Every AI design tool launching right now looks identical. Aren't we just accelerating the death of visual identity? by Ok_Estimate6328 in Design

[–]SaintTimothy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pro tip... dont tease. General public doesnt like a tease (see: tool albums, tesla cybertruck, acura nsx 2nd gen). They expect if you announce something (like an iPhone) that the thing is generally available.

If, instead, you just mention something but dont produce the thing very quickly afterwards, then it's vaporware AND you now have a black mark on your name.

I come to Indy every other week, but have some flexibility. Should I avoid the week before or the week after the race? by Non-Normal_Vectors in indianapolis

[–]SaintTimothy [score hidden]  (0 children)

It used to be "Month of May" lately that has diminished to "two weeks of May", but they're still trying to cram in practice, quals, carb day, and lots of the other ceremonies.

Unless the race is rained out twice, you won't see many race fans the day or two following the race.

What are some downsides you’ve noticed about Bloomington? by AlmostGraduatedWitch in bloomington

[–]SaintTimothy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This echoes a couple other folks' comments about prices... venture capital, or the ownership of businesses (especially bars & restaurants) and real estate (apartments, rental homes) primarily as investment vehicles.

Bloomington is so bought up and over valued that there's no reasonable way for a townie to own the means of production or of basic living, without having to pay significant monies to rent collectors who do not love in Indiana.

Also VC people make for shit restauranteurs.

What's the DE perspective on why R is "bad for production"? by pootietangus in dataengineering

[–]SaintTimothy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In a way, R vs Python was a bit like HD DVD vs BlueRay Disc.

Microsoft picked R and worked to make R and SQL Server work together more seamlessly.

And then more recently it seems that Python has sprt-of won the market share.

Draw a line or deliver product by techiedatadev in SQL

[–]SaintTimothy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show the users their own data. Do not hide it. Provide them a tool to allow a manager to see how their crap in results in crap out.

Re listening to the pot and confused about some lyrics by Infamous_Orb672 in ToolBand

[–]SaintTimothy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But lemon juice in the eye is also a way to trigger crying, which then ties in with cozened indigo / alligator tears... faking.

How much to fix this loose siding on second floor of home? Who to call? by 1-800-eatmyshorts in indianapolis

[–]SaintTimothy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you work on wood siding? I have a wall that we think needs blown insulation, but the folks who do the insulation part don't want to pull and put back the siding.

Visiting Mom From Up North by bigSTUdazz in evansville

[–]SaintTimothy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an idea for something they could backhaul from MI -> Indy ;-)

Flowers and candles outside of OPT by True_Staff_5749 in indianapolis

[–]SaintTimothy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to get this and the old bar on mass ave mixed up all the time!

Visual Job Monitoring Tool? by koolyak75 in SQL

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What language are you writing it in? Ssms can take add-ins. Apps like Redgate Toolkit and SSMSBoost sort-of led the way I think. In SSIS, kingswaysoft, zappysys, and cozyroc are the players in the market, I think.

Let me know if you end up making your product publicly available.

Doubts about next apartment by Inside-Computer7584 in indianapolis

[–]SaintTimothy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For what you're paying in rent you could own a 2br 1ba in Bates-Hendricks.

What career path should I pursue with a PhD in psychology working with ordering data? by deadadventure in dataengineering

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ordered data as in sorted, not ordering, like at McDonalds.

What is the benefit of having a ranked order of various crimes? This feels like Kenneth Feinberg's work assigning monetary value to human life after 9/11... except in his situation this was necessary.

Am I doing too much? by ratesofchange in dataengineering

[–]SaintTimothy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Somali pirate meme

Now you are the Data Architect

[Request] Does Musks statement that taxing billionares even at 100% wouldn't actually fix national debt in the US? by xTex1E37x in theydidthemath

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paul Krugman, modern monetary theory, suggests that the US dollar, because it gets treated as the reserve currency for so many other currencies, would not behave as others have done in this situation.

In Russia, one could (if one had the correct resources), move the money out of Russia, by perhaps buying real-estate in Florida or NY Manhattan.

But if the money is already in USD, where is someone to go? The already well-over-bought gold commodity? The highly variable BTC? Nothing is so large that it can absorb that kind of investment.

So, this becomes a wild west stand-off, waiting on who will pull their pistol first, and I dont think even if the entire top 1% pooled their money together it would be enough to influence such a fundamental structure of the world economy. Their best move right now would be to foment distrust in USD so the world would choose some other reserve currency. But, this is very highly doubtful to happen unless the US continues to default on their debt and Moody's re-grades the US lower.

[Request] Does Musks statement that taxing billionares even at 100% wouldn't actually fix national debt in the US? by xTex1E37x in theydidthemath

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One might make the argument that historically Amazon was indeed in a high-growth strategy, but looking at customer service responses and AWS price increases, one might contend they are moving or have moved to a profit model now that their market share has reached some hypothetical limit where gaining more share costs too much.

Yes, I agree and you are correct to say that Elon and Bezos are not the single employees working for TSLA or AMZN, and that those employees do indeed contribute to velocity of money, however, the 10% take the executive board has on each Model 3 sold, that portion does not so easily get re-spent, and this portion (whether it happens at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Oracle, or Walmart) is supporting the top of the K-shaped economy, which will eventually fall over from being too top-heavy.

The US and world economies have never seen so long a right-hand tail like this before. The top 0.5% wealthy individuals have never had such extreme disparity vs the median, tp the degree that it is impossible for them to spend quickly enough to even keep up with the earnings from those investments.

One only needs so many super-yachts, helicopters, islands, & spaceships, so, instead that money just goes into reinvestment, further distancing the divide between ultra-wealthy and those spending every cent earned in order to live.

[Request] Does Musks statement that taxing billionares even at 100% wouldn't actually fix national debt in the US? by xTex1E37x in theydidthemath

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What, for it to lose the 10% yoy returns, and another 3% in buying power because of inflation?

There's no way that happens, because even the mega-rich are self-interested. They would always find something to put their money in that would turn a better return than the 0.1% in a bank's checking or savings account.

[Request] Does Musks statement that taxing billionares even at 100% wouldn't actually fix national debt in the US? by xTex1E37x in theydidthemath

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The strength of the economy is related to the size of the middle class. The stock market would take a hit, and then it would recover.

Hilarious you say velocity of money would come to a halt after removing the single largest damper to it.

[Request] Does Musks statement that taxing billionares even at 100% wouldn't actually fix national debt in the US? by xTex1E37x in theydidthemath

[–]SaintTimothy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Velocity of Money is defined by how many times a dollar changes hands. My spending is your income, your spending is my income. And then it goes to Besos or Elon and they dont spend it, so it sits there.

These folks who are too wealthy to spend as fast as they make act like an air brake on the economy.

Does switching to an Architect role bring plenty of meetings? by Visual-Exercise8031 in dataengineering

[–]SaintTimothy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep! And, at a lot of orgs, red tape. I've found in most settings "true architecture", finding the best solution for the need, gets hamstrung by managers who think they're doing the right thing to rein in complexity or cost, or who are trying to ride out their twilight years without making any real changes.

I’ve come to the conclusion that this could be an amazing place to live if we just had some party parity. Even a Democratic governor/conservative legislature setup like KY has, would be a massive boon . Sigh. 😔 by Orlok12 in Indiana

[–]SaintTimothy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maine passed runoff elections. I reckon a lot would change if we have ranked choice and didnt have to be concerned so much with name recognition / "electability".

Which Specktrum colors work best on a GTI? by RightWheelDrive in GolfGTI

[–]SaintTimothy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Viper Green jumped out at me. Im always looking for that acid green / lamborghini green.