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New comment by jdhzzz in "Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left"

jdhzzz — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:53:43 +0000

Why such a large surplus?

New comment by jdhzzz in "Do I not like Ruby anymore? (2024)"

jdhzzz — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:11:12 +0000

I pretty much hate any screwdriver that's not a Robertson.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines"

jdhzzz — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:37:15 +0000

You will see the same thing on any online real estate listing. I spend more time wondering why it looks so weird than I do looking at what the picture is attempting to show.

New comment by jdhzzz in "95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing – MIT report"

jdhzzz — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:11:44 +0000

I read that as I-Ding a bird. It was a second of wondering what I-Ding a bird was until I got to "Merlin" and realized it was ID-ing a bird (face-palm emoji here).

New comment by jdhzzz in "Face it: you're a crazy person"

jdhzzz — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:22:03 +0000

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." attributed to Woody Allen.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Most Illinois farmland is not owned by farmers"

jdhzzz — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:03:03 +0000

I'm in CT and was told one of the big advantages of a trust is speed. It can take 10-12 months to clear probate while the trust goes the the beneficiary(ies) more or less immediately.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Jack Dorsey's Block to lay off nearly 1k workers in another reorganization"

jdhzzz — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:03:53 +0000

From the quote: “none of the above are trying to hit a specific financial target, replacing folks with AI, or changing our headcount cap,” I infer all three played a part. (sorry for using capital letters)

New comment by jdhzzz in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

jdhzzz — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:11:13 +0000

Well an upper bound anyway. Maybe, "The Art of the Deal" could have gotten it a lot closer to $1.2 B.

New comment by jdhzzz in "California bans sell-by dates"

jdhzzz — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:39:00 +0000

I proudly store ketchup in the pantry. No amount of recently added "For best results, refrigerate after opening." on the label will convince me otherwise. Cold ketchup is in no way "best".

New comment by jdhzzz in "Studios: Please Don't Spoil the Movie We Are Seated to See"

jdhzzz — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:31:37 +0000

Hoo-boy, had I gone I'd have missed the first 20 minutes of the movie. Since movies now have preassigned seats I generally aim for 15-20 minutes after the time on the ticket.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public"

jdhzzz — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:50:21 +0000

Or they saw rolling the dice with a jury as low risk potentially high reward.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Octopuses seen hunting together with fish"

jdhzzz — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:57:57 +0000

Not doing that is why future generations will loathe me and my generation.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Things my girlfriend and I have argued about"

jdhzzz — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:51:18 +0000

It's a feature, not a bug.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Things my girlfriend and I have argued about"

jdhzzz — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:50:22 +0000

I imagine most people when reading this think: "I can see that, anything for fashion." Shrug and think nothing more of it. What would the reaction be were the sexes reversed and the guy said: "Please put my wallet and phone in your purse, I've no pockets."

New comment by jdhzzz in "Is My Blue Your Blue?"

jdhzzz — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:23:04 +0000

I did it on IPS laptop display and got 175. On my OLED phone I got 179. I am more in agreement with the phone results, but the turquoise on the phone looked even greener to me.

New comment by jdhzzz in "No "Hello", No "Quick Call", and No Meetings Without an Agenda"

jdhzzz — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:59:51 +0000

I still have PTSD from pre-COVID days when I would be working at in my cubicle and have someone "drive-by" with a quick question and plop their laptop on my desk.

"Can I ask you a question?" (Ugh) "Sure."

It might only take five minutes. Then I'd reconnect to _my_ work. That and getting over my, admittedly emotional, irritation at the interruption would take another 5 minutes.

I really liked being able to delay those folks to when it was convenient for _me_ while working from home.

New comment by jdhzzz in "How to avoid losing items? Holding pens"

jdhzzz — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:37:14 +0000

Same here. I came away wondering if I had fallen for click bait.

I try to stare hard at the thing I wish to put down for at least a count of two. That usually brings me "into the moment" and I put it where it belongs. I don't always remember to do it, but it works when I do.

The worst for me are my clip on sunglasses. I take them off when going inside and don't wish them in my pants pocket where they will get broken. Consequently, I tend to set them down "wherever" and lose track of them. Particularly when conditions change, e.g. dusk, when I go back out and they are no longer needed. Shirt pockets would resolve that issue, but I'm not going to change my my entire wardrobe to resolve this issue.

New comment by jdhzzz in "Stocks trampled as Nikkei crashes 13%"

jdhzzz — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:01:17 +0000

Stocks just went on sale.

New comment by jdhzzz in "How I Use "AI""

jdhzzz — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:08:09 +0000

"And that's where language models come in. Because most new-to-me frameworks/tools like Docker, or Flexbox, or React, aren't new to other people. There are probably tens to hundreds of thousands of people in the world who understand each of these things thoroughly. And so current language models do to. " Apparently not using it to proof-read or it would end with "too. "

New comment by jdhzzz in "Meta introduces Segment Anything Model 2"

jdhzzz — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:40:01 +0000

No love for Firefox.