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Readit NewsUnpossibleJim commented on Brainfuck Enterprise Solutions github.com/bf-enterprise-... · Posted by u/linkdd
UnpossibleJim commented on Close to 2k environmental activists killed over last decade e360.yale.edu/digest/envi... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
Asking earnestly: what makes this and not the police's own reports "classic lawering"? A value-neutral outlook would require us to consider both equally.
(And note: we don't actually know anything besides (1). (2) is a claim by the police, and (3) is the product of a pseudoscientific ballistics analysis by the same. Accepting them as fact goes well beyond the neutral viewpoint.)
I don't know what happened and I fully admit that, but let's take the cop section out of it, so none of this "Cops lie all the time" business.
1) A person was shot by someone at the scene
2) A different person who was in conflict with the first person had a gun with the same ballistic profile (caliber etc.)
3) There are two separate parties with an interest in the outcome who witnessed the crime
4) The first party with an interest, was actively aggrivating people at the scene, causing hightened tensions
5) The second party was in direct conflict with the first
EDIT: I suck at formatting
UnpossibleJim commented on The WFH future is destroying bosses' brains (2021) wheresyoured.at/p/the-wor... · Posted by u/LordNibbler
Why aren't people paid a full time salary for the work they're expected to do instead of the time they sit at a desk? It's a question I genuinely struggle with.
If the employee is doing all that's expected of them, then the "contract for owning someone for a period of time" (not my words - and relatively creepy) should be fulfilled. It doesn't seem a period of time that is expected but a force of work delivered.
I am willing to be wrong in this assumption, however, given the right argument.
UnpossibleJim commented on Mark Zuckerberg on Apple’s Vision Pro headset theverge.com/2023/6/8/237... · Posted by u/astlouis44
>could be the vision of the future of computing, but like, it’s not the one that I want.
We'll have to wait and see with Vision Pro, but it's already pretty clear that Zuckerberg's vision is not one that anyone wants.
He needed to look at hardware platforms of the past. If you can't get people to develop for a system and make good apps, then the hardware is useless.
UnpossibleJim commented on Health System in Minnesota Cuts Off Patients with Medical Debt nytimes.com/2023/06/01/bu... · Posted by u/lxm
> There isn't a lack of resources.
There is absolutely a lack of resources when it comes to medical care. There aren't enough nurses, doctors, mental health professionals, specialized medical equipment, or in some instances even blood, to go around right now.
This "post scarcity" mentality isn't based on reality.
It's a matter of priorities. If we decide these things are important as a nation they don't have to be scarce. We make the best war machines on the planet and spend a lot of money on them. That is more of a priority than the good health of our nation.
To a certain extent I think it also exposes how much busy-work there really is out there. A lot of people have been talking about ChatGPT as the ultimate bullshit artist, well if that is true, the stuff it is producing perfectly would be what, bullshit in the first place?
It can't be too much of a surprise that a lot of white collar jobs involve a fair amount of BS. I have 3 to 4 meetings a day and only 1 or 2 are really necessary =[
UnpossibleJim commented on Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project? · Posted by u/max_
I'm slowly building some success in Android and iOS games (most revenue comes from iOS!). I've got a paid game that is a yahtzee-inspired poker game with just a touch of cosmic horror [1] and a free-to-play word game [2].
I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales. I'm hopeful the daily word game, Well Word, will start to take off because it's the best game I've made and I'm really proud of it.
I started working on Pine Tar Poker while I had a different job about 13 months ago and I've since switched to trying my hand at converting my side project into my full-time gig [3]! My short-term goal is to be able to pay my mortgage with the proceeds.
What do you see as your best routes to monetization on the Apple v. Android and how FTP differs on each platform?
Also, what routes of promotion have you been taking to build a customer base?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but as a maker of personal projects which are games, I'm curious about the promotion and monetization of mobile games =)
Rogan is always the first one to be used as input/demo for this stuff.
I have a feeling it's going to remain the trend for every new AI tool.
There's just so much data available, I don't see how it couldn't be the prevailing trend.
Apple watch has its use as... a watch, fitness bracelet, health monitor, etc. Lots of people wear one for the many features it provides. A VR headset is quite more challenging, especially because we all know Apple is not a big reference in gaming...
This! I have resisted the Apple platform due to personal tastes but if they get the blood sugar monitor working (which they say they're close to), I'll switch my entire platmorm ecosystem over to Apple for that one specific feature.
UnpossibleJim commented on Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access bbc.com/news/world-us-can... · Posted by u/djoldman
> There’s exceptions for email, Netflix, Amazon, news, traditional media kinds of sites.
The fact that there are 20 categories of services exempted shows that this is a terrible bill that is based on punishing specific actors and not regulating data privacy or child wellbeing in a meaningful way.
for reference, line 165 to 224 of that link are the exceptions:
"Social media platform" does not include an online service, website, or application: (i) where the predominant or exclusive function is:
(A) electronic mail; (B) direct messaging [only between two users], (C) a streaming service, (D) news, sports, entertainment, or other content that is preselected by the provider and not user generated, (E) online shopping or e-commerce [when limited to posting reviews and wish lists], (F) interactive gaming, virtual gaming, or an online service, that allows the creation and uploading of content for the purpose of interactive gaming, edutainment, or associated entertainment, (G) photo editing that has an associated photo hosting service, if the interaction with
other users or account holders is generally limited to liking or commenting, (H) a professional creative network for showcasing and discovering artistic content, (J) providing career development opportunities, including professional networking, job skills, learning certifications, and job posting and application services, (K) business to business software, (L) a teleconferencing or videoconferencing service, (M) cloud storage, (N) shared document collaboration, (O) cloud computing services, (P) providing access to or interacting with data visualization platforms, libraries, (Q) to permit comments on a digital news website, if the news content is posted only by the provider of the digital news website, (R) providing or obtaining technical support for a platform, product, or service, (S) academic or scholarly research, (T) genealogical research
LOL, according to this, my family's group text thread is illegal under this law, as DMs can only be between 2 people.
EDIT: serious question; would Slack be professional networking or, how does that work under this bill? It's DMing for business, but it isn't really networking.