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  • My speculation is that some biological trait improved enough for life to try out all kinds of new things. Maybe a cellular function improved and a little ecological pressure resulted in many different kinds of viable body shapes and behaviors being feasible.

    So nothing visible without a lot of scientific instruments and a solid plan for testing.

  • Like, how do you measure management as a product?

    Define their responsibilities is a first step. In addition I just to clearly defined tasks, survey the people they manage to get an idea of how well they are doing with guided questions like whether they are taking care ofnobstacles and increasing communication efficiently like making good calls on what should be an email vs what should be a prodictive meeting.

    It can be hard to measure, but so is any position with complex goals that require other people to do their job too.

  • It isn't a bad value if you watch it regularly.

    They do cycle in good movies, but they aren't always up front and noticeable. Every service has a massive amount of trash and crappy interfaces for discovering stuff.

  • No search engine or AI will be great with vague descriptions of niche subjects because by definition niche subjects are too uncommon to have a common pattern of 'close enough'.

    • narrowing down keywords for an unfamiliar topic
    • getting a quick intro to an unfamiliar topic
    • looking up facts you’re having trouble remembering (i.e. you’ll know it when you see it)

    I used to be able to use Google and other search engines to do these things before they went to shit in the pursuit of AI integration.

  • Nearly everyone has many opportunities they have never taken because they choose not to. How many older people have never

    • ridden a motorcycle
    • gone fishing
    • gone hiking
    • knitted
    • cooked a complex meal
    • gone sailing
    • been skydiving
    • read a lengthy book series
    • played in a local sports league
    • coached children
    • painted a house
    • painted artwork
    • sculpted anything
    • built a simple things out of wood
    • built a complicated thing out of wood
    • welded
    • taken a canoe/kayak/inner tube down a river
    • gone white water rafting
    • travel (all kinds!)

    All of these things are accessible to the average physically fit person into their 60s. Even the ones that don't often have special access options for those with disabilities.

    But people frequently choose not to try some things because they assume they won't like them or because of construction concerns, but they also overlook a lot of free or nearly free experiences that they could always try. I haven't even done all of the things in my example list!

  • LLMs are like a multitool, they can do lots of easy things mostly fine as long as it is not complicated and doesn't need to be exactly right. But they are being promoted as a whole toolkit as if they are able to be used to do the same work as effectively as a hammer, power drill, table saw, vise, and wrench.

  • The biggest issue is the need for families to have two incomes to support a houshold. Unemployment would plummet if single incomes for the working class were feasible again,since unemployment is based on looking for employment.

    Basically if jobs had living wages and we had universal healthcare we wouldn't be in this mess.

  • No.

  • What a minute!

  • I dunno, the cat playing a keyboard really gave the burger cat a run for its money.

  • Agreed!

    We also don't have emissions tests. Pretty sure both are the result of being a mostly agricultural state as in the past both requirements would disproportionately impact farmer's time and ability to work if they failed either one. We really should start requiring both.

  • You guys are retaking driver's tests?

    Seriously, I haven't taken one since getting my license in the 90s.

  • Now I'm sad.

  • Paying focused attention to your senses, surroundings, and thoughts. Unlike meditation that tries to change how you feel, mindfulness is letting excess thoughts go so you can focus on what happening right now.

    Helps when things feel overwhelming and is the only meditation my ADHD self can do.

  • Aggressive dogs on leashes often pull themselves free or drag their owner close enough to start violence with other people and other dogs. Well behaved dogs tend to avoid confrontation.

    It isn't saying that any dog couldn't be suddenly aggressive any more than saying any random person couldn't suddenly become aggressive. Odds are higher that a dog who is frequently aggressive but on a leash getting close enough to bite or scratch than a well behaved one not on a leash.

    While I am perfectly fine with the leash laws being enforced, not being on a leash when well behaved isn't asking for trouble. Leash laws are there to address less well behaved dogs and the fact that it is impossible to know how well behaved a dog is the first time you meet them.

  • Motocross for long distance trips!

  • People should queue up when there are more people than things to interact with, and generally they do. I don't care if someone lets someone with one thing ahead of everyone else as long as it still moves along. I would hate for ad hoc queuing to have enforced rules because doing it ad hoc is better overall and adding rules would make it more cumbersome.

    It is required to have dogs on leashes here, but sometimes I see one off leash and if it is well behaved I don't care. They should be on a leash as a best practice, but leashed dogs that are aggressive are worse than a well behaved but unleashed dog so I let the unleashed and behaved ones slide. The unleashed and aggressive ones are the worst.

    There are a lot of things where it is best to do something a certain way in general, but when it doesn't directly address the underlying issue or there are exceptions then I don't get upset. Like people should use crosswalks properly, unless there is no traffic and they have no real benefit...