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Using only economic theory, explain why the best economists in the world are not all billionaires
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Taskleef Update: January – February 2025
Check it out: https://taskleef.com
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What would you do with AI that was 2x as capable as it is today? 4x? 16x? Eventually the answer is “everything” That’s the trajectory we’re currently on
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Too big to help
What’s up with companies of a certain size thinking that it’s totally fine to expect customers to learn about their internal departmental structure? I just had a brain dead exchange with a sales rep from Stripe. They asked if they could help me finish setting up my account since as of now I’m not generating…
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New York State Bird
Did you know the New York State bird is the Eastern Bluebird?
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Promptology
One of the most powerful AI prompting tips is mixing languages. What do I mean? Well LLMs have been trained on all kinds of computer language, not just English. For example: “Give me a history of the Roman empire -depth 1” This will spit out a high level overview, meanwhile: “Give me a history of…
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Paste Anyway is Now Available for Firefox!
I’m excited to announce that Paste Anyway, our browser extension that restores your ability to paste text on any website, is now officially available for Firefox! Some websites disable paste functionality on input fields, forcing you to manually type passwords, email addresses, and other text. This is frustrating and can actually reduce security by discouraging…
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Personal Assistants
One thing I’ve found surprising about having more resources is the huge gap between the upper middle class and the truely rich. One area this comes up all the time is that when I try and get some help from a personal assistant, I often can’t. Companies say they NEED to talk to ME to…
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Every time my dog barks because somebody is in the hallway he looks at me like: “Well, are you going to do anything or do I need to defend this house by myself?” When I tell him it’s ok that there’s somebody in the hall he walks away like “I am the only person who…
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A Fully Open Source Future
But if people on UBI still don’t own the land or the house, eventually every landlord across the United States will just set the rent to near UBI levels and capture it for themselves. This isn’t some mysterious market force. It’s greed with a spreadsheet. When there’s a known ceiling on what people can pay,…