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Comment Re:Can AIs read? (Score 1) 61

Yes, they can, but they can't do it well. As another example to those in the original link, I asked Google Gemini to compare two PDFs to find differences. The PDFs in question were commuter train schedules with different effective dates. The PDFs had tables with stations and times. Some trains were express trains (skipping stops) and some made all stops. I asked, "The attached are railroad schedules for the same train line during different time periods. Summarize the differences between them" followed by "Are there any differences in the timetables for travel between the X station and Y station?" The output detected that there were no differences between the timetables for these two stations (yay!), but it was *terrible* when it tried to list the actual train times; it couldn't figure out when a train skipped a station. After a few back-and-forths, it gave up on determining the train's departure time, and focused on the arrival time at X station. I gave it hints as to the formatting, and it improved.

Comment Re:There are 5 former Warner employees... (Score 2) 73

"Employee bought company ABC's stock after hearing that his employer is planning to acquire ABC" is already against insider-trading laws, which I imagine is part of the training for Warner (I had to retrain every few years when I worked at a public company). Whether ABC was a former employer is not really relevant. The enforcement of the laws is an open issue in the current administration.

Comment Re:What the hell is Figma? (Score 4, Informative) 27

It's a UI prototyping tool. My company's UI folks seem to like the ease of developing prototypes with it, but its organizational system is nonexistent. I can never find any files; the only way I can access any of the files is via links people send me. Maybe this is due to the way the permissions are locked down at my company.

Comment Re:Nice (Score 2, Insightful) 151

This is being done for two reasons:
  1. 1) for employees in California, accrued / unused PTO must be paid out when the employee departs.
  2. 2) accrued PTO is a liability that must be reported as such on the balance sheet and income statement (which makes sense under #1, given that it must be paid out, but it was recorded as a liability even before the California law).

By going to unlimited PTO, there is no more accrual, so there is no more liability and no payouts when people leave.

That said, I've spent the last few years at companies that have this policy, and it is nice to not have to worry about going negative. I don't think I take any more PTO than I would without the policy, though.

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