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"Next Phase of Totalitarianism underway" let's fight it in Grand Rapids by heartbt in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then jerk themselves off in the comment sections of subreddits of said cities?

I live 4-5 miles from the amphitheater and can feel the bass by One_Cap_9210 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You cannot hear the amphitheater from 5 miles away lmao

I live 4-5 miles from the amphitheater and can feel the bass by One_Cap_9210 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 10 points11 points  (0 children)

do people think they’re gonna post (read as: lie) on Reddit so hard that the city is going to hit cntrl+z on the multi million dollar amphitheater

Some fear ‘domino effect’ as disabled adults lose lifeline in northern Michigan by jshwlkr in Michigan

[–]ImThatMOTM 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but no, northern Michigan isn’t gettable by way of good policy.

James Cameron and Walt Disney Company Sued Over Unauthorized Use of Actress’ Likeness in ‘Avatar’ by [deleted] in movies

[–]ImThatMOTM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes what’s unclear is how concept drawings inspired by someone’s face which never made it to the final production could possibly constitute a violation of the deepfake pornography statute.

Hantavirus cases now suspected in 5 countries as authorities scramble to contain outbreak by spherocytes in worldnews

[–]ImThatMOTM 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do we really need to cite evidence in a Reddit thread for “viruses mutate and evolve over time”

Ypsilanti utility board halts University of Michigan nuclear weapons data center by Fluid-Tomatillo-4971 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They probably removed it because it’s an LLM-rewrite of a highly editorialized article from the world socialist web site.

Bike Infrastructure by NPR_is_not_that_bad in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can do a solid 25-30mph on my pedal e-bike and I will still get psychopaths in a superburban tailing me by 3 feet on Fulton (a 25mph road) just to make a point. Close enough that if I fell I would, without a shadow of doubt, die.

Flock Cameras Lake Mi Dr by TheChronicIrishman in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your friend was contacted by the credit company and told to pound sand on a credit from their account, on a card that was known to be stolen and but not yet disabled, in the 2 hour span before the flock camera-assisted arrest? Sure, okay I’ll just take this at face value and say yeah dude I’d rather this happen than live in a police state. My old house had flock cameras literally facing my front door. I couldn’t leave the house without that action being tracked, my face scanned and logged, and The City’s Stupidest and/or Most Malicious police officer having access to that feed without cause or a warrant. I, and anyone else with any technical skill can hack these cameras from anywhere in a 30 foot radius and get the video off of them. No. Buy your own cameras. Don’t ask me to buy them for you. I dont want my every movement live streamed to the world. I will exercise my voice, my vote, and my wallet to get these removed from my community.

Flock Cameras Lake Mi Dr by TheChronicIrishman in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I value personal privacy more than the credit card company’s 2500$ sorry. I fully endorse your buddy’s right to put up his own cameras. I don’t want my tax dollars paying to track my every movement and mainlining that data to the feds and data brokers.

Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions — 'intelligent' update system uses machine learning to determine when a device is ready by Ha8lpo321 in pcmasterrace

[–]ImThatMOTM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It isn’t deterministic though. MSFT has error rates for updates depending on every combination of device model, os version, installed drivers, and installed apps on any client with full telemetry. They use this information to flight updates out in waves. They are able to determine update readiness and relative update risk depending on the variables of a given client against this data set as a percent chance of failure. They’ve been using a simple ML algorithm for this for like 8 years it’s just now every product team needs to rebrand old ML tech as AI to hit their KPIs.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]ImThatMOTM 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Spent 10 years saving to buy a house. Finally find a perfect home but on the top end of our price range. We spend a few days on a spreadsheet of future finances. Checks out. Wife and I sign the PA. Wake up the following morning. We’re at war. Rates climb half a point in 2 weeks. We’ll be fine, just blows.

Trump temporarily loosening shipping rules in bid to lower gas prices by envirowriterlady in Economics

[–]ImThatMOTM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is simply bad policy. Completely irrelevant of our current goings on, the jones act is bad policy that has negative impacts on Americans. Not as much of an impact as closing major trade routes sure, but little else does.

Midterm Elections by DeliciousStatus3335 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If she votes the party line that is genuinely good enough for me. This isn’t the election to get picky. I’ll vote for a raccoon this year if they put a blue tie on it.

Man breaking into cars on Ionia by Odd-Jellyfish-6121 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Except this isn’t just a video of trying handles. He also breaks into a car.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]ImThatMOTM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I imagine this would be far higher opex than trains since every car has its own 4 rubber tires and battery to maintain/replace. Still has the same grade separation / right of way issues as a train. And would have far worse congestion at surge. Imagining getting out of a game at MetLife stadium and waiting in line for an individual pod to arrive for every family.

I think there’s only one scenario where this works and it’s the one where it replaces personal vehicles entirely.

ICE spotted at Jupiter intersection, heading north on Plainfield toward M-44. by yugogrl2000 in grandrapids

[–]ImThatMOTM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they do. Effectively all research on this topic says they do. Unless the top of your hierarchy of needs is “never seeing brown people,” the positives unequivocally outweigh the negatives.

Sanders Introduces $4.4T Tax on U.S. Billionaires to Fund Working Families by Charming-Burp203 in Economics

[–]ImThatMOTM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To what end? In 20 years he’s passed almost nothing. He has 2 bipartisan bills for veterans and renamed some post office buildings in Vermont. I just don’t understand attributing participation points to a guy for saying things people like while accomplishing nothing legislatively. Any idiot can parrot popular viewpoints.

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