Wow, cool.. I got blocked from the AI thread because of my comment about people in Gubber mint being just the "artificial" part of AI. Dang, another strike against me. I wonder how...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I got blocked from the AI thread because of my comment about people in Gubber mint being just the "artificial" part of AI.

Dang, another strike against me. I wonder how many i have now. I know they're counting. I'm not.

Well, if I disappear, you'll know why.

-LS

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Longshadow wrote:

I got blocked from the AI thread because of my comment about people in Gubber mint being just the "artificial" part of AI.

Dang, another strike against me. I wonder how many i have now. I know they're counting. I'm not.

Well, if I disappear, you'll know why.

-LS

Don't sweat it. It's the Internet. It can't take a joke.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

burkphoto wrote:

Don't sweat it. It's the Internet. It can't take a joke.

Tell me about it!

Remember the OLD Alfred E. Newman?
What, me worry?

Have a great evening!

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

In Latin --as ALL of Mad Magazine should've been written, and likewise the artwork (which was stellar)-- that would've been quid me vexari?

Not to worry 'bout them strikes, though. Aim for the fences!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cany143 wrote:

In Latin --as ALL of Mad Magazine should've been written, and likewise the artwork (which was stellar)-- that would've been quid me vexari?

Not to worry 'bout them strikes, though. Aim for the fences!

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

"F' em if they cant take a joke." Thats what my old fire captain used to say. I work for gubber mint for 27 years...retiring soon for exactly the same reason you are stating. They promote to the highest level of incompetence. Its not like working private sector where I also worked 20 years. In private sector it's like being a salesman you only eat what you k**l. Stand for something or fall for anything. Stick to your guns.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

"F' em if they cant take a joke." Thats what my old fire captain used to say. I work for gubber mint for 27 years...retiring soon for exactly the same reason you are stating. They promote to the highest level of incompetence. Its not like working private sector where I also worked 20 years. In private sector it's like being a salesman you only eat what you k**l. Stand for something or fall for anything. Stick to your guns.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

"F' em if they cant take a joke." Thats what my old fire captain used to say. I work for gubber mint for 27 years...retiring soon for exactly the same reason you are stating. They promote to the highest level of incompetence. Its not like working private sector where I also worked 20 years. In private sector it's like being a salesman you only eat what you k**l. Stand for something or fall for anything. Stick to your guns.

I worked for the 2020 Census as a field supervisor. OMG, that was mentally constrictive. I felt like I was being tortured by incompetents.

No one really cared. The few of us who did nearly went insane. The first day was like a whole year of issues of MAD or National Lampoon, or maybe a P.J. O'Rourke novel.

If the population count is anywhere near accurate, I'm shocked. Whole neighborhoods wouldn't speak to us. We would make 170 phone calls just to get one person to answer. They hired people, gave them iPhones and supplies, and they never showed up for training! I spent days tracking people down and getting their Census phones back. Amazing mess.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

burkphoto wrote:

I worked for the 2020 Census as a field supervisor... (show quote)

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

burkphoto wrote:

I worked for the 2020 Census as a field supervisor... (show quote)

this comes as no surprise. Someone made the comment that we are watching our civilization collapse in front of our eyes. No law and order means chaos. Chaos means death and suffering. Being an eternal optimist I have always believed it is darkest before it is totally black.

Really though, when the pendulum swings the otherway it will swing hard and fast. A rainbow after every storm.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

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Odd, I have a similar feeling.....

Like a bad Class B futuristic movie is coming.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

burkphoto wrote:

I worked for the 2020 Census as a field supervisor... (show quote)

It begins at the top. In a former life, the civilian agencies in DC were my customers including Census. I had the displeasure of calling on the CIO who made a point of walking past me multiple times keeping me waiting for 45 minutes. He wasn’t busy, it was a power play. When we finally sat down, he spent half an hour telling me of his “vision” for Census which showed me that he knew nothing about IT but was completely politically motivated. I never bothered with him again.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

TriX wrote:

It begins at the top. In a former life, the civilian agencies in DC were my customers including Census. I had the displeasure of calling on the CIO who made a point of walking past me multiple times keeping me waiting for 45 minutes. He wasn’t busy, it was a power play. When we finally sat down, he spent half an hour telling me of his “vision” for Census which showed me that he knew nothing about IT but was completely politically motivated. I never bothered with him again.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

TriX wrote:

It begins at the top. In a former life, the civilian agencies in DC were my customers including Census. I had the displeasure of calling on the CIO who made a point of walking past me multiple times keeping me waiting for 45 minutes. He wasn’t busy, it was a power play. When we finally sat down, he spent half an hour telling me of his “vision” for Census which showed me that he knew nothing about IT but was completely politically motivated. I never bothered with him again.

Well, so long as a cabinet-level executive runs the Dept. of Commerce, which runs the Census, there will be at least the potential for political interference.

In 2020, C***d made it possible to throw a wrench in the gears. So they did. The Census was late, due to C***d **, so it was rushed. It was ended earlier than was needed to finish it the way it should have been finished.

I would not put much faith in the counts. The Republicans got exactly the kinds of skewed numbers they wanted.

I walked with some of my enumerators through minority neighborhoods as they attempted surveys. Residents in several Hispanic, Asian, and African American communities had no interest in any government surveys, much to their detriment. Self-disenfranchisement due to fears is the equivalent of avoiding the very services they need most. Someone got to those people with disinformation before we showed up. They looked at us in horror.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

burkphoto wrote:

Well, so long as a cabinet-level executive runs th... (show quote)