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zippyman55··on Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
Not sure I am following your point. You commented that people have choices, good and bad. I presented you with a story where a good boy was watering his mother's yard and he was thrown in prison (28 yrs) for a murder he did not commit. I guess the only choice to be made was the corrupt police employees? I think you and I will go around and around in circles on this. I wish you well.
zippyman55··on Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
Wow! what a dodge! Try reading: The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
zippyman55··on Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
Honestly, Arizona is unlivable unless you are an AC repairman.
zippyman55··on 'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us
I hired a few contractors out of the bay area to another state where their salary was 1/3 a nice permanent home and they ended up scattering to other parts of the country. One even went back to the Bay Area. Yes there are nice places to live besides the bay area.
zippyman55··on I am embarassed by how good is ChatGPT, and I have never paid one penny
I’m a freebie too. It’s not perfect but the imperfection keeps me grounded and having to think.
zippyman55··on JP Morgan CEO says hyperscaler AI spending could hit $1T in 2027
https://youtu.be/m6ISvd6yZwU
zippyman55··on US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report
Can you point me to the error bars or confidence intervals? Asking for a friend.
zippyman55··on A Trip to the ER
Not a medical person here, but suggest you do not let off on the gas and sleuth a little more as to why this happened and not just take sedentary behavior as the cause. If insurance supports, see if you have a hole in your heart via a bubble study, not that you will make any changes at your age, but you may better understand your health and perhaps have a Plan B should you have a repeat issue or something on the other side of your circulatory system like amorous fugax. Wishing you a long life and happy holidays.
zippyman55··on Why Raccoons Have Been So Successful in Taking over Toronto
do not leave food out for dogs/cats. make sure your garbage cans are secure. the fecal matter can be quite dangerous if you have an outdoor sandbox for the kids. don't assume our dog will chase them off, they may attack you and you may find yourself needing rabies shots. I once placed a trap cage out for them, and the two babies were captured. The mother and father worked all thru the night to rescue them attempted to drag the cage across the street. (I did let them go).
zippyman55··on Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
Be sure to sound excited when they call you at 3AM for your award. It helps to say : DYNAMITE! As a term of excitement.
zippyman55··on How the Chorleywood Bread Process transformed British bread
I lost interest too. I could grow grain grind it, and make bread before I finished the article.
zippyman55··on Accuracy and Precision
I always like to include all three when I talk to this: accuracy, repeatability, and precision. And its not like choose two of good, fast, cheap.
zippyman55··on De-Brainrot Vacations
I struggle w my advanced learning in that much of it I will Never use due to my retirement status. I attempt screenplays; reading classical electrodynamics by Jackson; studying chess; and learning Spanish. I love to write code but that sucks me back to the computer. Cooking is always fun.
zippyman55··on Why can't human care be more like a vet visit?
My vet bills are higher than my health care costs.
zippyman55··on Seattle public schools shuts down gifted and talented program
I have no issues w public schools offering advanced engineering, calculus, Latin, and other uncommon languages the many thousand students in the school system will give them an opportunity to have these classes for highly advanced students. I do not think blowing smoke up kids asses by telling them they are so special is the best way to go. In many areas, these kids may not be so special but their inflated ego may not pick up on it. My anecdotal observations of my youth was too many of my mentally gifted minor friends became potheads and sadly wasted the great opportunity they had.
zippyman55··on Seattle public schools shuts down gifted and talented program
The economies of scale will still allow specialized classes for those qualified in the public system. A special program to tell people they are special is probably not the investment needed at this time.
zippyman55··on How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
I really like reading him. I do wish is posts were a lot shorter. I get tired of all the 60/40 percent forecasts that have enough wiggle room the forecaster never thinks he is wrong. I certainly dont get that from Ed!
zippyman55··on "Enshittification" Isn't Real
For the most part never used these products so I avoided the network effect of being dragged into them. Nice writeup.
zippyman55··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
https://media.makeameme.org/created/ai-is-going-28c40ae773.p...
zippyman55··on Alphabet stock sheds $700B as AI bills climb
I keep running into people that don’t want to hear this message. It does remind me of the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis when nobody wanted to listen to me.
zippyman55··on More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding
There is the old joke that 87 percent of all statistics is made up on the spot. I’ve told it many times but a fair amount of people seemed to believe it hook, line, and sinker.
zippyman55··on Table of Integrals
In the 1980s I had purchased a book of integrals. The very first integral that I looked up in a work related professional manner was in error. My co-worker, mathematician, convinced me to throw out the book.
zippyman55··on Our classifier scored "I have never seen a shadow figure" as a sighting
Really cool! It gets a little frustrating when it’s obvious someone is using an engine to cheat.
zippyman55··on I don't enjoy the Internet any more
Yes, I’m running out of websites that I value enough to spend my time. I have a large list for weekly and monthly reviews. I walk thru them periodically but the lists are rapidly diminishing in size
zippyman55··on Every student is cheating with AI
In class quizzes and in class exams are probably the way to go. Quizzes can be less than ten Minutes. Take homes are tough. I was an outlier student, one class a quarter due to my work. Witnessing all the answer swapping between the full time students was a bit challenging but it was their way of learning.
zippyman55··on Seatd – We flipped the economics of restaurant reservations
Wow! I’d think people would cut back on the tips if they have to pay such a premium.
zippyman55··on Ask HN: What physical publication do you still buy?
I should add one more. Last year, I picked up a physical mail delivery of the financial times. 52x6 issues a year for $99. I had to poke around to find the offer. I felt lucky finding it. But the font is so small - I gave it up.
zippyman55··on Pizza π, A fun fractions game for kids 6-12
Great game! I seem to get all the math problems but my wife can’t do fractions. We spent ten minutes making pizzas and I’ll be showing her the rest of your app in the near future.
zippyman55··on Theory of Constraints
While I greatly like operations research, statistical process control, and linear programming, I’ve always struggled to get interested in this very popular book. I seem to be in the few category.
zippyman55··on Ask HN: What physical publication do you still buy?
The economist. I like that it’s the right volume that can finish it in time for the next one.
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