MNByChoice

@MNByChoice@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thousands of illegal ghost plates on cars revealed by new cameras⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The articles to justify license plate readers have started.

  Article goes on to define “illegal ghost plates”:

  Ghost plates, on the other hand, show correct details for the vehicle - but they are made up of reflective materials which are difficult or impossible for most ANPR cameras to read.

  So adding license plate readers, leads to drivers hiding their license plate, which leads to being “emboldened”, which leads to more crime. Seems the license plate readers are causing “emboldenedness”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a dungeon master⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  indigenous nation

  We don’t know the player’s characters aren’t indigenous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a dungeon master⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this one! Not all countries provide tax deductions for marriage. I was going to say there is not one in Japan, but on looking it up, it is more complicated than I care to look at. (I understand spouses tend to have separate finances, but I am far from Japan.)

  The historical lens on taxes and marriage is also as complex as one might think. random ref I didn’t read

  Point being, in your setting, marriage does not need to have any tax implications at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voyager crew incompetence. Has Trek always been like this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are space shows with good writing. Babylon 5’s security officer is rather good. There are still murders and failures, but the rigor is enough for most people to believe. (I vaguely recall he even complained about not being allowed to do more.)

  In the same way that the Star Treks have inspired many to go into science and technology, I expect many have also been inspired to think about security and better ways to run an organization. Personally, I have notes about conducting dangerous research in space…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this true?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! It helps if it is clear the bad guy has been doing things as well. (Aren’t there a few games where the bad guy moves locations with this, so if one is really fast, they can catch them rather weak.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every time I take my kid to a playground⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I do wonder if they looked more official it would have been fine. A high-vis jacket and a deer fence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every time I take my kid to a playground⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Seems they don’t want to deal with trees falling over in ~50 years.

  School’s playground had to cut some down due to $local_tree_issue. They didn’t want to replant due to possible construction in 5 years. Also, no shade cloths as they fail in a small number of years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every time I take my kid to a playground⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t

  There is also a webpage. With words.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alarm over launch of facial recognition in UK shops that instantly alerts police⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Phrasing matters. Let’s make a database for providing extra service for our VIPs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No room for romance when there's rising and grinding to be had!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it is sincere, watch them deny everything, then realize the truth in ~6 months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon took bad hiring decisions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WOW! That radically changes the entire post!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A FYI from Skeletor⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a bit of an older troupe, 1970’s at least. Hero saves city, but few knew of the villains plot. Hero run out of town, and villain runs wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon took bad hiring decisions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Highways have managers? Like Highway 55 has a manager. Just for that Highway? (Hwy means Highway. Hwy 55 is Highway 55.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lifeguards⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  FrowingFostek is clearly in central Florida (USA), and hates the keys.
  Or Russia and dislikes… all that over there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're either HYDROGEN or HELIUM. Carbon-based lifeforms don't exist, sweatie⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anteaters are on their way to becoming crabs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're either HYDROGEN or HELIUM. Carbon-based lifeforms don't exist, sweatie⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I agree, this line of argument could be taken to bolster Sky Daddy’s love for us and only us.

  The whole universe is so different from us, but our little bitty part is just right. Clearly, Sky Daddy made the particles our crude sense and instruments can detect just for us, but Sky Daddy truly is unknowable (and made of the other stuff).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't forget the hoodie too.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Til fine. I expected a follow of: “Complains A/C is hot working hard enough”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨liquor is fine though, its the carbonation they worry about⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes. And Twisted Teas are or can be, “hard” (containing alcohol, much like “hard alcohol”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes!

  An diplomats/CEOs using Teslas!

  • Optical cameras are mandated at Musk’s insistence, despite lidar being better.
  • Built in cell modem for “over the air updates”.
  • Massive processing onboard for “interpreting the cameras”.
  • Microphones and cameras inside to “ensure the driver is paying attention”.
  • Big ass batteries for driving and keeping sky kit running.
  • Get the targets to pay for the spy gear themselves.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She only wanted the ring bros⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An issue with post-interstate USA is the ability to move away from family for education and work, also fragmented the extended family. Managing life, everything and a under-6 month old infant takes way more than two people. (Day care in many areas will accept an infant at 6 weeks, which while huge, is also problematic.)

  I expect the only solution is get rich and help your kids with the grand kids. (UBI!)

  None of this is an excuse to fuck off and not help. It is pathetic when men say “and I never changed a diaper”. Hardly a parent at all at that point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds Of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Props And Costumes Go Up For Auction; Bidding Open Now⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bid on the replicator! Then so many problems can be solved!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Left side park⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … Can’t let black people build something nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chelyabinsk liked your Post⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sneaky plan by “Big Moon Globes and Images”. All of the old globes, posters, and shirts have to be replaced, as we cannot learn with in-accurate images of the Moon. Three Wolves cannot howl at old images of the Moon!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shoutout to yall⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the load was already stabilized, even at that angle, and the photo is just for show?

  It is important to not do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any services that can help with this?

  Either on the “Your made mate!” or a “here let’s make this more anonymous”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Enya⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An unrelated bit cool about clay from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_mineral.

  Given the requirement of water, clay minerals are relatively rare in the Solar System, though they occur extensively on Earth where water has interacted with other minerals and organic matter. Clay minerals have been detected at several locations on Mars,[15] including Echus Chasma, Mawrth Vallis, the Memnonia quadrangle and the Elysium quadrangle. Spectrography has confirmed their presence on celestial bodies including the dwarf planet Ceres,[16] asteroid 101955 Bennu,[17] and comet Tempel 1,[18] as well as Jupiter’s moon Europa.[19]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨big facts⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why nudist colonies are so vibrant. Easy as.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake | Two minor AWS outages have reportedly occurred as a result of actions by Amazon’s AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yay! Extra mental load of having to ask the AI “correctly” and then keep up one’s skills to be able to review the AI’s work! Extra bonus for being blamed for letting anything slip past.

  At least the junior that fucked up will learn something from the experience and can buy a round of beers (if the junior is paid well enough, otherwise the seniors have to buy the junior a beer while talking it out).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annon punches a Nazi⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sign Kid” is trying to run a Paradox of Tolerance.
  “Punching Kid” is right on. Though one should not do such things at school, nor on camera.
  I have the feeling “Sign Kid” is going to change schools soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easier or Harder | Litterbox Comics⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It definitely gets different. Easier or harder kind of depends.