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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 2m

Well, sometimes a difference in degree. I doubt they’re stamping the plans for the tree house (or deck?), so that just seems like straightforwardly the same thing.

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 4m

Did I not say that in the post? I’m just saying, it’s a difference in degree from an undocumented construction worker, not a difference in kind.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 21m

…numbers of vehicles, when in reality, the non-driver passengers make the numbers closer, not farther. Total bike occupants likely still exceed total car occupants.

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 21m

And the number or bike is much closer to 1.0. Using context here, I think it’s clear that by passengers, I am referring to non-driver passengers, since that is what the author is harping on, trying to make the obviously incorrect point that the numbers of occupants are even more lopsided than the…

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 36m

It’s obviously speculation because the author, by their own admission, wasn’t even able to accurately count the number of passengers on the bikes – they said “at least” half a dozen, implying they weren’t sure they got them all. It’s much harder to see into a car than into a bike.

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 38m

You are misunderstanding what a passenger is in this context (which he me responding to the author’s absurd implication that the cars have fewer non-operator passengers than the bikes). It’s somebody who is not operating the vehicle.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 40m

That’s total occupants. The number of passengers of the cars is likely around 16. The number of passengers on the bikes is “at least half a dozen.”

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 48m

Do the math on what you just said. 82 * 0.2 = …?

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1h

So – in what sense are they “scammers”? What they’re doing doesn’t seem that different from an undocumented immigrant using a stolen SSN to get a job. The licensed nature of some (some) of the work means they have to fake more credentials, but there’s no evidence they aren’t doing the work.

WIRED @wired.com · 5h

New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers. www.wired.com/story/north-...

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now

New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.

www.wired.com

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1h

What is this from?

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 12h

The indictment against Tish James is bullshit, but I’m not going to pretend I like her. She was a huge NIMBY as a NYC politician. As AG she brought a weak and politically motivated case against Trump. We need fewer lawyers in politics and more people who work to actually make government work.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 12h

Yeah so the thing about AI is that it’s clearly got real use cases (even if a lot of its current use is maladaptive) and is here to stay. It’s not NFTs, or even crypto. And I say this as somebody who uses it a lot less than other people my age.

perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 17h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 14h

I think you once posted a video where a Swiss guy was kinda rolling their eyes at that?

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 14h

Yeah unlikely www.eurosprinkler.org/wp-content/u...

www.eurosprinkler.org

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 15h

Single-stair, right up to France’s 50-meter height limit

Joe Giddings @joegiddings.bsky.social · 1d

This new residential tower in Lyon is made from wood.

In many ways, this is quite an incredible building. Here's why:

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 15h

secondegress.ca/Jurisdictions

Jurisdictions — The Second Egress: Building a Code Change

Jurisdictions Cite this image: Speckert, C. (2022). Jurisdictions: Maximum Permitted Height for Single Stair Buildings [Infographic]. McGill...

secondegress.ca

Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 15h

Yeah that’s the limit in France, 50 meters

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 20h

So that's deranged and they should be brought to the Hague

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 20h

I'm doing a presentation (it'll be about an hour with a Q&A for the last half) on single-stair and other issues for the Association of Preservation Technology, staring now. It's an open meeting, you can find the login information here:

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 22h

Zum Beispiel?

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 23h

Although I’ve heard some make the case that it’s safer than straight stairs, since if you fall, the wall will stop you before you go too far

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 23h

Tbf it’s really just France (and in some cases maybe the Netherlands?) that allows that

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1d

Ah, okay. So I assume engineers and geometri got a lot of billings from the Superbonus 110%…

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 1d

And how could salaries have risen so dramatically compared to past years? The data must be low quality…what is the source? @chittimarco.bsky.social

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