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♂. tech monkey. pet wrangler. occasional maker. recovering makerspace director/officer. gun-owning liberal, I guess. TX resident.
AI/Crypto/MLM/hustle types GTFO
AI/Crypto/MLM/hustle types GTFO
Outside of some promotional thing makes little sense given the inherently greater costs
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Outside of some promotional thing makes little sense given the inherently greater costs
Enjoyed it as a kid of the 80s when it was novel, but that franchise fatigue has become very real as the subsequent movies, TV series, games, and infinite novels have piled on. I just can't any more.
December 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Enjoyed it as a kid of the 80s when it was novel, but that franchise fatigue has become very real as the subsequent movies, TV series, games, and infinite novels have piled on. I just can't any more.
My burg threatened - then cancelled because of weather - some significant road closures for a Taylor Sheridan shoot. City did an ... OK ... job of communicating the times and locations.
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
My burg threatened - then cancelled because of weather - some significant road closures for a Taylor Sheridan shoot. City did an ... OK ... job of communicating the times and locations.
Let's perform the experiment serially and only declare it valid when the same billionaire pulls off a hat trick
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Let's perform the experiment serially and only declare it valid when the same billionaire pulls off a hat trick
Perhaps this is the case in your region. It is not the case in mine.
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Perhaps this is the case in your region. It is not the case in mine.
The RPG rounds the larger ones carry as payload may be more expensive than the drone. probably one of the cheapest guided munitions per strike one can possibly make - including interceptions, misses, mechanical failures en route.
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The RPG rounds the larger ones carry as payload may be more expensive than the drone. probably one of the cheapest guided munitions per strike one can possibly make - including interceptions, misses, mechanical failures en route.
And one can stage dozens of them for a fraction of the cost of the *ordinance* deployed by big 90s era drones the US made famous in the GWOT
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
And one can stage dozens of them for a fraction of the cost of the *ordinance* deployed by big 90s era drones the US made famous in the GWOT
Imagine RC drone pilots are either limiting their mission times or perhaps using those same fiber spools to transmitters some ways away from their operating positions
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Imagine RC drone pilots are either limiting their mission times or perhaps using those same fiber spools to transmitters some ways away from their operating positions
Future of drone warfare clearly pivoting towards smaller, faster, cheaper FPV-esque platforms for their flexibility and responsiveness
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Future of drone warfare clearly pivoting towards smaller, faster, cheaper FPV-esque platforms for their flexibility and responsiveness
In addition to the latency, I read cameras were "like looking at Google Earth through a straw". Can technically do fire support but far-better suited for surveillance or delivering a Hellfire to a target painted by someone on the ground ala GWOT assassinations.
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In addition to the latency, I read cameras were "like looking at Google Earth through a straw". Can technically do fire support but far-better suited for surveillance or delivering a Hellfire to a target painted by someone on the ground ala GWOT assassinations.
I've gathered the upside of Predator, Reaper et al is they're immensely harder to jam. Downside is the rigidity and terrible latency of satcomms.
December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've gathered the upside of Predator, Reaper et al is they're immensely harder to jam. Downside is the rigidity and terrible latency of satcomms.
I've heard of 20km fiber spools being common now
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I've heard of 20km fiber spools being common now
Think the general public got used to the idea of US Predator and Reaper drones being flown from rear areas (even Kansas IIRC), alongside an apparent movement to discredit their pilots as not being "real" service members
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Think the general public got used to the idea of US Predator and Reaper drones being flown from rear areas (even Kansas IIRC), alongside an apparent movement to discredit their pilots as not being "real" service members
Had a dream once about a sit-down restaurant whose entire shtick was "if you're dissatisfied with the service your waiter will be fired" and, eh, the staff was dropping like flies me and soon enough it was busboys then line cooks getting pink slips for displeasing the customers and they then closed.
December 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Had a dream once about a sit-down restaurant whose entire shtick was "if you're dissatisfied with the service your waiter will be fired" and, eh, the staff was dropping like flies me and soon enough it was busboys then line cooks getting pink slips for displeasing the customers and they then closed.
A weakness of general-purpose LLMs seems to be that they have partial or distilled snapshots of the huge mass of text out there thus fill in the blanks with depressing regularity
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A weakness of general-purpose LLMs seems to be that they have partial or distilled snapshots of the huge mass of text out there thus fill in the blanks with depressing regularity
You know, nuance. And saving your energy for sh_t that has more bearing on your daily life.
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You know, nuance. And saving your energy for sh_t that has more bearing on your daily life.
Whenever a statement is prefixed with "I had AI summarize..." I discount it immediately since it's either going spit out SEO-optimized answers or make something up using its oh-so-complex statistical autocorrect.
December 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Whenever a statement is prefixed with "I had AI summarize..." I discount it immediately since it's either going spit out SEO-optimized answers or make something up using its oh-so-complex statistical autocorrect.
Not an option in large swaths of the US that have thoroughly baked car dependency into their design unless you value neither your time nor your life. Cargo bikes a potential option if you're willing to engage in vehicular cycling, but bike parking is iffy at best.
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not an option in large swaths of the US that have thoroughly baked car dependency into their design unless you value neither your time nor your life. Cargo bikes a potential option if you're willing to engage in vehicular cycling, but bike parking is iffy at best.
Even the relatively spacious Southlake TX lot in my example would challenge autonomous vehicles
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Even the relatively spacious Southlake TX lot in my example would challenge autonomous vehicles
Larger Coppell location parking lot is a consequence of parking minimums. *No* shopping center parking lots ever hit capacity these days - haven't in around a decade and even then only on Black Friday.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Larger Coppell location parking lot is a consequence of parking minimums. *No* shopping center parking lots ever hit capacity these days - haven't in around a decade and even then only on Black Friday.
Other than the occasional in/out difficulty no complaints about the smaller Southlake location. If it were at capacity, parking on the lower level of the garage or lower-level adjacent parking lots is an option without needing to cross streets.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Other than the occasional in/out difficulty no complaints about the smaller Southlake location. If it were at capacity, parking on the lower level of the garage or lower-level adjacent parking lots is an option without needing to cross streets.
A tale of two TJ's. The smaller bespoke Southlake location has a tiny parking lot (for DFW) w/ ~70 spaces yet always has at least one space available. The Coppell location was existing commercial space and - despite shared parking - has never come close to filling those >300 spaces.
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A tale of two TJ's. The smaller bespoke Southlake location has a tiny parking lot (for DFW) w/ ~70 spaces yet always has at least one space available. The Coppell location was existing commercial space and - despite shared parking - has never come close to filling those >300 spaces.
The real sh_tshow was working Sunday-Thursday. A good half-dozen times learned Sunday night that I had training Monday at 8 AM when my shift ended at 23:30 - no sleep for me! Sometimes co-workers and vendors wanted to hit the bar afterwards - amazed I wasn't committed and/or terminated.
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The real sh_tshow was working Sunday-Thursday. A good half-dozen times learned Sunday night that I had training Monday at 8 AM when my shift ended at 23:30 - no sleep for me! Sometimes co-workers and vendors wanted to hit the bar afterwards - amazed I wasn't committed and/or terminated.
Swing sucked in tech/field support. Unlike day shift the increased visibility was *not* beneficial. Busier than day shift. Angrier customers/techs. Social life during the week: zero. Errands other than megalomart at midnight had to be squeezed in early before work.
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Swing sucked in tech/field support. Unlike day shift the increased visibility was *not* beneficial. Busier than day shift. Angrier customers/techs. Social life during the week: zero. Errands other than megalomart at midnight had to be squeezed in early before work.
Common with a lot of shift work - swing has *some* visibility while overnight has none
December 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Common with a lot of shift work - swing has *some* visibility while overnight has none