Data Sadist

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High quality, high variance, galaxy-brained takes. Urbanism, rage against cruelty and inefficiency, scifi/fantasy, stats and programming.

@mcnado Saw a screenshot this morning that went something like this:

Person A: How come McDonalds cashiers are better at de-escalating than the cops?

Person B: Because we get fired if we can't.

Screw you Owen Comics. 😄

#WebComics #funny

AR killer app: iLawyer, that tells you if you're about to commit a crime
Replace op-ed columnists with a curated selection of the best blog posts of the last 24 hrs.
The right way to understand these laws is as an attempt to erase the public recognition and, in some cases, public existence of transgender people. To make the law, in other words, a tool for enforcing the closet. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/us/politics/transgender-laws-republicans.html
G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills

Four states could ban transition care into young adulthood. Lawmakers in several others want to restrict drag shows in ways that could affect transgender performers broadly. It’s part of a long-term plan.

The New York Times
Another point about both the attack in #Brazil and the US on January 6th that is literally, obviously true, but that no elected official in this country would dare to say, let alone follow through on. Thank you Lula
Why isn't it called the Tauon after the Muon?
Why do posts here get 10x as many reblogs as likes, inverse of the ratio on the birdsite?
Imagining GPT writing production code, inserting backdoors into systems for the far future, like in Star Fraction, but for the computers
The interface on the Amazon video app is so bad.