I hate the idea you love, so much intrusion in my life.
But if it is all handled locally on my device, the idea is that there is no intrusion
Readit NewsMarCylinder commented on Beyond the route: Introducing granular MTA bus speed data new.mta.info/article/beyo... · Posted by u/Nelkins
I was sure it would be off the island somewhere so I looked it up. There are many depots around the boroughs and they seem to handle their servicing internally there.
There is one not far off of Times Square.
Exactly this. Lots of bus depots all around NYC. Several across Staten Island alone.
My uncle worked at the MTA for his entire career as a bus mechanic. My favorite story was when a rep from a company selling "green" buses was visiting. Rep said "These buses never break! You guys might be out of work." and then asked "So when do the buses stop running for the day?"
He was less confident in the reliability of his product when he learned the buses in NYC don't stop.
MarCylinder commented on Amazon Makes You Pay More for Everything (2023) youtube.com/watch?v=Wxl_l... · Posted by u/ijidak
I'm very thrown by the "hidden Buy box" argument. I thought Amazon did that on purpose to hide overpriced items from the wild west that is Amazon's marketplace/sellers. So a t-shirt for $100 gets no Buy box because it's overpriced.
The video argues that this creates a monopoly.
Unfortunately the logic behind the buy box isn't quite that clear.
They could also prefer a listing for a higher price from an established seller over a listing from a new seller, even if they're the brand owner.
MarCylinder commented on What Was Chevron Deference? (2023) minimumcomp.com/p/maxmin-... · Posted by u/tldrthelaw
That sounds good, but doesn't work in practice.
New technology advancements make once very well understood laws, now ambiguous.
Take AI as an example. How many laws have been written over the past few decades that could not have predicted AI use cases or its application.
Yes, but in practice regulatory agencies can be fairly non-communicative with the companies that they regulate.
I work in the dietary supplements industry, and while people love to call the space unregulated, it's moreso that regulations remain unenforced. So much so that companies often have to ask the FDA for clarification around ambiguous regulations. And the FDA is often keen on not responding. You often find out because the FDA's decided to enforce a rule, one that the industry will have asked for clarification about countless times beforehand.
If regulatory agencies have ample opportunity to clarify ambiguous regulations, they should be doing so. They should not leave it ambiguous until somebody gets hit with a fine. That does not serve public interest.
MarCylinder commented on Discussion: Job seekers can't find a job and Employers can't find an employees · Posted by u/thisisfatih
I don't understand the hiring people industry.
The questions thrown at me are trivia, if I knew the answer, or not, it doesn't mean anything. People are looking for weird specifics for things that ... really don't need it. The job inevitably doesn't even rely on those specifics.
I'll learn whatever anyone wants, I like doing that ... no honestly I do.
Can I just talk to the folks I'll potentially be working with / for right away? No? Why?
Looking for a job should be fun with all the possibilities, and yet it's a bureaucratic, unprofessional, and opaque nightmare. I don't understand what is going on.
Completely agree here. My company interviews for and hires based on soft skills.
Yeah, certain hard skills help. I don't want to teach you excel or basic computer skills.
But we work in data analytics/marketing and my coworkers consist of people like a theater major, an anthropologist, someone that previously negotiated govt contracts for Lockheed, a sommelier, and more. Yeah, we hire mostly at entry level, but our team is highly capable because they were hired based on curiosity, critical thinking skills, etc and taught by the people who possess hard skills
MarCylinder commented on US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana apnews.com/article/mariju... · Posted by u/JacobHenner
Being gulped up big corporations is good. They will much more efficiently serve the market. SMBs are notoriously unproductive.
Though maybe you want your drug dealers to be unproductive, for society's sake! I may take this back...
Corporate dispensaries, which are very prevalent, are notoriously lower quality
MarCylinder commented on US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana apnews.com/article/mariju... · Posted by u/JacobHenner
Weed being illegal on a federal level has had some interesting effects. Because of these laws, all legal weed has to be grown, processed, and retailed within a single state. So much industry and local employment has been created by the legal barriers in place.
It’s probably still a net positive to release the federal restriction, but I hope all these small/mid sized businesses don’t get gulped up by big tobacco or other mega corps
Big corps are already an issue. They may not be able to move product over borders, but they can move money and resources
MarCylinder commented on M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake earthquake.usgs.gov/earth... · Posted by u/theandrewbailey
That was fun. My folks place is essentially a 5 minute drive from the epicenter. I'm about an hours drive. Our experience was pretty similar.
Looks like reported depth was 5km, making this a very shallow earthquake
MarCylinder commented on "Dune" and the delicate art of making fictional languages newyorker.com/culture/cul... · Posted by u/drdee
The Butlerian Jihad which destroyed all computers probably wiped out most audio visual media.
This was my thought as well. Why are we assuming they'd even have access to many preserved audio recordings knowing that they destroyed all computers? The Butlerisn Jihad was thousands of years before the events of the movie.
I’d be absolutely shocked if in 10 years, all AAA games aren’t being rendered by a transformer. Google’s veo 3 is already extremely impressive. No way games will be rendered through traditional shaders in 2035.