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Retired member of the Deep State. Fond of devious socialist concepts like drinkable tap water and breathable air. Owned by a pair of the most peculiar pups imaginable.
There are fields of work where errors cause inconvenience, waste time, or waste money. Then there are fields where the consequence of an error is that someone dies or is maimed. I'm not saying that AI should be used in the first type, but it is, IMO, critical that it is not used in the second.
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There are fields of work where errors cause inconvenience, waste time, or waste money. Then there are fields where the consequence of an error is that someone dies or is maimed. I'm not saying that AI should be used in the first type, but it is, IMO, critical that it is not used in the second.
Worked in occupational safety until recently. Asked an LLM to select respirator cartridges for different toxic vapors. It got it right about 90% of the time - which means it would have poisoned workers 1 time in 10.
In any field where you have to be right every time, LLM/AI is worse than useless.
In any field where you have to be right every time, LLM/AI is worse than useless.
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Worked in occupational safety until recently. Asked an LLM to select respirator cartridges for different toxic vapors. It got it right about 90% of the time - which means it would have poisoned workers 1 time in 10.
In any field where you have to be right every time, LLM/AI is worse than useless.
In any field where you have to be right every time, LLM/AI is worse than useless.
Sadly, any professionals not already fired would be on shutdown furlough. Nobody around to tell the toddler-in-chief and his minions how illegal, stupid, and unhealthy this is. Not that they'd care.
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sadly, any professionals not already fired would be on shutdown furlough. Nobody around to tell the toddler-in-chief and his minions how illegal, stupid, and unhealthy this is. Not that they'd care.
Good call. And similar stuff could be in any of the older buildings. UVA buildings built up until the late 1970s used a lot of ACM. Portions of the ventilation ducting in Pinn (then Jordan) Hall had crysotile spray-on insulation that was only removed around 1983-84.
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Good call. And similar stuff could be in any of the older buildings. UVA buildings built up until the late 1970s used a lot of ACM. Portions of the ventilation ducting in Pinn (then Jordan) Hall had crysotile spray-on insulation that was only removed around 1983-84.
The airman was killed when removing his holstered (issue holster, trigger completely covered) M18 from his belt and setting it on a table still in the holster. Multiple witnesses. Rumor is the manual safety was even on. (Unlike the civilian P320, the M18 has a manual safety.)
July 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The airman was killed when removing his holstered (issue holster, trigger completely covered) M18 from his belt and setting it on a table still in the holster. Multiple witnesses. Rumor is the manual safety was even on. (Unlike the civilian P320, the M18 has a manual safety.)
Only way of improving a liverwurst sandwich is to add some chopped up red onion!
June 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Only way of improving a liverwurst sandwich is to add some chopped up red onion!
Sure didn't take long for the irritated carbrains to show up. I'll just point out this: errors by cyclists and pedestrians might cost you 30 seconds on your commute; driver anger kills cyclists and pedestrians. Putting most of the responsibility on drivers is appropriate.
May 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sure didn't take long for the irritated carbrains to show up. I'll just point out this: errors by cyclists and pedestrians might cost you 30 seconds on your commute; driver anger kills cyclists and pedestrians. Putting most of the responsibility on drivers is appropriate.
The US took in tens of thousands of Afghan refugees *in the 1980s* following the Soviet invasion. They integrated just fine (I worked with one during the 90s, great guy.)
Back then, they were welcomed. Sadly, It isn't the Afghans who've changed in the last 40 years.
Back then, they were welcomed. Sadly, It isn't the Afghans who've changed in the last 40 years.
May 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The US took in tens of thousands of Afghan refugees *in the 1980s* following the Soviet invasion. They integrated just fine (I worked with one during the 90s, great guy.)
Back then, they were welcomed. Sadly, It isn't the Afghans who've changed in the last 40 years.
Back then, they were welcomed. Sadly, It isn't the Afghans who've changed in the last 40 years.
Much silica exposure can be prevented by minor modifications to workplace tools and practices - things like applying a small stream of water to the area you are cutting.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.
May 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Much silica exposure can be prevented by minor modifications to workplace tools and practices - things like applying a small stream of water to the area you are cutting.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.