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3mo ago
I don't think we should rate charities based on how low their overhead costs are. It's like saying we should cut Tim Cook's compensation to boost Apple's profits.
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4mo ago
It's "stock" gpt4 with custom instructions to act human. What OpenAI call custom GPTs. It's not been trained differently or fine tuned.
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4mo ago
I was going to suggest tracking calories and avoiding calorie dense foods, but it sounds like you already have an impression on where your calories come from. Habits by their nature are hard to break at the start, but it gets easier over time. I find you have to psyop yourself a little. Figure out which low calorie density snacks you enjoy. Tell yourself you can have as many carrot sticks as you want, instead of framing it around restrictions. Try being mindful and asking if you're snacking because you're hungry, or just because you've conditioned yourself to eat at a particular time or setting.
If all else fails, try croissants or potatoes.
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4mo ago
Don't fall for the passion meme
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5mo ago
Can you share one that you struggled with? I'm wondering how I'd fare. I'm very much the opposite with weak verbal skills.
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5mo ago
I don't know yet, a friend just reached out so it's very early. I expect salary to be revealed after a successful interview, but I will ask for a range.
I don't expect it to be that much higher, which is why I'm wondering, all things equal, if I should switch. Of course a much higher salary makes it an easy decision.
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5mo ago
Okay, you didn't pick yourself, but you're going to spend the rest of your life with yourself, so you might as well treat yourself right and be your own cheerleader. It is not being "honest" to be hyper-critical and beat yourself up all the time. It is not useful. It is a self-reinforcing bad habit. It is a cognitive distortion. It is a trapped prior. But there are other ways of being that are just as honest but far more energizing.
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5mo ago
Indifference isn't always a "healthy" response, but it can be. Every situation is different and there are many good and bad ways to think about each one.
Now instead of thinking about whatever bad event set me off, I'm thinking about how stupid and irrational and unhealthy and undisciplined I am for engaging in negative self-talk.
I was going to mention this but didn't want to make things too complicated. You are allowed to have the negative self talk, but then you have to practice the rephrasing even if you don't feel it. Would you talk to your friend like that? How would you think about things if it was your friend and not you? And actually think it "out loud".
On negativity - I argue negativity is unhealthy. I know what you mean, it's no good thinking everything is great when it's not, but you can still maintain good vibes while acknowledging and fixing mistakes.
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5mo ago
Personally, I'd move into management.
What exactly don't you like about your job? Is it the actual work, the company culture, the commute, the lack of "meaning", or something else? Each of these has a different solution.
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5mo ago
Hire a personal assistant to do all your life admin tasks. Hire a chef, or spend money such that you don't have to cook.
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6mo ago
Sorry I mean the ability to upload images, e.g. upload a photo of a menu with the prompt "pick something vegan".
Did you have to do anything, or did a Dalle3 button one day appear for you on the interface?
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7mo ago
Congratulations, this is what being competent feels like. If you have had great feedback from multiple sources, odds are you are doing great. There is a gap between the expectations for yourself and the expectations from others but that doesn't mean you're misleading them.
This position might not be a long term fit if, as you suggest, you are more competent than the role requires. But for now I would just enjoy being healthy and enjoy have a job for a while.
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11mo ago
I got top 0.22%, better than I was expecting since I have relatively weak verbal skills. But hey, apparently vocab tests are highly g loaded, so I'll take my suggested 142(?) IQ!
I'm not much of a reader. I only knew avarice because of Dark Souls (ring of avarice), and alacrity because of Dota (an Invoker spell).
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11mo ago
This guy is great. I was just reading his very long "Notes on Nigeria" published yesterday
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3mo ago
It might have originated from Hank Hill https://youtube.com/watch?v=6hzwKtJF_bg
Here's a short conversation. But it still claims it's not conscious; maybe it's all the RLHF.
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4mo ago
I can make a "real person" custom GPT, but what kind of questions would you ask it exactly?
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4mo ago
In those examples I don't like it, I think it's poorly used. Rationalist types tend to do it better, or DFW, or Trump, for emphasis or to elevate the word or phrase.
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5mo ago
I can believe that doctors average 130 IQ (though it seems a little high), and I totally expect that IQ correlates with performance.
Maths is far more g loaded than medicine. People who study maths will talk about eventually hitting a wall and no longer being able to progress. At a certain level you no longer have the cognitive power to comprehend the ideas.
I've never heard anyone talk in such a way about medicine. In medicine it seems like there is not much to "understand". Is it possible to get stuck on a question in medicine and not understand the answer? My impression is no. Are there 10x or 100x doctors? Doctors who can do things the average doctor can't?
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5mo ago
Software career advice- I'm a junior React dev in the UK at a "local" 50 person company. I was approached and may be able to get a similar job at a large multinational (AutoDesk). On average, is it better to work for an American multinational? I'm pretty comfortable where I am, and it's not great timing to jump ship as I'm quite sure I will get promoted in 2-3 months, though I might be able to use an offer to negotiate an immediate promotion. I presume AutoDesk is a step up in the trimodal nature of software jobs. But am I missing something? It is an obviously easy decision to leave to work for a billion dollar company? Is it a big boon to my CV?
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6mo ago
Does anyone have access to ChatGPT with images? Is there some opt-in setting I have to find and enable, or are they still doing a staged roll-out?
But even for non tech sector jobs, you will be doing you work on a computer. If you have a conditioned aversion to using a computer, it could be possible to train yourself out of it. Or if it's the stress, are there any less stressful teams/companies/adjacent jobs you could move to? Is tech sales inherently stressful? For programming, it depends on the team and company.
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