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Waldowal , 2 days ago to news in A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old child in possible hate crime incident

I think I know what you’re getting at. This lady has been radicalized against Palestinians specifically - likely because of the war coverage she’s getting on NewsMax and Fox recently. Blacks and Hispanics are also communities though. The timing is relevant, but hating a whole community of people because of the acts of a few is still what’s happening here.

Waldowal , 3 days ago to news in Accused adulterer Trump who paid to keep Stormy Daniels affair secret professes ‘love’ for the Ten Commandments

He’s marking them off as he goes.

Waldowal , 9 days ago to news in Up to ten people including children shot at public splash pad in Michigan

So the kids need a gun AND dust?

Waldowal , 10 days ago to news in Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

Fake reason: Reduce Chinese influence in the Philippines

Real reason: Ensure U.S. pharmaceutical companies get their payday

Waldowal , 11 days ago to startrek in The Conscience of the Wig

Shatner definitely has them all

Waldowal , 13 days ago to news in Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC News

The incident allegedly occurred after the coach – who also served as a hall monitor – ordered Michael to do pushups because he was horsing around in the hallway, but the teen declined because he had hurt his hand

Cop mentality. Escalate until someone’s unconscious.

Waldowal , 15 days ago to showerthoughts in Dial Tone

On a similar note for parents: At some point, you did/will pick your child up and then put them down for the last time.

Waldowal , 21 days ago to news in Glitch at New York Stock Exchange Throws Markets Into Chaos

That glitch that discounts stock prices by a percentage?! What? Does that block of the code normally only discount a stock by a percentage under different circumstances?

Waldowal , 23 days ago to nottheonion in Trump falsely claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up

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Waldowal , 27 days ago to news in CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrel

I’ve frequented Cracker Barrel’s since I was very little. And it’s a family tradition to always stop at one to eat on long road trips.

It’s gone downhill, and it started happening well ahead of COVID.

• Every server used to be an old southern person. They cared about their job, and proudly wore “stars” on their apron to represent their seniority. They were engaging, sweet, and often interesting to talk to. These days, I usual just see teenagers, or people who act like they are working there as a condition of their probation. I assume this reflects poor / eroded pay.
• A long standing “benefit” at Cracker Barrel has been the unlimited biscuits and cornbread that come with every meal. They used to bring out a huge basket of them - enough for everyone to have 3-4 - often as soon as you sat down. So good. These days, I usually have to ask for them. They usually seem to stall and only bring them with the food. And there is usually only 1 (maybe 2) per person.
• Similar to above, the portion size of just about every meal has shrunk over time.
• I know people that used to work there. All the food was either cooked to order or hand prepped and cooked that morning. There was pride in making the food fresh, and not letting it get old, cold, and stale. I’m not sure what they are doing now, but it seems like the quality is way down. It more often seems old, cold, and stale. I’m guessing the cooks aren’t paid very well anymore either.

So, I think this CEO has it all wrong. My guess is she’s going to turn it into another Applebee’s that gets some attention for a while for being new and interesting. Then, in a few years, it goes out of business.

Waldowal , 27 days ago to technology in World’s first diabetes cure with cell therapy achieved in China

Something isn’t right with this article. I’m suspect:

• Type 1 is where your islet cells die off and you lose insulin production. Type 2 means your insulin production is fine, but your cells are resistant to the insulin. A Type 2 should have plenty of islet cells so adding more doesn’t seem like it would do anything. Your body should regulate those cells to output the same amount of insulin as before.
• This same treatment has been done in Type 1s already. It’s not new. The problem is their body eventually kills off the transplanted cells and you have to do it again. Plus, you have to take immune suppressing drugs forever.
• “Despite a kidney transplant, his pancreas still doesn’t produce insulin.” - This is just nonsense.

Waldowal , 27 days ago to technology in Neuralink looks to the public to solve a seemingly impossible problem

I’m no expert in this subject either, but a theoretical limit could be beyond 200x - depending on the data.

For example, a basic compression approach is to use a lookup table that allows you to map large values to smaller lookup ids. So, if the possible data only contains 2 values: One consisting of 10,000 letter 'a’s. The other is 10,000 letter 'b’s. We can map the first to number 1 and the second to number 2. With this lookup in place, a compressed value of “12211” would uncompress to 50,000 characters. A 10,000x compression ratio. Extrapolate that example out and there is no theoretical maximum to the compression ratio.

But that’s when the data set is known and small. As the complexity grows, it does seem logical that a maximum limit would be introduced.

So, it might be possible to achieve 200x compression, but only if the complexity of the data set is below some threshold I’m not smart enough to calculate.

Waldowal , 1 month ago to news in He Fell Ill on a Cruise. Before He Boarded the Rescue Boat, They Handed Him the Bill.

I guess it’s crass to hand someone a bill mid-crisis, but I’m having trouble feeling too sorry for him. The costs don’t seem outrageous. And, he obviously skipped the traveler’s insurance.

Waldowal , 1 month ago to worldnews in ‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds

Hear me out: Nuclear airplanes.

It works for the submarines. Think of the pros:

• Full power electric outlets at every seat instead of that bullcrap they have today
• Flight attendants can easily be trained as Nuclear Physicists
• If a meltdown does occur, it might very well recreate the entire plot of Donnie Darko.

Waldowal , 1 month ago to news in Jennifer Lawrence royally roasts Mike Pence over his support for conversion therapy

They buried the lede:

Later in her speech, Lawrence joked that Pence was also in New York “receiving a [Nickelodeon] Kid’s Choice Award for weirdest dick.”