24 December 2023

I was wondering why Apple was not releasing any A.I. like everyone else. Turns out they did – it's called Ferret. It's multimodal, and it's designed to be lightweight enough to run on your phone. Looks like it was missed by others as well.

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"Around seven million men in their prime working age neither have jobs nor are looking for one, creating a huge hole in the labor market" says this YT video. Something similar was covered a year ago. This is why unemployment is so low, because you have to be actively looking for work to be considered unemployed. Unemployment statistics are meaningless.

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This guy is launching a new video uploading site, called Flare. Hey, I thought YouTube was going to be a dumb idea, but look what it became. Flare will let you monetize no matter what the content. It won't censor. We'll see how well that philosophy goes a year from now.

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Age discrimination. Company refuses to hire older guy. Now they have to pay for that discrimination. Yay.

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KOMO news has this article about a recent uptick in criminals targeting Asians. Then on Reddit, people have a problem with the Japanese being reluctant to accept foreigners. Maybe Japan doesn't want that any of that "recent uptick" in their country.

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City management like this explains failure. This woman loser tried to be on Burien's City Council, and now is just causing trouble. But this is what she posted about Safeway's using blue lights in their restrooms to counter them being used for drug abuse. Oregon's Measure 110 has similar "harm reduction" vibes, which is why nothing gets done.

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Gotta credit Vivek Ramaswamy about calling out transgender mental illness in one of his campaign stops. He's not afraid to address the issue head-on. Take a listen.
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