Non-Ruby-related rant.

My non-obsolete-but-old iPhone needs a new battery. Tried an "Apple Authorized Service Provider" and they only do drop-off service. Made a Genius Bar appointment and discovered that, even though I sent Apple the diagnostics that they requested, there is no guarantee that a replacement battery will be in stock when I show up for my appointment. While not ridiculous, the one-hour round-trip is annoying and now I'll likely have to do it twice.

#Apple #Battery #1stWorldProb

As anyone who has written code that needs to run in real-time and that relies on data from a computer vision system knows, other sensors are needed for a variety of reasons, with redundancy being the most obvious one.

And don't get me started on relying on human-labeled-on-a-timer images or the trial-and-error training of neural nets on public roads.

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3yVbjjK

Again, SYSTEMIC BS... "At the center of this is blood quantum, the system imposed by the U.S. government to determine tribal membership."

#EndBloodQuantumNOW

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/01/04/red-lake-considers-a-future-without-blood-quantum

Merriam-Webster definition:

sys·​tem·​ic
: of, relating to, or common to a system: such as
...
d : fundamental to a predominant social, economic, or political practice

Gift link to the Washington Post article: https://wapo.st/3xC6XOc