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theultdevon It's true. Your devices are listening to you

> Our technology provides a process that makes it possible to know exactly when someone is in the market for your services in real-time, giving you a significant advantage over your competitors. Territories are available in 10 or 20 mile radiuses, but customizations can be made for regional, state and national coverage.

> CLAIM YOUR TERRITORY NOW, THEY ARE GOING FAST!

Wow.

theultdevon Panama Canal is so congested that one ship owner paid $4M to skip the line

> Eneos’ shipping division transports various commodities, including crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, chemicals and bulk cargo.

theultdevon The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year

What if the criminals aren't long gone and the gunfire persisted long enough to kill more innocent bystanders?

What if the arrival of the police or the sound of sirens dispelled the gunfire early enough to save those bystanders?

What if that body they find isn't quite dead, but bleeding out and they are able to save them?

theultdevon The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year

I've only heard anecdotes of cops saying it worked well, and it does seem like a good investment and an achievable goal.

I don't know what the real numbers are, but from that article it seems noone does...

A proper reporting of numbers would be nice.

theultdevon The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year

Yes and then they go to say there's missing data for them to attribute investigations to ShotSpotter due to CPD’s lack of record keeping.

So much so that it's "obstructing a meaningful analysis of the effectiveness of the technology". Their words, not mine.

theultdevon The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year

That article is quite a mess isn't it? Seems they found more of a problem with the Chicago PD than ShotSpotter.

> If this result is attributable in part to missing or nonmatched records of investigatory stops that did take place as a direct consequence of a ShotSpotter alert, CPD’s record-keeping practices are obstructing a meaningful analysis of the effectiveness of the technology.

Should have been the end of the article right there, but techdirt decided to write one anyway.

And false positives really aren't that big a deal anyway. You get false police reports, at least with the sensors you can recalibrate and adjust.

theultdevon The NYPD is using drones 3 times more than it did last year

What are you referencing? Everywhere it's installed officers find usefulness in triangulating where shots are popped off.

The alternative is an extensive investigation which is difficult to determine the location, if not impossible.

I don't mind these shot spotters being installed vs CCTVs as the microphones are really just tuned for gunshots and can only serve one purpose (in the current form)

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

Nuclear is by far the safest form of energy and is developed safely in many countries without the strict overregulation that the US has.

Pointing to extreme events with outdated designs has nothing to do with this.

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

60k/yr can support a family in a lot of areas. Most people in my area make around that.

SWE is a bubble and can't really be applied to the rest of the workforce. A SWE would scoff at any other job because of this.

We do have builders, there is overregulation that stops us from building.

It's not the lack of workers.

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

It is when it comes to nuclear regulation.

The NRC effectively makes nuclear impossible in the US.

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

What was your point in asking this "question of social status"?

Nothing in this thread points to lack of workers, but to over regulation.

On a personal note, I'd prefer many less lawyers, especially the ones who argue against the one energy source that works.

I'd prefer many more trade workers, much less in academics.

I'd prefer people to not view jobs as a social status and appreciate the contributions people give to society.

A plumber can make quite a bit of money, work up to their own business, not have to deal with huge amounts of debt, and actually provides needed services for society.

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

The general societal attitude is what influences their personal belief, and vice versa at scale.

But their point remains the same, "let someone else do it" (the quiet part: "it's below us").

It's a very negative and elitist attitude that's prevalent in bubbles where people don't have to work normal jobs.

theultdevon First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

So you prefer other people's children to do your construction, got it.

That's fine.. I guess, but the world needs construction workers, including in America.

If my son wanted to build nuclear reactors I'd be A-Okay with that.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Musk was railroaded by the judge and the Saudis on that one.

Luckily the jury had sense that the tweet was harmless in the end.

The judge ignored his stake in SpaceX he could have leveraged and mainly the Saudi Arabia firm that he was in talks with in taking Tesla private would not testify and then said the exact opposite:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23040961/elon-musk-saudi-...

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/1/23/musk-on-trial-sa...

So in the end it's do you believe Elon or the Saudis?

The judge sided with the Saudis.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

You still didn't answer the questions.

No jury I've been on has functioned that way. Have you acted that way?

If you don't support a system of a jury of your peers determining your guilt, what do you support?

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

You ignored my statements. Evaluate the courts.

We're all waiting on the edge of our seats to know what your ideal judicial system is.

Btw you've never had jury duty? Did you vote in a mob form? I sure hope not. I haven't.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Timely! Now do the courts (or have those been perfect over the decades?)

Under that logic, maybe Musk is just another African American being persecuted by the US government.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Well, courts have also persecuted and jailed innocent people so if you don't trust what a jury of your peers say you should also have a hard time trusting what a "court finds".

Do you agree with that logic or do you trust the courts over your peers?

(ie. what "metric" would you use "for what constitutes truth"?)

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Then a jury ruled in Musk's favor, right?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/cars/musk-tesla-tweet-lawsuit...

The end result is left out every time the "court finds" articles are linked. The jury found the opposite, which is what actually matters.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

You missed his point. He's saying not picking up a mob pitchfork and challenging irrational statements does not mean you are white-knighting.

He's not saying "look over at that other CEO".

Even still, it's not whataboutism to put things in perspective as you may see that you're blowing one thing out of proportion due to bias if those same values are being violated by another entity but you are okay with it because of the entity itself.

It's always a good exercise to check for contradictions in your values.

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Let's say I build airplanes.

Let's also say I think communism is a mind-virus (I do).

I can still build airplanes knowing that communist leaders use them to spread their mind-virus.

That's because in my view, the benefit of connecting non-ideological people far outweighs the negatives of what the communist leaders spout off.

(ie, you're not only spreading that mind virus, but all thoughts, including the ones that CHALLENGE the mind virus. The biggest threat to an ideology is DISSENT)

theultdevon Starlink has achieved breakeven cash flow

Digital colonialism... you can't be serious? You really think giving villages or tribes with limited or no internet service is a bad thing?

There were quite a few tribes given Starlink to fix their school computers so their children could get a proper education.

You shoved in a lot of other nonsense in there too, but I'd thought I'd call out the most ridiculous first.

> Starlink was intentionally curtailed during the Ukraine war in order to provide tactical advantage to Russian forces

Starlink was given to Ukraine for humanitarian reasons. Ukraine wanted to use it for drone strikes and wanted the area expanded. Musk did not want Starlink used offensively.

You seem to support the US government being able to tell private citizens what they have to do or who they have to kill with the technology they create?

Ukraine is not even a NATO ally and we are not in war with Russia.

theultdevon Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried "can't recall" what he did at FTX

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Wq2kPw3C4X_50Tqc8H9...

Open Secrets' data is just processed FEC data, you don't have to "believe" Open Secrets, you can verify the numbers yourself:

https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/data-tutor...

My point was we don't have the data you are referencing to verify it the same way.

Or do you??? (a CNBC article w/ no reference does not count)

theultdevon Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried "can't recall" what he did at FTX

I posted what is known from Open Secrets.

We will find out at the end of the trial what is ruled as valid evidence or not.

(your source does not link "The documents" they reference so noone can verify)

theultdevon Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried "can't recall" what he did at FTX

Sure, but the question was about which party SBF donated to. This thread and the article is about SBF.

Though I do think Ryan Salame mainly donated to non-partisan crypto PACs, but quite a bit did go to Rs, including $400k to his girlfriend.

But yeah, the plea deals are ridiculously lax, but SBF will just get pardoned by a outgoing D president like they did Susan Rosenberg, so he's good too.

theultdevon Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried "can't recall" what he did at FTX

> Bankman-Fried was the second biggest Democratic-leaning megadonor this election cycle, according to OpenSecrets data. Only about $235,000 of his total political giving went toward Republican candidates.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/11/megadonor-no-more-s...

theultdevon AI.gov

> My friend, it is quite literally the goverment's job to decide what is right or wrong through drafting and enacting laws.

It is not their job to say what is true or false. That's propaganda. They also do not have the right to enforce what you train your AI to say.

Would love to see the SC challenge this EO. It violates the 1A.

theultdevon AI.gov

Is there any other type of development where you have to inform the US gov about it when you start developing it?

The EO says you must inform the gov when you start the training the AI if it's a risk to public health, etc.

How would one determine if it's a risk? Who determines the risk (I assume the government).

So effectively that means the gov determines what is right/wrong, true/false. Not good.

theultdevon Google Brain founder says big tech is lying about AI danger

Nuclear weapons are a tool to keep peace via MAD (mutual assured destruction)

It's most likely the main reason there's no direct world wars between super powers.

theultdevon CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they're useless

You can just buy hard drugs there instead, it's Oregon!

But you will have to go to a shady place since they only decriminalized them...

If it seems stupid it's because it is.