droans

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[–] droans@midwest.social 7 points 5 days ago

That's stupid, that could cut the stock market by a percent or two!

What kind of motion would rather have a better life instead of seeing numbers arbitrarily go up?!

[–] droans@midwest.social 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Fwiw, the President can't just "declare" that a group is a domestic terrorist organization. That's a violation of the Fifth Amendment.

We've been able to get away with declaring foreign groups as terrorist organizations because they're not based in America so the government can claim the Constitution doesn't apply to them.

Of course, we all also know this won't stop Trump...

[–] droans@midwest.social 5 points 5 days ago

Y'know what would be the best way to get rid of Hamas?

Provide aid and policing. Help establish long-term stability. Prove that you're on the same side as the people. Treat them as humans and not cannon fodder, unaffected casualties, or shields.

Basically, the opposite of what Israel is doing.

This is what boggles my mind when the right attacks anyone who is Pro-Palestine. Almost none are in favor of Hamas - they just recognize that most Palestinians are innocent people who just want to live in peace. We don't have to kill hundreds of thousands of Palestinians or create a massive diaspora.

The war feels a lot as if Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were on opposing sides. Yeah, I'd want Mussolini to win, but why did it have to be him?

Hamas needs to be eliminated in order for long term peace to be established but we all know Israel isn't going to stop there.

[–] droans@midwest.social 7 points 6 days ago

Okay, sure, but how often does it spam ads?

Does it keep asking me to register for something that either shouldn't need registering or exist at all? Does it tell me to subscribe for a service every time I open up the terminal?

We all need one or two ads, as a treat.

[–] droans@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I like Matthew 7

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye...

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

Or Matthew 22:34-40

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

[–] droans@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not how DEI policies are supposed to be applied. You're not supposed to just reverse who's being discriminated against. DEI means that you consider equivalent factors and ensure that your hiring pipeline and methodology doesn't improperly harm certain classes.

For example, you have two new hires coming straight out of the same college with the same degree.

One of them grew up in a rather wealthy household. Everything was paid for them. They could spend their entire time at college focusing on schoolwork and socializing. They graduated with a 3.5 GPA.

The other grew up rather poor. They had to work multiple jobs during college just to afford food and rent. They really couldn't study except late at night and during the occasional lull at work. They graduated with a 2.8.

If you just look at the GPA, it's clear that the first candidate is better. But if you consider the factors behind it, well, then it's the second. That's an impressive work ethic. It's rather common for people like that to drop out because they struggle too much making ends meet and can't afford to stay.

A proper DEI policy should be fighting back against misapplied policies like hiring quotas. It should be recognizing additional qualitative and quantitative factors.

[–] droans@midwest.social 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation...

Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply beyond it. But in civilised society it is only among the inferior ranks of people that the scantiness of subsistence can set limits to the further multiplication of the human species; and it can do so in no other way than by destroying a great part of the children which their fruitful marriages produce.

The liberal reward of labour, by enabling them to provide better for their children, and consequently to bring up a greater number, naturally tends to widen and extend those limits. It deserves to be remarked, too, that it necessarily does this as nearly as possible in the proportion which the demand for labour requires. If this demand is continually increasing, the reward of labour must necessarily encourage in such a manner the marriage and multiplication of labourers, as may enable them to supply that continually increasing demand by a continually increasing population.

  • Adam Smith, the father of capitalism
[–] droans@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Legally, passenger rail gets the highest priority.

However, the punishment for violating this is a fine which hasn't been updated in decades. The rail companies realized a long time ago that it's better to just take the fine instead of actually following the law.

[–] droans@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is definitely AI but similar ovens used to be built and, I'm sure, still are.

However, there are still plenty of issues.

Open flame plus a flammable painting. And the painting is right over the oven where it will get covered in grease. And that's a gas range with no hood.

There's a reason ovens usually open from the top these days. It's safer and allows you to peak without opening the entire oven or leaning at an odd angle. Locking handles are also no longer used because little kids can climb in and accidentally get stuck.

The multiple drawers sounds like a good idea but it just means that you can't cook large dishes. Usually you'd only see styles like this in restaurant kitchens because they will know how large of an oven they need and can benefit from having multiple sizes for different dishes.

[–] droans@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

You get people to "pledge" donations. It's partly about raising awareness for the charity and partly because a lot of people are more likely to donate to these types of drives versus donating just because.

[–] droans@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

Wait, we're the hicks?!

Actually, that explains so much.

[–] droans@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Iirc the issue was that the researchers left the manufacturer's logo on the scans.

All of the negative scans were done by the researchers on the same equipment while the positive scans were pulled from various sources. So the AI only learned to identify which scans had the logo.

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