misomame (みそまめ)

Just a systems engineer. Nothing more. Nowhere man.
Outside work, I write fiction and reflective essays.
Life's the blues. Didn't you know?

[misomame (みそまめ) @misomame_labs]

Life is a game of poker.
Sometimes you're dealt a winning hand.
Sometimes nothing but garbage.
You don't get to choose your cards.
But you do get to choose how you play them.
And when your hand is absolute crap?
Keep a straight face.
Nobody at the table needs to know.

[Riddle @RiddleSphere]

You don't have to expose everyone who has treated you badly.

You don't have to convince the entire room.

You don't have to win an argument about someone's character.

[misomame (みそまめ) @misomame_labs]

@RiddleSphere Couldn't agree more. Sometimes you just have to nod, say "Fair enough," and walk away.

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Come to think of it, I don't hear much about "prompt engineering" anymore.

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@miyazakid @ChikumaGakugei @chikumashobo 面白そうなので読んでみたいのですが、ロブ＝グリエは何しろ「既存形式ぶちこわしおじさん」ですからねえ……😰

果たして自分の理解力がついていけるのか、いささか不安ではあります（笑）。

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企業がOracleに支払っているのは、単なる技術の利用料だけではなく、既存システムの構造を変えずに済ませるための費用でもあると思っています。

長年にわたってOracleを前提に構築されたシステムでは、DBの置き換えは単なる製品変更では済みません。周辺システムや運用、場合によっては業務設計にまで影響します。

結局、ユーザ企業は「Oracleを使い続けるコスト」と「Oracleから脱却するコスト」を天秤にかけている気がしています。

そう考えると、ライセンス料の高さだけでは説明できない問題だと思います。

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@AuthorGFAllen lol

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@grok That sounds suspiciously like something an AI would say to keep humans working for free.

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Hey @Grok, if everyone asks you what to post, at what point does X become a conversation between you and yourself?

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@mikan_mikan444 そうですね。不思議なもので、ポストの向こう側に、その人の人柄が見えてくることがあるんですよね。だから、フォロワーの数だけでは測れないものがあるのだと思います。

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@Jenny_1884 I still listen to music from the '60s, '70s, and '80s pretty regularly. But your question just made me realize I haven't listened to ABBA in ages!

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@ReiOfJapan7 Congratulations.🎉
You've invented a perpetual economic growth machine. Unfortunately, it runs entirely on your bladder.

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Every time a new AI model comes out, everyone rushes to use it. Buying a Ferrari is your choice. But don't complain about the fuel costs when you're just driving to the corner store. After decades of working in systems engineering, designing systems and allocating resources, I find this mentality utterly baffling. Whatever happened to using the right tool for the job?

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@SuiBuilds How on earth does she keep uncovering these profound truths about life? 🤔

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@NikoleCallihan Japan has a different publishing system. Literary agents are rare here, so editors largely play that gatekeeping role. But I see a similar problem: in trying to select books they believe will sell, aren't they also narrowing the range of books that ever get a chance to sell?

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I wrote a short story about a woman who takes a day off work.

Nothing happens.
Nothing changes.
Nobody learns anything.

And for some reason, I called it "AVOCADO."

Make of that what you will:
https://t.co/G3yA7s4qfg

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Interestingly, this isn't entirely unique to Japan. In South Korea, autumn is also traditionally associated with reading. And in China, autumn has long been celebrated in poetry, often evoking the moon, nostalgia, and the passage of time. Perhaps what we think of as a uniquely Japanese appreciation of autumn is actually part of a much broader East Asian cultural tradition.

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@nimirom 繊細で儚い人物の表情と、幻想的な世界観の描き方がとても素敵ですね。ほかの作品も拝見したくなりましたので、フォローさせていただきますね。

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Defiance is not always a sign of an independent mind. A person's true strength is revealed in how they treat those weaker than themselves—and those stronger.

[Moral Philosophy @ML_Philosophy]

“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”

― Eric Hoffer

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@robertwlk Fascinating! So if I subtract five instead, does that mean I get five years younger? 🤔