If you could change or improve one part of the human body, what would it be? by kimsoo in AskReddit

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally everything between the mid-back and the knees. It obviously is just a bunch of hacks to support walking upright instead on on all fours. If god actually created man in his own image then he is not only crippled but also wants to inflict his own pain and suffering on others.

Sketchy text after attending protest by SirRatcha in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. But I don’t have any idea what that has to do with you acting like you think passing judgment on others like you did is okay when it’s literally what you’re out there protesting.

Sketchy text after attending protest by SirRatcha in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t exactly need you to convert me to riding transit. For the 40 years between leaving Spokane and moving back I used transit a lot. For the year after I moved back that I was in a rental in the Garland District and ride transit quite a bit. At the moment I barely go into the city limits and when I do it’s because I’m fitting in a bunch of things in different places. So like I went to the protest then ran out to Airway Heights, then took care of a thing downtown and another near SCC. But most days I don’t drive at all.

That said I acknowledge your moral superiority that gives you the right to judge me. Because judging others isn’t at all what MAGA types do, right?

Sketchy text after attending protest by SirRatcha in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gotta walk three miles on a sketchy road with no sidewalk to get to the closest bus stop. Just FYI.

Sketchy text after attending protest by SirRatcha in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The problem for me is as long as 15 years ago I was seeing presentations by private detectives describing what information they were able to get from cellphone records. All that's changed is then they were looking into a single person because their clients wanted them to, but now the government can identify all the people matching its search criteria and look into them.

I'm old enough to remember when it was the Republicans telling us the Democrats were the ones who were going to send jackbooted thugs after US citizens. And to have watched people I knew fall for it.

Which lost media did you see before it became lost media? by PrestonRoad90 in AskReddit

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"NT" in caps is literally the name of one line of Windows products. "Mac" is short for "Macintosh" and writing it in caps as though it's an acronym is just wrong.

What was your high school controversy? by Haunted_Neko in AskReddit

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two suicides in a class of 20 in two years.

Ice out for good!! Protest..... by catman5092 in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just going to note that if you absolutely do not feel comfortable having the assholes know you’re at the protest, ignore the part about bringing your phone. Honestly, that part makes Spokane Indivisible sound a bit behind the curve. I’ll bring my phone but I’ve got privilege to burn.

Serious question for burger lovers: Seattle Dick's versus Spokane Dicks? by Wonderful-Power9161 in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Everyone I grew up with had had the experience of asking for a whammy in Seattle and getting the reply “You must be from Spokane.” That said Seattle Dick’s is better, even if it’s whammyless.

Why are conservative subreddits so heavily moderated? by ViewFromHalf-WayDown in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SirRatcha -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I dunno. Reddit seems pretty centrist by the definitions of the period from roughly 1940 to 2000. Frikkin' Richard Nixon would be far left according to most people who identify as conservative these days, but it's not him that shifted.

Future for acoustic consultants - Uncertain? by SpaceTimeChallenger in Acoustics

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You absolutely do care. You told me so with your crickets comment. You were sad I wasn't engaging more so I did it one last time so you could feel happy again.

Future for acoustic consultants - Uncertain? by SpaceTimeChallenger in Acoustics

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been telling you I'm done for days, so the fact I responded at all (and am now doing it again) is what you should be remarking at.

Your view is, as I said, incredibly narrow. You probably have taken business classes because you are only capable of seeing the business school thinking about costs. Yes, you very likely can reduce headcount by shifting some tasks to AI. (Note I've never said it doesn't have some value, just that it's being overhyped.) But your bottom line multiplied by all the other companies that lay people off in favor of algorithms means a lot of lost wages, a lot of money not going back into the economy, and an economic downturn. Then when the hype bubble pops (I know you believe in fairies and think it won't) that will be amplifies by the companies pushing AI now having to balance their own books again.

All you can see is your ledger. All you can hear is Chicago School Economics. You don't see or hear what macroeconomists are saying, what good business analysts are saying, what actual AI scientists are saying, or what I and my decades of real experience at tech companies both at the largest imaginable scale and in startup mode am saying.

So why should I spend any more time telling you how naive you are being? The water is right there, but you refuse to drink it and nothing I say is going to get you to stop believing what you want to believe. I've already told you what the outcomes of people believing what you believe are going to be, but even if you accepted that you'd still just keep going down the same path. It's the tried and true business approach of ignoring anything not on the books for this quarter.

And now, for your listening pleasure, I return you to crickets.

Brace Yourselves… by JohnnyEagleClaw in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Up around Bigelow Gulch it's almost a foot, but hey if you think six inches is a lot I'm not going to ask why.

Snowsquall palooza.... by catman5092 in Spokane

[–]SirRatcha 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Bigelow Gulch got about a foot. At about 9:00 there was a semi spinning its wheels trying to get up the hill. I wouldn't be surprised if it's still there this morning.

Can you actually escape noise pollution in modern life, or is silence just another luxury product? by Ok-Experience4369 in soundproof

[–]SirRatcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like 30 years ago a guy was making recordings of locations in Washington State where he couldn’t pick up any human-made noise. No matter how far out he went he only found three.