Tag Archives: economics

The Deceptive World of Ghost Kitchens

Friday Fun Link – 50 Mind Boggling, God-Like GPT-4o AI Example

Less than 2 weeks since OpenAI started rolling out GPT-4o. And people have been busy executing god-like tasks. 50 truly mind-boggling examples: (29th is my favorite) — Sai Rahul (@sairahul1) May 25, 2024    

Do Libraries Benefit Authors?

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

Google Announces Groundbreaking New AI Technology

Today Google announced groundbreaking new AI technology at Google IO. The 10 most incredible examples: — Lior? (@AlphaSignalAI) May 14, 2024

Friday Fun Link – Why You Spend So Much Money At Costco?

Saturday Snap – A Busy Week in the Hammond House

Sasha went to a recently opened trampoline park with a bunch of friends for her birthday… Pace did his driver’s exam (didn’t make it but examiner said he did he really well and it was mostly mistakes due to nerves that caused him to fail which is apparently the case with 3/4 of first-time drivers […]

Friday Fun Link – The Heat Death of the Internet

h/t to AB at RPL for this link…

Wisdom Wednesday – UBI Would Eliminate The First Two Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In a world that measures success by the relentless pursuit of MORE, it strikes me as odd for anyone to assume that everyone would suddenly stop striving for MORE simply because they were guaranteed ENOUGH to not go hungry or homeless. This is really basic Maslow's hierarchy stuff pic.twitter.com/PzhYsARSm3 — Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 12, […]

Wisdom Wednesday – “You Lead People and You Manage Things”

I’m also shocked at how many people in high level positions think their job is to manage people.