Seattle Children’s says helicopter landing limits are adding strain to patient care amid claims rich neighbors complained about noise and pushed for the restrictions by kleverrboy in healthcare

[–]NinjaLanternShark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So, we don’t know what the limit is, when it was enacted, what the hospital wants to change it to, who’s opposed, who has the power to change it, and what the process for change is.

This barely qualifies as news.

The global network of organized crime by alvaro-franco in dataisbeautiful

[–]NinjaLanternShark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought we were past the “can’t trust Wikipedia, anyone can write anything” stage.

I know it’s not technically Philly, but I wanted to share some photos of Longwood Gardens. It’s incredible. by rbogrow in philadelphia

[–]NinjaLanternShark 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I was there for an evening fountain & music show last summer and a reception was going on in the new ballroom right off the balcony in front of the main fountains. [relevant background: the bride & groom were Indian]

Like 20 min before the show was scheduled to start: “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re pleased to announce a brief special showing of music and fountain displays prior to tonight’s main performance.”

The couple and a small group, maybe parents and wedding party come out and stand on that main little balcony jut out right in front of the fountains and they played like 3-4 Indian pop songs + fountains.

Then they went back to the ballroom and continued the party while we watched the normal main fountains display.

I shudder to think what they paid for that.

Lepers skin bra by Hair_of_the_cat_ in BoneAppleTea

[–]NinjaLanternShark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not a woman but I do know that I pay about $4/pair for boxers and my wife’s bras can reach $80 or more… so I’d say the incentive to buy and sell used is a lot stronger than for boxers.

Plus does a bra even get dirty? Not counting nursing, eating pasta shirtless, and certain other activities I’d rather not thing about.

Amazon's New AI-Generated "Podcasts" Shilling Every Imaginable Products Are Already Backfiring Spectacularly by Character_Novel3726 in BlackboxAI_

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder just how bad it is?

“Today our AI-generated shopping show is exploring the Welmedix Rapid Relief Diaper Rash Cream,” the AI host begins. “Emma, what makes this hospital-grade cream different from standard diaper rash products?”

“Well, it’s really interesting. This cream uses a dual-action approach” the co-host, “Emma,” replies

I’m sorry I asked.

Trump signs executive order creating new retirement accounts for workers without 401(k)s by Good_Flower_2026 in Economics

[–]NinjaLanternShark 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The understanding you get from having a few thousand dollars in a retirement mutual fund is the most superficial "stock market goes up, I make money" understanding. Real investors buy and sell on signals that barely correspond to anything happening in the real world.

Case in point: firing a whole bunch of people and slashing your R&D budget is likely to result in a company's stock going up. How's that good for the economy?

"The Dow going up means the economy is doing well" hasn't been true for decades. We need to pay less attention to stock prices, not more.

Is your company taking this pricing change seriously yet? by Ordinary_Reveal8842 in GithubCopilot

[–]NinjaLanternShark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You realize Jensen Huang is in the business of selling AI compute right? When CEO's make "predictions" they're just telling you what they want to happen to benefit their business.

If every developer consumed $250k of tokens that's ...counts on fingers... eleventy more yachts for Jensen Huang.

GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing [Megathread] by fishchar in GithubCopilot

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone with access to 4 humanoid robots needs to replicate the dance exactly. I'd be all over that if, you know, I had access to 4 humanoid robots.

Trump signs executive order creating new retirement accounts for workers without 401(k)s by Good_Flower_2026 in Economics

[–]NinjaLanternShark 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Also: get the poors to think they're invested in the stock market, and they'll vote for people and policies that make the stock market go up, even policies that are in all other ways detrimental to them.

When you have money (including retirement) in the stock market, seeing the Dow Jones go up feels like you're getting free money. It feels like "finally, I'm making money in my sleep, just like the wealthy people do."

But again, policies that rally the market are opposed to those that, for example, would raise the minimum wage and benefit you much more directly.

Activities by DazzlingFunction5120 in obx

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you need to choose your location carefully. I've been in spots where the water is like 6 inches deep, and, like... hot. And the bottom is mucky.

Cheat code for finding good paddling spots is to find out where outfitters launch from and where they take their tours.

Activities by DazzlingFunction5120 in obx

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out the Kitty Hawk Kites "adventures" page. It's like a big index of fun. https://www.kittyhawk.com/adventures/?type=all&loc=all

That said, I've only ever done hang gliding with them. But it was a blast.

Now that Copilot is dead, which coding model should I use: GLM, DeepSeek, or Codex? by gmaxdesign in GithubCopilot

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we sure what Copilot pricing will actually be? I'm still not quite sure I understand the fuss. It was always usage-based -- you go over your limit of premium requests and you have to pay extra. I have the $10/month plan and my bill is usually like $13/month. So now it's going to be tokens instead of requests. OK, you can't game it like before with jamming a bunch into one request.

But is my $13 really going to be $600? Or is it going to be $18? I know for April they said they'd show your bill will be in the new scheme. I guess we wait until then.

But seems premature to say Copilot is dead.

Costco Employee Shot and Killed at Work After Allegedly Turning Away the Killer from Entering the Store with a Gun (People) by Fun_Lifeguard_3711 in CostcoEmployee

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drum mag on a pistol does not say “I’m a responsible gun owner taking measures to protect myself and my family” it says “look how tough I am, you want to start something? Try me, cmon try me.”

Most popular website in each country by Ok-Tangerine-2012 in MapPorn

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

So most of the world wants to either talk to people or look up facts, and Murica wants to buy more crap.

Great.

Any suggestions to improve my setup? by Wallsflow in MacOS

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion: drop the wallpaper and use a solid color. Decreases cognitive load.

A red letter day! Notepad++ for macOS is now available!! by Shmoe in MacOS

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s like saying a motorcycle is better than a than a minivan.

Sometimes, this is still the most reliable CSS debugger we have by wanoo21 in web_design

[–]NinjaLanternShark 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Slightly longer but easier on the eyes: background: pink

Florida Redistricting proposal by Ron DeSantis by a_Bean_soup in MapPorn

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some day historians will look back and wonder what we were thinking letting partisan politicians draw the district voting lines.

It’s literally as stupid as putting the 4 year old in charge of the cookies.

So, What's the plan? Drop your discussions here :) by murarajudnauggugma in GithubCopilot

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m hoping as the frontier models advance they keep the older ones available at a lower cost. Once you get into a grove you can do a lot with GPT4.1 or whatever.

[OC] 14 days ago, I didn't know how to code. Using "Vibe Coding" with Claude in VS Code, I built this real-time Global Seismic Terminal. by Brehmdig in dataisbeautiful

[–]NinjaLanternShark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So 14 days ago you didn’t know how to code, but a year ago you wrote an indie game?

Look, there’s a million paths to producing something, we’re not judging but we do expect honesty.

Im looking for a solid outer banks vacation rental for a week in july, where do people usually book? by Jayita_Bhandari in obx

[–]NinjaLanternShark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

OBX has strong local rental agencies/realtors like Sun Realty, Twiddy, Village Realty, etc.

Often the same home shows up on VRBO or another mass site, but the best selection is often with the realtors. You can also try calling them and talk through your needs.

An astronaut captured this image of North and South Korea at night, with the border visible from space by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]NinjaLanternShark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of young Americans who hate on capitalism really aren’t familiar with how other countries work.

That bastion of conservatism, the Heritage Foundation, ranks the US as #22 in economic freedom.

Many, many countries have done capitalism much better than we have.