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  1. Comment on What do I do if I don't have any clothes? in ~life.style

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    This is so true. Crop tops are back in style, I'm so glad I bought lots of long shirts.

    This is so true. Crop tops are back in style, I'm so glad I bought lots of long shirts.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on The tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” San Francisco in ~life

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    As much craziness as I see in the proposal, this really gave me pause. If someone is related to a cop they should be generously granted a position as a security guard? I guess none of them would...

    “Grays should embrace the police, okay? All-in on the police,” said Srinivasan. “What does that mean? That’s, as I said, banquets. That means every policeman’s son, daughter, wife, cousin, you know, sibling, whatever, should get a job at a tech company in security.”

    As much craziness as I see in the proposal, this really gave me pause. If someone is related to a cop they should be generously granted a position as a security guard? I guess none of them would be special enough to get a stem job, because ... genetics or something?

    10 votes

  3. Comment on The tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” San Francisco in ~life

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    Hard agree. I'm always surprised when folks praise it. It used to have more of an early 2000s slashdot feel in the comments, at some point it became less open.

    Hard agree. I'm always surprised when folks praise it. It used to have more of an early 2000s slashdot feel in the comments, at some point it became less open.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on The tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” San Francisco in ~life

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    It becomes exhausting to have to prove yourself over and over again if you don't look the part. Somewhere in that exhaustion, doubt begins to seep in.

    It becomes exhausting to have to prove yourself over and over again if you don't look the part. Somewhere in that exhaustion, doubt begins to seep in.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on You can now translate sign language automatically with these amazing Raspberry Pi glasses in ~tech

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    I know this sounds really awesome, and I'm sure the person working on it put in a lot of effort. However. It's a toy. This 2017 article does a pretty good job explaining the history of...

    I know this sounds really awesome, and I'm sure the person working on it put in a lot of effort.

    However. It's a toy.

    This 2017 article does a pretty good job explaining the history of fingerspelling tools.

    This is something that happens every few years. Someone makes an awesome prototype which can recognize textbook fingerspelling, then we never hear about it again. The folks who create these things either don't work with the Deaf community or they do, but then drop the project after they graduate/win a prize/lose finding/get bored. The Deaf community has been burned over and over by this.

    It will someday be possible to translate, and maybe even interpret signed languages. The driving force behind a working translation or interpretation tool must be the Deaf community, they're the ones who use it as a native language. A dead giveaway that the community wasn't involved is that this looks as hands but nothing about faces or body language is mentioned. Without that information, you're missing half the language. Aside from that, fingerspelling isn't quite as straightforward as letter to letter, you will see something similar to a contraction happen with some words. Here's an example of lexicalized fingerspelling for the sites "style".

    Deaf people aren't helpless, some are engineers and computer scientists. They have cell phones that they use to communicate every day with folks who don't know any sign. It's so great that folks want to help out, but no software project is going to do well without working side by side with the intended users.

    Disclaimer: I am not part of the Deaf community and do not mean to speak for them out of turn. The information here is based off of discussions I've had on the topic with several people who are part of the Deaf community and are very tired of explaining how these tools can end up hurting the very people they're meant to help.

    19 votes

  6. Comment on US Federal Trade Commission bans new noncompete agreements in ~life

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    This was also originally put in place before the megacorps. Companies don't do just one thing anymore, and it's pretty much impossible to keep up with all the areas of business these things reference.

    This was also originally put in place before the megacorps. Companies don't do just one thing anymore, and it's pretty much impossible to keep up with all the areas of business these things reference.

    13 votes

  7. Comment on Amazon grows to over 750,000 robots as world's second-largest private employer replaces over 100,000 humans in ~tech

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    I remember reading that they were running out of people willing to do warehouse work because of firings and people quitting. I guess this is one way to deal with it.

    I remember reading that they were running out of people willing to do warehouse work because of firings and people quitting. I guess this is one way to deal with it.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Where are you on the spectrum of vacation planning? Detailed to the hour or floating like a leaf in the wind? in ~talk

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    I tend to think of vacations as a set of goals. Some of those goals need forethought and preparation, some don't. For example, I went to Austin for the eclipse. Seeing the eclipse was the primary...

    I tend to think of vacations as a set of goals. Some of those goals need forethought and preparation, some don't.

    For example, I went to Austin for the eclipse. Seeing the eclipse was the primary goal of that trip, I showed up with eclipse glasses and filters for my binoculars. I booked a room in the totality that was walking distance from several parks so traffic wouldn't be an issue. There was a chance I wouldn't be able to see it because of the weather, so I also had some other goals that were a little easier to come by, like eating great BBQ. I try to keep these things kind of non specific (lots of restaurants and they don't take reservations) because new information about them comes up when you're actually at the location. Many of the BBQ plants had a 2+ hour wait standing in the sun, which is not my idea of fun. Concierges are great for info on fun places to go and a resource that I think a lot of people don't realize is offered along with the room at many hotels.

    I do handle hotels and car rental when it's needed ahead of time if there's a plane involved. For a road trip, as long as you're willing to keep driving you don't really need to set up the hotels ahead of time, you can book the room from the parking lot. Once driving up the Pacific Coast we found a town that had all the rooms completely booked, but the owners of a fancy resort let us stay in an attic room they don't normally rent out. It ended up costing us about what you'd expect to stay in a city hotel instead of their usually very high pricing.

    The one thing I want to avoid is getting stressed out because I'm falling behind on my list of planned activities. I'd rather be sitting in my hotel room than worried because activity a ran late, so now I might miss out on activity b, which I've already paid for and really wanted to do.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people in ~enviro

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    We wouldn't see an investigation in that case. I'm also curious, though, why help would be turned down at all. Is it a pride thing? Do they get charged later?

    We wouldn't see an investigation in that case. I'm also curious, though, why help would be turned down at all. Is it a pride thing? Do they get charged later?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Kroger’s panopticon: Making criminals of grocery shoppers in ~tech

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    I like your general store idea. Kind of the opposite of those Amazon stores. I finally went to one for the first time a month or so ago and found it pretty creepy to be so hyper aware of all the...

    I like your general store idea. Kind of the opposite of those Amazon stores. I finally went to one for the first time a month or so ago and found it pretty creepy to be so hyper aware of all the cameras on me.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z in ~life

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    My suspicion is that this is pretty common with young people and related to the whole doing worse than your parents thing.

    My suspicion is that this is pretty common with young people and related to the whole doing worse than your parents thing.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z in ~life

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    If Gen Z shows up in force to vote, there will absolutely be changes. I'm constantly taken aback by the compassion that all the Gen Z folks I've met have had. It feels to me that they're the...

    If Gen Z shows up in force to vote, there will absolutely be changes. I'm constantly taken aback by the compassion that all the Gen Z folks I've met have had.

    It feels to me that they're the counterbalance to Boomer votes in more ways than one. They have the numbers to actually swing policies and they don't have a problem calling out deficiencies when they see them.

    As for views changing when they start paying taxes, do we have evidence of this happening in all groups? I know there's the whole former hippie current becomes hard right conservative to protect their own pocket meme, but it's not clear to me if any of that is even true.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Swedish company Scout Park has launched a mobile app where you can tip off wrongly parked cars to traffic wardens to earn money in ~transport

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    In areas where they put up actual barriers between cars and bike lanes, this isn't a problem. It's not cheap, but neither is stopping traffic because of an accident. It also cuts down on the...

    In areas where they put up actual barriers between cars and bike lanes, this isn't a problem. It's not cheap, but neither is stopping traffic because of an accident.

    It also cuts down on the bicycle lane as a danger when people don't look before they open their doors.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Swedish company Scout Park has launched a mobile app where you can tip off wrongly parked cars to traffic wardens to earn money in ~transport

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    In general I agree, but I would absolutely snitch on cars parked in handicap spots with no placards.

    In general I agree, but I would absolutely snitch on cars parked in handicap spots with no placards.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on "Civil War" discussion thread in ~movies

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    Thank you for the summary, I thought this was about the Marvel Civil War movie.

    Thank you for the summary, I thought this was about the Marvel Civil War movie.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did. in ~enviro

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    I learned about buzz pollination recently. Honeybees can't do it, many solitary bees can. I don't keep honeybees but am planning to put in a mason bee house this year and plant a variety of native...

    I learned about buzz pollination recently. Honeybees can't do it, many solitary bees can.

    I don't keep honeybees but am planning to put in a mason bee house this year and plant a variety of native flowers that should keep something in bloom until late fall, along with some non natives like borage and cosmos that all bees seem to love. Any local honeybees will no doubt enjoy some of them, but it does make sense that native plants and native bees will be a good combination.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on The Assist - Thoughts on AI coding assistants in ~comp

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    I feel like this is an argument that code reviews should be given separate time of their own and not ignored in the planning process. I haven't used copilot, but I imagine it's not all that...

    I feel like this is an argument that code reviews should be given separate time of their own and not ignored in the planning process. I haven't used copilot, but I imagine it's not all that different from what a code review is supposed to be when they aren't handwaved.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Eclipse plans in ~talk

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    I live in the PNW and got hooked after seeing the last one from Portland. We decided to fly down to Austin because it had the best chance of a clear sky and in the worst case would come with BBQ....

    I live in the PNW and got hooked after seeing the last one from Portland.

    We decided to fly down to Austin because it had the best chance of a clear sky and in the worst case would come with BBQ. Things looked iffy for a bit, but we did get to see most of the totality from a really nice park. The city was half empty, it was weird after how packed everything had been over the weekend. I guess most folks went deeper into the totality.

    I'm slightly disappointed there was too much cloud cover to see the weird shadows, but pretty satisfied at the great view we had when the clouds broke for about a minute.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on I bought a house, now what? in ~life.home_improvement

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    They're in the dining room. The light fixture is new, but they said there was a chandelier there before.

    They're in the dining room. The light fixture is new, but they said there was a chandelier there before.

  20. Comment on Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in ~enviro

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    The documentary I was referring to is, The Elephant Whisperers. Thank you for all the info! It'll take me a bit to go through all the links, but I really appreciate it.

    The documentary I was referring to is, The Elephant Whisperers.

    Thank you for all the info! It'll take me a bit to go through all the links, but I really appreciate it.

    1 vote