble is bursting and the value / waste ratio looks extremely low.

    Say what you want about the Tulip bubble, but at least tulips are pretty.