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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • You’re assuming ai writes useable code. I haven’t seen it.

    Think of the ai more as a writing assistant, like autocomplete or stack overflow but more so. The IDE I use can autocomplete variables or function calls, but the ai can autocomplete entire lines of code or entire unit tests. AI might try to fit an online answer and related doc to solve a problem I’m seeing. AI might even create a class around a public api that is a great starting point for my code. AI can be a useful tool but it can’t write useable code







  • To me the anti-vax thing is the worst “flat earther “ theory.

    • if you do the math, you see vaccinations are an overwhelming benefit, second only to public health efforts as the most benefit to health at the least cost and danger
    • if you have a basic understanding of contagion, it’s clear that avoiding vaccinations is antisocial, anti society. Personally I think should be criminalized. Where else are we allowing personal choices where someone gets injured or killed and the perpetrator faces no consequences.
    • we all know how ridiculous the autism claim is. Even if you fell for it at the time, it’s been shown ridiculous for half a century now. Why would you cling to this?
    • conspiracy theory? Really? Consider how many people would need to be involved in that conspiracy. Ask yourself: for what purpose?

    I suppose I’d buy not being first in line for a new one. There are manufacturing and logistical issues with any new product that might affect what you get



  • Ok, let’s run that thought experiment, what if we’re wrong?

    All too often, even if my premise is wrong, I’d get to the same results. Even if I agree with their premise, they are monsters. However you want to marginalize people for different preferences or presentation or not matching their body or skin color or gender, that’s no excuse for the abuse, taking away human rights, taking away normal accommodations for everyday life. Treat people like people.

    Equally the thought experiment just proves the original point. Let’s assume there are people who believe the government is full of waste, fraud and abuse, and we need to fix that. They haven’t presented anything to convince us that’s true, their actions cutting people and agencies without investigation, due process, contractual requirements, or regard for constitutional checks and balances is quickly a much bigger problem. Then you have those same people acting above the law, a very suspicious correlation between cuts and personal enrichment of those involved, and you’re firmly in bizarro world territory where the asylum is run by the real lunatics. Even assuming the worst of people employed by the federal government, I can’t conceive of a way this isn’t far worse, proving my original belief






  • Blue state, far from dc. Rallys are satisfying but not sure how much they help.

    My town has been hit by brown shirts, breaking into Hispanic peoples houses and kidnapping them, while refusing to identify themselves or have any sort of warrant. Does it count if I fantasize about getting my white ass in the way until they at least produce a badge or warrant? Police are not authorized to assist on a purely immigration manner, but does it count if I wonder what they’d do to a crowd of gunmen refusing to identify themselves and their legal paperwork kidnapping people.


  • While I agree and have switched to cast iron and stainless steel, it’s not enough. No pfas were used in the manufacturing of my cookware, plus I expect to save money by never having to replace it. However the documentary starts showing how ubiquitous the chemicals are and for how many uses. While we all absolutely need better cookware choices, it’s only a drop in the bucket of so many consumer and industrial products.

    Our part includes increased awareness and better choices for many things we come into contact with every day. However it’s critical to better regulate, to hold companies accountable for the damage they’ve done, bring them to justice for impact on public health and coverups, etc …. And that’s not just unlikely but really impossible





  • Wishful thinking, this is just encoding a way for trumpists to have personal control over charities. Really the wording looks targeted at colleges who allowed protests against the Gaza atrocities

    would give the Secretary of the Treasury the power to strip a nonprofit’s tax-exempt status on the suspicion of giving or receiving any backing from a ‘terrorist supporting’ group or person—as defined by the White House.