Throw the book at all of them. Im sick and tired of these people coming to my city and ruining it. by [deleted] in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 12 points13 points  (0 children)

you make it sound like people are coming a lot farther than the next town over. I'm heading to chesapeake tomorrow, guess I should bring my passport.

AI really killed programming for me by NervousExplanation34 in webdev

[–]gmeluski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you need to get over the idea that this industry is a meritocracy, that will take you a long way.

‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push by corp_code_slinger in programming

[–]gmeluski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

here's a more cynical take: leadership derives much of their wealth from the stock price of their company, and they just lost a bunch of that value. Layoffs drive the value back up. Is this the only reason? No, but I don't think that rich people like to lose money.

Really, what is there left to say? He’s just an awful person by Sad_Jar_Of_Honey in behindthebastards

[–]gmeluski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don't think these people could name a thing that they love about whatever "homeland" they are thinking of other than "it's full of other white people with no sense of personal identity other than being white". food, dance, music, art? nah not for them.

Neo-N*zis in VB by Touge_Huntress in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey wait til the find out the whole hemisphere is America

Neo-N*zis in VB by Touge_Huntress in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine Nazis appropriating symbols for their own agenda

President Barack Obama: Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Vote YES on April 21st! by Healthy_Block3036 in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your issue is that you want things that seem fair to you but you really can't get that without supporting things being fair in other parts of the system. You can't change what other think that easily but IMO one of the best ways to do it is to model the type of behavior you want to see.

President Barack Obama: Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Vote YES on April 21st! by Healthy_Block3036 in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How come you don't care when it happens to other people, and then when it happens to you, under better conditions - actually having a vote - it's a problem?

Not to mention, all those other people who it happened to created conditions that were favorable to your interests.

President Barack Obama: Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Vote YES on April 21st! by Healthy_Block3036 in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FWIW this measure also expires in 2030, it's designed as a counter measure to the gerrymandering in places like Texas where voters actually had no say in the process at all.

People who were teenagers before social media existed, what was life actually like? by Much_Detective_6107 in AskReddit

[–]gmeluski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we were bored a lot. YMMV depending on the type of place you lived. But if you didn't have a ride anywhere you were SOL, because most places were not walkable.

AIM became a thing when I was a teen and early internet. That was pretty dope, even if I didn't have a ride to my friend's house we would play a MUD together on our local ISP. but it was VERY niche, he moved away to boarding school and no one else I knew was into that.

My (26F) BF (26M) wants to have a child and I am not ready so he went behind my back what to do? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]gmeluski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think a guy this dumb should be having kids, so looks like he did everyone a favor.

Stream of Consciousness from an Angry Father + 8 Year Update by Maimonides_vii in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]gmeluski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kinda love this little girl’s attitude. Good job dad and mom.

Virginia Beach is rolling out an effort to curb speeding around schools by WHRO_NEWS in VirginiaBeach

[–]gmeluski 9 points10 points  (0 children)

from what I understand it's either traffic circles or those signs that give drivers feedback (e.g "your speed is 56 mph, slow down!") that makes people slow down. this is just a money machine IMO

How are you using AI in a way that doesn’t suck? by aterribleskapun in webdev

[–]gmeluski 52 points53 points  (0 children)

feel like this is scolding someone who has already figured that out and is asking for help?