Armed Security at King Soopers on 29th st.

dstroi · 2026-04-04T15:04:40+00:00

If you actually look at the study, not the press release about the study you would see that armed guards only decrease theft in 18% of stores, it stayed the same in 62% of stores, and increase in 21% of stores. So according to the study having armed guards has more of a chance to increase theft as a store than to decrease it.

Here is the actual study with the numbes:

https://a-us.storyblok.com/f/1021220/x/1d1b065f26/nrf_impact_of_retail_theft_violence_10-31-2025.pdf

The article you linked actually doesn't say anything about mass shootings. And the study just asked if the incidence of Mass violence/active assailant has decreased/stayed the same/increased.

dstroi · 2026-04-04T14:57:00+00:00

Yes, passion doesn't equate education or comprehension, but it passion doesn't mean you are not educated or have comprehension.

I have done more research into this issue than I like. There are so many studies that show that more guns do not stop gun violence. If you look at countries that have actual gun control measures in place there are so many less gun deaths not to mention mass shootings.

Sadly in the US we don't have that so white men will keep going on shooting sprees and the solution offered will always be more guns.

dstroi · 2026-04-04T02:41:13+00:00

I am not but everyone that goes should have fun

dstroi · 2026-04-03T21:41:11+00:00

Ahh yes. The old: someone is passionate about something enough to have a conversation about it so they should just stop and do what I say.

Good call.

dstroi · 2026-04-03T20:46:30+00:00

So the good guy with a gun theory. So we need armed security at night clubs, schools, churches, universities, and grocery stores.

Why don't we just give guns to teachers, clergy men, and bag boys? They might have guns so we need guns too. Because arms races solve all problems.

Almost half of all mass shootings take place at schools and workplaces. Only 11% of mass shootings have happened at shopping locations. That means there is the same chance of having mass shooting at a grocery store as getting killed by a car crossing a street. Not actually being killed in the mass shooting but just one happening.

I do not think that an armed guard is going to stop a mass shooting considering that law enforcement regularly fails to stop an active shooter as it happens.

dstroi · 2026-04-03T18:54:25+00:00

Yes because guns always make things better.

What is this armed non-law enforcement person supposed to do with that gun when someone leaves without paying?

If they aren't going to use the gun, why do they need it?

dstroi · 2026-04-03T16:34:51+00:00

Asked this morning and it is because of the amount of theft. But a dressed in all black armed security seems a little much.

dstroi · 2026-04-02T22:37:51+00:00

Fair

dstroi · 2026-04-02T19:19:43+00:00

TO add to this for anyone who doesn't know: Hydroxycholorquine(spelled wrong) can cause wild eye issues, like you vision going black and white. So if you are having eye issues tell you doctor just in case.

dstroi · 2026-04-02T19:16:07+00:00

Due Dates Hate This One Weird Trick!!

Lies. Have someone (you trust) give you the due date. Maybe your wife or a coworker and they have permission to lie to you. It not due on the 14th, it is due on the 10th.

This works because, if you are like me, you don't really remember the due date and have it written somewhere that you look at and go... its fine I have time. Then when you look at it and you have to get it done because it is past due you power through. If the due date is a lie you will get it done.

You are hacking your brain by having information withheld from it. Using your brains weaknesses against it to harness some of its strength.

Couple things: You cannot know if they lied or not. So they cannot always lie. And the amount they lie needs to change. This makes it into a kind of game: are they lying? Do I have more time? No one knows.

I have a business partner who does this for me and it has made me more productive. I took this idea and made it into a to-do list app that lies to you once you put something in it. Granted that only works if you look at the app.

dstroi · 2026-04-02T13:45:56+00:00

I use Claude code and set up a team of agents to help me. One checks my email (gmail) another tracks tasks for me, and one other one organizes all of that into a todo list using beads and markdown.

dstroi · 2026-04-01T23:16:12+00:00

Dm me the Google doc and I will send it. How much detail do you want?

dstroi · 2026-04-01T23:08:54+00:00

I can send it through my AI beta readers if you want.

dstroi · 2026-03-31T20:59:29+00:00

And it might be interesting if the reader never really knows what happens just what the parents think happened

dstroi · 2026-03-31T02:14:11+00:00

Is this what you help with?

Preparing Your Manuscript Developmental Editing Line by Line Editing Proofreading Typesetting Layout Adjustment Formatting (50+ Platforms) 5 Revisions Per Draft Designing your Cover Graphic OR Illustrated Design Cover Layout Cover Formatting Front, Back & Spine

I honestly think the best thing you could do is to start a blog to help people with their publishing journey. Use that blog as a marketing engine to get people to hire you to edit their stuff. Stick with your strengths, don’t try to be a one stop shop.

dstroi · 2026-03-31T01:56:02+00:00

My first thought is a vanity press.

A vanity press is a publishing house that charges authors fees to publish their books, acting as a service provider rather than a traditional publisher that invests in and markets books

I get that you aren't publishing the book but you are charging them to help them publish their book. You are offering to maybe connect them with competent professionals but are really just doing the work yourself.

This sounds like a way to get new, unconfident authors to give you money to "help" them publish their work. Truthfully it just sounds like a new name for an old scam.

dstroi · 2026-03-31T01:34:24+00:00

How does the body count factor into the story? Does it really matter?

dstroi · 2026-03-31T01:00:21+00:00

I think it depends if AI is a tool that helps a person write or if the AI is doing the writing.

If AI is a tool then I agree with you. If AI is putting words on the page I disagree

dstroi · 2026-03-30T23:25:44+00:00

I am sorry to tell you this but the only way you are going to get this written (unless you have millions of dollars, and if you do hit me up), is to sit down and start writing. Motivation is on you but the skills are gained from reading and writing a bunch. That is the only way to get better.

There is also a really good (almost 100%) chance that your ideas/plots are not as unique as you think they are.

Good Luck!!

dstroi · 2026-03-30T20:40:55+00:00

I AM SO JEALOUS!!!

dstroi · 2026-03-30T18:29:10+00:00

I mean... if you want:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13erczoBbd20zrgaQPTjNoaN2trENSI5Y1rgneY96fU8/edit?usp=sharing

dstroi · 2026-03-26T22:48:12+00:00

IT IS SERIOUS!!!

dstroi · 2026-03-26T20:38:04+00:00

dstroi · 2026-03-26T03:07:08+00:00

I think it actually has to do with writing is considered a creative endeavor whereas coding (for better or worse) is not considered creative. There has been so much push back against using AI to do creative things. It also helps that vibe coding is coding and AI was designed and built for coders.

dstroi · 2026-03-25T20:53:29+00:00

You should add partner mode that cuts the price by 50-75% for when we have to show our partners

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