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I was hoping they would figure out how to launch planes in wet weather, but maybe wasn't in the 2026 budget...

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Hell if they'd just figure out to launch planes in wet adjacent weather at DFW it would be a major improvement. They have trouble now if there is a drop of rain between Key West and Vancouver....

For those who don't know NEVER connect through DFW between February and November after about 2 in the afternoon. Unless of course you like being stuck in an airport. DFW is not a bad one to be stuck in but if your goal is to get to your final destination in a reasonable amount of time avoid DFW for all but about 16 weeks in winter....

Both of our kids LOVED cleaning fish and dressing birds. They were absolutely fascinated by it. If anything our daughter was more into it than our son. Kids are curious about everything.

"Project consists of adding Ablution stations to existing concourse level restrooms in Terminal D, one Men's ablution station in existing men's restroom and one Women's ablution station in the existing women's restroom," the project details read.

It is privately funded and expected to cost around $300,000, the documents state."


Somebody is scamming somebody. These things cost about $2500. They are basically a toilet without a bowl and a seat facing the faucet with foot wells and a drain. Even with partitions for privacy $150k a piece (there will be 2 of them in the airport apparently). Some minor core drilling, unless the bathrooms they are going in are on the ground floor, unlikely given most of DFW has a baggage handling and service area under the concourses and gate areas, some minor plumbing reconfiguration of supply lines and drains and you can sit down, turn on the water and wash you damned old nasty arse feet. I will travel from Augusta Georgia, furnish all labor, tools and materials to install these 2 for $200k and put $160k in my pocket....

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"Safety & Plumbing: People washing their feet in standard bathroom sinks creates soaked, slippery floors and breaks the counters. Low-level wudu basins keep the restrooms dry and safe for everyone," he continued.

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Almost always a sure sign someone is being scammed...making it a safety issue.....or a maintenance issue....or, in this case, both.

I have no dog in the fight but installing 2 new fixtures in 2 existing restrooms at $150K each is damn good work if you can get it...

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AI is pretty incredible when it comes to legal work. People who are AI haters have to be the same people who hated on cars when they first come out.

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Psychologically change is the foundational driver of anxiety in people according to most people considered experts in such things. As a species change is very stressful and can be crippling....lose a job when the rent is due and a baby on the way and most people will curl up in a fetal position for a short period of time. AI is a, I believe, going to be a fundamental change in the way humans work, interact, create and live....and its going to be very stressful for most of us...some will not adapt and will "perish" after a fashion...they won't die but they will not flourish like they might otherwise. Most will deny the change, rage against it, fear it and slowly accept and adapt. Then there are those who will immediately embrace the change, become an expert in what it means and what it can and can't do. Some of those will be complete morons and their acceptance of change will have little to no impact on their life....a small number of them will not be morons and will make a fortune and change everyone's lives, mostly for the better. There is a place for all of these people in the process....it is easy to look back today and laugh at people who truly believed the earth was flat...hell there are still people who do so....but when it was generally considered a fact to suggest otherwise probably meant being killed. Skepticism is akin to a braking system....some folks will always be the brakes, most of us will initially be the brakes and some folks will be the thing that replaces the brakes....

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Ai helped me get my foot into the door for a whole new career. If you aren't using AI to help you, then you're already falling behind.

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I seriously believe if one is not at least "conversant" in emerging AI technologies in 3 years they will be almost as unemployable as someone who is similarly unable to use Microsoft Office today.

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AI is only as good as its user — I run circles around mother frickers who just use it as a search engine

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When I was in elementary school we had vocabulary contests....consisted of a list of words that we would look up in an actual dictionary and copy to a piece of paper with a pencil. I would smoke every class I was in....it wouldn't be close. We did something similar in math...again, I'd smoke everyone. It was the same with the National Electrical Code when I was in trade school....I could complete a 20 question exam in about 10-15 minutes and score 100% when it'd take most of my classmates an hour to make an 80. A dead eyed slack jawed buffoon could accomplish all three in less time than I could back then simply using google. AI is in its infancy....times change and technology changes. An individuals ability to gather information faster using alternative means will soon be smoked by AI...it is already smoking most people's abilities....

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I can't wait to go see an AI doctor, no wait time, 20% of the cost.

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And most likely far fewer mistakes and pre-conceived notions.


AI is currently tainted with the world view of its creator BUT it will eventually morph into a system where actual data received from millions and millions of sources will be consumed in seconds instead of lifetimes and that initial human world view taint will slowly disappear. And that data will prove so useful and beneficial that human world view will be tainted by the data driven world view of tehcnology and we will be better off for the experience. We are not close to that today but given the advancement in what, 5 years, if that, the world of AI is expanding exponentially at a blazing pace.

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While true, it won't create as many as it eliminates

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Why would it be diametrically opposed to every other technological advancement in the history of mankind? It is true that it will replace some jobs completely and they will never come back....but it will drive innovation through efficiencies that are not possible today which will create far better jobs than those it eliminates and those raw numbers will exceed the lost jobs.

Not to repeat myself but I have been tinkering with 2 electronic project ideas for over 2 years....not full time, just doing the research and preliminary designs. Both of these products would be viable consumer products if someone was interested in going that route - I am making them simply because I thought it was a neat idea and I like to create shite. Again, I have been playing around with these ideas for 2 years. I recently looked into buying a motor on amazon for one of these projects and their AI asked what I planned to do with the motor. 2 hours later I had a complete list of components and the coding to complete both projects....and I have nearly completed one of them and it is working as designed. I have the ability to compile this information myself...again, I have been doing so off and on for a couple of years as a hobby. It took Amazon AI, whatever the frick cutesy name they use, about 2 hours to complete what I have been doing over a couple of years. I haven't been at it full time for 2 years but I am certain I have pondered these ideas for at least 20-30 hours over those 2 years. This is just a simple and easy solution that I have made using AI.....in the hands of true designers and engineers and creators, teams of brilliant people working together, there is no telling what kind of shite they will discover and at least some of those things will be things we wonder how we ever lived without. Technology elminates some jobs and replaces them with more and far better jobs. It always has, AI is no different.

I have found it to be incredibly useful and have personally used it to help with 2 separate electronic projects that I have bounced around a couple of years which would both be viable consumer products if someone took them that direction. Chat whatever the frick its called aided me in hashing out the details down to a list of components and coding in about 2 hours where I have been thinking about and planning and designing off and of for 2 years. It certainly isn't garbage and will created jobs like all other new technology. I love it.

I also use it almost daily to research codes and industry standards instead of googling or actually flipping through the paper publications to reference the excerpts when notifying clients of deficiencies and providing initial plans to address those deficiencies. It is significantly more efficient than simply using google and substantially more efficient than thumbing through the paper versions.

If an individual chooses to have zero joy in their lives they are free to make that decision. Those joyless fricks ALWAYS get worked up over other people enjoying themselves. Why would anyone care what these people do for fun? They ain't hurting anything AND they are making a business viable. I would get it if the state insisted that everyone go to summer camp but no one is being forced to go....let people enjoy their lives and I am certain they will let you be miserable in yours.....