OK, yes, there are some quite useful application domains, but in the public media it is often presented as an "everything will be a million times faster" thing, which is completely false.

A piece on Iran's water problems. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-s-quiet-countdown-to-collapse/vi-AA1U6YRl

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/business/trump-budget-federal-deficit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA.bcEQ.wtAy307mjdd1 “It’s the most number-free budget we’ve seen in recent history,” said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget ... ... referring to the latest federal budget proposal by Trump.

@89th said: I really, really want to know what happened with the NASA official broadcast during the launch. An absolute fumble of video angles and directing. Did the director panic? I'd say 75% of the first 20 seconds was almost worthless, and they were showing the crowd when the solid rocket boosters separated. DEI [image: 1775302655651-48f98a9b-bb82-43e4-8ac2-55193ccd281c-image.jpeg]

What a wonderful trip. Glad you are having a nice time. Great pictures.

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https://x.com/fun_viral_vids/status/2040154696581558694?s=46

@89th said: I joined in 2005 when I was a baby at my first job out of college (man, it was almost exactly like Jim in The Office), except we sold telecom wire instead of paper, but the office size, layout, and even the boss looked just like Michael Scott. We even had a holiday party on a boat like they did in the first season! Anyway, I was really bored at work and they had blocked chat rooms, so I was searching to find a somewhat interactive place to chat and found the old coffee room somehow. What a stroke of random luck. I started a thread about how I can debate and beat anyone or something like that and I think @tom-k said "I'm scared" thinking I was going to be a bully. Turned out I was just a young idiot. Now I'm a middle aged idiot. You also had a man-crush on Sean Hannity.

I wonder how they define ‘early career salary’.

@89th said: You wonder what Vance's wife says in private. She has a remarkable poker face, but you know she is DYING inside for the sake of her husband's potential career. I would not be so sure. It's not uncommon for a wife to be supportive of her husband's career aspirations.

@jon-nyc said: ***=NSFW content***click to show Sete Cidades caldera, São Miguel island, Azores I am inpressed!! So close, but wrong island.

It ain't just in Minnesooota.

I use Gemini (aka TARS) on a 2nd vertical monitor at work. I mostly type in questions such as figuring out the best technical query or advice on how to integrate 2 systems. So it's mostly a powerful search engine with pretty good answers by default. I also use it to generate an image here and there, such as for a corporate blog I manage each week.

I remember leading up to the 2024 election there was some momentum behind a potential Carlson candidacy if Trump was going to be in prison. I could see it. Also, that first sentence...imagine saying that out loud 15 years ago during the Carlson bow-tie and Trump apprentice years.

89th said: It’ll be a night launch. Wish it was daylight but that’s only possible for one or two of these dates in April. [image: 1769429526740-1655d638-aa34-41fa-82d4-0af9ebe482f4-image.png] I'm glad we got lucky with the April 1st date. As I noted earlier, there were a few options that had a daytime launch, and what a spectacular launch that was. I know there's recency bias, but to my eyes and many who've seen plenty of launches, it was one of the most beautiful launches (visually) they've ever seen.

@LuFins-Dad said: You know the interesting thing about this? The husband of a Conservative politician, this guy is an embarrassment to his wife, family, and needs to be ridiculed, non-stop. But many of the same people ridiculing him celebrated Sam Brinton and condoned Aidan Maese-Czeropsk… Quite so. It also won't be the first time Ms. Noem's worked with a couple of enormous boobs seemingly incapable of effectively doing the job they were intended for.

I copy pasted Jon’s earlier post about Trump stating that Obama would invade Iran and added my own flavor to it on my social media. Reporter: how do you think President Trump is doing? Maga: he’s doing great! Reporter: how so? Maga: he’s doing everything he said Obama would do.

Doubling down? How’s he sell this? As a jobs program? https://x.com/polymarket/status/2039775349500698951?s=46