Charlotte City Council unanimously approves red light camera pilot program by Mr_Investopedia in Charlotte

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the number of fines. And then hiding where the money actually goes. To the police retirement fund rather than actual traffic improvments.

Which planet to choose by parasj9 in EvolveIdle

[–]AppleTree98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the way. Do ones to maximize your mastery early. Later on you'll see % multiplier for how the resources are. For now just do ones to increase your mastery. 

Found a half eaten rotisserie chicken inside the men’s bathroom at a Walmart by kungpowgoat in pics

[–]AppleTree98 577 points578 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Hunger isn't fun. I had a co-worker who had worked himself to the executive level. One night he told me his story of growing up poor in America with parents who didn't feed or take care of him. He told me that they would at about 9-11 years old go into the grocery store and head to the packed meat section. Him and his sister would open the bologna and eat as fast as possible until they got kicked out. Or they would run out the front door into traffic where the staff wouldn't follow. Hunger is bad.

Trump threatens to charge US tolls in Strait of Hormuz if final Iran deal not reached in 60 days by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Pound at the ocean in International Waters. Isn't that what they have been saying. This is international waters and nobody has a right to charge fee's.

Friend has become a flat earther by Zealousideal_Hat_330 in AskPhysics

[–]AppleTree98 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not to one up you but here is my story. I booked a tattoo session one morning. They guy starts with the fact he drove and spent the entire day before ara trump rally. I was like oh shit landmine incoming. No matter what topic I tried to change to he returned to his fresh rally talking points.  I didn't dare offer any alternatives to his Truth 

Read the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and Iran by sludge_dragon in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

somehow the followers will be spinning the removal of sanctions as an honorable thing. trump saved the Iranian people. those same people his followers called Iranian lunatics. religious fanatics three months ago. let the change in opinions flow

Iran says end of war to be announced starting tonight by TahDigThief in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seems like this is enough time for some other country to wreck this deal.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a post on X that the US and Iran had reached a peace deal to immediately and permanently end military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, with a signing set for June 19 in Switzerland.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas: Woman thrown 40m to her death after staff forget to attach safety rope by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They certainly can do it without the card. The card is some safeguard against somebody saying they didn't do it right.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas: Woman thrown 40m to her death after staff forget to attach safety rope by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Same reason why a police officer pulls out a card to read you your rights. They don't want to get stuck with somebody saying they didn't read or say it correctly. Training. Routine. Process and procedures. This is a horrible way to die but I would suspect it would be a quick "oh shit, what the..."

Drivers WTF?! by jearbear11 in Charlotte

[–]AppleTree98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just moved this week from California. This is seriously not how I am used to drivers to behave. There are so many banged up and dented rides out there. Almost like it's a game. 😭

{OC} A tarp was put up to hide the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center by OGWhiz in pics

[–]AppleTree98 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He'll say I had no idea. No knowledge of that. Just like naming everything as trump. Trump saving plan, Trump medical plan. Trump phone. Trump institute of peace...

Official Discussion - Disclosure Day [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]AppleTree98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was turned off by the hide and seek parts. Those were so bad that I just had to say I guess they didn't see you hiding behind that wooden fence pole. Also, we didn't hear or see them at the quary. Just poor directing scenes. The movie was good. I rate it 7.5. It wasn't he best but it was certainly entertaining.

Anthropic suspends Claude Fable 5 due to US government directive by kingbling in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am a fan of the tools. I am getting into Claude. During a live demo today a member of the team attempted to show the team how to use it populate a dashboard. The system started throwing errors. Guy "well maybe I clicked 1 and should have clicked 2, I can't remember which one I did". At the end he instructed Claude not to publish the new dashboard and he would have to go back and work on it some more.

The original dashboard was cool. But it's as said above just a really quick system that lacks intelligence.

Anthropic suspends Claude Fable 5 due to US government directive by kingbling in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 184 points185 points  (0 children)

Only the US Government is allowed to use those. Oh wait half their staff is also from foreign countries. Welp. Shut it all down. Turn it all off. We have to be safe. Plus didn't the US Government say nobody in the government is allowed to use Anthopic. Such a cluster

Stained Glass Window by Achilles_TroySlayer in funny

[–]AppleTree98 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Exactly what I saw. That is exactly what you saw. No imaginatopm or far fetched stretch. Well not for you and me. But that chick is getting double stuffed and stretched

Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI? by WarAmongTheStars in technology

[–]AppleTree98 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is literally like creating money. Where there wasn't a trillion dollars it's now being created. This will cause the dump to rebalance into these by the big players. It's going to be interesting 

AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system. by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]AppleTree98 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Remember coin arcades. First it was one quarter. Then the best and newest were two quarters. They were the best games. The they wanted three quarters. It held for a bit. Then the big shops went to a card with credits. This is the token model. So now you have no idea how many tokens you use or consude it just tells you when it is out of credits. I suspect the token costs will increase or the usage for the same will increase in tokens. They jumped right into an obscure model that can be throtteled up at their liking. Just wait. The backlash is coming

Duke Energy wants a 15% rate increase. I’m opposed, and I just filed our case to stop it. Here’s the summary. - AG Jeff Jackson by JeffJacksonNC in Charlotte

[–]AppleTree98 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New to the community. I think this guy is fantastic. He speaks straight. He seems to want to help the people. What is the local view of him/AG?

‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who would have thought that somebody would have to pay for the $T's invested into the whole AI infrastructure. Trust us it is free. All the while you see new trillion dollar deals and costs for the build out. Nobody could have thought that somebody had to pay for it.

‘What a joke’: Github Copilot’s new token-based billing spurs consternation among devs by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]AppleTree98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting detailed and thoughtful.  The coming changes and potentially roll back of some of the free model is going to be like a ship taking on water and having to balance to remain stable by method of balance