theartfuldodger

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Comment · 2 months ago
I collect old books. It's not common to buy books at all yet to buy old books. Library sales as big as concerts exist, little book libraries everywhere but the used book stores are constantly closing.

I wish people cared 25 years ago. Unwanted books in boxes are everywhere. Its a false hysteria. You can still get any book you want, digitizing is the best bet for more readership.

Comment · 5 months ago
Never seen that particular SSL error before!
Comment · 6 months ago
I appreciate Truth in Advertising, at least one High Street is legitimate in this world!
Comment · 9 months ago
This is just a weak AI summary, the headline told the story as well
Comment · 10 months ago
It becomes a "syndrome" when your dislike takes up.your attention, emotions and character and all logical thought about the topic is replaced by emotion filled rhetoric.
Comment · 10 months ago
This is what passes as publishable journalism these days? It would fail a 101 class. What a sad state of affairs.

Regardless of opinion on Musk, normalizing whining does nothing for anyone.

Comment · 1 year ago
Until costs of utilities, food, medical, insurance are dropped by technology, there are no societal gains, just loss of human jobs.
Comment · 1 year ago
Was quite unimpressive. In general ChatGPT has been degrading in default quality for months
Comment · 1 year ago
In an adjacent research project I asked 5 LLM's today about suspicious deaths relating to whistleblowers. All 5 identified this case. I was surprised as I did not think there was much media coverage to have made it into training data. It's a hard prompt to get around content safeguards as it is.
Comment · 1 year ago
I know I have created a few dozen "registries" for research and stat analysis with my team. All data is depersonalized and HIPAA compliant. I dont understand how a generic statement made to the public becomes a recipe for the next reich. I get how the FB crowd would just go hyperbolic, would not have expected it here. Ive worked with medical, insurance, legal, banking and finance data for a decade. It would be easy to scare a normie by describing nearly any of those projects, but its the exact opposite, everything is done with a preponderance of caution to ensure privacy compliance.
Comment · 1 year ago
The head of most healthcare systems are administrators. An Environmental Lawyer with decades of experience suing corporations using science as evidence is one of the best matches we've had. Is he good? I dont know, but it is misperception and I think fairly illogical to expect an admin/leadership role to be done by a MD or research scientist. Not seeing many tech firms run by a lead developer either.
Comment · 1 year ago
It didnt, It was a list of wishful thinking. I have more exposure to families with previously called "low functioning as it relates to children, and plenty of adults who are very capable and high functioning.

What I do not see people willing to discuss

Parent getting called to school 3-4x a week, causing issues with work

Child running from school or aide and requiring a tracker program

Police/CPS involvement from "runners"

Destruction of marriage from constant state of stress

Violence to siblings

Inability to give attention equally in the family

Incredible high divorce rates, parents and any non a to a pairing.

RFK's speech had some issues, but if you read the transcript it does not match the sound bytes

All of his references to negative autism behaviors/impacts were in regards to the 25% of profound autism.

As I said, I know at least a dozen families where the above is their experience. Single moms breaking down on FB because they have no support and stressed to the max, Dad losing out on projects and sales because it cant be trusted he'll be in the office when needed. Siblings hiding away, sick of outbursts,yelling, non stop activity.

It is a disservice to all of those people to act as if the spectrum does not have a far range of activities.

That sure as hell doesnt mean we need to start trying to end "autistic people" and I think it is manipulation to say RFK's prevailing theme has ever been "autism", it has been a belief that the weaknesses in our food and drug systems are increasing chronic illnesses, mutations etc. Some headlines travel longer, the AIDS/HIV denial and Faucci hate should have got way more attention.

Its not RFK's words, its the media's practice of hyperbolic language that causes any real or perceived damage to the community.

I dont believe there is a connection to find, but maybe this will end the snipe hunt and that funding can just go towards creating spaces and education that allow for a range of interaction and social styles after September. But to ignore both sides of the experience is disingenous and is certainly a slap in the face to the families experiencing real hardship from their child's divergence.

I am not even a fan, I just despise the lazy characterizations that get slung around in all emotional spaces, he is mostly a careful speaker, especially compared to the norms now.

Comment · 1 year ago
He said he had Asbergers in 2021 on SNL. There is no reason any further detail would be public.
Comment · 1 year ago
Was a quick and easy read for me. The novelty works for me as I generally do read every word and dont fall into scanning if It's worth reading. Have used similar models in regards to pricing and revision policies. Thought the logos were excellent and far exceeded the requested price.

There was one logo with little bowl and chopsticks, something Thai related and when I first saw it I was reminded of a cockroach before recognizing the chopsticks and bowl.

Comment · 3 years ago
I think we can expect parents to watch their 11yo when it comes to broadcasting themselves on video

This is an absentee parent problem using the internet as a nanny.

Just because it is ubiquitous does not mean it is the correct way.

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