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>it just feels like a scam aimed at burning through more tokens.

I have a growing tin foil hat theory that the business model of LLM's is the same as 1-900-psychic numbers of old.

For just 25¢ 1-900-psychic will solve all your problems in just 5 minutes! Still need help?! No problem! We'll work with you until you get your answers for only 10¢ a minute until your happy!

eerily similar


then it would just be like real estate with off market listings where companies have a black market hiring pool and then just do the legal loophole steps of registering before "officially" posting and immediately hiring their desired candidate... which would probably have the shady side effect of making the policy "look efficient" without actually solving the job search problem.


For this analogy to hold, wouldn't there have to be some way to withhold all people from applying to a job? Why would a company want to do this if it just increases the cost of hiring? What is the benefit to paying more for a workforce when you can just hire people normally.

The alternative could be like a $2000 fine per listing violation. To make it worthwhile to enforce, offer half the fine as a tax credit that can be claimed anonymously after an investigation.


I'm unfamiliar with off market real estate listings (not a thing in the UK). Can you describe what you mean more?

The point is if a company fills 80% of its job postings with internal hires then that's highly suss and can be investigated. I don't delaying advertising would change that?


i think they know that and are just being cheeky for affect.

however, URL dark patterns are the digital equivalent of IRL social engineering.


What a pithy example of the human experience. I love this slice of life vignette.

I would argue, even better said than the blog post.


Rather apropos, you explained precisely something I felt when I read your OP's comment (but, humorously, did not consciously notice). I loved it, but couldn't articulate why.

It hit too close to home.

I pictured driving down the road through town, the "turn only" lane indicators painted on the asphalt, the wash of signage, lights, traffic cones—the background noise of our civilization that provides passive information we've grown so familiar with it fades out of our vision.

Thank you both for this! Love it!


Just want to say - this comment means a lot. I thought the experience with my kid and the arrows was really poignant for me and I am glad I could get it across.


Really helps wrap your head around how valuable those lower population states are when campaigning.

Pretty big ROI for each individual voter.

Yes I’m ignoring all the different ways it gets “balanced” at the end of the day and ignoring popular vote is still popular vote.


From their Privacy Policy...

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The above makes it sound like you have to turn off GPS for everything. They could likely be skirting different methods for collecting this. and the only way to prevent it is turning off gps at the device level not app permission level

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clickbait title. fluffy content.


Correct. Also, you've just described Linkedin.


Have you gone to https://www.douyin.com/ ? it IS TIKTOK...


No it's fucking not. The content on the two are different. You cannot access TikTok content on Douyin nor can do you do the reverse.

The point is:

> but primarily people living in a pathologically authoritarian state that

This is patently false. Unless you're calling the US an authoritarian state.


War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse." What is business? Lemonade.

Love this. just wanted to punch up the end.


Have you worked in a tech company where the engineer's have some sort of licensure? I haven't experienced that. I'm not doubting you just curious.


Nah, I'm a mech engg in the mining sector.


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