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Exactly, everything (outside some probability (which is still a discrete decision point) comes to 0 and 1. I am a big believer of the core assumptions in any system having outsized effects in practice

Damn when you say feed in that context it really does make it sound animalistic and reflexive

She probably wants alone time to indulge her conspiracies and stuff. The stuff is addictively fascinating to unravel. Is she doing any drugs like stimulants? Is she getting enough sleep?

I had drug induced psychosis about 6 years ago. It lasted roughly 9 months with a 3 month ramp up where I didn’t notice it and then the remaining 6 months was absolutely wild. Lost job and was almost arrested numerous times.

I will say that I went to rehab right as it was dying down (the end of the final month) and I had two months of summer after that before I got back to school and work. I was pretty much good after the month of rehab.

Oddly enough AI research is what really kicked it off, then it went into the whole everything is connected, predictive programming, cognitive dissonance is the source of schizophrenia etc

The beliefs I had come up with during this period, which sounded very profound at the time, have mostly faded away, I still think there was some good nuggets I came up with but it was surrounded by so much jibberish I could never make anything of it. She may retain some of the stuff she discovered but it’s not gonna be anything serious. There are little nuggets of profound knowledge that people discover on a psychosis journey that are hard to forget (for example - I realized how much of man’s intentions were towards money power or fame - and learned to identify people who operate with those motivators.

Related, in my city (I sit on some citizens advocacy groups for public transit) - I’ve noticed the city’s planners that work at the department of transportation are still full remote after all this time. Almost all of the work this department has been undertaking has stripping half the lanes from MAJOR surface streets and putting in bike lanes nobody uses. The bike community is very active online and knows how to brigade people. I wonder if being remote all this time has made it so that they are hearing the loudest voices (bike advocates) and not talking to working people who have to commute everyday (online these people get bridgaded by bike people, they are also not as active on social media)

Basically think of it was having your worldview warped by r/fuckcars

OP as a black person myself, I want you to know you may not feel this way, but when the chips are down a lot of times it’s black people you can count on to have your back, not see you as violent when your a little angry, and give you a leg up when they are in a position to. You can have these things and still resent the diversity thing that white people push, which I believe is a scam and actually often contains a lot of racism they don’t know about

Anyone who has worked in government in a high crime city is aware of this. So many nonprofits bank off crime and destruction of the black community by “studying”, “studying some more”, “evaluating the study”, “working with stakeholders”, “drafting a strategic plan” etc. it’s actually an easy way for white people that have mediocre prospects to advance. It’s a low rigor environment where buzzwords mean a lot and underachievers can profit off of black people

Helicopter usually in the air already it just respnds To the call like a cop radio

They do this in Baltimore weekly. The LPR network flags from one of the car mounted units and the helicopter is en route. Sometimes they even coordinate a team of pickups that do a takedown on the vehicle coordinated over the radio before the person notices. But from the sky you’ll see the cars coming from various streets together in a pinch pattern

Not to mention the propublica / Parler Jan 6th story when they posted all that hacked information. On Twitter the story was spread wide. I always thought that was suspect

Kind of reminds me of 9/11 actually. The first plane hit and everyone was kind of in a stupor, but when that second plane hit the urgency of the situation comes into sharp focus

I just went on fb groups for my local neighborhood - highest upvoted pick I chose. That was 4 cars ago still take my cars there. Was a dealership user before that myself.

I knew he was trustworthy because I asked him to explain what he was doing and why. He went into great detail. Brought an unidentifiable problem to him and he found a corroded wire vs 700 in repairs the dealer suggested. Just little things like that will let you know. Check their certificates, make sure at least ASCE (sp) certified.

Also take a look at the shop and see what cars are in the lot. Bunch of 5-10 year old cars in great shape seems to be a good sign IMO as people who take care of their cars trust the mechanic

You should be VERY careful about swimming in the back river. The wastewater treatment plant that discharges into it has basically been running at 20% capacity for past year or more.

https://www.wbaltv.com/amp/article/back-river-public-health-...

Esri has been around for a long time, it’s basically MS Excel for anybody who has to make maps for work.

Their pro software and online services have kept up with the times, you can do almost anything in the program as well. And there’s multiple ways to do each thing. It also has its own internal logic that people get used to like photoshop.

I believe it’s a private company too which means they aren’t always pleasing shareholders

Try jewel mint

I’ve been with my fiancée 10 years, she was solid middle class with a single mother teacher, I am pretty solid upper middle class growing up.

I just want to say that if allowed to happen you can really be a force together, a moderation force coming from your side and your SO. She buys higher quality trash bags and tires (lol) now and I don’t splurge on stuff all the time now, and don’t waste as much money.

I really appreciate the perspective being with her has given me.

Thanks for the links. Mainly mean that a uniform perspective of the situation is being communicated to US citizens. I don’t know if Russia has any legitimate reasons (maybe rational is the better word) because everything is painting the invasion from one perspective. Therefore most us citizens likely believe one form of reality on the issue.

Just makes me feel a little uneasy to see everything from every news source having the same general point of Russia bad Ukraine good. Because it illustrates the power still held over US citizenry.

The unease is because said uniformity makes me believe there is a form of propaganda inlaid with the news US citizens are receiving on the issue - even if I am unsure of the characteristics of it.

Hopefully my point makes sense.

Look at how uniform the Ukrainian coverage is if you think we can’t agree on a common reality. In principle I am pro Ukrainian I guess, although the gas prices are pissing me off, it’s too obvious to see the uniform lack of anything but one side story being told everywhere online and in media

The pics aren’t validated at all. I just take pics of the sidewalk in front of me and send it no scooter in the pic at all

I was always taught in political science courses that the think tanks did research favoring the right or the left. This was instilled in me long ago - That experts will be used by politicians to do research (on what is a choice) that has findings (again - another choice being made) - which the politicians can use (whether they do and how are choices).

Choices abound in a scenario like this, each one are the typically hidden sources of bias.

I just don’t understand why the fact check thing is seen as credible, to me it’s just a new age version of the think tank dynamic but for a different time.

Note that I’m not saying it shouldn’t be used, as I still will rely on think tank research here and there. But knowing the source of their incentives is important.

“Follow the money”

Strongly agree. A lot of choices are made in the use of language.

This happened a lot with the Jan 6th event. Some even proudly labeling it an insurrection when they made statements I noticed. It was like the language choice was used fearlessly.

The Covid headlines as you mention are another huge one. Ive heard surge so many times and it’s been completely remade into an indication of a massive spike no matter the real context.

Even if the cases really surging, I’ve always hated the use of words that take the ability away from the reader to tell for themselves what happened.

A similar issue is in finding raw video of events, like rittenhouse shooting. So much of the results were subjectively selected clips w the news anchors speaking over it. I don’t want to be told what happened, I want the raw facts.

What did you use to make this website? I like it a lot.

Just to check I looked at prices on the rav primes. Holy cow… 44k is about the median I saw used. Some upwards of 63k!!!!

These popular all around great cars are getting inflated to hell

Depends on where you live. Here in Baltimore I’ve called about 5-6 times in the past 2 years.

I suggest reading “federal prisoners handbook” by Chris Zoukis, amazingly informative read. Very dry but it’s well done, he was a prisoner.

Has anyone done a chemical analysis of a sample of 9/11 dust to have a detailed breakdown of the components?

Work for gov particularly police or some kind of job where you have to deal w social stuff. City gov is the best for this as you get a lot of flexibility

From the examples I guess it is the ability to intuitively manipulate fractions? Like “oh that’s kind of like .8 of this other thing so it’s close to X” ?

I agree with what you’re saying. The white blue collar “bawlmer” types are as critical to the culture of the city as our black population. I think the two groups have a nice symbiotic relationship in a way.

Can you provide a link to oriellys talk on that

Is the paranoia thing schizophrenia? I have similar issue where around 27 no longer could smoke without getting super paranoid. Typically I have found if I am not living right in some way weed will bring the fear of it right out. However are you saying anything along the lines that this paranoia thing is related to schizo?