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  • Are we in an AI bubble?

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    jon-nycJ
    Best comment: [image: 1765495500714-img_9227.jpeg]
  • Let’s not get him started on Wordle scores

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    Doctor PhibesD
    I'm going to pretend that I care whilst secretly sneering at your pointless existence.
  • 14 months' work at the gym and the dinner table

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    jon-nycJ
    It’s hard to say. I haven’t been doing much cycling in the past 6 weeks but it’s gone up in that time. I bought an indoor trainer for my basement but haven’t used it much due to the awkward placement. I just got rid of that large extraneous bed in my basement which will allow me to put it in a good place and use it more. What’s new for me in the last six weeks or so is daily treadmill time.
  • Calibri v. Times New Roman

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    AxtremusA
    @89th said in Calibri v. Times New Roman: I'm just trying to visualize how some of this Administration's dumber moves actually come about... Visualize this (h/t @wtg, also involves Rubio's department): Feds bring woman to US to face charges, then say she’s here illegally [and wants to deport her before she's tried] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/feds-bring-woman-to-us-to-face-charges-then-say-she-s-here-illegally/ar-AA1S4hnV
  • Good morning from Miraflores

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    jon-nycJ
    South Pacific sunset. [image: 1765409923950-img_9207.jpeg]
  • The Godfather’s Cat

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    HoraceH
    I thought it was CGI.
  • First time for everything

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    HoraceH
    I picked up a prescription yesterday from an Asian young lady. But since she's a pharmacy tech, or maybe even a pharmacist, I'm sure she was at least mid 20s. Anyway, she was stunning. From what I could tell through the drive through window at least. Which is enough to infer everything I couldn't see.
  • My AI Training

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    MikM
    @Axtremus said in My AI Training: ![alt text](image url)@Mik said in My AI Training: ... but you still have to amass and feed it the data. Where it can help you is you can train it to do normal engineering reports where you just put in the parameters and it does all the verbalization for you. But it can't amass data it hasn't been given. That's another concern ... how do you know the data you feed it will not leak outside your data security enclave? You don't. Exactly why I stay away from cloud storage as much as possible.
  • Move over, MLK Jr

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    Doctor PhibesD
    @jon-nyc said in Move over, MLK Jr: Of which the geezers birthday isn’t one, yet.
  • And then there were 12

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    89th8
    I thought this was about JMU making the top 12 in college football playoffs
  • 3 hours and 42 minutes

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    89th8
    Odd. I fly Delta all the time and have a nearly flawless experience with them. Reliability, the app, cleanliness, service... I say odd because my friend flew Delta this weekend to come watch the Redskins lose to the Vikings, his flight here was delayed 6.5 hours (two deplane events, two mechanical issues) and then last night on his way home it was delayed 1.5 hours, although admittedly it was somewhat related to de-icing.
  • Trump Pardons

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    jon-nycJ
    Yeah told him next time he’s on his own.
  • Variable Pricing on Instacart

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    MikM
    Instacart's business model has been to gouge the customer since day one. I won't use them. There was talk about Kroger using variable pricing, but I see no evidence they ever actually did it.
  • Retro by Sec. Trans.

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    MikM
    @Doctor-Phibes said in Retro by Sec. Trans.: A bunch of mf's who always fly first class or in private jets have decided they're going to improve our experience. What about free alcohol, shit-for-brains? I don't think that is the solution.
  • 7.6 magnitude earthquake in northern Japan

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    MikM
    Saw that yesterday. every time one hit when I was in CA I was in a vehicle and didn't feel it.
  • We had record harvests, Comrade

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    MikM
    https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/ppi_11252025.pdf
  • Some judges should ‘learn to code’

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    MikM
    I wholly agree.
  • The Australian retirement savings plan

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    Doctor PhibesD
    the program requires employers to make a 12% contribution to a retirement fund on behalf of the employee. That would be great - my employer invests roughly that amount with a defined pension, and we also get 401K matching on top of that, but they're very unusual in today's work place. It's a good way to ensure that long-term employees don't leave, whether you want them to or not Implementing it suddenly would obviously put a huge strain on some employers. The additional benefit has to be paid from somewhere. My salary is presumably lower than it could be to cover the pension cost.
  • Chernobyl had Blue Dogs too!

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  • What the actual hell?

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    KlausK
    That's why I go to a Turkish barber. They basically take a flame thrower to burn body hair.