alistairSH

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by alistairSH 5d ago
But, many of the members of that organization make their money from various forced arbitration deals, so that doesn't necessarily move the needle back towards the consumer.
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by alistairSH 5d ago
That's 75%+ of all legal cases.
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by alistairSH 8d ago
Sure, but if you're driving in NM or TX or AZ, what constitutes that reasonable basis for a stop? As long as the car is legal, there can't be any, yet they still do roving patrols. The also stop buses and trains mid-transit (not
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by alistairSH 8d ago
But the 100 mile rule? That covers damn near everybody in the US (>200 million, or 66%, give or take) subject to warrantless searches on the whim of whatever the police want?
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by alistairSH 8d ago
My only issue is the ... unclarity... with them. The option pops up in the middle of a normal log-in flow. I'm guessing most non-techies don't know how it's implemented. Oddly, some login flows display a normal user/pwd
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by alistairSH 8d ago
You do realize the US qualifies as a murderous thug regime by many measurements. We're actively waging war against Iran for no discernible reason, we're blowing up boats in the Caribbean with zero proof they're drug boats, a
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by alistairSH 8d ago
Under that logic, is the entire Barracks Row strip in DC fair game? It's across the street from a historic Marine Corp barracks, why would anybody put shops and restaurants there, right? Maybe if the schools was built recently there&#x
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by alistairSH 9d ago
Google says the building was converted 11 years ago. We waged an AI-directed attack based on decade+ maps. That should be criminal.
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by alistairSH 9d ago
11 years ago. If we're operating on decade+ old info, that's pretty damning. Is there a "reckless endangerment" or "manslaughter" equivalent in the war-crimes sphere?
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by alistairSH 9d ago
... in the UAE, so only less risky if your office is remote enough it doesn't also make a nice target (like, say, located within/near Dubai's Internet City).
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by alistairSH 11d ago
Too bad they haven't named/shamed the actual officers. Lack of details is effectively giving the police carte blanche to continue doing this shit. "Oh, we'll tell the officer to cut that out (fingers crossed behind back)
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by alistairSH 11d ago
:fingers-crossed: I still have no idea how they let it ship. Sure, it's not a productivity killing defect, just a head-scratcher that makes you question the entire software stack.
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by alistairSH 11d ago
Just asked Google... Madrid's winter temperatures aren't far off my local (DC, USA) temperatures. Valencia is a bit warmer, but not quite "swimming in the Med" warm. But, DC isn't exactly Oslo either. For me, a wee
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by alistairSH 11d ago
I wouldn't be upset if we fixed both ends... make H1B an immigrant visa (they can apply for residency after ~7 years) and place reasonable minimum salaries (currently pegged at the prevailing local wage - probably should be 150% of tha
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by alistairSH 12d ago
1/10 sounds in the ballpark - I think my ratio is better, but not by much. About half my interviews have been with candidates in India, half US, all for software engineering roles, mostly early to mid-career. Success rates weren't
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by alistairSH 12d ago
I blame Musk. Maybe I'm way off base, but most of these trends were first highly visible in Tesla products. They may not have created each dumb UX decision, but certainly were one of the first to put them all into a single car. I reme
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by alistairSH 12d ago
Meh, not sure I really buy that argument. I've never had a problem hiring in the US. And this is for a mid-tier, mid-size software company that most people have never heard of, not located in SV, and PE-owned (not much in the way of
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by alistairSH 12d ago
For us, it's a mix of... Local SMEs (regulatory requirements), sales, local implementation teams, HR / legal (to support the previous employees). And engineers. Sales and implementation could maybe be US-based, but then we'r
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by alistairSH 12d ago
How do you determine the "correct" location of a job? My employer sells software internationally - are you claiming any international job should be subject to some sort of fine simply because the company is HQed in the US? I suppo
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by alistairSH 12d ago
Not that I could find in settings... the settings menu let me start a workout but that was all I saw. Maybe it just wasn't discoverable... Just looked at the online user manual and the only mention of lap control is in the stopwatch a
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by alistairSH 12d ago
Summer break from school. Now that there’s no kid in my household, we do travel more in winter (or whenever).
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by alistairSH 17d ago
Have you tried using a 3rd party photo app (like Halide)?
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by alistairSH 17d ago
I just want the extra (vs non-Ultras) button THAT'S ALREADY THERE to allow mapping to "lap". Blew my mind that wasn't possible when I went to try one at the apple store. LOL @ downvoting this of all things.
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by alistairSH 17d ago
An "Ultra Mini" with a proper lap button would open my wallet very quickly.
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by alistairSH 17d ago
Sure, I guess, but I don't have a Mini, or any tablet for that matter. I used to and found the form factor didn't meet my needs. I'm happier with a phone and a laptop.
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by alistairSH 17d ago
Slightly better for documents and spreadsheets? Although I have a laptop for those, so... I guess I'm not the target audience.
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by alistairSH 17d ago
It's also more than the cost of an iPhone Pro + a MacBook Neo (or several other combinations). I'm just not seeing the value proposition for a $2000 phone. I already can't comfortably hold or type single-handed on the normal-
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by alistairSH 17d ago
yeah, not sure what the right answer here is... but it definitely isn't "trust us, we would never lie (fingers crossed behind back)". What does a non-AI company do? If I emailed Tim Cook and said I had a gun and was coming fo
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by alistairSH 17d ago
1b. Anthroptic refused to provide the police with evidence of said AR-15 wielding person. "Some guy said he's after me, why would I lie about such a thing?"
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by alistairSH 18d ago
That's fair, but the United announcements had enough detail and were timed with obvious crew movement (flight, gate, mechanical), so all seemed plausible enough. Maybe they were just blowing smoke up our collective ass, but a few deta

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