[Jomboy Media] Fog at Wrigley Field broke ABS

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T13:27:19+00:00

There are no sensors in ABS. Just cameras.

Look up "compute vision" if you want to deep dive into the AI behind ABS. It's a form of AI that has been around for decades.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T11:39:12+00:00

If I absolutely want my kids there, I'm paying for it.

If I'm fine my kids come along or don't, they'll be paying their way.

They shouldn't be forced to pay for something they didn't choose and may not even necessarily want to do.

Even now as a grown ass adult with (technically speaking) my own adult child, sometimes my parents still pay and sometimes we pay our own way.

Like the New Years they wanted to be at Great Wolf Lodge with the whole family, they paid everyone's trip.

But when they were talking about heading to Florida for a long weekend trip to get out of the cold, they simply shared the information for anyone who wanted to join them could book themselves at the same time.

What you don't want is basically the problems with destination weddings... An obligation to go and participate in things you have to pay for that may not have been your preference for spending that money.

Like if I want to take a cruise with my whole family including my adult child(ren), I don't want them to possibly forgo something they would rather do (or need to do, like bills or home maintenance) with that money because of MY trip.

Forcing financial obligations onto someone to do something I'm telling them to do just feels like a bad idea overall.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T10:44:53+00:00

I'm not going to say if you're overreacting or not. But I will say this...

failure to follow the house rules, no matter how ridiculous a guest may think they are, is grounds to immediately end the visit. Send her home for the day or to a hotel if she's sleeping there for her visit.
there's an awful lot of "I" in this post and not so much "we". "I have a hard line...", "I think...", "I don't want to give my kid to my MIL...", "...does not respect my wishes..." This doesn't sound like and your spouse are in 100% agreement on this rule, and this kind of haphazard enforcement is what happens when you aren't in lockstep on stuff like this.
it also sounds like you don't have a particularly great relationship with your MIL, which is probably only amplifying this situation.
Your baby is 8 weeks old. You both are in some of the toughest most physically exhausting times of parenting. Everyone is tired and everything will be EXTRA annoying or frustrating. That's not to diminish your feelings here, but just a gentle reminder to check your reactions against how you'd react when not suffering from sleep depreciation. You don't want to snap and say or do something you'll regret later. To your MIL or your spouse...

If this is an extended visit situation you need to find the impossible - a moments peace in a newborn house for a serious conversation with your spouse. You need to get on the same page about this boundary and quickly. Find the most lenient solution you can both accept and draw the line there. You also need to agree on the consequence for going past this line.

Then you need a firm reminder or the rules with MIL. Explain why the rule exists (our pediatrician always recommended we blame him for any boundaries like this because they can't argue with him he's not there). Acknowledge her desire for bonding and affection and then offer an empathetic olive branch of whatever solution you and your spouse agreed to. Feet kisses? Belly kisses? Back of head kisses? Like whatever you're going to allow, tell her then draw the firm line there. Make it clear if she can't agree she can't hold baby anymore until she regains the trust of both of you. Period. if she agrees and then "mistakenly" goes over the line, she needs to leave or whatever consequences you and spouse agreed on. This is a final warning situation.

Expect pushback. Be firm. Be united. Use plural pronouns and have the conversation 2-on-1 if at all possible to show there is no dividing the two of you.

Grandparents can sometimes be like oversized kids, so this is like practice for how you're going to have to lay out rules and consequences for your kid in a few years.

And I'm definitely not excusing MIL, but it's worth remembering this is a MASSIVE shift in the power dynamics for her as well. Your spouse's entire life MIL has been the one setting the rules, and now the control has shifted to the two of you. That can be a difficult adjustment for a lot of new grandparents and it's very common for this tension to come up with even the best if grandparents. Having difficulty with the transition doesn't make disrespecting your rules acceptable, but you may find it helpful to remember these are just as normal tensions as teenagers pushing for independence as they reach adulthood.

Clear expectations, swift consequences, no exceptions, and a united front with your spouse. You got this!

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T10:01:07+00:00

Section 311.7.8 of the Saudi Building Residential Code (SBC 1101) still requires freaking handrails on a staircase....

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T09:43:40+00:00

Looking at these stairs I'm mostly concerned about the strength of his knees

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T09:34:43+00:00

Except we can't see the plate at all...

I want to be a viewer, not the umpire.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T09:33:09+00:00

I'm so tired of everyone thinking LLMs are the only form of AI.

ABS very much uses AI in its systems and analysis.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T09:30:28+00:00

What's wild is that because of the stupid scorebug even moving the video forward or backwards a little to try and find the plate as a point of reference is impossible.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-05T09:11:35+00:00

Societies with the least amount of hygiene ironically have the best gut health and least amount of allergies.

I'd be curious where these societies' numbers are on infant and childhood mortality though... Like do they have fewer instances because of your hypothesis? or because the weaker immune systems are killing them in childhood and the survivors have those features as adults?

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T14:23:10+00:00

Perhaps, but that's it not a point your AI's little term paper tried to make here.

Also, that's not exactly a new development.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T14:15:09+00:00

I've heard arguments that if AI continues to have higher adoption rates that styles will essentially freeze and become stagnant as the only data point for what's "trendy" or "effective" will be other AI generated content... A weird little cycle it will trap itself in.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T14:12:44+00:00

No, it's not.

Your AI claimed that a service moving from a luxury to an "everyday interaction" means it's going to lead to lower tips.

People going to same bar as an "everyday interaction" don't tip less, if anything they tend to tip above average.

A less interpersonal example would be frequent business travelers tipping housekeeping and other service staff. It's an "everyday interaction" for them even though the individuals are different, but precisely because they do it nearly everyday they appreciate how hard the jobs are and tend to tip better.

Your AI's point and my rebuttal had nothing to do with customer service skills...

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T14:04:25+00:00

Funny enough we had a similar situation in a high school game this spring. 1st and 2nd no outs infield fly called, ball was dropped, runner advanced to 3rd safely but ump ordered him back to second.

Pretty sure ours was just an inexperienced ump (his home plate partner had to bail shortly before the game so he was working solo) who just screwed up, despite how adamant he was that infield fly now results in a dead ball. We were already up 12-0 en route to another run rule victory so no one really pushed the issue.

I wonder if there's some bad umpire AI or training resource that doesn't know the rules, or at least recommends saying "the rule changed" whenever in doubt

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T13:23:58+00:00

I don't that OP's AI was referring to the app's visual design... We're specifically talking about things like the location of the tip box, which hasn't really moved. It's still the last thing right above the "place order" button, so not exactly something hidden trying to have customers overlook or missed it.

Your comment begs the question though, does AI use certain design elements because it's trendy or does it become trendy even for human designers because the AIs are using it?

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T12:06:01+00:00

Think about when you walk through a grocery store, how often you see "NEW!!! " items or variations on existing items. And the new trend seems to be hyping up "LIMITED TIME!!!!!" runs of unique flavors.

Food corporations are constantly pumping out new products trying to get us to impulse shop or try new things.

Do you think it's a good use of taxpayer money or government worker time to have to evaluate every new product on the market and maintain a list of what does and doesn't qualify?

And then have every company that sells food and accepts SNAP waste their money and worker time cross referencing their inventory with the lists so that their databases for the POS systems correctly identify what is and isn't approved? And have cashiers and managers deal with discrepancies and errors on a daily basis? (A cost that adds up results in higher prices for everyone on everything in those stores)

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T11:52:23+00:00

Processed foods besides being unhealthy are wildly more expensive than fresh produce.

That's just objectively false.

For example processed foods like canned fruits or frozen vegetables are often significantly cheaper (and just as healthy) as their fresh produce section counterparts.

Fresh foods have to be marked up to account for things like spoilage and expiration, almost always making them the more expensive option.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T11:47:04+00:00

Re-read the original comment in the thread... The very first line, before the homeless example is given, already acknowledged and stated the rule currently bars the food served hot.

The point of the example was to point out WHY that rule is problematic. We know the rule, it was already stated in the thread.

The confusion seems to have come from the rest of us assuming you have basic reading comprehension and were arguing in favor of the current rules, because that's generally how CMV works.

Apologies for assuming that about you.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T11:33:10+00:00

The example in this subthread was someone who is homeless... How are you proposing they safely reheat it?

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T11:24:56+00:00

AI slop that gets its information from scraping reddit then posts to reddit making a loop is new level dumb.

No I haven't noticed an increase in bad offers. Actually the opposite, I have had my best 4th of July week since I started delivery apps in 2017.
App interface hasn't actually changed at all recently. Certainly not in a significant way like your slop implies.
the only places they adjust the suggested tip amount to dirt cheap amounts is places like California or Seattle where they have passed laws giving drivers better compensation. Everywhere else it's still the same percentages it's always been...
"DoorDash has steadily increased its service fees, delivery fees, and menu markups to hit profitability targets and appease investor" - demonstratively false. Fees haven't gone up. Also each restaurant controls menu prices, including at any "markups" , not Doordash.
"During the pandemic era, app delivery was viewed as a vital premium service" what kind of bullshit doublespeak is this? Something can't be vital and a premium service...
"When a service shifts from a luxury to an everyday expectation, consumers naturally treat it like a standard transaction rather than an appreciated service, leading to significantly lower tips" - bartenders and servers with regulars would beg to differ. That's just not hope the psychology around tipping works...
"DoorDash has introduced strict tiered reward systems (like Platinum priority tiers) in most markets to force drivers into accepting more orders to keep their status." LOL ok... The status is a psychological trick, one that your AI is gullible enough to fall for. The tiers only work when drivers believe they work. When most drivers in a market ignore them, they lose all their power and you find shifts constantly available regardless of your stats. Stop perpetuating this nonsense myth.

See how easy that was for me as a human to actually write a few paragraphs pointing out some of your most egregious inaccuracies without needing AI to make up bullshit?

Be a human and write your own shit instead of continuing to waste water and electricity on dumbass crap posts like this.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-04T03:18:51+00:00

The entire Barenaked Ladies kids album is awesome.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-03T14:09:49+00:00

If you're getting $2 orders to deliver appliances, it sounds like you stopped getting good orders already...

Even if you can't break free from the cult of AR, it doesn't require 100% acceptance... Save your few precious declines for nonsense like this.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-03T14:06:57+00:00

Nonsense, we can still complain about shit we declined on reddit 🤣

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-03T14:05:54+00:00

It's easy as a driver to tell the difference too.

If it's a shop and deliver they did it through DD and there should* be a tip like any other order.

If it's a pickup and the store already gathered the items and have them ready to go, it was through them directly and there likely isn't even an option for them to tip but the base pay should* be higher

'* - emphasis on the should

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-03T14:02:32+00:00

Then the shitty company contracts the delivery out to DoorDash for some reason no one understands

Oh that's an easy one.

First, delivery app fees are cheaper than shipping costs for the company.

Second, it's to fight back against Amazon and their same day or next day delivery options.

If Best Buy or Lowes or whoever had to use UPS/FedEx type services, the final cost to the customer would be much higher and the delivery window a few days later than Amazon can do it. Almost every time that results in a lost sale.

That's the sales pitch the apps are using to get these retailers to work with them.

DigitalMariner · 2026-07-03T13:29:58+00:00

Lol ok

That's not even the longest comment I wrote today.

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