I’m always fascinated by the nuance of biographies. The big events are, of course, interesting, but I often find myself drawn to the more mundane, or unrelated-to-rise-to-fame, aspects that blend into someone’s life story when creating something like a Wikipedia blurb or summary. Before X worked as an insurance adjuster for Y years until Z happened. People like Alan Rickman come to mind. I never knew Phil Hartman did this type of work and for some pretty well known bands. Very cool
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Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz. Legend
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He’s very good in backdraft
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I pretty much never see engineering salaries factored into these types of savings projects. I assume because engineers are already viewed as a sunk cost or maybe it’s just because it’s way less tangible. Have seen many designs describe how X saves Y dollars but ignores the engineering effort to maintain and build it. Half the time I suspect it’s just so people have something to work on, rather than it being some critical fix.
washywashy commented on Third Time: a better way to work (2022) lesswrong.com/posts/RWu8e... · Posted by u/FigurativeVoid
I might find this ultra-productivity useful if it was at a business or side-project I owned or ran, where I have a large stake in the outcomes and there’s not enough people to do everything. But, if working for a medium to large-sized company, the ROI on this type of productivity just isn’t there. I’m not saying don’t be professional and work hard and do your job, but in my experience if you race ahead because of some productivity hack you often end up either completing something that has changed from how you did it by the time it is needed, or no one really notices that you’re cranking out extra tasks all the time. I guess I could see a benefit if you use this to work smarter not harder and automate out a lot of mundane drudgery in your day-to-day.
> people underestimate how much of a quality of life improvement these are for people even when compared to Uber/Lyft
I do underestimate it. What are quality of life improvements? Seems to be the same thing from a customer perspective.
I guess if you are concerned for your safety from the uber driver it is an improvement but it is the only one that comes to mind.
Consistent driving and ride quality could be a benefit
This is the reason why I’m very restrictive with my kids access to any digital devices. Not because they are inherently bad, but because they take valuable time where they should be out playing in nature, practicing social interactions with other kids, learn to play music, or read books.
I follow this but part of this attitude has always struck me as slightly off. Parents and others deciding what is valuable versus what isn’t. Granted draining full days in Roblox for the average kid is likely a net loss, but I recall similar attitudes parents had for video games. There’s a fair number of people out there who played lots of video games as children and grew up to do great things because they were inspired by games. Guess I am saying it’s hard to know where inspiration can emerge from. I don’t think teaching our kids some skill is always about its benefits to them but the befits we have perceived from it, regardless of what it is and if the kid likes it. I recall having to go on lots of morning hunts as a kid because my dad enjoyed it and wanted me to enjoy it too, even though I did not.
washywashy commented on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses meta.com/smart-glasses/... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
In the sci-fi novel "The Mountain in the Sea" (highly recommended btw) there is a piece of tech called "abglanz" which is an identity shield mask that flickers in iridescent blurry patterns to protect a person's privacy from camera surveillance.
Also gevulot in Quantum Thief - mentioned in nested comment above
washywashy commented on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses meta.com/smart-glasses/... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Nobody with an effective countermeasure is going to share it, or even let you know it exists.
The days of open communication about privacy (lol) are long gone!
It’s not so much having a countermeasure but having countermeasures be built in to the system. Similar to a concept called gevulot in the book Quantum Thief.
washywashy commented on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses meta.com/smart-glasses/... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
We need to invent something that does the opposite now where individuals could wear something that prevents them from showing up in someone else’s content without explicit digital consent (some sort of personal scrambler). I don’t think the LED feature listed on this product page will often be honored by most people who will use these shades