Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

“It is still small-scale, and the most important thing we are doing that other companies should do is focus on the design, engineering and full-scale installations of vessels and the supporting systems to make a lot of it,” said Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, which sells lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Like many Nigerians, Yusuf believes the traditional schooling system is insufficient to get university graduates decent jobs. . That’s one of the reasons we launched AltSchool because if a lot of people can have marketable skills, then I think we can solve a massive problem in the market.”.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Automated resume-scanning software is contributing to a “broken” hiring system in the US, says a new report from Harvard Business School. It’s contributing to the problem of “hidden workers” — individuals who are able and willing to work, but remain locked out of jobs by structural problems in the labor market.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

There’s a far superior alternative, but it’s time-consuming and manual — but Shinkei Systems has figured out a way to automate it, even on the deck of a moving boat and has landed $1.3 Still not pretty, but it’s better than the alternative. The problem is it’s kind of an art.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

A] fabric-based overhead air duct system that attaches with zippers and can be moved over a weekend for different seating arrangements.”. To accommodate remote workers in meetings, a new semi-circular “campfire” meeting room alternates seats for those physically present with screens for those calling in.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Starting with OpenAIs pivotal o1 model, researchers began to apply more computing power to the real-time reasoning a model does just after a user prompts it with a problem or question. Even before the appearance of new reasoning models, some of AIs hottest companies produced state-of-the-art new AI systems. The Gemini 2.0

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Blue Avocado

JULY 16, 2024

Previous articles on Blue Avocado have discussed the challenges organizations face when designing performance appraisal systems. Evaluation Systems Are as Varied as They Are Universal First, a little background: As we all probably know, most organizations have some method of evaluating the performance of their employees.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The problem is that “criminals are clever, and they’re really good at hiding in plain sight,” and that even informed users might get caught by misleading websites, or even get stuck with fake app stores installed on their phones.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Our work is about creating ecosystems of support to equip girls from grade school through college, as well as those pursuing alternative career paths, with the skills necessary to accelerate their professional growth in tech. When diverse voices are absent from the tech industry, innovation suffers, and systemic biases are perpetuated.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

We got a tour of an orchard and just how pronounced the labor problem is,” co-founder Aubrey Donnellan told TechCrunch at the time. Autonomy offers a safe and productive alternative to address that challenge head on,” co-founder and CEO Igino Cafiero, says in a release. They’re struggling to fill seats on tractors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

But here’s the challenge: While both systems tend to work well when users make transactions within their unique environment, there’s no interoperability for transactions between them. Dash’s alternative payment network brings together this mobile money and traditional banks and facilitates transactions for consumers and businesses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

There’s no stopping innovation, however, and alternative sources of protein are increasingly becoming a choice people would rather make. Overcultivation, human-made climate change and diminishing sources of water are all contributing to a future where food insecurity will be a gigantic problem.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Published on February 7, 2025 7:35 PM GMT TL;DR: If you are thinking of using interpretability to help with strategic deception, then there's likely a problem you need to solve first: how are intentional descriptions (like deception) related to algorithmic ones (like understanding the mechanisms models use)?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

had a delinquent debt problem. As Joshaghani explained to me, Symend works with a company’s existing systems to “optimize engagement” with customers falling behind on bills due to illness, job loss, family trouble and other foreseen and unforeseen circumstances. delinquent credit card).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

At a very basic level, BGP is one of the systems that the internet uses to get your traffic to where it needs to go as quickly as possible. I’ve heard BGP described as a system of post offices , an air traffic controller , and more, but I think my favorite explanation was one that likened it to a map. Yeah, yeah, maps.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Robust algorithm design is the backbone of systems across Google, particularly for our ML and AI models. Google Research has been at the forefront of this effort, developing many innovations from privacy-safe recommendation systems to scalable solutions for large-scale ML. You can find other posts in the series here.)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is a problem particularly faced by financial firms, but it could also be useful in the areas of COVID contact tracing or general business intelligence. Alternatively, companies try to build their own solutions using Elasticsearch. But it remains a big problem to solve. But it remains a big problem to solve.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

It was a total mess, and just continued like that because there was no alternative.”. As Opendoor grew in size, the problem became an even bigger one, she said. . Google Drive was not a good alternative either. We want to first solve that use case, and unlock the problem from the bottom up,” Ko told TechCrunch. .

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Starting out as an all-volunteer organization with a $20,000 budget, we developed financial systems, workable budgets, and demonstrated accountability. Alternatively, the board might set a policy that permits one signature for small checks below a certain amount, say $50, in order to help discourage checks from being signed in advance.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

The first era of internet-streamed TV — the one of cheap, innovative cable alternatives — is over, and what comes next is going to look a whole lot more like the traditional cable services it promised to replace… with prices to match. Compounding the problem is that carriers also don’t like splitting up their content.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Why Is Gyrus Systems The Best Open-Source Training Management System? Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems The demand for efficient training platforms is very much evident, especially in a professional space. What makes Gyrus Systems the best among other open-source LMS platforms?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

The company defines webhooks in its online documentation as “an HTTP request, triggered by an event in a source system and sent to a destination system, often with a payload of data.” “There’s very much this infrastructure and proximity problem.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). While not as succinct, a potential alternative to “brainstorming session” could simply be an “idea generation session.”.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Under the name Alternate Histories, he creates surreal landscapes of sci-fi staples — think Godzilla or flying saucers — appearing around major cities, which he prints on giftable items like postcards and calendars. Buchholz’s official Alternate Histories calendar. But now, Schultz adds, infringement is an endemic problem.

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Tableau

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This first post will focus on trust—specifically, how we can use data to ensure we are getting reliable information rather than alternative facts. . Specifically, how should we look at data around COVID-19 to ensure we are getting reliable information versus alternative facts? Facts vs. ‘Fake News’. Campion, MD, FACP.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Mobile app developer Kosta Eleftheriou has a new calling that goes beyond software development: taking on what he sees as a rampant scam problem ruining the integrity of Apple’s App Store. The App Store has a big problem You: an honest developer, working hard to improve your IAP conversions. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Apeel Sciences , a food system innovation company, is out to prevent food produced globally from ending up in the landfill, especially as pressures from the global pandemic affect the food supply chain. This is a solvable problem, we just have to get the pieces to the right place at the right time.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The company says that its solution offers a lower cost per mile with fewer carbon emissions than conventional transportation alternatives. Swyft sees this as a new form of urban mobility that can solve transportation problems in densely developed areas, including corporate campuses, airports, universities and tourism districts.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Realize you are up against an outdated system. There can be payment issues if you get hooked on them for revenue, distractions from clients or partners wanting custom requests, and supply chain problems.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As a product lead at Google, he was in charge of ChromeOS, the company’s desktop operating system. Sengupta said Wednesday his startup, rebranded as Arta Finance, will work to provide individuals access to alternative assets that have so far largely been limited to the ultrawealthy. Now, he is ready to share what they have been up to.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2021

But when the pandemic hit and a global shortage battered the bike industry, Kerson realized one company was causing a lot of problems: Amazon. Amazon had been posing serious customer service problems for PNW. The alternative is to use Amazon’s in-house service, Fulfilled By Amazon.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Open Source Training Management System: Why Us? Why is Gyrus Systems the best Open Source Training Management System? Gyrus Systems is an award-winning LMS platform that can satisfactorily meet the demands of the proactive workforce. What Makes Gyrus Systems the Best Among Other Open-Source LMS Platforms?

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Open Source Training Management System: Why Us? Why is Gyrus Systems the best Open Source Training Management System? Gyrus Systems is an award-winning LMS platform that can satisfactorily meet the demands of the proactive workforce. What Makes Gyrus Systems the Best Among Other Open-Source LMS Platforms?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

There is still a cataloguing and discovery problem though — just because you have all of your data in one place doesn’t mean a data scientist knows what the data represents, who owns it, or what that data might affect in the myriad of web and corporate reporting apps built on top of it. Photo via Select Star. The company raised a $2.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Series C will support hiring AI engineers and secure alternative data to advance its credit-scoring algorithm further. What sets PeopleFund apart from other competitors is the lowest delinquency rate in the industry, being managed by its own alternative credit scoring system, and having strong risk management capabilities, Kim said.

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