I had an interesting one last week where my Calendar App popped up with an alert letting me know that my McAfee payment of $367 went through… Click on the link to view receipt…

Two weeks later and another 12 pounds… I did go to the doctor last week and my blood sugar was on the lower side. Doc told me to bring it up a little. I told him I was being cautious because of the diabetes risk. He looked at me like I was crazy. “You? Diabetes?! You’re way too healthy, and tall!” “Last month you told me the blood glucose was too high, and warned me about all the repercussions…” “Bahhh, you’re fine… Still need to lose more weight, though…” I did have a glass of whiskey with a tea on my birthday last week… I felt a cold coming on, so it was medicinal… Mothing since. My liver seems to have survived…

Yeah, but he bombed in his own country… 1990… Ouch…

Oh yeah, most of the people in my gym don’t. Unless they’re sweaty.

@taiwan_girl said in What is Claude? Scientists aren't sure.: I am still not sure that I fully understand AI and how they are developed. Treat like religious scriptures -- no one is entirely sure of their provenance, no one understands the whole thing, people endlessly argue over them anyway. I certainly do not understand how AI can do pictures that are so lifelike and real on almost any subject. I posted this video before, probably one of the better explanations around: Link to video Enjoy!

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Would the test be as difficult as that one where the Leader of the Free World needs to remember and recite "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV"? And, allegedly, scores higher than any other President ever in the history of the country? Because I think you might be selling yourselves a bit short. As we all know, that guy's a veritable fucking genius, and after polling the office I reckon a good 75% of the population could pass with flying colors.

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@taiwan_girl No need. We already know.

America’s very own Dim Philby.

There is a lot of Oscar buzz about Jessie Buckley but it must have been weirdly tempting to cast Anne Hathaway in the lead role of Hamnet.

Looks like a good sized twister hit around Kankakee, IL earlier and right now the map is showing another potential tornadic cell heading that way again. Lord help those people if a daytime tornado disaster zone is hit by a nighttime tornado…

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@jon-nyc said in I’m worried about a backlash against Pennsylvania teenagers: These are two Islamic terrorists that tried to commit mass murder in Manhattan Sunday. https://x.com/charlescwcooke/status/2031341296602763643?s=46 Not sure if that's Muslim. More like a Delta Quadrant alien known as the Kazon. ICE had better get right on this and work closely with the Men in Black. Not saying it's aliens but it's aliens and one ought to be better safe than sorry. As we learned from ST- Voyager, the Kazon are not to be trifled with.

Julie Andrews is still alive and living in Long Island.

There's a guy in our office who spends half his life talking about stuff he's 3D printed at home. The other half of his life is spent talking about how he hasn't been promoted. The rest of the time he's working. Apparently the one thing he can't print for himself is a clue.

Opportune time, with the US occupied with Iran and shorter on munitions.

That place in Manchester is about 3 miles from my brother's house. Remote, indeed.

This is great. Link to video