latencyloser

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by latencyloser 5y ago
> So how can I as a pedastrian be responsible for the situational awareness of the SUV driver? The same way you're responsible for anything you do around other people. Pay attention to who and what is around you, how exposed to dan
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by latencyloser 5y ago
99% of Americans don't get run over by SUVs or pickup trucks either. I don't live in Montana, fwiw.
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by latencyloser 5y ago
I still disagree that there's a regulatory need here. Are there not consequences for the drivers in these situations? Are pedestrians not somewhat liable for their own situational awareness? Even if regulation is the only solution (I d
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by latencyloser 5y ago
Similarly, I hope folks will reach out with ANY additional data around the lack of danger caused by large / heavy vehicles as opposed to any other non-commercial vehicle. I'm sorta tired of people regulating or trying to regulate
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by latencyloser 5y ago
_Used to_. KKK cleaning up a stretch of road in a rural area 30 years ago doesn't mean there's an inherently a racist police force, voted in by the county constituents, currently. That's tenuous at best. The existence of raci
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by latencyloser 5y ago
The comment I was replying to cites an article about public pools and racist behaviors from 60+ years ago in entirely different communities that borders on a non-sequitur to these issues of community policing and does so as a commentary to
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by latencyloser 5y ago
Give me a break. I spent most of my life in this county and my family's been there for two generations prior. The "everything is racist" argument so poorly applies to the issues of these communities it's absolutely absur
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by latencyloser 6y ago
CU Boulder advertises the resulting degree as indistinguishable from their on-campus program from a records perspective (you're even invited to the graduation ceremony afaik). How much truth there will be to this, I've yet to see.
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by latencyloser 6y ago
I'm enrolled in CU Boulder's MSEE program that's administered through Coursera. It's decent, definitely not as good as in person instruction (for me at least), but is probably a good deal for people who are ok being larg
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Perhaps enough time to drop a few in with a parachute, hit a target, then possibly "self destruct" somehow, if I'm being imaginative I suppose.
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Oh, thank you. I can see that now. Perhaps that is how they meant it.
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Yes, that helps, thank you. I'd read of some officials denying it, but the information around judges is new to me and I will explore it further. Who do you consider to be reputable sources? I will include them in my reading. I'm a
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by latencyloser 6y ago
You're getting down-voted without anyone else actually providing a rebuttal. But what you're saying matches, roughly, my understanding of what happened. Perhaps their issue is with the way it is phrased, sounding sort of like rhet
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by latencyloser 6y ago
My family and I are in the Seattle area, we're considering moving due to work going primarily remote, cost of living (childcare is becoming a significant concern for us as we start a family, for example), and disagreement with local po
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by latencyloser 6y ago
I'll second this person's opinion. I used to work in a small town computer shop many years ago as a sales/support "clerk". I spent all day helping people directly, many repeat customers. The job was pretty chill and
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by latencyloser 6y ago
At least in the US, this is why it's not uncommon for certain demonstrations to be full of people who are armed, openly. It's much less likely that the police will open fire on a crowd that is at least equally, if not more, heavil
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Yeah that's fair. One could also just make one pretty easily, it doesn't require too much knowledge to modify an existing semi-automatic.
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Yes, you're correct and it's a good clarification. Thanks. The rifle in this photo is definitely purchased and would've been subject to the waiting period you mention. I was being a being a bit sarcastic about his gear being
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Those are not automatic rifles, they're very likely all semi-automatic. Semi-automatic rifles can look the same as automatic rifles, visual appearance doesn't mean much. Automatic rifles in the US are much, much more difficult an
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by latencyloser 6y ago
That's just a plate carrier, with no plates in it. It won't stop a bullet, definitely not a rifle round. Maybe he has some soft armor jammed in there but doubtful based on the rest of his "I bought this from the local gunstor
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Yeah I mean if you throw an aftermarket exhaust on them they can get pretty loud. Mine's just got the stock exhaust on it though. It's pretty tame. I'd imagine there's some overlap of "people who race cars" and
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Even my F150 is quieter than these things though, and it can haul way more.
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by latencyloser 6y ago
I worked at a company that had names for all the conference and meeting rooms based on various science fiction names and other "nerdy" stuff instead of some sort of building-floor-room_number scheme. It was neat at first, but quic
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by latencyloser 6y ago
Easy, most of the code we write is pretty mindless. Boilerplate tying together of various internal libraries to make it play nice that you've done too many times to count. Following someone else's wiki page instructions on how to
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by latencyloser 6y ago
I think you're right and I sincerely think that this gets easier with time. Practice makes perfect and subjecting yourself to the process on the regular makes it less stressful when you actually need it to go well for you. In an unforg
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by latencyloser 6y ago
If you don't do it, there's always a willing colleague who will. At least, that's been my experience in FAANG and related companies. Since I became...complacent, I guess... and started only working 9-5 for the most part, I ca
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by latencyloser 7y ago
Depending on what opinion they pull out, I might tweak that and suggest: "What's the argument against that opinion?" From what I've seen, a lot of people can rattle off reasons they've heard for why a particular thi
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by latencyloser 7y ago
I'm about your age, I also live in Seattle. Though, I do have a partner and a dog so that makes some difference. I chose to buy a home and I'm quite happy with it overall. It's a good place to have people over since it's
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by latencyloser 7y ago
Privacy.com gets pretty close. They can generate burner cards or "per service" (such as a card just for your netflix account) that have spending limits per some period of time or in total. Their autofill plugin for firefox works
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by latencyloser 7y ago
Ah you're probably right. My mistake, I had left the industry before MIFID II took effect, I was unaware.

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