Practical advice from a non-social person that forgets names - make notes, even 15 seconds after you meet the person if possible. The name, along with a quick note about where you met them, a feature that stuck out about them, a conversation you had with them, etc. Another thing that helps if you are not great at socializing on the fly (like me), is having pre-planned conversation pieces for people you might meet at a venue, or on the elevator at work. This will help add to the notes. Dittys sometimes work - like if the person's name is Brian and they have long hair - "Long haired Brian". Sounds goofy, but it really does work. Then every time you see that person, you call them by their name to help make it stick.
And if all fails, a "What up DUDE!" always works well too.
Now if you have a brain issue or something, I understand. But as a normal, healthy person, if we aren't making even the smallest effort to remember names, even the non-important ones, then we are more than likely the problem hah!
I've been around for awhile and anecdotally notice the same. There is actually a really good example just above where someone says this in their comment:
"US is basically tech-Hitler".
Now there might be a small amount of truth to this in it's own way, but this is a pretty blanketed Reddit-like statement and ultimately not a very high quality comment. This comment isn't fading at all, but other higher quality comments that I would consider progressing the conversation are fading away.
I've always thought it would be a fun project to run analytics on comments and sentiment here on HN over the years. I anecdotally noticed a convervative/progressive 50/50-ish split around the mid 2010s, and that's moved to a more left of center split in the mid-2020s. But I also have my biases so I really can't come to a conclusion without seeing the actual data.
Agreed. Recently I've made the effort in disclosing on my website posts that 100% of the words are written by me. I do make graphs and share data here and there, and the same applies - I'm transparent if an agent happened to be used in the process. I don't mind if someone used an LLM to write something, but disclosing such is a good rule to go by IMO.
Right, it reminds me of this website back in the day, when people really were coding these things as well instead of just generating 100% of it. Being sarcastic here, but stuff like "How I coded Java with Rust" were a common thing hah!
Unfortunately I find speeding makes me a lot more engaged, only on highways and higher speed roads when there is a lot of visibility and less traffic though, which makes it safer IMO. I do not tailgate, always leaving 5 or 10 car lengths to soak up the energy if needed... I also don't listen to podcasts because they tend to take my mind off the road. I got a ticket 20 years ago when I was a new driver doing 40 in a 35, but other than that, once I established my hardline safety rules I've done 85 to 95 in 65/70 zones with no issues, no close calls, and no tickets. I see the person with the radar/laser well beforehand and know what is going on around me because I feel as though I'm paying very good attention.
That being said, I would think speeding combined with moving violations/phone distraction would be a better metric for banning people to autocars.
It has been a few years now, probably mid to late 2010s if I had to guess. I'm sure someone with enough interest and tokens could do some kind of sentiment/data measurement in order to back up our anecdotes.
This brings back memories of the CVS/Aetna merger for me, which ended up going through of course. Hopefully the anti-trust enforcers have some experts in the ML/AI pipeline, but I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't bat an eye at this one. Hope I'm proved wrong though.
Very black and white here - a person can easily do both by making a great living and working on side projects/dreams. Someday if the side hustle takes off, maybe even give great opportunities to others to have employment. And give them much more than a pat on the back, or whatever it is you are saying.
Yep, Claude did well here. From the experiment, to the website design, to more than likely all the writing/summaries. What is truly fascinating is not that long ago people were doing hard experiments regularly like this without any LLMs.
And if all fails, a "What up DUDE!" always works well too.
Now if you have a brain issue or something, I understand. But as a normal, healthy person, if we aren't making even the smallest effort to remember names, even the non-important ones, then we are more than likely the problem hah!
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