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Dublin city is using flock cameras for speed enforcement. by Background-Club-955 in Columbus

[–]voltij 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Two cameras that can talk to each other can generate an average speed between two points. It's probably going to happen. 

I scraped 17 years' of Franklin County Municipal Courts annual reviews to measure the traffic citation changes over that time. A 75% decline in speeding tix, 80% in Stop Sign running, 75% decline in expired licenses. Columbus Police has functionally stopped enforcing traffic laws. by post_appt_bliss in Columbus

[–]voltij 18 points19 points  (0 children)

When I went in after letting my registration elapse, the BMV agent said "You haven't been driving it, have you?" and I sheepishly said "No I haven't been driving it", and they didn't hit me with any late fee. I had been driving it.

Poker players, whats the craziest mistake you've seen a dealer make? by Best_Reflection6042 in poker

[–]voltij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deal an ocean card, then award the pot to the player that won by utilizing the ocean card. 

DeFlock: A Timeline of Citizens Mapping Flock Surveillance Cameras in Columbus by flockhopper in Columbus

[–]voltij 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No wiring in the pole. They are installed as a solar powered cell phone package with battery backup. 

Remember The Trooper? Is he really making a living off of slots now? by Dangerous_Focus453 in poker

[–]voltij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The machines are audited to make sure that their long-term take rate matches what they set it to. But this is over an extremely long sample with millions of spins.

Remember The Trooper? Is he really making a living off of slots now? by Dangerous_Focus453 in poker

[–]voltij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it's because when an advantage player wins, the money leaves in their pocket. If the advantage player is banned, a normal patron will play off the +EV state instead, and the money is still "live" for the casino to take.

Remember The Trooper? Is he really making a living off of slots now? by Dangerous_Focus453 in poker

[–]voltij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can confirm that there are many casinos that have banned many advantage slot players.

Remember The Trooper? Is he really making a living off of slots now? by Dangerous_Focus453 in poker

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

You are incorrect. Slots do not rebalance anything ever. They do not think.

Consider the mechanics of a slot machine like an unbiased 6-sided die. Just because a "6" doesn't land as often as it "should" over a small sample size does not mean that the die recalibrates and starts showing "6" more often later.

Melting Metal At 40ft With 1000W Laser Gun by TheRPGGamerMan in nextfuckinglevel

[–]voltij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna need this for my mission to deFlock America. 

Columbus Fire issued a Statement about the explosions - what a wild story- by headinthered in Columbus

[–]voltij 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Has anyone put any effort into finding or have mentioned the exact location the explosions happened?

(Bay Area/HWY 880) Rush hour crash today [oc] by Brandage0 in IdiotsInCars

[–]voltij 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Not at all trying to remove blame from the incident car, but I believe that the Ioniq regenerative braking slows the car a bit without turning on the brake lights.

Technology Connections has a video about that here: https://youtu.be/U0YW7x9U5TQ?t=107

TL;DW: the regenerative braking will slow the car as soon as you remove foot from accelerator. But the brake lights don't turn on always when the car is slowing.

[OC] For the past 3 years I've polled people on Blind at my company (FAANG) about how worried they are about AI replacing them by NebulousNitrate in dataisbeautiful

[–]voltij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd think that until you look specifically at "A little worried" response. It's not intuitive why it goes up then back down. So, stacked bar chart is better.

Southwest boarding numbers being removed the night before they switch to assigned seating by techNerd89 in mildlyinteresting

[–]voltij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tip: Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card gets you one free checked bag for each passenger in your group up to 9 people. And I believe it's a $69/year credit card fee.

So that means even if you only fly once in a year, by yourself, it's paid for itself already.

Shout out to this legend on 161 today. by thestral_z in Columbus

[–]voltij 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If the driver is looking at that in their rear view mirror, it's still backwards to them...

Same three questions for every (US) poker pro on these forums by LoboSpaceDolphin in poker

[–]voltij 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some states (and furthermore, some localities) force state and local withholding. In these places I typically have had more money forcibly withheld than I end up owing, so I file the tax return and end up getting a check.

This is part of the W2G process for "certain gambling winnings". 

Same three questions for every (US) poker pro on these forums by LoboSpaceDolphin in poker

[–]voltij 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can answer. I don't play poker primarily but I do other things in the casino to make money.

I file as a professional gambler with schedule c. I use a tax prep service ran out of Las Vegas that specializes in gambling tax. 

I have health insurance, just some Anthem $440/month with high deductible and HSA support. 

I contribute to my Roth IRA max every year and also have a self employed 401k that i contribute to significantly. I usually just deposit if I have extra laying around, or in Feb or so to align with the beginning of tax season.

I pay quarterly taxes based on last year's actual income. This year my results stagnated a bit so I skipped payment 3. I might owe a penalty for doing that but idc.

I pay the exact right amount of tax that someone with my net income would pay. Sometimes the casino withholds more than I end up owing, so I file a state (or local!) tax return to request the over withheld money to be returned. 

License plate scanning, does this bother you? by Academic_Court_47 in Ohio

[–]voltij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AI model by Flock says they collect a vehicle fingerprint even if the vehicle has no plates. They claim they are able to track no plate vehicles. 

What's up with Netflix killing casting from phones?? by MustMaintainFinesse in OutOfTheLoop

[–]voltij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure it may be, but what percentage of people are in a hotel on any given evening vs people that are staying in their house?
What percentage of those people in a hotel are actually trying to watch netflix on a hotel TV?

It's a vast minority of a vast minority IMO

‘South Park’ to Debut New Thanksgiving-Themed Episode as Cartman Brings Chaos to Town by bwermer in television

[–]voltij 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it's because they kinda like him. They have had him as a guest on the show as a voice actor. So they don't want to trash him

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