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I make Claude read a file called "reflections" at the beginning of each session. Actually there's 3 files: reflections, working memory and patterns not to repeat. There's a section in reflections that addresses the fact that I don't like ass kissing, and that I want Claude to tell me things that it thinks might be wrong. Having Claude read this helps. It sometimes tells me things like "i think I'm just being agreeable for the sake of agreeing", and "here's an idea that I don't think will work, but it's okay if I'm wrong."

I'm a poll worker in Ohio. Last year was my 3rd presidential election. The amount of people who came in wanting to vote, but were not on our roles was incredibly high. I'm sure it's disheartening for the voters, but man was that rough for workers too. Having to explain over and over that it sounds like you've been purged get rough.

Actually, the names were coined by a writer working for a pop magazine. He based the names on their personalities. After the article was published the names spread like wildfire with the public.

It wasn't till later that The Spice Girls officially adopted the names. At least some of the members actually hated them. Unfortunately, all their fans were already using them, so the group didn't have much of a choice.

I'm in the US. Got a text from my son, 12th grade, the other day at 12:09pm that said, "we just had our sixth fight today"

To clarify, he did mean 6th of the day, not the school year. He goes to the worst highschool in the area. Anyone with the capabilities gets their kids in a different school. We do not have those abilities. On the upside, he's learning how to avoid conflict and enjoying his phlebotomy class. He'll even be a certified phlebotomist by the end of the year (assuming his teacher can get access to funding for supplies that she's currently disappearing from her hospital job)!

*I'm donating blood tomorrow at the local bank. Usually donate a few times a year, but scheduled for tomorrow for a specific reason. I have name and phone number of his teacher, and a list of supplies. I'm donating now to give me an excuse to ask for a supply donation from the blood bank. It's a long shot, but the answer is always no when you don't ask 🤷‍♀️

I'm not sure you know enough about the general relationship between Elvis and his manager "Colonel" Tom Parker, to be making assumptions like Elvis having a remotely equal say in career decisions.

Yes he did scam Elvis. He did that a lot infact.

He was also not a Colonel, even though he told people he was. He stole money from Presley to cover gambling debts, that's on top of his 50% managers cut. He prevented Elvis from touring Europe due to his own immigration status. Also pressured Presley into film, as opposed to focusing more on music.

Parker did pressure Elvis into the military. Hell, he even influenced the relationship between Elvis and Priscilla, whom Elvis met while serving.

For shits and giggles, I tried to go the path of "yeah but..." starting with his nickname. Surely he was named "big balls" a decade or so ago by other people, no he named himself. Surely his previous connections are just that, previous and years if not decades old, no, it's 2 years, at most.

"Big Balls" is 19 y/o 🙄 at this point. He gave himself that name and has ties to unknown hackers. He has "senior advisor" status, filling a role, that should likely be filled by a bureaucrat accountant - as opposed to a kid whose resume is being a 'techbro with hacker connections' and programming knowledge.

I just have to curse here. Jesus fucking Christ! What the hell! Dummkopf, i'idiot, idiota, was zur holle, що в біса, що в біса

Signing is a verification of having received the citation. It is an important safeguard. An individual cannot (as easily) claim to not know about the citation when their signature is on it. Police cannot create citations after the fact because of the required signature.

However, there are a lot of people who misunderstand the purpose of signing. People often think signing is an admission of guilt, or otherwise agreeing to the charge. If I had to guess, Vu thought something similar. I'm sure the language barrier did not help.

That cop still outrageously overreacted and should face charges and termination... Not that it will happen, but one can dream.

Your argument ignores the value of diversity within a business. A diverse workforce offers much more variety in how to progress the company. Peoples of similar traits and backgrounds tend to have similar ideas and methods. More diversity can increase problem solving, customer relations, and ingenuity by forcing all parties to see things from different perspectives.

The US has a long history of employers refusing to hire minorities/paying the "othered" less. We are not so far removed from these practices to reliably function without laws and regulations ensuring businesses not fall back to old habits. Slavery in the US ended around 150 years ago. The Jim Crow laws, officially, almost 60 years ago. Sundown towns were still around, though not as common, 45 years ago.

It sounds like while your disability impacts your relationships, you are still physically capable of masturbating. There is a wide range of physical disabilities that can leave a person rather isolated outside of family, and incapable of physically "getting the job done", while otherwise being healthy enough for sex/orgasms. So while you may have a great deal of trouble with forming relationships and meeting people, you are still able to experience the physical and mental relief of an orgasm. This is not attainable for everyone, and prostitutes can help in many of those situations.

I usually don't have a nice fine ground coffee on hand. Cocoa powder works just as well! Gives a nice earthy depth to the chili!

I used to make lots of comments on Am I the Asshole posts for this reason. Calling out fake posts, and listing reasons why they are fake. Would get a lot of push back that amounted to "why do you care if it's fake? It's a good story and an interesting debate." I cared because the more you read those stories, taken at face value, the less you think of humanity.

Yeah, there's always an oddly large amount of houses in my neighborhood who don't hand out candy. They'll have all the signals of participation: decorations, porch light on, interior light on and nothing. Especially on bad weather nights, the kids only really hit up the visibly active houses.

We usually go to the other side of the neighborhood too, where there's greater participation (our immediate area doesn't have a lot of kids, so not a lot of houses either). Folks probably resent us when we choose to drive due to weather, park and unleash trick or treaters. We're not from out of neighborhood though (just don't want to walk the extra blocks in freezing rain) and even if we were, why does it matter? I put out/hand out candy every year and don't care who takes it. I bought it for the purpose of giving it away after all 🤷‍♀️. Last few years I've been driving to random street corners that look busy, and hand out while sitting on the trunk of my car, lol.