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[Raja]

Anyone here familiar with the field of computer vision? Crudely, it involves extracting data from pictures and analyzing them at scale.

What do you want to know? Not an expert but good enough knowledge.

You can private message me.

 

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[MA81]

Here is government for you. I just flew to Canada from Mexico, and since I flew home from out of country the government has decided that I need to quarantine in a "government approved hotel", for 3 days, at my own expense of $2,000.

I live in the city my flight arrived at, and I have a vehicle at the airport. I refused the hotel and told them it is a violation of my rights as outlined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that it is currently in the courts and the government is being challenged on the constitutionality of this. They told me that for each person in my party (2 adults and 2 children) we will be charged $5,000 each (maybe just the adults?). Apparently taking a taxi to a forced hotel prison is safer than going home in my own vehicle.

Here is a gem from the daily log they are making me submit, because it is now a crime to be sick.

• If you have tested positive for C0VlD-19, you must isolate for 14 days from the test result date.

Meanwhile test results arrive in like 72 hours. So I guess that means you just tack on all those extra days because the 14 day covid infection knows the difference between when the test is taken and when the results are obtained.

So I get to take a preflight test, a test when I land, and another test 8 days after landing. And quarantine for a minimum of 14 days, unless a test is positive, then its 14 days from the results of that test. Makes sense.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dq_2qPHDCo


Don't know if you've seen Chris Sky before, but maybe this could give you a few ideas for your current situation?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtzlBS_V8jY&


And if being too confrontational isn't the approach you feel would work best for you, Dan Dicks outlines another option to hopefully deal with this.

 

[ZF Lee]

Welp, Malaysia hit 11,000 COVID cases, after months of lockdowns and martial law.

Didn't George Gilder already point out that keeping folks in one space for too long actually makes infection so much easier??? And why blanket lockdowns are F*cking brainless?!

What disappoints me more if that Malaysian friends and people around me are burying their heads into Euro football or prayers or whatever, instead of helping poor folks, going on strike or...doing F*cking something about this! I'm not knocking on these activities, but when its time to kick out poor leaders and policies ASAP, do it- not...whatever the F*ck you are doing!

Instead of going to get a weapon like the Chinese did in the Xinhai Revolution to start shooting corrupt leaders, I'm going to just calm down to listen to this nice American Civil War song:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEqgG2EdTs

 

[MTF]

Most of it is flex/recreation space - the indoor basketball court is a big part of that space, it also has a craft room, a library, home theater, separate gym, pool room/rec area -- it only has 4 bedrooms, otherwise the "living area" is just a bit bigger than the same size of my current house. As I mentioned elsewhere here on the forum, I like my home to feel like a vacation resort so I don't need to travel. I don't like airports, crowds, and touristy stuff. Moreover, the world's overreaction to the pandemic further amplified my disposition that I'd rather be chilling at home than navigating a crowded airport.

Wow. And what is the lot size? Also, is it away from other people or shielded from the neighbors?

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

That is exactly who a vaccine is for. A huge fatass who has probably never thought about their health a single day in their life.

Funny how it's acceptable and even promoted to "love your body" by being incredibly overweight and unhealthy. 100% acceptable to die of diabetes or heart disease or lung cancer from smoking (yes I know that healthy people can get this too, but why raise the odds by being a moron?), but it is not acceptable to even ask a question about something that has almost no effect on the majority of those infected? We all die someday. I chose to not be vaxinated against something with nearly no chance of killing me, vaxinated with something with no history and barely any data. Sure I could die from covid. I could also die from a car crash, plane crash, mountain biking or ski accident, fever from mosquitos, shot by a gang banger or cartel member, or slip on the ice and crack my head open.

Living is dangerous. How I chose to live and how I chose to go about my life is my business and no one else's.

 

[GPM]

I refused the quartine hotel, and refused to sign the piece of paper saying that I agree with what they are doing and that I can get a fine. I recorded the whole conversation just in case things went south. Still ended up a bit over 3 hours in BS lines though. I wonder if I could have skipped that line by just trying to walk out. A literal 3 hours line with a 1 and 2 year old is NOT fun. My kids were tired and starving.

Let me find my papers and get a picture of them to post for you guys. For now here is the photo at the start of the line for dealing with whatever level of made up federal government is in charge of this.

 

[GPM]

If anyone wants to stop using the hotels who are agreeing with this BS here is the photo of approved places to stay.

 

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[Kak]

I refused the quartine hotel, and refused to sign the piece of paper saying that I agree with what they are doing and that I can get a fine. I recorded the whole conversation just in case things went south. Still ended up a bit over 3 hours in BS lines though. I wonder if I could have skipped that line by just trying to walk out. A literal 3 hours line with a 1 and 2 year old is NOT fun. My kids were tired and starving.

Let me find my papers and get a picture of them to post for you guys. For now here is the photo at the start of the line for dealing with whatever level of made up federal government is in charge of this.

So what was to stop you from having the taxi drive you around the block and back to your car to avoid the Bolsheviks?

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

This is probably happening more often than they'll say if they're actually acknowledging the risk.

 

[StrikingViper69]

If anyone wants to stop using the hotels who are agreeing with this BS here is the photo of approved places to stay.

A cynical person might wonder if those hotels had friends in government and helped the government "shape quarantine policy".

 

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[Guest-5ty5s4]

A cynical person might wonder if those hotels had friends in government and helped the government "shape quarantine policy".

I'd say this is a near certainty.

Some of the politicians might even be invested in those directly.

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

So much for going back to Europe:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414743644255440896

View: https://twitter.com/Arwenstar/status/1414743644255440896

 

[theag]

So much for going back to Europe:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414743644255440896

View: https://twitter.com/Arwenstar/status/1414743644255440896

I'm part of the control group

 

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[Madame Peccato]

So much for going back to Europe:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414743644255440896

View: https://twitter.com/Arwenstar/status/1414743644255440896

Classic government: "Oh we aren't going to FORCE you to take the vaccine, but don't TRY TO have a life until you get it. It's still voluntary btw."

 

[Ing]

Going by car was no problem during the lockdown in Europe.
Just take small border points.
A friend of mine, carpenter business, got across Europe ridingdirtbike All the time.

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

Big government just reminding everyone that nobody in the world has freedom and that governments own you.

 

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[Nick perry01]

I'm pretty sure I got catfished yesterday. Not 100% sure, but like 70% sure.

Welp, they got me. NEVER AGAIN!!

HAHA......tried being scammed out of 300$(I know, not alot of money in the scamming world and it shoundn't be alot for me, but it's like 1/3 of my monthly income

 

[Nick perry01]

Big government just reminding everyone that nobody in the world has freedom and that governments own you.

sad but true

 

[Mathuin]

So much for going back to Europe:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1414743644255440896

View: https://twitter.com/Arwenstar/status/1414743644255440896

I hope the French stand up to this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoNewNormal/comments/ojmr86 View: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoNewNormal/comments/ojmr86/this_happened_yesterday_after_macron_spoke_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

 

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[Nick perry01]

Anyone who says here that they are an entrepreneur deserves credit for even spelling it correctly

you can spell ENTREPRENEUR wrong??

 

[Nick perry01]

People that actually like cities, complete insanity.

I prefer more secluded locations, privacy/peace & quiet.

for some reason me to

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

I've mentioned it before in this thread, but it's worth repeating:

You're going to croak some day.

Yup. A point where you get no more tomorrows. No more chances to lead the life that you want. No more chances to leave a legacy that will impact generations of your progeny.

A serious understanding of death is necessary for a fulfilling life. It's impossible to F*ck around when you deeply understand that you only have so much time left.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd_6b7rpeEI

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

Orange County Prosecutors Operate “Vast, Secretive” Genetic Surveillance Program

The DA’s office in Orange County, California, offers plea deals and case dismissals for misdemeanor offenses — but only if people give up their DNA.

theintercept.com

 

[Kak]

111 W 57th St #72, New York, NY 10019 | Trulia

111 W 57th St #72, New York, NY 10019 is a 7,130 sqft, 4 bed, 6 bath home. See the estimate, review home details, and search for homes nearby.

www.trulia.com

Maybe I found my mainland states residence. There’s probably no better place to spend your nearly tax free Puerto Rico money than Manhattan.

I’ll make them throw in the old Jag.

 

[MTF]

111 W 57th St #72, New York, NY 10019 | Trulia

111 W 57th St #72, New York, NY 10019 is a 7,130 sqft, 4 bed, 6 bath home. See the estimate, review home details, and search for homes nearby.

www.trulia.com

Maybe I found my mainland states residence. There’s probably no better place to spend your nearly tax free Puerto Rico money than Manhattan.

Never understood the appeal of penthouses. You get all this indoor space and a panoramic view over the city but you're essentially trapped 70 stories up in the sky and probably can't even open your windows.

For $66 million, you could have an impressive villa somewhere nice with a much better view, acres and acres of your own land with nobody bothering you, and not feel like a prisoner.

 

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[Kak]

Never understood the appeal of penthouses. You get all this indoor space and a panoramic view over the city but you're essentially trapped 70 stories up in the sky and probably can't even open your windows.

For $66 million, you could have an impressive villa somewhere nice with a much better view, acres and acres of your own land with nobody bothering you, and not feel like a prisoner.

This is just a vacation home. I could never live in Manhattan… But I’d be happy to go there to spend money and eat at nice restaurants, assuming they don’t drive them all out of business.

Property For Sale - Hall and Hall

Boone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch encompasses 100 square miles of prime Texas Panhandle ranchland distinguished by its improvements, water features, and pristine prairie landscape supporting a variety of native wildlife.

hallhall.com

This is nice too. It has its own jet strip.

 

[Train]

Funny comic touching on the Script:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1390700947077144576

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Wow. And what is the lot size? Also, is it away from other people or shielded from the neighbors?

Little over an acre. The property is backed by creek and has some privacy. But I will have neighbors on similar sized plots, just not the house size. Land in this area is very expensive so I don't expect a trailer to go up across the street.

 

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[Guest-5ty5s4]

Never understood the appeal of penthouses. You get all this indoor space and a panoramic view over the city but you're essentially trapped 70 stories up in the sky and probably can't even open your windows.

For $66 million, you could have an impressive villa somewhere nice with a much better view, acres and acres of your own land with nobody bothering you, and not feel like a prisoner.

I would agree, except for the fact that a person buying a $66 million penthouse might be a billionaire, not a mere 50-100 millionaire.

Meaning, this is just another little dot on the map for them.

I would never stretch myself to live in a penthouse, or even make it my primary home comfortably.

But would be a cool 2nd home (or 3rd, or Nth...)

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

Question in regards to homes, billionaires, and stuff like that:

Is there a single billionaire in the world who owns their home outright?

Or do all of them manage their money as cash flow investments, and use loans etc for personal stuff (paid for by that investment cash flow)?