Chris Adams / is on Nostr

Cargo bike dad, library software developer

Last Notes

2024-11-08 11:47:34

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@npub1mm3…ft6j I think that’s the lesson here: LLMs can do some interesting things but right now they just aren’t at the level where most people are willing to pay what it costs to run them.

2024-09-29 20:30:16

“Our findings show that when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users. With human enforcement, in contrast, police officers stop Black drivers at a rate that far outstrips their presence on the road.”
https://theconversation.com/police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets-new-study-from-chicago-238170

2024-08-14 01:43:48

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@npub1sfl…gczt it’s an impressive display of shamelessness

2024-07-15 11:45:47

“Meals there are indeed nights to remember, but not in a good way.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/07/11/la-grande-boucherie-restaurant-review-dc/

2024-03-12 12:02:37

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@npub1mm3…ft6j I wish that message was more common: we have to do things the hard way now because everyone collectively shrugged and bought SUVs instead when gradual was possible.

2023-10-01 17:48:02

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@npub1mm3…ft6j based on the reports from small publishers saying they’re getting overwhelmed by junk submissions, I think that’s already started. Seems like it might destroy the part of the internet that liked by making harder for people who aren’t already famous or well-connected to be discovered. Imagine being a small author depending on Amazon sales, for example.

2023-09-30 12:14:30

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@npub1mm3…ft6j @npub1ull…mcfk don’t give the writers ideas…

2023-09-30 00:33:04

Here we go again: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/29/kosovo-serbian-troops-buildup-us-uk

2023-09-23 01:57:24

You can tell he’s a Democrat because members of his own party are calling for punishment, not attacking the DoJ:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/nyregion/robert-menendez-indicted.html

2023-09-14 12:07:40

“If organized retail crime is driving a surge in shrink nationally, it's not showing up in the data. In 2021, the latest data published by the NRF, total shrink was 1.4% of sales. That was down from 1.6% of sales in 2020. Total shrink has been hovering around 1.4% for more than a decade.” https://popular.info/p/a-closer-look-at-californias-267?r=hjvlw&utm_medium=email

2023-09-08 16:43:02

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@npub1mm3…ft6j gotta figure out how to include some combination “cheese”/floor wax

2023-09-03 13:39:49

An inconvenient truth, you might say?
“Activity has been observed in recent years that has differed from historical norms or modeled expectations.”
#ClimateChange https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/natural-disaster-climate-insurance/

2023-08-25 22:06:04

“He says no and tells her, ‘Harvard Law School is a dog-eat-dog place.’” https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/kenneth-chesebro-chose-the-dark-side

2023-08-25 15:13:05

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@npub1mm3…ft6j the stronger attack is the dishonesty: he knows it’s not true but is basically testing who won’t question it. Combined with his willingness to attack people over standards he can’t meet, there’s a legitimate question but you’re right that entirely too many people aren’t trying to discuss it as more than making fun of someone else’s weight.

2023-08-25 13:01:43

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@npub1mm3…ft6j @npub1u39…csql we were visiting family in south Florida during the gas shortage this spring and it was hilariously inverted: all of the massive SUVs and trucks were in line for the handful of open gas stations, while the hybrid and EV owners cruised by. It was like going back in time a decade.
I guarantee not a single person in line will change their buying habits.

2023-08-11 23:22:35

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@npub1lzz…jhl3 @npub1vj3…xycc forget the destination part, what percentage of Americans even take that many vacations in their lives? I thought it was only around half of us who do one per year.

2023-08-11 12:43:49

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@npub189n…satx especially on political grounds. The warmup was decades of precedent trying to discourage people from California, Oregon, or Washington from moving to red states if they weren’t gun-fondling “Christians”.

2023-08-04 22:02:39

“The 37-year-old has been published by The New York Times and The Washington Post. He delivered a lecture to the Yale Federalist Society and was interviewed by the Harvard College Economics Review. He appeared twice on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Fox News’ former prime-time juggernaut. He was a recent guest on a podcast hosted by the CEO of Substack, the $650 million publishing platform where Hanania has nearly 20,000 subscribers.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817