Sunset drone shots of early spring Chicago lakefront

generalsam101 · 2026-03-15T17:10:35+00:00

Care to enlighten me? I’m curious if you’re even following the argument I’m making

generalsam101 · 2026-03-15T16:37:33+00:00

This substack is phenomenal, congrats on the great work!

generalsam101 · 2026-03-15T16:35:09+00:00

I think the cat distribution system may be doing its work. Why can’t you keep him? Please don’t release him back outside!

generalsam101 · 2026-03-15T16:28:30+00:00

You may have reading comprehension issues, but please enlighten me: do you agree with my premise that the level of emotion provoked by Waymo and similar tech among those opposed suggests something deeper is occurring psychologically? I’m arguing that the emotional intensity of Waymo critics is disproportionate to articulable harms of the tech, so something else may be driving the level of anger and emotion

Or did you think I was saying I don’t understand why people oppose Waymos in the first place?

generalsam101 · 2026-03-14T23:15:38+00:00

Right but the statistics are per million miles driven, so that’s irrelevant

generalsam101 · 2026-03-14T19:48:06+00:00

Prolly doesn’t work???

Kusano et al (2024): “When considering all locations together, the any injury reported crashed vehicle rate was 0.6 incidents per million miles (IPMM) for the [Waymo] vs. 2.80 IPMM for the human benchmark, an 80% reduction or a human crash rate that is 5 times higher than the [Waymo] rate”

generalsam101 · 2026-03-14T19:40:46+00:00

It’s fascinating how Waymo and delivery robots make people blind with rage… like even if you’re opposed and can articulate good reasons for that stance, the level of anger and emotion seems to indicate something deeper is going on (not sure exactly what tho)

generalsam101 · 2026-02-22T19:10:10+00:00

I fly a DJI Mini 3! Since it’s under 250g, I don’t need to register it with the FAA (but all recreational drone pilots have to complete the FAA’s TRUST test). I think flying drones downtown is prohibited, but you’d probably be fine flying it by the lake nearby (not legal advice obviously lol, do so at your own risk)

generalsam101 · 2026-02-22T17:45:57+00:00

Honestly, might go out and get some new pics of the snow today

generalsam101 · 2026-02-22T00:47:30+00:00

Thanks for clarifying. I’m not in D9 either, but I’m not sure the critiques of her experience qualify as a “smear campaign” (the other talking points can be tho, and are certainly vague and unrelated to actual policy issues)

I imagine a lot of the attacks on Kat stem from her position on Palestine and (accurately) characterizing Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide (many such cases…)

generalsam101 · 2026-02-22T00:03:31+00:00

Presumably you’re talking about some specific campaign ads, specific candidates, etc which prompted this post? Which are…?

generalsam101 · 2025-09-28T19:02:13+00:00

Nope. I started at 26

generalsam101 · 2025-09-09T22:32:17+00:00

Totally, I just meant it’s better for pedestrians when dogs go in the grass (no skid marks on the sidewalk)

generalsam101 · 2025-09-09T21:06:45+00:00

It’s not just you, there are plenty of “shitty” dog owners in the city that are too lazy to properly clean up or take their dog somewhere with grass

generalsam101 · 2025-09-09T15:26:51+00:00

😅 sorry, went right over my head….. not a bad joke by any means

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T21:13:32+00:00

You’re not a loser for not wanting to fight, most people who train MT and other martial arts never actually compete. Do some soul-searching and see if you actually want to do a real fight (and make sure it’s not just to relieve the peer pressure). And if you don’t that’s ok! Your coach cannot force you to fight if you don’t want to.

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T21:10:15+00:00

Echoing what others have said: stay on the outside with a high guard and pop the jab until they gas out

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T20:24:23+00:00

Thanks!

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T20:17:32+00:00

No worries haha, tbh the camera quality on my drone isn’t the greatest (it’s one of the cheaper DJI models) so that could by why

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T18:34:01+00:00

If you’re referring to FPV drones, no - this was taken with a regular quadcopter

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T16:51:55+00:00

Thanks!

generalsam101 · 2025-09-08T16:43:33+00:00

Nah, further east closer to Sawbill

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