BryantD

16 ms·

211.
by BryantD 2y ago
I am honestly unsure why the characterization of Trump as anti-war overlooks his stated desire to "order the Department of Defense to make appropriate use of special forces, cyber warfare, and other covert and overt actions to inflict
212.
by BryantD 2y ago
If you happened to enjoy this essay, you might also like Jess Nevin's new podcast on the history of comics; more global, less focused on graphic novels in particular, and Rodolphe Töpffer appears in both. I believe his Patreon posts ar
213.
by BryantD 2y ago
I hate to miss a good chance to compliment an artist, so while it's off topic for your comment allow me to note that I've been enjoying your work for quite a while now -- thank you for what you do.
214.
by BryantD 2y ago
I'm sure that scenario would create something, but I'm not sure it would be serious. See the security theater around wearing shoes through airport security.
215.
by BryantD 2y ago
Yes, precisely. The point is that we tend to think of jargon creators as particularly insightful when their biases/viewpoints match our own, and annoying when they don't.
216.
by BryantD 2y ago
I tend to agree with you on this, but it's kind of an amusing comment given the linked article's comment on memes: "the most talented people tend to develop their own vocabularies and memes, and these serve as entry points to
217.
by BryantD 2y ago
Mike was a legend by the time I got to AV. The myth was that any time the search engine needed to be faster, he came in and rewrote a few core functions and went back to whatever else he was doing. Might be true, I just can't verify it
218.
by BryantD 2y ago
Indeed. People tend to reflexively assume that income thresholds are a good idea because it prevents people who don't need the program from benefitting, but you've got to think about the cost to the kids whose parents won't d
219.
by BryantD 2y ago
Same for anyone who's ever worked for one of Bill Ackman's investments? After all, he's married to a plagiarist and we should conclude that he has low standards and spread that guilt by association all over. Or we could stop
220.
by BryantD 2y ago
I'll second this. You will learn a lot about operating at scale at Amazon. You'll learn many of the same things at another FAANG/hyperscale company, mind you, but they've all got their problems.
221.
by BryantD 2y ago
To be completely fair, feed algorithms can be somewhat opaque. On the other hand, most of the feeds I follow are just picking up on keywords/emojis or include all posts from a specific list of people. So it depends to some degree on yo
222.
by BryantD 2y ago
If you don't subscribe to any feeds, Bluesky is also a place where what you say will only be seen by people who follow you and people who follow those who repost your posts. Whether or not either of them is a shouting match depends a l
223.
by BryantD 2y ago
They say "As of today, none of us are being paid for our labor" -- I take that to mean they were drawing a salary previously, but aren't any more. Assuming the expenses include fully burdened salaries, I'd say the overal
224.
by BryantD 2y ago
Nah, Republicans are still pushing it. As Trump just said: “I wanna get a law passed […] You burn an American flag, you go to jail for one year. Gotta do it — you gotta do it,” Trump said. “They say, ‘Sir, that’s unconstitutional.’ We’ll ma
225.
by BryantD 2y ago
Marvel's multiverse goes way further back -- in 1970, Avengers #85 introduced the alternate universe Squadron Supreme, for example. There's a ton of classic SF along these lines as well. H. Beam Piper's Paratime stories come
226.
by BryantD 2y ago
Some? Not a ton. https://humanlegion.com/hugo-award-sales-figures/ has some data for one year. "They do have an effect, but probably no more than a few thousand sales for most books, maybe over ten thousand for th
227.
by BryantD 2y ago
Cost analysis: The administrators identified 377 ballots and associated memberships as fraudulent. Assuming all fraudulent memberships were new, the minimum cost per voting membership is £45 [1]. Total cost assuming no additional undetected
228.
by BryantD 2y ago
I find that ex-military employees tend to be (but are not always) mindful of details above and beyond the average. I feel the same way about people who've worked at hospitals.
229.
by BryantD 2y ago
I mean, for just one example, the DoT awarded $600 million to replace the I-5 bridge between Washington and Oregon. I don't pretend the funding is perfect but it is reaching real projects.
230.
by BryantD 2y ago
Yeah; it's a good start. As per the third paragraph of the article: "In New York, Algonquin Power won a $42.9 million grant to install devices that automatically redeploy power when lines are overloaded. Virginia’s Dominion Energy
231.
by BryantD 2y ago
Private collectors can be great, but the risk of collections in private hands being dissolved on death is substantial. I say this as a Seattle native who's been saddened by what happened to Paul Allen's various collections after h
232.
by BryantD 2y ago
Nice! I built https://seattle-movies.innocence.com/ out of similar motivations, although I limited my focus to arthouse/indie movie theaters. I also produce an .ics calendar feed which for me is the most useful feature
233.
by BryantD 2y ago
Because “successfully siphoned off by bureaucrats” has an implicit value judgement in it. If someone a) thinks the cost of regulation provides value and b) believes that downvoting is a reasonable response to opinions they disagree with, th
234.
by BryantD 2y ago
Or: The administration's response to protests has a chilling effect and discourages students who care about their right to protest. I think your first sentence is completely accurate and as a result I'm going to pay less attention
235.
by BryantD 2y ago
Did I miss how he was disparaged by Katherine Maher? I read her email; she certainly disagreed with him, but I think that's very different than disparaging him. If you call for open discussion of ideas, you must expect that some people
236.
by BryantD 3y ago
It’s all really fun writing and I lost a few hours reading through them. Love this kind of stuff.
237.
by BryantD 3y ago
If it was just a name, I’d agree. But there’s no way someone built a razor-sharp remote controlled boat and sent it running around a lake in Golden Gate Park sinking other boats without making the news.
238.
by BryantD 3y ago
FWIW, the stories on this Web site appear to be fictional. I just read the lengthy https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/story-13-adverse-pos... which is about a retired machinist engaging in boat jousts on Shaw
239.
by BryantD 3y ago
Strong agreement for that approach in the second case. I like a good yellow flag.
240.
by BryantD 3y ago
Mostly good advice but there’s one bit that made me frown a little. “Second, deliver negative news in 2-3 escalating phases. For example, start by softly expressing the possibility of a problem to give people time to adjust. The next time,

More ›