FatherOfCurses

6 ms·

31.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
Our future: Fifty billion shades of beige.
32.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
Engineering is a profession where individuals are certified by a governing body and required to maintain that certification through continuing education. The reason for that certification is because failure to follow the principles of the g
33.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
Are you seriously comparing an analog phonebook to machine-searchable structured data made available in a data breach?
34.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
This is like an abusive parent saying "Stop crying or I'll give you something to really cry about."
35.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
Assuming you don't retire during one of the periodic market bust cycles. I think a lot of workers would rather see more return on that increase in capital now.
36.
by FatherOfCurses 3mo ago
What's ridiculous is the assumption that the only to comfortably transport a family is via a massive truck.
37.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
The key statement here is "I don't live in the US" I grew up outside of the US and immigrated here in 1995. US police are on a completely different level.
38.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
It's not a claim, there is psychological data supporting the negative impact stress can have on recall and that for some students a test is not the best way to identify their retained knowledge. Your single example identifies a situati
39.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
You're assuming the AI will not be given any instructions to produce the report with a certain data bias.
40.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
"A few weeks later, the project is finished. Watterson probably takes a moment to stand in the middle of the room and look up, contemplating the months of work, the tins of paint he went through, the things he learned about technique,
41.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
But without any training in experimental methodologies, molecular biology, protein mechanics, pharmacology, or any of the other specialized fields that make up the world of Alzheimer's research, how do you view yourself as qualified to
42.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
Oh FFS what does any knowledge matter any more if we can now say that someone who has no medical training has the ability to turn the entire field of Alzheimers on its head?
43.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
The happiest years of my life were when I didn't own a car and didn't need to because I had access to good public transit and walkable neighborhoods.
44.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
In the United States at least, 99% of the time when you are approached by the police, you are suspected of a crime. They are given wide latitude in using their feelings rather than facts to evaluate whether you should be taken into custody,
45.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
Music with rocks in
46.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
I don't care if the previous franchise owners pooped in Lego boxes and sold them as solid gold. As soon as BAM corporate revoked their franchise, the property and liabilities of the franchise reverted to BAM and BAM needs to honor them
47.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
It's a mystery to me why the scrap metal industry doesn't have more scrutiny given how much copper is stolen.
48.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
Rossman is only controversial if you don't think people are entitled to privacy and consumers aren't entitled to the entirety of the products they purchase.
49.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
I grew up in Toronto and the family of my university girlfriend owned a small cottage in the northeastern part of the province that didn't have road access. You had to take a boat across a lake to get to it. It had a tiny camp kitchen,
50.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
Someone mixed up their oboe and didgeridoo instructions
51.
by FatherOfCurses 4mo ago
Anyone downplaying the impact of AI is looking at things from a practical perspective rather than getting inside the heads of decision makers. It doesn't matter whether AI is ready to do peoples' jobs. All that matters is whether
52.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
Your co-workers must love staring at the "SwiftyBug is typing..." prompt for 15 minutes
53.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
I'd say "let them leave" if it didn't play into both the U.S. and Russia's desires. I'm sick of their whining.
54.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
I strongly disagree with this assessment. (I am GenX so take this with a grain of salt). GenX grew up during an era when hyper-capitalism began to take off. Manufacturing was offshored and layoffs became commonplace. Government institutions
55.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
My high school had two comp labs with a combination of IIe's and IIc's. The first year the building was opened one of the labs was put in a carpeted room and it took a while for people to figure out why their programs kept disappe
56.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
"Our HR team gave people the idea that they didn't have to sacrifice their personal lives or mental well-being to work here."
57.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
The same behavior displayed by union workers occurs at a level where people can hide behind a title (Vice President, department head, whatever). Yet people rarely look as critically at senior management as they do at union workers. I also f
58.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/06/30/academic-int... https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/04/02/racial-bias-associ...
59.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
Confederation isn't a business transaction where everything needs to zero out every year. Alberta's strong financial position today is thanks to all the work the rest of the country (private or public) put into building the infras
60.
by FatherOfCurses 5mo ago
York University is in Toronto and the GTA is the most populous area in Canada, I don't think it's a vast conspiracy.

More ›