May 12, 2023

How Much Should You Tip? / ChatGPT News / Book: Project Hail Mary / The Positive Summit

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💰How Much Should You Tip?

Have you ever had the thought, “How much is a reasonable tip for _______?” You and me both! I feel like in the last 2-3 years, the lines have been blurred as to how much one should tip and in what businesses, etc.

Here are some great infographics that describe what you should tip in a variety of places (restaurants, hotels, Uber, etc). I also appreciate that the graphics not only include the US, but around the world. Fascinating (and great design, as well!)

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🔌ChatGPT News

I know, I know. I wrote about AI for the last several weeks. It’s hard not to though when there’s so much news coming out of the AI space.

I recently had a conversation with some friends in which we were commenting about how ChatGPT’s knowledge is limited to September 2021. The conversation we had was, “imagine if ChatGPT was plugged into the internet, in real time”.

Well, friends, that day is almost upon us.

Announced this week, ChatGPT is unrolling its alpha program to select users that enables "GPT-4 Web Browsing", which gives ChatGPT real-time data access. (There's also a new "Code Interpreter" mode!). So, no more knowledge base cutoff.

Check out this twitter thread if you're curious.

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🚀 Book: Project Hail Mary

Other than my wife’s books, I haven’t read a lot of fiction lately. Project Hail Mary was the exception to this. If you’re a fan of The Martian (either the book or the movie), you’ll enjoy this read. We started it on a road trip, and then listened to it as we had time. I won’t spoil it for you, but there’s a large event threatening the Earth and an unexpected hero is being tapped on the shoulder.

You don’t want to miss a thing reading this.

(I could explain that reference, but hey, I said no spoilers!) 😂

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👍36 Amazing Lessons from The Positive Summit

I had never heard of The Positive Summit until this year. It is a conference that features “30+ Leading Experts Sharing Strategies on How to Stay Positive, Overcome Challenges & Make a Greater Difference”. This post has a great recap and quotes of the talks there.

Words to wrap up:

“In the pot of boiling water called life we have three choices. We can be like the carrot that turns soft, be like the egg that turns hard, or be like the coffee bean that transforms the water around them.”

― Damon West (from The Positive Summit)