That’s really the problem. When I friends from small towns come and visit I can see they’re on edge the entire time while I’m just doing what I do every day. Yes there’s a person sleeping there. Yes someone is screaming a block down. There’s traffic noise, and the subway isn’t the cleanest - but it’s normal, that’s what I’m used to. It takes a bit of thicker skin, but once you realize nothing is really unsafe about it it gets easier. Problem is voters from tiny 20,000 population places vote with that fear already, and think that cities are unsafe. We can’t bring everyone to the city and hold their hand.

I don’t think that’s what anyone suggests. However the opposite is what needs to be called out. Why do police departments consistently ask for more and more funding, usually looking for reasons to spend it (see urban assault vehicles, larger and more militarized forces) when crime is down already? If they’re doing fine with the budget they have, why do we need to give them even more money?

“Defund the police” doesn’t mean we have no police. It means they’re overfunded. Let’s see about defunding them and giving some of that money to other people, like mental health advocates or groups that help with homelessness - some of the main causes of crime. Wouldn’t that mean the police can focus on things they are trained for while also cutting crime down at it’s source? If someone is never desperate enough to mug someone in the first place, doesn’t that mean the crime was prevented?

A big question I ask people is “Why do we feel less safe even though crime is at an all time low?” Not a lot of people have answers, and I think way too many people aren’t aware of that fact. It’s one of the safest times to walk through any downtown core, yet people feel the least safe they ever have.

I loved IW and even endgame. But looking back, even it followed the same pattern, just in longer form. IW ends with the first fight with baddy, which is lost. Once you see the pattern you can’t unsee it

LLMs use a ton of VRAM, the more VRAM you have the better.

If you just need an API, then TabbyAPI is pretty great.

If you need a full UI, then Oogabooga’s TextGenration WebUI is a good place to start

Ah good, a Marvel movie! I wonder what will happen?

• Super cool opening number showing how awesome it is
• Baddy makes huge entrance and introduces themselves to the protagonist
• Who is this guy? Let’s get some backstory
• Funny cameo
• First fight with baddy, which is lost
• Self reflection, pump up talk, You’re the god of thunder not the god of hammers, I’m taking the suit back, etc etc
• Huge baddy fight which is awesome, optional expensive background music
• Quick wrap up with slight cliffhanger for sequel

Ah that was fun, did it feel similar to <<insert any other recent marvel movie>> though?

(And I say this as someone who loved the marvel movies, up until endgame, but everything since phase 3 has followed this pattern very closely)

If only Hollywood would understand that.

Not a lawyer or legal expert, just a google-er

Definitely a huge dick move, but if it’s illegal is a different matter. From what I understand, in the US (If this happened in the US) it depends where it took place. If you were in public it’s mostly okay for them to record because “Anyone else could have been listening in” so there is no “expectation of privacy”. If it was in private then that’s easier to argue.

Now, for what you can do. I think this is one of the times you could actually issue a DMCA complaint. While it’s not copyright… we all know youtube has a quick process and err on the side of caution. You can report it and say you’re in it without consent, or if you want to send a full DMCA compliant that could work.

What you could easily do is of course let your friends know this was done without your consent, and be public about it. Nothing like telling the truth, no one likes someone who secretly records them. Don’t let them keep it a private thing, call out how crazy disrespectful it is

Oof, I’m sorry you lost your favorite place :/

Anytime there is ground meat in the process like sausages I immediately have a second laser focus on it. You’re probably right that that’s what it was. All it takes is for one of them to be a bit undercooked

Ah we’re different there. There are 2 celebrities I would love to sit down and have a chat with, I would love to know more about them. It will never happen, but it’s there.

I think people are that way with politicians in this country, they are giddy and obsess, and it’s a fun euphoric state where you forget about reality. During Covid I fell down the parasocial relationship ladder a few rungs because it was more fun than staring at my wall for hours on end, but when Covid ended I pulled myself back out. Not everyone does though.

I’ve never been but always wanted to try, but thanks for the heads up. It’s not too hard people, basic safety measures are easy. What that tells me is that management doesn’t care enough to teach or prep their employees on safety.

I guess it’s the best indicator because they pick out their own oysters vs just picking any oysters. There’s always a risk, but at least they’re picking and choosing theirs, at least my local place does

What a picture you painted for us

Yikes, glad they were investigated, there’s no way it should be so bad that 30 people get sick

I’ve gotten sick too from a shady hotel breakfast. Now… I rarely trust hotel breakfasts unless it’s prepackaged. Glad you at least made it off the boat!

Yeah, now I only go to the fancy oyster restaurants. It’s a rarity now because those places are expensive, but I’ve never gotten food poisoning from the places that specialize in them

I too come from a family who knew more than scientists when it came to food spoilage. I think it’s why I have such a delicate colon now. Grandparents and parents who said “Just drink it, it’s fine” when their children say “It tastes funny”. So many “24 hour stomach bugs” that now that I’m grown I realize were probably food poisoning. For your husband I often think to when I feel guilty that food is wasted. I have to tell myself “No, throwing it in the trash wasn’t when it was wasted, it was wasted when I decided not to eat it earlier, that’s when I allowed it to become trash”. Eating it after it’s spoiled doesn’t make it un-wasted.

I mean, that’s love right there.

That is the second airport plane story here in this thread. When I’m pre flight I eat only things I know, one example is McDonald’s. Something I usually don’t eat regulary, but I know how it affects me every time I fly. I’ll feel some indigestion, but much better than… well, you lived one of my nightmares.