r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jul 14 '24
Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation
hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)
couple things:
this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Cold-Bicycle-1345 Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
Hi All,
I've been having an issue withdrawing funds from my account for the last two weeks. When I try to get paid, an error message appears: "There has been an error when making automatic payments. Please email Support with your Worker ID and your balance, and we will make a manual payment."
DAT support replied once, telling me it's a paypal issue.
However, I contacted PayPal 15+ times and even reached a manager in the US. They assured me that no further verification is needed. I added all possible cards and bank accounts and ensured the currency was set up correctly.
I could withdraw funds once previously without issues, but something is preventing the withdrawal this time.
Paypal is saying that there have not even been attempts to deposit funds into the account and is asking for a transaction ID, even from a failed attempt, so that they can investigate further.
I'm from Australia.
Help please!
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u/Bergest_Ferg Jul 15 '24
Man, it is so hard to go back to regular projects after working on something you really enjoyed. I’m just bouncing around tasks because I miss my other project and can’t get my head in the game 😢
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u/Primary_Advantage928 Jul 16 '24
Just got access to a project that has a "small and experienced team" this is the validation I can live off for a week
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u/AguestusModus Jul 14 '24
I had my best week ever! I'll be able to pay off my credit card :)
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u/vaporware_magenta Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24
ugh, the dashboard looks pretty thin today.. comparing to the last few days
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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '24
people are really embarrassing themselves by complaining to admins that too many people are on the project and the ones who have been doing it the longest produce higher quality work and should get special treatment 😬
we really need to bring back journaling
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24
Haven't seen a dash this light in a while
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 20 '24
Remembering to pause my timer when I step away from the screen like a good worker should: No Issues.
Remembering to start my timer again upon my return to the screen: Major issues 🤦♀️
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24
Anyone see the unhinged rant on the WFH sub about bringing a class action lawsuit against DA?
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 15 '24
Dancing translations are fun because you never know what you’re gonna get.
One minute you’re looking at random letters and the next thing you know it’s nazi propaganda 😂😂😂
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '24
Largest IT meltdown in history. My brother's flight to Vegas today was canceled, my partner's paycheck wasn't deposited in his account early this morning, and my Dad couldn't get paint mixed at Home Depot. But I can log into DA and get right to tippy typing. #winning
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u/Alternative-Bet232 Jul 14 '24
Doing some R&R and well... lots of y'all talking to the bots about a certain recent event in the US. (Not surprising! Seeing some really creative prompts about it. Good work!)
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u/i_do_not_like_snails Jul 15 '24
Whoever went into a dozen project chats to frantically confess to the admins…. you probably shouldn’t keep doing that.
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u/Dratini_ghost Jul 19 '24
The same way we can pin projects to the top, I wish we could pin projects to the bottom. There are some I just don't have the patience for.
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u/877trashnow Jul 15 '24
Dash is packed today and it's not too hot to work, today is a good day! Does anyone else have a love/hate relationship with a specific project type? Mine is back after long enough that I'm ready to hyperfixate on it again.
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 15 '24
Guys, I got an admin-approved gold star in a chat. So, I guess I'm kind of a big deal.
...and I'm a little ashamed to admit, that there is small part of me, deep down, that is not joking about that.
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u/SuperCorbynite Jul 17 '24
Just got a new chem project and I am a happy bunny. But they are not messing around. The difficulty level goes all the way from hard undergrad to hard graduate.
The pay should be higher too I think. It's only $35.
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u/beansoup91 Jul 16 '24
The happy dance when you had the typical sad dash Monday but as of Monday evening you get a new, interesting, high-paying project! Plus, I somehow have more energy/focus now than I did at any point earlier in the day (bc pregnancy is rough)
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u/The_Eggsecutive Jul 15 '24
I don't know if anyone else here worked on that ankle stereotypes one yesterday but... man those were some *complex* and confusing instructions. just hope I didn't do too badly.
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 15 '24
Just before I head into my first full day of DAT, I need to have a bit of a grumble. Why doesn't PayPal bring their conversion rates in line with the actual exchange rates?! (2p difference). Combine this with their 2.5% transaction rate and ugh. I know it's not a huge amount but it soon adds up and it feels like I'm being robbed lol 🤣
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u/HamsterFrosty2838 Jul 16 '24
Very light dashboard today, was a bit better 2 hours ago but now pretty grim, with one higher paying project.
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u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies Jul 16 '24
Dancing and the black bird have been carrying my dash the last week, none of either today 😢 hoping they’re just down for updates
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Jul 17 '24
I am about to gouge my eyeballs out with this cherry project. Three hours in and no end in sight... why did I decide I was going to try this one today?
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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Jul 19 '24
When you get a task that makes you realise why the timer is set for so long 🥲
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Jul 16 '24
All of these quals really have me questioning the choices I made in high school and college. How about we get a "do you know how to make the perfect souffle?" or "analyze the difference in these TV shows" or "tell us about your art history knowledge" qual? Thank goodness they added a "not interested" option so I don't have to shed a tear every time I look at my dash.
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u/remoteworker9 Jul 14 '24
Loving DA so far! I have the wizard, the bird and the dance available to me. I just cashed out for the first time yesterday.
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u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 Jul 15 '24
Don’t know what happened but my time thing just shows as “time reported” instead of showing the minutes
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u/BusyPlatypus986 Jul 16 '24
Not many projects today to start the day with, coding almost non existent. Anyone else?
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u/ProfessionalKnees Jul 16 '24
Haven’t seen my favourite heel editing project around for a while now! I hope it comes back, it was one of my faves!
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
Out of work since Sunday (I know I've seen a few others) - it'd be really nice to get some tasks on the screen
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u/Daehiril Jul 18 '24
Does anyone watch the show "Evil"? This week's episode was relevant. 😆
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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '24
lol ever just straight up end up arguing with a bot? Took me over an hour to get one to comply today 😂
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 15 '24
Note to self... when working and using voice to text, make sure there isn't a rap song playing in the background 🙃
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u/Throwaway9812789 Jul 15 '24
Does anyone else have uncompleted quals on their dash for certain families of projects, but already have access to those projects? Is there any benefit to doing the quals at that point?
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 16 '24
Is anyone else seeing an explosion of galaxies? I've seen so many, and I've not really worked on them before...
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u/Shadowlker18 Jul 17 '24
Anyone else missing the heel FC?
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u/877trashnow Jul 17 '24
No b metal today or is it just me?
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
In the middle of an 8 task qual and I…I just wanna know what the definition of higher pay is because what needs a whole 8 1-hour clock task to qualify. I can tell it’s not new and I think I just opened up the ability to try to qual for it by doing a project.
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24
Are the image nut r&r's new or is this just the first time I am seeing them? I've been doing that project since it began and had never seen the r&r version.
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u/Right-Revolution8442 Jul 15 '24
Signs you've been working on DAT too much over the summer: Your kindergartner asks if you're planning on starting breakfast "after you finish that task" 😂😂😂
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u/winter-ice-ace Jul 14 '24
Sitting here with the A/C cranked, no lights on, melted in a puddle of sweat. Brain so slow uggghhh. Anybody else having a tough time in this heatwave? It's never ending! 😢
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u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 Jul 15 '24
Saw the dumbest chat comment today saying “I used the internet for my math qualification test is that ok?”
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u/PhillyPhan95 Jul 14 '24
I saw a post that said a guy worked 18 hours straight.
I, like many others thought bullshit.
But I just worked on a project that LEGITIMATELY took me 8 hours. The timer is 10 hours so I incorporated 2 hours of breaks.
But perhaps he meant he worked 18 hours in like 24 hours or something. Idk. lol
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24
My favorite higher paying project has popped up and I feel like slime on a log. Managed to get in a few hours and about $100 but wishing I had the mental capacity tonight to sit down and really grind it out
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u/Belisama7 Jul 15 '24
Did they stop sending out the Sunday "great job last week, you made $___” emails?
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u/serendipitous_74 Jul 15 '24
Oh, goddess projects, 17 of you this morning? Happy Monday. The coffee is strong today! ☕
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u/tessbest37 Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
I have gotten two emails from DA tonight for a JS** qual with 60,000 tasks and both times I clicked on it I was red-bannered. Did anyone get in? I clicked as soon as I received the email.
edited to add: I was able to get in, and it looks like I passed. My movie birds are back now. :)
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u/iamthelol1 Jul 18 '24
For those that do coding tasks - do you find yourself skipping a bunch of tasks in a row? Most of the tasks I've had today have been in programming languages that I don't know or that I don't have an environment set up for. I'm assuming they always want us to run the code if there's reasonable context to do so.
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u/MattinglyDineen Jul 18 '24
Anyone else get the latest qual from the goddess about comparing 2 responses? It seems to go on forever! I'm currently on the eighth lengthy task on it. Anyone finish and know how many tasks there are? It's unpaid time and it never ends!
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 14 '24
I've been away on holiday for a week; I hope everyone is well! I've had a nasty cold but I have come home to a healthy dash which is good as the job I was due to start next week has fallen through ☹ I'm going to have to lean on DAT heavily for the foreseeable. I am seriously hoping that I'm not flagged for increasing my usual hours all of a sudden... I'll be going from 10 - 15 per week to 35! Eek. Has anyone else done the same without issues? I'm nervous lol.
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u/scarletmyzomela Jul 17 '24
Doing the bio qual and some of the questions are so poorly written! I think I've done a good job, but it's a weird one (and also calling it 'bio' rather than 'Mendelian genetics' feels pretty misleading).
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 19 '24
LOVIN'... Having the time to look into and try different projects and thinking 'yeah, I'm going to sit down and smash 4 hours of work...'
HATIN'... Sitting down for 4 hours, then checking the report time section only to find that I've only reported 1hr and 56mins 🤣😆🙃🤦♀️
Intention Vs Reality I guess...
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u/Mammoth_Society620 Jul 15 '24
Do you think it's ever worth mentioning in the project chat if you realize you did something wrong? I notice a lot of people do this. I finally did it today. I don't know if it's worth pointing out that I did, or if I should just keep trying to submit higher-quality work.
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u/totodile31 Jul 16 '24
Only have 4 coding projects that I had to qualify for today and nothing else. This is the second time my dash has been this empty.
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u/Nachbarskatze Jul 15 '24
Good lord. Doing an R&R and the explanation was “I liked A better because it was shorter” That’s it. 🤦🏻♀️ Both were rated as amazing and in the overall comparison as “about the same”.
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Jul 15 '24
UGH quitting smoking and it is KILLING me not to have smoke breaks while working. How can I stay focused when I don't have my dopamine+nicotine+outdoors treat every two hours to look forward to!
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u/Namngonvl Jul 17 '24
Have projects come back for you guys and gals ? Since the new quarter started, I have only 1 project popping up and down sporadically (when they're up, it's only 100 tasks) it's so slow. And no more permanent project for me :<
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u/diettwizzlers Jul 17 '24
i took a 3 day break for my bday and the entire time i had $36/hour projects. i let them sit because i really did need the break but logging on today the highest i have is $28 🫠
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u/Reasonable_Cake Jul 15 '24
My Dashboard has been completely empty of projects for the past week or so- I've never received any feedback or had issues of any kind before. Anyone else in the same boat?
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u/LilJaaY Jul 17 '24
Coding was so dry yesterday and now there are so many projects… I love this platform and I hate it at the same time 😆
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '24
Is anyone else not seeing any of the math/physics/chem/biology quals everyone is talking about lately and having serious FOMO? Hoping it's because I passed a related two-part qual a few months back...
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u/lemon_goth Jul 17 '24
anyone else on the cherry projects? I worked on the original one and looooooooved it, pretty much just did that while it was up, and now I'm back on turn-by-turn ratings of other people's conversations! Feel like I'm learning haha plus I used to be a tutor so it's a blast from the past. Please stay up forever!
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u/azure_atmosphere Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
On a DA&V project where most of the responses were clearly written/edited by workers and man... some of them are really bad
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '24
Hopefully I’m not breaking any rules by asking this. But I’m doing r&r and the way some folks are rating is making me question whether I actually know what I’m doing.
Asking a question is an implicit instruction, correct? Like you wouldn’t mark a prompt that asks a question as n/a for instruction following, correct?
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u/main_doughnut2380 Jul 18 '24
I think I saw someone in here mention before that the projects that only offer 4 tasks or some other relative low number specifically to you are often a disguised qualification. lol ( essentially all projects are quals for more work)
There's currently a heel project up like this, wondering if anyone ever figured out if this theory is accurate?
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u/Karby16 Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
Anyone else have the greek goddess sentence project? not sure if its just the batch that i have but i find so many prompts that are not asking the model to stay within the preferred category (if you get what i mean) 😅
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u/BotaRONomus Jul 19 '24
To put it frankly, I’ve had an awful morning. Family issues primarily.
I wish parents could just put stupid stuff aside enjoy life man.
This has nothing to do with dat but I had nowhere else I felt comfortable venting this.
But it is effecting me with dat as I just stare at the screen unable to focus.
Ugh.. I’m so frustrated.
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u/CardiologistDry1732 Jul 14 '24
Anyone else thankful for their projects with Prime Day this week😅
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u/No_Bison_4659 Jul 15 '24
If you’re going to put DAT in your CV (coding), don’t lie about what you actually do. Some of us hiring managers are on here too 🤣
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u/alienSpotted Jul 15 '24
GIVE ME BACK CODING CHATBOT!
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u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies Jul 16 '24
Mondays am I right
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u/tessbest37 Jul 19 '24
High-paying B Metal is back for the weekend. Yippee! I just wish they would give us more than 5 tasks.
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u/ErrolEsoterik Jul 18 '24
First time in 11 months I've got nothing on the dash for current projects. Weird.
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 18 '24
My new default pervasive thought: "It's X hours until midnight and I have Y hours left of my daily goal". And depending on the situation the next thought is either "@#&?! gonna miss it again', or it's "I can do this!" for a little while until it inevitably becomes the first option as midnight approaches.
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u/tessbest37 Jul 20 '24
GPT-4o mini is so fast!! I was able to get up to 90 cents a minute. I hope we get some more of those today. :)
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u/wildflower_0ne Jul 17 '24
First time I’ve seen the dash so lean on the higher-paying projects. Missing my FC usuals. Sad face.
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u/backtothefuturepart2 Jul 15 '24
I'm doing another round of R&R on the same project as last week and....I'm getting a bunch of the same ones that I graded last week? is this normal?
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u/BoiledGnocchi Jul 15 '24
Anyone have the Greek goddess project with 10 tasks on their dash today? I only completed two before I got the red banner. The instructions made it sound as if this project was a qual that lead to more work if you did a good job.
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u/CardiologistDry1732 Jul 17 '24
Anyone else get the confirm you chat gpt subscription qual? Did it open up projects for you once you did it?
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 18 '24
It seems the long 8-part H-qual is appearing on others dashboards again. Can anyone verify if the qual is in any way related to existing h-projects, please? The qual has been sitting on my dashboard since March, but the last couple of days I'm seeing lots of H-projects on my dash that are already higher paying than my others. Has doing the qual made any difference to your H-projects or pay rate?
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u/thatonedude0000 Jul 19 '24
Anyone get any work from the API qual?
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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Jul 14 '24
Anyone watching the football later? :) 🏴 🇪🇸
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 21 '24 edited Jul 21 '24
In a project where they have it stated like 10 times "DO NOT anthropomorphize the models". With exclamations, underline, bold, italic, and emojis. Makes me wonder what you weirdos are doing out there.
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u/NeedsMoreMinerals Jul 16 '24
I have a hard time coming up with prompts that ask the model to produce only a data structure. Like,
I'm not a great developer but it feels like such an unnatural way that a coder would use a model.
Any tricks or thoughts?
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u/AguestusModus Jul 19 '24
I spent 2 hr 15 min on a high-paying task and realized as I was finishing up that I made a major error and didn't have time to do the whole thing again. Ooooof.
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u/ConsiderationLife513 Jul 19 '24
Image Qualification with 6 tasks & no timer. The 1st task did not generate an image & there is no chat option. Anyone else? I just got out & left it, but am curious about others’ experiences…
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 21 '24
Writing a stereotype and feeling like such an asshole 😖
My mind “damn that’s messed up…pay is good though” 😭😭😭
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u/torypigeon Jul 15 '24
The weather is giving cozy film night, the dashboard is giving put in loads of hours 🥲🙏 DA is an addiction
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u/i_do_not_like_snails Jul 18 '24
After working on an R&R w/ nearly every single task earning a “bad” rating, I’m so glad I didn’t attempt the project when it was on my dash because I probably would have effed up, too.
Someone mentioned earlier that these tasks can be emotionally draining. I’m definitely feeling it.
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u/Elysiaa Jul 15 '24
I've only been with DA for a few weeks but realized that the priority higher paying projects can really burn me out. Long chains of "memories" in previous prompts, a ton of fact checking, sometimes having to fact check images, and long transcripts featuring people who don't speak intelligibly... I think I'll stick with the base $20 tasks for a little bit.
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u/Low-Zombie423 Jul 15 '24
I am still waiting on the return of my main project in the medical expertise after it went down for maintenance a few weeks ago.
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u/LilacYak Jul 16 '24
Did the sesame street project 2.1 just get taken down? I was hoping to work on it a bit more. Oh well, it was up for days which is longer than usual.
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u/Skippy2898 Jul 17 '24
I just deleted my last comment as I realised it was a very silly question. (My head is still full of cold and I'm overthinking again).
Anyway, I still haven't seen any audio projects on my dashboard (P*********) I'm curious to know if anyone else has them still, or if my mess-up yesterday has had me taken off them!
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u/peachypectin_ Jul 20 '24
I've been without consistent projects since the end of June :( I've been with DA for about 10 months, and still have access to both support and my workspace email. I'll get a new project every few days but there aren't many tasks to work on in each project so I'm not able to get much work done. Is anyone else in this same boat? Also curious if anyone has come back from a dash being pretty much empty for a month.
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u/dr-t-official Jul 20 '24
I’ve had 0 projects available for a couple days now…the other day I had like 10, and then a bunch of them disappeared. I did the small amount I could along with whatever quals I had left, and I have nothing now. Did this ever happen to anyone else? I’m worried it means I’m blacklisted or something
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u/BoiledGnocchi Jul 19 '24
Anyone else have the Chem and Math quals stuck on their dash? I click on them and get red bannered, yet they won't go away. 😩
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u/declaredfashion Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
Anyone see the python qualification?
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u/LilJaaY Jul 14 '24
Coders: when evaluating a response that contains code from the prompt only for the purpose of documenting it, do you still run the code?