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Vrimj

@Vrimj@mastodon.sandwich.net

It appears I owe people an introduction. I live in Seattle with a wife, a dog and a child who is now in Kindergarten. I wanted to be a marine biologist, graduated with a degree in geography and eventually went to law school. I have mapped sewer, rural electric coops and grocery stores. I have done floodplain management and emergency management. Now I do queer law which is like small town law but in a big city for a small community. I have a collegen disorder and disgraphia.

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skinnylatte, (edited ) to transit
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I’m interested in a lot of transit activism in N America but I swear people would think you’re a total weeb if you talk about transit in places with good transit. Trying to imagine talking to people in Singapore or Hong Kong or Seoul about.. loving trains

I think they would back tf away from me and run away.

Like my friend always says ‘I don’t want to be a transit fan. I just want great transit’

Vrimj,
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@skinnylatte
Infrastructure is stuff you don't notice when it works

leigh, to random
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Apologies to the person in the F150 on the 401 earlier today, she thought I was flipping her the bird but it was directed at the anti-carbon-tax chuds on the overpass above us!!! 😳😓

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@leigh @tess @Sweetshark

Is the F150 lighting not available to you? It would be the option that tempted me if I were looking for a truck.

Vrimj, to random
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Sam Fired at Seattle Biscuit Company for Breakfast.

Vrimj,
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If you ever miss Chick-fil-A this shreds that memory and replaces it with a better one, this is now the chicken sandwich I crave.

Vrimj, to random
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I am so glad Primary Clothing exists to supply my nonbinary first grader with the all black clothes they demand as a baby goth and fashion icon

Vrimj,
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Also Baby Goth totally scans in Baby Shark

Vrimj, to random
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I would like to see a requirement that court staff not subject to appointment had to be hired though standard competitive channels in order to qualify for public compensation.

The FedSoc lock on Clerkships is shocking and needs to be stopped.

Vrimj, to random
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Look the corporate transparency act should just make it so that ownership that can't be determined by public records can't be enforced in court instead of having registration requirements.

Vrimj, to random
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"What is the white powder all over the kids room"
"Salt"
"Why is the white powder all over the kids room"
"Fairies"
"How long is the white powder all over the kids room"
"Until"

tess, to random
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AI is biased because reality is biased.

ML gives you a picture of the world as it is - or rather the subset of the world in its training data, the selection and labeling of which also introduces bias.

All ML can ever do, therefore, is reproduce existing biases; it does this automatically and by default.

ML can never be made unbiased because you would have to account for every structural inequality specifically. At that point you might as well just have a person do it.

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@jztusk @tess

I replace ML or AI or LMM with "trained weasels" when I am doing legal risk assessments. It makes me ask better questions about who is training the weasels and how and do we really trust weasels to do that.

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@trochee @tess

I am not an engineering anything but I keep getting confused about how people want to use these tools because it seems to me like the magic isn't that they are "smart" it is that they don't get board.

Vrimj, to random
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People who are convinced people will fuck it up if they get to make their own choices often have reached that conclusion from personal experience.

It is one of many reasons I think it is a bad idea to elect people who think that way in a democracy.

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    Vrimj,
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    That is how I got my couch and I love it, my bookshelves are from an estate sale which is a little like D&D in real life.

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    @lzg
    And my "magic box desk" which is the real name and not a lesbian joke, unfortunately

    image/jpeg

    Vrimj, to random
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    Just a reminder for everyone because I had to go look up the cite again

    https://jilliancyork.com/2021/01/14/everything-old-is-new-part-2-why-online-anonymity-matters/

    The use of real names doesn't reduce abuse.

    evacide, to random
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    I don't understand why brick and mortal clothing stores are dying. Am I the only person who wants to try things on before I buy them? Sizing for women's clothing is crafted entirely from lies. I just bought a size 8 top from a brand, which fit perfectly, and had to return a pair of size 2 pants from them because they were too big.

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    @tess @evacide

    I like made to measure as a reasonable alternative.

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    @jonobie

    If YouTube counts hand tool rescue is weirdly charming and I also enjoy Inheritance Machining, Dollightful and Baumgarnder Restoration.

    Vrimj, to random
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    Make it hard to do the stupid thing is a design principle that works for both law and computer science.

    Vrimj, to random
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    The thing I have never been able to figure out about people who insist DEI is a waste of time is why they think people who are not interested in learning how to treat other humans they work with respectfully and in accordance with their wishes think those same people will somehow treat a faceless corporation respectfully and in accordance with its wishes.

    Vrimj,
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    Mandatory cite
    https://hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/the-al-capone-theory-of-sexual-harassment/

    I mistakenly remembered this as the Brown M&M theory but I think it works both ways. Brown M&M were a warning about bad process and not complying with the contact.

    Vrimj,
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    It is kind of weird how many companies take it on faith that people who abuse power over people would not abuse power over a corporation.

    Vrimj, to random
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    I kind of want to start a queer housekeeping reading group.

    Keeping your space up is one of the ways you can show yourself that your life is worth effort and I feel like that can kind of get lost and mixed up in a tale care of everyone else message in the usual resources.

    Vrimj, to random
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    I hope Satoshi Nakamoto is alive and has lost the passkeys to the genesis block.

    Nothing possible in the current legal system as I know it would provide a better, more lasting punishment for the hubris.

    Vrimj, to random
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    Hey if you are on Seattle City Light and have baseboard heaters these things actually work pretty darn well. We got them full price and have been enjoying the thermal stability, but this is a really sweet discount that makes them about the same price as the bimetallic dial kind

    https://getmysa.com/pages/rebates-seattle

    molly0xfff, to random
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    need to start keeping a list of all the times some big supposed display of bleeding edge technology turns out to just be A Guy

    Vrimj,
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    @molly0xfff

    Mechanical Serf

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