jredwards

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by jredwards 2y ago
It's not like it would matter. You can buy a gun in a nearby state and carry it across state lines without much trouble. Most of the guns used in Chicago come from Indiana.
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by jredwards 2y ago
The original use case was hearing protection. The modern tactical use case is that it makes it somewhat harder to tell where a shot came from. In almost no scenario does it actually make a gunshot quiet (maybe a subsonic .22).
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by jredwards 2y ago
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by jredwards 2y ago
I think the country could use some better guard rails on how campaigns are run and some improvements to how the voting process works. The problem is that the American electorate is experience a constant barrage of targeted misinformation an
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by jredwards 2y ago
You think America's not ready for a woman, but it's ready for a gay man?
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by jredwards 2y ago
It's not a game. If my competitor is putting heroin in their product, is it not fair to point out that the consumers are making poor choices? What would you have me do, add meth to my product?
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by jredwards 2y ago
They took it seriously enough to change candidates. But again: why is a "just okay" candidate from the Democratic Party not better than a "threat to the free world" candidate from the Republican Party? The double-standar
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by jredwards 2y ago
The problem with democracy is that it's so easy for a demagogue to come to power by pitting the people against each other. The problem with OUR democracy is that this issue is supercharged by our inability to control the outsized influ
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by jredwards 2y ago
I'm an independent, but who's going to demand better from the Republican party? Why are Democrats being held to such an incredibly high standard when the standard for the Republican party could not be more obscene?
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by jredwards 2y ago
-George Carlin
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by jredwards 2y ago
What color is the shed? Should we paint it before we tear it down?
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by jredwards 2y ago
Why do I need to be personally invested to think this is a deception? The company was founded as a non-profit and named "Open" AI. It's neither non-profit nor open, and is relentlessly pursuing AGI without regard for regulati
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by jredwards 2y ago
If your premise is that the world is a better place when programmers all have regex syntax committed to memory, then sure, I guess AI tools are bad. Personally, I don't think the aspects of writing code that AI tools help with the most
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by jredwards 2y ago
Being this smug is a great way to get people to not speak to you at all. Enjoy your quiet productivity.
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by jredwards 2y ago
I'm no lawyer, but I have to imagine that if Delta can successfully sue CrowdStrike for this, enough other lawsuits will follow that CrowdStrike would be forced into bankruptcy.
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by jredwards 2y ago
As someone with kids, while I certainly worry about the world they will live in and their prospects in it, I absolutely don't think I can predict what it will look like in 20 years when it matters. The idea that they might be less pros
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by jredwards 2y ago
I've spent a ton of time playing with Stable Diffusion, just for amusement. I've rarely found it interesting to generate realistic people.
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by jredwards 3y ago
I'm buying a budget EV with the model 3. I'm pretty happy with that.
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by jredwards 3y ago
I have a buddy who started an ad ops company about a decade ago and I remember asking him if he was worried about ad blockers. He said nobody used them and it wasn't a concern. He sold the company about five years ago. I wonder if it&#
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by jredwards 3y ago
Many companies just post fake positive reviews about themselves directly. Glassdoor reviews come from two places: aggrieved former employees and HR departments. The whole thing is garbage.
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by jredwards 3y ago
I'm glad this is the top comment. I see this misconception in every conversation about this issue.
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by jredwards 3y ago
While I think this is really interesting, I'm not sure how useful it is. The world doesn't change because something may have a 5% chance of happening; it changes because it happened anyway. As a general rule, the most predictable
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by jredwards 3y ago
That's interesting. For me, this is an album that never gets old and I can always put on. My favorite piece is "So What," which is conveniently at the front. I often put this album on when I want to relax. It's one of my
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by jredwards 3y ago
To be fair, that's also true of Tom Clancy books.
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by jredwards 3y ago
Incidentally, I have a friend who decided that he would no longer consume any animal that he had not personally killed at least one example of (e.g. he can eat chicken after he has personally killed one chicken). That was years ago and to t
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by jredwards 3y ago
I'm deep in the sausage making. This reasoning is mostly spot on, though I've never heard anyone directly admit to his first reason. At the end of the day, it's not that hard for me to get a req for a new hire bumped up, but
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by jredwards 3y ago
Economists like to say that there are only four types of economies: developing economies, developed economies, Argentina, and Japan. Argentina is a special case of decades of absurd mismanagement. Milei's prescription is different, but
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by jredwards 3y ago
Pro-tip: rolling either of the thumb wheels counts as input. You don't have to turn the wheel.
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by jredwards 3y ago
I also have a Model 3 and don't feel that way. The only issue I've ever had with it was a door sensor that went bad. Someone showed up at my house and replaced it in under 5 minutes at no cost. All in all, not a terrible experienc
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by jredwards 3y ago
The first python module I opened has every single method wrapped in a naked except clause. Yikes.

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