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Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

They're begging outside of my local pizza shop now. Two seniors in wheelchairs, probably from the senior Brezhnevka down the block.

This country is fucked.
 
ticapnews said:
Who wants an AI chatbot watching everything they do? Sam Altman says we're six months away...
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LOL I got an email from OpenAI bragging about their new feature to have ChatGPT help your commute/travel plans:

"Know what's ahead.

Share your travel route and timing, then get a simple plan and pre-drive checks."

Or, you know, the same feature that Google had programmed into the OG Google Assistant over six years ago before this AI nonsense.


All I've noticed with this bullshit AI push is that the original programmed assistants (Hey Google (RIP), Bixby, Siri) got a whole lot worse while integrating AI components.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
The bullshit will continue until the bubble bursts.

For now, I'm content to let Copilot handle my meeting summaries.
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My company has made a big push into utilizing CoPilot 365, and... while hesitant to use it overall, I was surprised at its ability to punch things up and down a touch without ruining my writing cadence in the pinch I needed last week. The meeting summary seems like actual useful tech.

Maybe I need to start using it to search my Outlook since that feature hasn't improved in 25 years.
 
aparch said:
My company has made a big push into utilizing CoPilot 365, and... while hesitant to use it overall, I was surprised at its ability to punch things up and down a touch without ruining my writing cadence in the pinch I needed last week. The meeting summary seems like actual useful tech.

Maybe I need to start using it to search my Outlook since that feature hasn't improved in 25 years.
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That's all fine and dandy if you don't really need to remember.

But not fully writing it out on your own is a bad thing, IMHO. I was a tutor at my first college and a TA at my second. In tutor training, part of the teaching procedure was to write things down in your own hand. This really helps you remember it, since you have to use multiple brain paths to read, process, and write something down. As a TA, I let my students make cheat sheets for exams- because I knew that writing it down helped cement the info in their heads- even if it was at the last moment. And I also figured for most of the students, there wasn't enough times to really "cheat" using one.

Still the key is to write stuff down. And as far as I can tell, typing it out works, too- since you are now moving 10 digits to put words onto a screen or paper.

So I really consider all of this auto writing of anything a huge step in the wrong direction.
 
MichVandal said:
That's all fine and dandy if you don't really need to remember.

But not fully writing it out on your own is a bad thing, IMHO. I was a tutor at my first college and a TA at my second. In tutor training, part of the teaching procedure was to write things down in your own hand. This really helps you remember it, since you have to use multiple brain paths to read, process, and write something down. As a TA, I let my students make cheat sheets for exams- because I knew that writing it down helped cement the info in their heads- even if it was at the last moment. And I also figured for most of the students, there wasn't enough times to really "cheat" using one.

Still the key is to write stuff down. And as far as I can tell, typing it out works, too- since you are now moving 10 digits to put words onto a screen or paper.

So I really consider all of this auto writing of anything a huge step in the wrong direction.
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100%. I took detailed notes in all my college classes....and never once re-read or consulted them. The mere act of writing everything down engaged my brain to process the input and re-package it in my own way, and that was enough to embed it in my brain. I think this is very related to the Feynman quote, "If you want to master something, teach it." When you're writing it in your own words, you're working out how you would explain it to someone - i.e. how you would teach it.
 
MichVandal said:
That's all fine and dandy if you don't really need to remember.

But not fully writing it out on your own is a bad thing, IMHO. I was a tutor at my first college and a TA at my second. In tutor training, part of the teaching procedure was to write things down in your own hand. This really helps you remember it, since you have to use multiple brain paths to read, process, and write something down. As a TA, I let my students make cheat sheets for exams- because I knew that writing it down helped cement the info in their heads- even if it was at the last moment. And I also figured for most of the students, there wasn't enough times to really "cheat" using one.

Still the key is to write stuff down. And as far as I can tell, typing it out works, too- since you are now moving 10 digits to put words onto a screen or paper.

So I really consider all of this auto writing of anything a huge step in the wrong direction.
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My wife in school would take notes in a very light manner -- using a pencil and barely pressing on the paper.

Then that evening, she would go through her notes again, this time writing over the light text either with a darker pencil or a pen. Essentially, writing out her notes twice.

She always got straight A's, so I couldn't knock the process.
 
Shit, I'm still processing things that way here in 2026... And it 100% works.

Started playing a bit of Craps at the local casino a few times per year to let loose, live a few hours like a baller, and just forget about work/life. While figuring out the game, I worked through what strategy I was going to use and decided on one that went for massive wins. Basically you're rebetting any wins you have on top of your original bets. So cash starts piling up quickly. Because of how the game flows you need to be able to state what you want to do quickly and clearly to the dealers. You also need to keep your bets in proper increments and also know the payouts to make sure you don't get shorted (multiples of 5, 6, and 7 are your bases for this). Once you start getting north of $50 its not super intuitive unless you're a human calculator...

So I made note cards to use as a cheat sheet (electronic devices not allowed at the table). Shortly into my 1st night I found myself having memorized everything already. The idea that Place Bets for the "6" + "8" at $90 would pay $105 and that I needed to Add $15 to the winnings to make the next bet $210 just didn't require the card once I put all this into practice most of the time. Being a casino and having ALL the outside stimulation happening did melt my brain at times, but for the most part, just simply mapping the numbers out on the cards did everything they needed to do...

I still keep them for reference, especially if I've had a beer or two or if I'm lucky enough to get 5-6+ hits into the progression where you start seeing stupid numbers that most dealers don't see day in/day out. But mostly it took root instantly.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
My wife in school would take notes in a very light manner -- using a pencil and barely pressing on the paper.

Then that evening, she would go through her notes again, this time writing over the light text either with a darker pencil or a pen. Essentially, writing out her notes twice.

She always got straight A's, so I couldn't knock the process.
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That is brilliant. Is your wife a 20-something redhead? Asking for a friend.
 
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