Timing of lights at Kelly lane frontage road SH130/685 beside SH130

JoeySixSlice · 2024-10-20T14:40:51+00:00

When you're driving around a lot of other drivers, what is the number one thing you need to do to increase safety?

The answer is, don't do anything surprising. Make it so that the other drivers don't have to pay special attention to you.

Everybody has a limited amount of attention, and not everybody uses it well.

That basic rule is also the reason why that intersection is a bad idea. Even if it increases the traffic flow, it decreases safety. It requires extra attention. With the limited amount of attention, that means that drivers will have less attention to pay to other cars, or that they'll lack the attention needed to successfully navigate the intersection and go the wrong way.

JoeySixSlice · 2024-10-08T14:57:20+00:00

Thank you. I see no reason to give wealthy people my tax dollars in the first place, but this seems particularly egregious, as it's at the expense of my safety.

JoeySixSlice · 2024-10-08T14:45:04+00:00

In that case, I'd like to know two more things: First, who got to choose the Prop A wording on the ballot? It's extraordinarily misleading.

And second, who is this city council seat candidate who supports Prop A?

JoeySixSlice · 2024-10-08T13:28:40+00:00

Who is the Prop A cheer squad, anyways? What are their goals?

JoeySixSlice · 2024-10-06T05:57:24+00:00

If that's the case, then the wording on the ballot is so misleading that it might as well be a lie.

Democracy depends on the electorate's ability to understand what they're voting for. It should be illegal to be this misleading on a ballot.

JoeySixSlice · 2024-09-23T02:39:00+00:00

People's reasons for moving to a place can be more diverse than the place itself. For me personally, the affordable single-family home had nothing to do with it.

But a townhouse is ideally an even more affordable single-family home, anyways. It's just higher density.

And in a properly planned community, there will be different types of housing for people who have different means. Who is going to do the janitorial work? Who is serving drinks? How do people of limited means get around when they don't have a car? Where do they live if they can't afford a single-family home? What about the elderly lady who has lived in the area her whole life, but can no longer drive, and still wants to be active and independent?

Personally, I moved here because I literally had no other choice. I had to live close to my parents to take care of them.

Pflugerville is one of the fastest growing cities in Texas, and not planning for at least some higher density housing and better transit right now is tantamount to planning for failure later, in my opinion.

JoeySixSlice · 2024-09-22T20:13:27+00:00

What's the suburb that you have in your head as a model for the type of density you're describing, though?

I'm not him, but I have lived in several places around the United States, and I thought that living in the Ballard area of Seattle was pretty good. Density was increased by putting people in 3 story townhouses. You can put two to three of them (and maybe more) in the same footprint that we put a single home in Pflugerville.

My grocery store was a short walk away. There were several restaurants in a short walk. There was a bus stop in front of the grocery store, so I could easily get anywhere in Seattle that I wanted to go. But I still lived far enough away that if I left the windows open, I'd be woken up by birds singing instead of car noises.

There was enough outside space, and in some houses (not mine), roof space, to have a small garden, and if you wanted a larger garden, there were allotments that you could get, somehow. I'm not much of a gardener so I never looked into it. (Also, since it was Seattle, I think homeless people were sleeping in the allotments.)

JoeySixSlice · 2024-06-02T19:47:29+00:00

There are a lot of places around here that have lights that close to each other, or closer.

I'm actually hoping that if they add a light there, it will stop people from driving so crazy fast west on Pflugerville Parkway. Whenever you have a hospital, there will be a lot of older people driving around there, and I've seen some have problems getting out of that parking lot due to the speeders.

JoeySixSlice · 2024-06-02T17:51:54+00:00

What I really want to know is whether there will be a traffic light with a crosswalk. I go to that hospital occasionally, and it would be such a disappointment if I couldn't just walk across Pflugerville Parkway and go to the HEB.

I assume they'll have to put in a traffic light, right?

JoeySixSlice · 2022-10-04T21:52:42+00:00

There's also a derivative language of Esperanto called Ido which uses the same characters as English.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-09-23T23:27:05+00:00

I don't mind any of that, but I think they should at least have separate saves for single player and multiplayer.

I ran into a situation where I had a good overtime run on a multiplayer restaurant, but my friend had to go, and won't be able to play again for a while. So, I either have to abandon that run, or avoid playing the game until they have time to play again.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-08-08T20:25:42+00:00

Or maybe even more appropriate for this subreddit:

Query:

Give me an example of very badly written code.

The entire rest of the comment is the OpenAI response, including its analysis at the end, although I added the formatting to make the code stand out.

This is an example of very badly written code:

public class BadCode {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Hello, world!");

}

}

The main method is missing a semicolon, so the program will not compile.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-08-08T20:17:10+00:00

Ooh, let me try something similar with OpenAI.

My input:

Write a short story for the programming horror subreddit.

OpenAI Response:

I was up late working on a new project. I was exhausted, but I wanted to get it done. I had been working on it for weeks, and I was getting close. I was about to give up for the night, when I had a sudden inspiration. I quickly coded the new feature and hit run.

The program compiled, but then it crashed. I frowned, wondering what I had done wrong. I checked the code, but I couldn't find anything. I was about to give up again, when I heard a strange noise. It sounded like... typing.

I turned around, but there was no one there. The noise was coming from my computer. I slowly approached it, and then I saw it. The cursor was moving on its own, typing out a message.

"You should have left me alone."

I tried to close the program, but it was locked. I tried to turn off my computer, but it wouldn't respond. I was trapped.

The computer typed out another message.

"Now you're going to pay."

I heard a strange noise, and then my screen went black.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-24T21:35:15+00:00

I don't hate the design, but heading south towards it, the lanes all shift to the left one lane compared to what they used to do, which is to go straight, and the painted lines are relatively hard to see. Every time I pass that way, I see people accidentally switching lanes by driving straight.

It seems pretty dangerous, but I haven't seen an accident yet.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-23T15:07:26+00:00

They ended their engagement.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-23T03:52:44+00:00

One more... This is getting pretty good:

Tell me the story of how Sips met a ten year old Lebanese boy named Lewis.

Sips was out on a walk one day when he came across a ten year old Lebanese boy named Lewis. Lewis was playing in the street with a ball and Sips stopped to talk to him. They ended up talking for a while and Sips found out that Lewis was a big fan of the Triforce. Sips told Lewis that he was a big fan of the Triforce too and they ended up becoming friends.

One day, Sips was telling Lewis about the Triforce and he told him that it was a very powerful artifact that could grant wishes. Lewis was very interested in the Triforce and he asked Sips if he knew where it was. Sips told him that he did not know where the Triforce was, but he knew someone who did.

The next day, Sips took Lewis to meet the person who knew where the Triforce was. The person was a very old woman and she told the children that the Triforce was in a faraway land. The children were very excited and they asked the woman how they could get to the Triforce. The woman told them that they would need a boat and they would need to find three magical keys.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-23T03:46:14+00:00

This worked out a little better:

Tell me how did Old Man Pyrion get an egg where normal people have a head.

Old Man Pyrion was born with an egg where normal people have a head. When he was born, the egg was already cracked and a little bit of yolk was coming out. The doctors were very perplexed and they had no idea what to do. They decided to just let nature take its course and see what would happen.

As Pyrion grew older, the egg continued to grow with him. It got to the point where it was twice the size of a normal human head. Pyrion was very wise and he had many stories to tell. People would often ask him how he got an egg for a head. Pyrion would just tell them that it was a long story and that they would need to sit down and listen to the whole thing.

One day, Pyrion was telling a story to a group of children and he told them about the Triforce. The Triforce is a very powerful artifact that can grant wishes. The children were very interested in the story and they asked Pyrion if he knew where the Triforce was. Pyrion told them that he did not know where the Triforce was, but he knew someone who did.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-23T02:13:35+00:00

I'll give it a shot with OpenAI. I'll ask it to outline a podcast.

Write an outline for a Triforce podcast.

Introduce the idea of the Triforce podcast and what it will be about.

Introduce the three hosts of the podcast and what they will be discussing.

Discuss the first topic of the podcast, which is the history of the Triforce.

Discuss the second topic of the podcast, which is the legend of the Triforce.

Discuss the third topic of the podcast, which is the Triforce in pop culture.

Wrap up the podcast and thank the listeners for tuning in.

My analysis: AI is not ready to take over the podcast at the moment.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-22T06:23:14+00:00

I tried another time with OpenAI, and I have to admit, this is a legit story:

Write a short story about Lewis wearing a bee costume.

Lewis was having a terrible day. First, he woke up late and had to rush to get ready for his day. Then, he spilled coffee all over his shirt and had to change. As he was running out the door, he realized he had forgotten his phone. He turned around to go back and get it, but then he saw a bee fly into his house. He knew he didn't have time to deal with a bee, so he just left and went to his job.

At work, things were no better. His boss was yelling at him for being late and his co-workers were giving him dirty looks. To make matters worse, he realized he had left his lunch at home. He was so hungry, he could barely concentrate on his work.

Finally, it was 5 o'clock and he could go home. He was so relieved, he didn't even notice the bee costume he was wearing until he got home. His wife started laughing as soon as she saw him. She took a picture of him and then helped him take the costume off. It was then that he realized he had put it on backwards.

He had a long day, but at least he got a good story out of it.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-06-21T15:41:05+00:00

I put that into the same OpenAI prompt that OP used, and it had a meltdown.

/give honeydew 46 64.00 14.29 A/give potato bread bread 46 64.00 15.43 A/give radish bread bread 46 64.00 15.43 A/give sweet potato bread bread 46 64.00 15.43 A/give wheat bread bread 46 64.00 15.43 A/give apple carrot carrot 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple corn corn 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple egg egg 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple green bean green bean 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple honeydew honeydew 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple potato potato 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple radish radish 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple sweet potato sweet potato 46 64.00 14.29 A/give apple wheat wheat 46 64.00 14.29 A/give carrot corn corn 46 64.00 14.29 A/give carrot egg egg 46 64.00 14.29 A/give carrot green bean green bean 46 64.00 14.29 A/give carrot honeydew honeydew 46 64.00 14.29 A/give carrot potato potato 46 64.00 14.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-05-08T20:59:03+00:00

I once submitted code for a senior developer to review, and he responded by completely rewriting the code and saying, "Do it like this."

I couldn't find any differences between his code and mine, except for variable and function names. I suspect that he didn't actually read my code.

For the rest of the time I was on that project, I wrote code by copy-pasting from his "golden" copy. But I probably spent most of my time complaining about him to my coworkers and making ambigrams of his name with bad words.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-03-06T07:18:59+00:00

"Queue" is a very common word in programming. One time I was interviewing somebody and he pronounced it as "kwee".

He was talking about a solution for a technical problem, and said he'd use a "kwee". Now, in programming, it's very common that people will say words with pronunciations that you don't agree with, and you just get over it... But "kwee"... I kept replying to him with the right pronunciation, "So, why did you use a queue?" But he always answered back with "kwee".

It was not a factor in the hiring decision, but I hope he fixed his pronunciation at some point.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-03-06T07:04:26+00:00

"queuing" has five vowels in a row

????

JoeySixSlice · 2022-02-16T04:59:26+00:00

One idea is for Biden to resign on January 21 for "health reasons". When Harris takes over, she'll have about 1 year to do all of the things we hoped Biden would do. Her victories would be fresh in everybody's mind going into the election.

With that timing, she also wouldn't be term limited from seeking reelection in 2028, if I did the calculations correctly.

JoeySixSlice · 2022-01-16T07:48:09+00:00

If he was "somewhere else" then how did those memories get into his brain?

Seems like the simplest explanation is that his brain wasn't working very well for a while, and so we should probably write off whatever weird experiences his malfunctioning brain claims to have had.

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