The Natural

I’ve never worked for a for-profit company since I graduated college. There is variation in non-profit employers, but there are some that are great places to work.

I got a job at a university after graduation (different university than where I got my degree), and I worked there in different departments until I took a job in the university hospital. I’ve worked here for more than 25 years.

The pay tends to be a bit lower than what you’d get at a for-profit company, but not as bad as some would lead you to believe. I’ve been able to buy a home, raise a family, and live fairly comfortably.

The benefits are very good. There’s a strong focus on education and growth, and work-life balance isn’t just a lie they tell people in the interview.

I’m not sure. I never got any ceramic prints from shapeways. Anything useful would have been too expensive. And, as I said, they stopped offering that as an option.

I did come across this:

https://all3dp.com/2/ceramic-3d-printer-ceramic-3d-printing/

Shapeways used to be offer ceramic prints. If I recall correctly, they stopped offering it because it required too much processing to be done profitably.

Sometimes an actual medical condition makes the difference.

At a yearly physical, my doctor noted, “no one could gain that much weight that fast without something wrong”. That’s how I got tested for and diagnosed with a thyroid disorder. It’s also the explanation for why I could never lose weight. I thought the reason I could hardly move was because I was just getting older.

For years I had been unable to lose weight by dieting. After getting my thyroid levels corrected with medication, I became more active. I started casually intermittent fasting, and I lost 30 pounds.

There’s also been research that shows your gut bacteria has a lot to do with whether you gain weight or not.

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/gut-microbiome-makeup-can-determine-ability-to-lose-weight

anyone doing that would come off like an idiot for a variety of reasons

That probably covers at least half the population of the US.

It’s called a circular triangle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_triangle

You’re gonna need to get those numbers up.

I think the LLM could be decent at the task of being a fairly dumb personal assistant. An LLM interface to a robot that could go get the mail or get you a cup of coffee would be nice in an “unnecessary luxury” sort of way. Of course, that would eliminate the “unpaid intern to add experience to a resume” jobs. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad,l. I’m also not sure why anyone would want it, since unpaid interns are cheaper and probably more satisfying to abuse.

I can imagine an LLM being useful to simulate social interaction for people who would otherwise be completely alone. For example: elderly, childless people who have already had all their friends die or assholes that no human can stand being around.