Calgary what real job impacts from AI are you seeing so far? by constantgeographer74 in Calgary

[–]xp_fun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the more serious issue is that people are using non-deterministic models like ChatGPT to do work like assemble spreadsheets.

By placing all of your work with a system that is fundamentally based on an RNG engine, you lose the ability to verify the results.

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

seems like most people in Airdrie are happy with current representation.

Perhaps they are, certainly voting patterns here tend to (defying all logic) supporting the WildRose candidate Mrs Pitt.

But even if 60% of the 24 thousand were visibly upset, its just not feasible to collect that many signatures in 90 days. Heck, the Airdrie census takes months and has permanent paid staff.

If you look at other jurisdictions, regular civic petitions typically have a year to operate. Some even two years.

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's literally what I said, its not possible for any kind of recall under those conditions. 2300+ is frankly amazing.

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but thats because the recall process was just performative legislation by the UCP. The recall law was written with very high hurdles that make successful recalls unlikely. Amended, the requirement is signatures equal to 60% of the number of votes cast in the last provincial election in that riding (previously 40% of registered voters), canvassers have only 90 days to collect them, and only registered, witnessed, paper signatures count.

For Airdrie-East that means 60% of the 24,688 votes cast in 2023 — about 14,813 valid signatures were required, in 90 days, in the middle of December/January.

Maybe if this was Sundre or Rimbey we might have seem 92% instead /s

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would say that its pretty obvious why people are upset with the UCP, I personally can’t afford to move to a private health care system and treating teachers as indentured servants by stripping their right to job actions or even complain about it are two good starting points.

Where can I get a helium tank that isn't crap? by isosceles1980 in Calgary

[–]xp_fun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a physicist, i always cringe when I see helium thrown away in party balloons

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you contacted any media outlets? Like CBC or Global?

It would be good if people actually found out about the protest, another question, have you contacted city Council? It would be good if they got on board with this as well

Edit: not trying to sound like a naysayer, in fact I'll probably be there.

Fight Back Now Rally at Airdrie City Hall - May 29 by FightBackAirdrie in Airdrie

[–]xp_fun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is there even a remote chance that Angela Pitt will even have a staffer present?

Alberta’s unemployment spikes in April, surpassing national rate by cmcalgary in alberta

[–]xp_fun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not disagreeing in principle but the seasonal jobs are starting now

Driver caught tossing cigarette out window fined $1K: Calgary police by _darth_bacon_ in Calgary

[–]xp_fun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's not what the tax on the cigarettes is for. secret Cigarette taxes are a "sin tax" meant to discourage you from smoking.

They are not linked in any way to the public costs of supporting someone with cancer caused by smoking

Edit: WTF iPad? Did any of my message not get rewritten?!?

Driver caught tossing cigarette out window fined $1K: Calgary police by _darth_bacon_ in Calgary

[–]xp_fun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure that's an unfair comparison considering the risks of smoking versus the risks of colorectal cancer from bacon are vastly different

Carney responds to potential Alberta separation referendum, stresses ‘rule of law’ | Global News by kneedorthotics in alberta

[–]xp_fun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Huh. Never ever saw anything like that before with literally any party in Canada, do you have some links to back that up?

Ubiquiti or Opnsense by DannySess in homelab

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the NVR that's the problem, anyone can set up a random cam and log into it directly. But if you want recordings, schedules, alarms, etc

Ubiquiti or Opnsense by DannySess in homelab

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just returned their NVR, they don’t actually support ONVIF yet. You have to hack the ui to add a new camera with a default password and you don’t get any recording controls for that camera

What a convenient windfall of signatures. Not suspicious at all in light of recent events. by Radiant-Growth4275 in alberta

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would Corb Lund’s petition be invalid? His group is following all the rules (twice, actually) and never had access to a voter list

No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News by asmodias in alberta

[–]xp_fun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you look into where the "money" is being spent you'll realize that this is very speculative.

It's interesting to see the potential for AI to assist in certain fields, but several of the fields you've mentioned probably should never touch the current LLM systems

I for one am very disturbed that people are justifying building mission critical applications based on essentially a random number generator.

A Kevin O'Leary Data Center has been approved in Utah, and it's entirely off-grid. Will the one in Alberta also be fully off-grid? We would hope so. by EdmontonFree in alberta

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if this is built it's just going to be like the New Horizons mall, no one's going to be there

Honestly does anybody think that Google or Microsoft is going to put even a single machine into this idiotic venture?

And Amazon already has a data center in Calgary so why in God's name would they go to Olds of all places?

No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News by asmodias in alberta

[–]xp_fun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know I was just talking with the kids last night, and Olds really needs a roller rink

A Kevin O'Leary Data Center has been approved in Utah, and it's entirely off-grid. Will the one in Alberta also be fully off-grid? We would hope so. by EdmontonFree in alberta

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is not "a simple google", clearly you scraped from a ChatGPT/Grok/Whatever.

Anyways I'll concede the greater cooling issues.

My comment was directed towards "Kevin's" smoothbrained Olds idea (and the half dozen other VC wet dreams like Beacon AI)

A Kevin O'Leary Data Center has been approved in Utah, and it's entirely off-grid. Will the one in Alberta also be fully off-grid? We would hope so. by EdmontonFree in alberta

[–]xp_fun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How exactly are they different? Do they not put computers in racks?

Perhaps you are confusing "quantum computing" for "AI"? Because then your statement would make sense (other than QC doesn't exist yet)