Posts by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
(DIR) Post #ARhssVQDHjXGCCacaG by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2023-01-16T16:56:46Z
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@shaman Yet there are 30-40M people in the USA that will contend the world is 6-10K y/o ... and this formation was "just made this way."
(DIR) Post #ASqVMfAG9VXtZ1sPxI by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2023-02-19T18:37:59Z
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@MostlyHarmless Decaf. You left out decaf.🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #Av8IxHQGTM8rRRXWOe by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-06-14T20:46:48Z
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So funny story at #NoKings today: On the way to rally, I played Peter Paul and Mary's classic protest song "If I Had a Hammer" for our "youngling" (12 y/o grand-nephew) explaining how it was significant for its use during civil rights and anti-war protests.We start marching ... and someone starts singing it. 😢 To encourage the crowd nearby, between 3rd and 4th verses, I shout out "C'mon all you hippies!" and everyone laughed ... ... and then really started singing louder. 🇺🇲
(DIR) Post #AyweSBchZvJHUn3uLI by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-06T21:20:59Z
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@mattblaze The only rules I've ever really seen necessary out here are basically "be kind and welcoming to the stranger."And sorry, but try as I might, I cannot label every one of these images with alt text. 🤪
(DIR) Post #AzLmmb4qJ8wAofSyH2 by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:30:39Z
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My hometown, Chicago, has done itself proud once again during #NoKings today. 🇺🇲 From The Guardian:"People all over the Chicagoland area showed up for the rally and march, which Block Club Chicago reported was 2 miles long.When protestors passed in front of Trump Tower, they flipped it off, as has become tradition, and shouted: 'Shame! Shame! Shame!'"
(DIR) Post #AzLnCxBOk34iuB6HLc by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:41:06Z
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@satsuki The non-violence is the point. And if you are referring to Charlie Kirk, we never got the official medical report on his death.
(DIR) Post #AzLnM4Au7BORCGDMWG by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:41:43Z
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@EllisDee 🤔
(DIR) Post #AzLoNNYLeXJRXaN0UK by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:53:30Z
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@EllisDee Well, none of us need to have our massive egos stroked by putting our names on buildings. We are proud Chicagoans, citizens of the City of Big Shoulders, and we have built a city and community that is proud of its immense diversity.
(DIR) Post #AzLoZftzG1O9vMM30a by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:55:31Z
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@EllisDee Source for your spurious claim?
(DIR) Post #AzLojyFJuRXdiHF5pw by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T00:54:53Z
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@satsuki Just remember the Asimov quote: "Violence is the last resort of the incompetent."That doesn't mean we'll refuse to defend ourselves should we be attacked ... but that time is not yet here.
(DIR) Post #AzLp59iSSY0jMryP2m by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T01:00:52Z
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@EllisDee OK, 100 people shot in 18 days = 1 per every 6 hours, per your source. That's not even close to 1 person / 4 minutes. Math much? And that site looks like it's design to merch, not to spread truth.
(DIR) Post #AzLpHIFmXjUZJzLdOC by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-10-19T01:03:44Z
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@satsuki If we show force, it gives Miller and Vought EXACTLY what they need to convince Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. Then we're really in the shit.How about this? What if we offer every GOP USH and Senator personal protection from MAGAts so they aren't afraid for their lives and those of their families? And then if they don't finally vote sensibly ...
(DIR) Post #B0mimHlBBqnQ2g486i by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-11-30T22:17:26Z
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@GossiTheDog is it just me, or does Sam Altman have the same weird visage that seems to be staring at nothingness, just like SBF before him?
(DIR) Post #B0mkUmyGbpeTXNyJjU by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2025-11-30T22:23:20Z
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@jeff @GossiTheDog Yeah, when the guy who predicted the 2008 crash is shouting from the rooftops that anyone who thinks "This time it's different!!!" is not using their brains ... maybe it's time to realize the bubble approacheth, and that right soon 😈
(DIR) Post #B3JmjtfN5UmYwjLCcq by jimthewhyguy@techfieldday.net
2026-02-14T16:54:51Z
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@futurebird @Lana Good observation on recency bias. One of my favorites is Forer Effect: we tend to believe positive things said about ourselves more than negatives. Played a game at a few conferences where I passed out individualized projections about a person's future success in IT and asked them to rank accuracy of prediction. People tended to rank at 4.2 / 5. Then everyone exchanges forecasts and holy crap ... They're identical!