18 May 2024

Dem solutions beget more problems. Since the Dems made it so that mail-in ballots use business mail to return ballots, the USPS wants to hold onto them for counting so they know how much to bill. Which means that counting will be delayed until they finish and send the ballots over for vote counting.

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38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible. I would have guessed higher.

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How to meditate when you can't seem to do it. The zen masters all say "Just sit".

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“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care. This wasn't on my bingo card ten years ago. Only rich obese are going to be able to get access. But diet and exercise are still free.

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Looks like Washington state is going to elect another Democrat to replace Democrat Jay Inslee.
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A lot. How Much Research Is Being Written by Large Language Models?  Some truly embarrassing stuff.  Does no one edit anymore?

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Can AI perceive emotion?  They can be trained on facial expression labeled datasets. But that isn't really understanding emotion. Even we humans (especially those with autism) struggle to correctly interpret facial expression.

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Google employees aren't happy with their salary. So what's new? Although these numbers look high, remember that these techies live in the Bay Area, and with California's taxes and fees, money can disappear quickly.

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No!  Geoff Hinton thinks we'll need some sort of universal basic income.  Bad idea. You do what you want in the UK, but leave the U.S. out of it. Money unearned is never a good idea. Even Alaska struggles to achieve this. Stay in your AI lane, Geoff.

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Why the Internet is boring. Is it boring? Depends on what you want and what you do? It can be a time-waster, sure. I know what I want to do, so it's not boring. Like life, it's what you make it.

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