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Statistically, customer service bots save a lot of time that humans spend on the customer service side. A lot of them are gathering basic form information that would take up more labor time. If you want more humans in customer service then you'll have to pay a lot more for it, one way or the other.

Have you seen the lists of members of rich people's group chats? Rich people coordinate much better than non-rich people.

My Samsung TV sometimes auto-plays Fox when I turn it on. It's very annoying.

I read a lot of books when I was younger, but I also read a lot of magazines. They gave me something light in between books. Now devices have replaced magazines and they suck you in.

targeted, expertise, fast... pick 2

I thought this was one of the most important skills to have early in my career.

Yup!

I used linear algebra to implement PageRank in my Information Retrieval class. I also used it extensively in my AI and ML classes. You can't pass a ML class without a good foundation in linear algebra. Not to mention, discrete mathematics is the fundamental building blocks of CS. Surely you were using algorithms and graphs. I hope you computed an algorithm's efficiency with big O notation. I hope you have used probability before.

Operation Paperclip sure was great at bringing a bunch of fascists to the US.


I agree with you. Fundamentally, this is an article about the effects of market capitalism. Everything can be converted from cultural terms into economic terms.


I'm sorry, what? What happens if you try to share news on Facebook? Does it bury it in the algorithm?


Just gives you an error if you have a link to a “news” site in your post.

> News content can't be shared in Canada In response to Canadian government legislation, news content can't be shared. Learn more (links to https://m.facebook.com/help/2579891418969617/)

https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/blocking-of-news...


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