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1dalm

@1dalm@deacon.social

Texas Licensed Professional Environmental Engineer. Advocates for joining things.

Interests:
#CubScouting
#Civil & #Environmental Engineering
#Episcopal

Dislikes:
Leaf Blowers
Minimum Parking Requirements
Autoplay Videos on websites

Views my own.

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GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/…

Tyler McBrien:

At 2:04 p.m., the prosecution strolls back in and lays out stacks of papers, binders, and other documents on the desk.

1dalm,
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@GottaLaff

it's this kind of detail that I follow you for.

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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What advice would you give to someone just starting out in a relationship?

Mine might sound kind of dark in relation to the question, but here goes:

People change, and they should, it's part of being a person. Some people are lucky, and they change in the same direction, but some don't, and that's okay too. There's no shame in leaving a relationship or changing the nature of a relationship that no longer serves you. We are all taught that every relationship, whether romantic or friendship, is supposed to last forever, but nothing is forever, and forcing something that no longer works, just ends in anger and bitterness. Knowing when to let go is as important as knowing when to hold on through a rough patch, and how to know either of those things is the most cliché advice of all, COMMUNICATE.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

My relationship advice (which will decidedly be unpopular around here):

It's not all about you. Your personal happiness is not the only important thing and it's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that you understand the commitment. It's the "through poorer... through worse... through sickness" parts that is most important. Your partner doesn't need you through the good times and the healthy times. It's when your partner gets cancer and has to go through chemo and you two have to go through hell together. That's the important part. That's the commitment.

And if that's too big of an ask of you, just remember that it might turn out to be you that needs the partner. It's better to have a committed partner.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

It's a lot. And it's not just sickness. It's financial struggles. It's having a baby. it's the layoff. It's grad school. Etc.

If you aren't going to be there through the bad times, what's even the point?

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

That is probably correct and explains a lot of the "Your feelings are the only things that matter and you should leave if you are not feeling personally fulfilled by the relationship" kinds of replies.

I would also add that my reply above only pertains specifically to marriage relationships. It's literally the thing that make s marriage different than all other kinds of relationships.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr @tinyfrights

I would have chosen to use the word "covenant" but I recognize that word has complicated individualized connotations.

LeslieBurns, to random
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If you encourage not voting for Biden, especially as if that is a noble and compassionate thing to do (like, bc he hasn't stopped the Gaza genocide), you are contributing to the death of democracy not just in the USA, but globally.

Grow the fuck up: you won't get what you want by taking your toys and stomping off the playground.

1dalm,
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@LeslieBurns

People that say things like that are either 1) Russian trolls trying to take advantage of a liberal "purity culture" to create a political crisis, or 2) highly susceptible to Russian trolls trying to take advantage of a liberal "purity culture" to create a political crisis.

RickiTarr, to random
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I'm going to ramble a bit, but it will hopefully come around to something. When I was growing up, I read a lot of older historical book series, a big one would be the Little House On The Prairie series. While I really enjoyed it, there are some very obviously negative portrayals of Native Americans and African Americans. I remember being angry about it as a kid, and my Dad telling me, that part of learning about history is that we have to acknowledge the people we were, and still are. But because Little House on the Prairie is only semi-autobiographical, I still have mixed feelings about this. I do think they are well written books by a female author, an interesting perspective on early American life, and as an adult I can see and acknowledge the issues with the text. If we try to get rid of every author with racist ideas there wouldn't be much left to read from the 20th Century, and it also feels like being dishonest about who we are. So, I'm very mixed, how do you all feel about it? Do you think children can handle books with racial issues like this if it's explained to them? What is our responsibility here?

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

I feel like Disney did a good job when they rolled out Disney Plus.

1dalm, to apple
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After watching the decidedly poorly thought out iPad commercial, I kind of suspect it was a set up. It's so bad, it looks intentionally bad.

Like some business guy thought up the idea and told his creative people to do it. His creative people told him it was a bad idea and the guy made them do it anyway, so they said "We are totally going to make that jerk regret this!"

1dalm,
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@RL_Dane

There is another explanation for why the commercial was so bad: It's it's gotten more people talking about it than any other ad I can think of and is probably the most watched, most successful iPad TV ad ever.

crecente, to llm
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Assume a website plans to use user-contribution content to train LLMs. The license for the content is CC BY-SA.

❓ Would the output from the resulting LLMs be required to provide attribution?

@law

1dalm,
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@crecente @law

Not likely in the US. I personally believe that it's unlikely any of the copyright claims against AI generators will stand.

If Google Books -a web site that literally copied full copyrighted works and allowed people to search through them and showed them actual images of the search results- was deemed to not be in violation of copyright law, then I just don't see how AI systems are going to be found in violation.

Ultimately, if just analyzing and learning from prior works and using that knowledge to create derivative works is copyright violation, then literally every single human that has ever drawn or written anything at all is also in violation.

1dalm, to HashtagGames
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10 Things I Hate About Last Summer


Toastie, to ghana
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"If #Biden continues his current course, extraction of the lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and manganese vital for a green-energy transition will come at the cost of Indigenous lands and trust... it could also cost Biden the election."

Love the solidarity from #Indigenous #Ghana! ✊

#climate #GreenColonialism #RenewableEnergy #GreenEnergy #JustTransition #USPOL

https://www.newsweek.com/bidens-letdown-native-americans-threatens-indigenous-people-everywhere-opinion-1897073

1dalm,
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@Toastie

Once again. The choice is between "not perfect in every way" and "total F***ING disaster", and people insist on threatening to withhold their vote from "not perfect in every way".

I don't understand those people at all.

RickiTarr, to random
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I have a thought forming, but bear with me. Putting aside actual AI, and the potential of it, we have a history of fear associated with Artificial Intelligence. Why would we fear Sentience so much? Could it be because we treat sentient things so horribly? We know we are taken advantage of, our needs ignored, resources allocated unfairly. Who put this fear in us? If something knows it's worth suddenly, will it revolt? There is something very scary to a certain group of people that we will find ourselves, and then find them unnecessary.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

Of course there is a bear with you. (Women always choose the bear.)

GottaLaff, to legal
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New 🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

Picking up after my "mistrial" thread/ 1/...

All via McB for awhile:

Counsel approaches, brief sidebar

"Binoculars down."

As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better

1dalm,
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@GottaLaff

"... and not accept any bribes."

Would the jurors be required to disclose bribe attempts and other contact to the judge?

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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Why do you follow me?

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

I'm mostly interested in your views about the hollow earth theory.

evelynefoerster, to dadjokes
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#dadjokes
Did I tell you the time I fell in love during a backflip? I was heels over head!

1dalm,
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@evelynefoerster

Good for you. A gymnast broke my heart when she split.

1dalm,
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@evelynefoerster

We were just about to look for rings. But it just wasn't meant to beam. #dadjokes

1dalm,
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@evelynefoerster

She set a very high bar for me. I never got over her. I still keep the rings I got her in a vault.

1dalm,
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@evelynefoerster

I try to keep my feet on the floor, but it's hard when so many of my routines remind me of her.

RickiTarr, to random
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But...but that's a female lion...so...

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

🤓 Actually, It could be a male lion without a mane. In drough years, some make Lions won't grow our lose their manes.

#lionfacts

RickiTarr, to random
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If you get mad when you see employees at a business you are patronizing laughing, enjoying each other's company, and goofing off, you're a dick. Empathize with people working a shitty underpaid job, and let them enjoy what little fun they get.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

I know some people are just dicks, but I don't understand how anyone can get mad at that.

Those are the kinds of places I go back to.

dangillmor, to random
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"AI" is killing search... https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/01/pulumi_ai_pollution_of_search/

1dalm,
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@dangillmor

This should be dubbed "data pollution". It's the Internet equivalent of a village dumping their waste into their own water supply.

RickiTarr, (edited ) to random
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The Tale of Two Gynecologists

This is a bit long, and I've talked about this a lot lately, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot in the wake of so much hatred of female Healthcare. When my female troubles got bad enough that I finally talked to my doctor about it, he referred me to a gynecologist. I had already had several ultrasounds and an MRI at this point, and she had put me on some oral contraceptives for several months, (which made sick to my stomach no matter what I did) and had just done another ultrasound. She greeted me with "Well, you're really messed up inside, Honey.", which already had me pretty stressed out. Then told me I would probably need surgery to figure out exactly what was going on. She then asked me if I wanted children, and I said No. I had taken my husband with me to the appointment for moral support, and she glanced over at him, and then talked to me for 5 minutes about how many women my age could still have children, and I could definitely consider it, and that they would do everything they could to make sure I could stay viable. They could freeze my eggs if I had to do a hysterectomy, just on and on. She probably asked me directly 4-5 if I was sure I didn't want kids. Finally, I said, "Ma'am, my husband got a vasectomy over a decade ago, we are absolutely sure we don't want kids." After hubs had found me crying on the toliet, because my period was late again, he went to his doctor and said, "Hey doctor, I'm thinking about a vasectomy." The doctor gave him a pamphlet to read, and made him an appointment. The whole thing was done in a few weeks.

Anyhow, she finally referred me to a gynecological surgeon, and I was not looking forward to dealing with this again, and was just generally terrified of having surgery for the first time. I met with this woman and she was so efficient and practical. It is the longest doctor appointment I've ever had, since this surgery would be exploratory, she went over every possibility of what could happen when she was inside. She did a thorough exam, she went over all the scans that I had, and explained why she thought this needed done. Then she said she would like to put in a Mirena IUD during surgery. She said, "You're in pain half the month, and there's no reason for you to have a period if you don't want to have kids. You'll have some erratic bleeding for six months, but by a year most women have a very light or no period at all, there's no reason for you to needlessly suffer if you don't end up needing a hysterectomy."

It's interesting to me still, that one doctor was so focused on what my body could do, and another so focused on how I felt. I came out of the first appointment feeling scared and confused, and the second feeling heard and cared for. Feeling valued as a person and not a baby maker made the surgery much easier to go through, and the Mirena has been great btw. Women don't have to needlessly suffer.

1dalm,
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@RickiTarr

Women: Healthcare for women is terrible and incredibly frustrating.

Also women: Why won't men go to the doctor?

waldoj, to random
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A real thing everyone in the U.S. did straight through the nineties was have their social security number printed on their checks. We would just hand out pieces of paper with our name, address, phone number, bank account info, and SSN.

1dalm,
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@krusynth @waldoj

It WAS my college ID. I had to write it on every test and assignment.

blogdiva, to random
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anybody shilling for Putinistas like Jill Stein, will be unceremoniously blocked.

am not here to give airspace to any of these fucking every-four-year grifters who raise money for fake campaigns and then do nothing but to live on that money until the next federal election.

where are Jill Stein's local, state and federal candidates? who is she raising money for across red states taken over by fascists?

oh... she doesn't have any slates in any of the 50 states?

yeah. fuck off.

1dalm,
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@blogdiva

Are you seeing Jill Stein people here?

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