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@vaurora @glyph I don’t agree. Addiction with chemical dependence and heritable contributing factors feels palpably different to chatbots — to me. But also I don’t know of any evidence beyond anecdotes either way, so I think y’all’s opinion is just as valid as mine, and don’t much see a need to convince anyone. Maybe I’m wrong, wouldn’t be the first time :)

@glyph I have a friend who spent the last year+ battling a kratom addiction. I get the analogy, and why you chose it, but using an addiction framing to talk about LLM usage is an analogy that risks really trivializing addiction (Is there a biological, genetic component to LLM usage? Is LLM usage linked to underlying psychological disorders like anxiety and depression?). I understand how you got here, and don’t think you’re wrong exactly, but I do wish you hadn’t made this argument.

@glyph Chrome -> FF about fiveish years ago, for fairly obvious reasons, but never liked FF — it was always super slow and buggy for me (even without extensions, and adding just a few extensions made it lots worse). Switched to Vivaldi 2-3 years ago and am very happy: it’s fast, stable, and has all the key features I want: built-in adblocking, multi-device tab sync, split pane windows, etc.

Anyone have a good online source for first aid supplies? I’m doing my annual FAK restocks and trying to get away from Amazon.

@ancoghlan @glyph That’s actually really brilliant. Per diems are nice for budgeting and accounting because they make expenses predictable, and are nice for operations because they reduce paperwork (receipts and approvals), but they have that big downside of encouraging people to overspend. Letting folks keep the excess is a really great way to have your cake and eat it too.

@glyph My intuition is that companies with strict expense rules might end up spending MORE because people will feel like they want to work the system and spend as much as they’re allowed, whereas with a “here’s a company card, be a grown up about it” policy, people will spend more carefully.

Certainly I know that when I’ve been on a per diem I tend to spend way more than when it’s honor system. If you give me $40 per meal, I’m gonna look for a $40 lunch instead of a hot dog.

@glyph This reminds me of a funny story:

At a previous job, all reimbursement requests needed to be approved by both the manager and finance. But someone fucked up the ruleset, and the “office supplies” category had no required approval, and would thus be auto-approved.

Look, that keg of beer for the office party is a Supply for the Office, right?