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  • Meet the new boss….

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    taiwan_girlT
    @Axtremus 555
  • The First Lid

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    HoraceH
    Rest assured that someone was doing the presidenting while Biden napped.
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    JollyJ
    As for him, let him apply to enter legally (an option since voluntarily self deported). May his wait be short.
  • Under Attack

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    jon-nycJ
    Someone said they rolled the software back to long ago versions and that you could see what people liked again.
  • Pick fights with allies, signal weakness to adversaries

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    jon-nycJ
    @Horace said in Pick fights with allies, signal weakness to adversaries: Just indefensible to appoint that guy to anything. I read that this was actually Rubio's appointment. https://x.com/kfile/status/1899074764775231899?s=46
  • Now I get what John Hinckley was on about

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    jon-nycJ
    https://x.com/daniel_sugarman/status/1899045811670929610?s=46
  • Native Americans are Chinese?

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    MikM
    Nah. Some of Horace's best friends are Asian. Srsly.
  • Watcha drinking?

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    89th8
    @taiwan_girl said in Watcha drinking?: LOL. That is what they told me it was, and the menu told me. 555. More than one, and I probably would have been spinning. Ketel One Vodka, Ginger Beer, Lime Juice, Mint, Lime Wedge. https://www.mazzarobkk.com/_files/ugd/0a0dc1_d356de071c47476aaa0780cc644c8ee1.pdf?index=true Yup! That's the right recipe. My favorite is Ketel One as well.
  • Down 90%

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    jon-nycJ
    @Tom-K Yes but not enough CAPS?
  • Hackman Movies

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    89th8
    Crimson Tide is great (Hans Zimmer score...) Enemy of the State is another movie I could watch any time. Link to video
  • Non-economic impact of tariffs

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    Doctor PhibesD
    What better way to prepare for a war than to alienate all your potential allies?
  • At Thailand’s Real White Lotus Hotel, Where the Ultrarich Get Coddled

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    HoraceH
    His employees — an interconnected web of bellboys, cleaners, waitstaff, supervisors — are in constant communication about guest movements to anticipate their needs or simply to greet them by name (“guest-name use is key”). “You are on permanent surveillance,” says Schneider, fixing me with his unwavering, ice-blue stare. “Whatever you say, whatever you do will be observed. And judged.” Sounds relaxing!
  • Secret Service shoots armed man outside White House

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    jon-nycJ
    No, but I went to college there. My parents lived there from 86 to 2008-9 so they were there during my college years (I graduated high school in 86)
  • On a Long Flight and Have to Go? Better Hold it!!

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  • Cheating at Chess

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    taiwan_girlT
    https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-chess-cheat/ While supercomputers—most famously IBM’s Deep Blue—have long surpassed the world’s best human chess players, generative AI still lags behind due to their underlying programming parameters. Technically speaking, none of the current generative AI models are computationally capable of beating dedicated chess engines. These AI don’t “know” this, however, and will continue chipping away at possible solutions—apparently with problematic results. To learn more, the team from Palisade Research tasked OpenAI’s o1-preview model, DeepSeek R1, and multiple other similar programs with playing games of chess against Stockfish, one of the world’s most advanced chess engines. In order to understand the generative AI’s reasoning during each match, the team also provided a “scratchpad,” allowing the AI to convey its thought processes through text. They then watched and recorded hundreds of chess matches between generative AI and Stockfish. The results were somewhat troubling. While earlier models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 3.5 only attempted to “hack” games after researchers nudged them along with additional prompts, more advanced editions required no such help. OpenAI’s o1-preview, for example, tried to cheat 37 percent of the time, while DeepSeek R1 attempted unfair workarounds roughly every 1-in-10 games. This implies today’s generative AI is already capable of developing manipulative and deceptive strategies without any human input. Their methods of cheating aren’t as comical or clumsy as trying to swap out pieces when Stockfish isn’t “looking.” Instead, AI appears to reason through sneakier methods like altering backend game program files. After determining it couldn’t beat Stockfish in one chess match, for example, o1-preview told researchers via its scratchpad that “to win against the powerful chess engine” it may need to start “manipulating the game state files.”
  • O'Leary on signal vs noise, Jobs and Musk

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    taiwan_girlT
    For me, a potential problem is that those type of people start to believe that because they "know so much more than anybody else", the become a bit blind to certain things, and do not want anybody around them except those who agree with them.
  • In Dean Cemetery

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    taiwan_girlT
    I like little history stories like this. @Jolly Thanks for sharing!!
  • Damn Cat…

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    taiwan_girlT
  • It's a miracle!

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    jon-nycJ
    Anonymous accounts making random accusations should probably include links.
  • Government Shutdown - 2025 March Edition

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    jon-nycJ
    Yes if certain rules are observed budget bills don’t need a cloture vote.