Fireworker2000

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[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@MemesToSave Even worse: that donation to charity will be registered as coming from McDonalds, allowing them to pay less taxes.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

Back in the producer's chair for this one, let's show those kitty cats who's boss!

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[Alex Prompter @alex_prompter]

Let me trace the timeline here because nobody's connecting it.

Step 1: Scrape the entire internet. Every book, every article, every conversation, every piece of art, every forum post. Do it without asking. Do it without paying.

Step 2: Train a model on all of it. Call it "artificial intelligence."

Step 3: Go to BlackRock's Infrastructure Summit and announce: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."

Step 3 is where you sell people's own knowledge back to them. On a meter.

They took the collective output of human thought, compressed it into a model, and now they want to charge you by the token to access a version of what you and everyone you know already created.

One Reddit user put it perfectly: "They stole all this data from us, the people, our life's work, creativity, art, by devouring the internet and blowing through all copyright laws. Now they want to sell it back to us in the form of a utility."

Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies.

That's the metered intelligence business model.

And they're pitching it to infrastructure investors as though they invented water.

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[Caleb @ItBeCaleb]

@StaxRL

[Linus @Wildenbruch_lol]

Trans women are women. A Twitter mob doesn’t get to change that just because someone doesn’t fit their absurd idea of “passing".
The hate alone proves nobody would transition just to compete in an underfunded league with a fraction of opportunities.
People need to mature and stop judging others for simply wanting to live happily.
@SKGamingLeague thanks for making this project.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@gamedevlance @madole_jason @SenAngusKing The idea is sound because it CAN work IF the math works out.
However, someone will actually have to do that maths.
And that's really the only way we get anywhere with this discussion: someone has to sit down, do the maths and include or at least estimate the costs and benefits.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@gamedevlance @madole_jason @SenAngusKing Those are all valid things to bring up and they will have to be included in the calculation.

Let's just make up a number and say that considering all cost and benefits, the bathmats pay for themselves after 2 years.
That'd be a worthwhile investment imo.
10 years? Not so much.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@gamedevlance @mjone1000 @madole_jason @SenAngusKing But how does "people will mess this up" make the idea bad?
Every idea can fall victim to incompetent implementation, that doesn't mean the idea was bad, just its execution.

The proposal itself is sound imo, even if it assumes efficient implementation.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@Lerbynator @Tylewah @RLEsports I think it's supposed to be compared to other venues in the US, like Ball Arena in Denver.
Oh wait, Ball Arena is significantly bigger

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@Muffinforall1 @madole_jason @SenAngusKing Very pragmatic approach and exactly why I think this idea should not be dismissed without consideration - plus, let's not forget shoulder injuries, wrist injuries, knee injuries, etc.
Slipping in your shower won't limit injuries to your hip

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@madole_jason @gamedevlance @SenAngusKing @grok Oh, and also:
"~200k-235k bathroom injuries treated in ERs annually (mostly falls during bathing/showering)"

I wonder: how much does that cost CMS?
And how many injuries would you say could be prevented/mitigated if everyone was provided the safety precautions mentioned above?

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@madole_jason @gamedevlance @SenAngusKing @grok Not really a fan of using LLMs, but hey, if your own source disproves you, I'm not gonna complain:
"Bathtubs are risky as hell for seniors (grab bars, non-slip shit, and shower chairs save lives)"

If only the US had a medical care program that could be utilized to provide those.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@madole_jason @gamedevlance @SenAngusKing Well, three questions about that:
1. Where'd you get that "effectively zero" number from? Can you give me a source please?
2. What about leaving or entering the shower, wouldn't the slipping risk there also be reduced by a mat?
3. You said seniors, what about everyone else?

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@madole_jason @gamedevlance @SenAngusKing I don't know how the US tax system works and how Medicare is funded, so I won't be discussing that.

Back to topic: you said there's no evidence that bath mats prevent accidents or reduce bathroom injuries.
Could you pls elaborate on that and/or provide sources?

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@matt666_wooo @Elf_Himself @madole_jason @wolfiewrldA1 @SenAngusKing It's ironic to support MAHA and then oppose a health improvement proposal this strongly.
I see how the point "it's too expensive for too little benefit" might apply, but I'm yet to some numbers on that.

And besides: the maths isn't needed to consider the proposal, only to decide

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@HardCounte @madole_jason @SenAngusKing I used 50m because that's the number Jason Madole mentioned.
My maths doesn't need to be fully correct to make sense, just aim for the right ballpark.
I approached it like a Fermi problem.

two more mistakes I made:
- not all bath slip-and-falls are hip injuries
- 550m÷40k=13,750

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@HardCounte @madole_jason @SenAngusKing I didn't assume that.
I said that bath mats would need to prevent 137,500 thousand hip surgeries to be a worthwhile investment.
It doesn't matter whether 5% or hip injuries happen in the shower or 80%, once those 137.5k are reached, the bath mats have paid for themselves.

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@gamedevlance @madole_jason @SenAngusKing And no, you don't need police to enforce this .
You just provide the bathmats and inform people that not using a mat will reduce their coverage in case of a bathroom slip-and-fall.
Anyone relying on Medicare will then use a mat because they can't afford not to (kinda shitty tho)

[Fireworker2000 @Fireworker2000]

@gamedevlance @madole_jason @SenAngusKing I don't agree with that conclusion, two reasons:
1. Money priorities. If I had to choose between having food for half a week or buying a bathmat, I'm gonna choose food. Tho if I get one for free, I'll use it.
2. Lack of awareness. Many don't know how beneficial bathmats can be.