Are you saying they're getting better through obfuscation, as in an additional layer that blocks outputs that are too close? e.g. as opposed to just having so much more in their training sets that what they produce is more of an 'average' of many things and not a reproduction of one thing?
A railway enthusiast at the station told AFP he was taking the train only one stop and would disembark at Tianjin. "It's great that this line is reopening, because there are very few international rail connections in China," he said, before being subjected to an ID check by plainclothes police officers.
jason, next week
he went there recently and now he's dead. rip
Dear Mr. Nguyen, This is in response to your request for an administrative reduction of a minimum required setback pursuant to Section 5100.2.D.11.(c) of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance. This request was received via email by the Zoning Administration Division on December 11, 2025. BACKGROUND ZONING INFORMATION & SITE HISTORY: As owner of the above-mentioned property, you are requesting an administrative reduction of a minimum required setback pursuant to Section 5100.2.D.11.(c) of the Fairfax County Zoning Ordinance. Building Permit #BLDR-2025-00331 was issued on August 21, 2025, for a three-story addition, on a concrete slab, to the existing residence located at 4210 Marble Lane; you are listed as the permit holder for the project. The property is zoned to the R-3 Cluster District, which requires a minimum front yard setback of 20 feet; a minimum side yard setback of 8 feet, with both side yard setbacks totaling a minimum 20 feet; and minimum rear yard setback of 25 feet. In addition, the maximum building height for a residence in the R-3C District is 35 feet. As approved as part of Building Permit #BLDR-2025-00331, the proposed addition was to be constructed with a front yard setback of 21 feet; a right side yard setback of 8.5 feet and no change to the existing left yard setback of 15.6 feet (existing), for a combined total of 24.1 feet; and a rear yard setback of 25.1 feet. In addition, the proposed addition is to have a maximum finished building height of 32 feet. Based on the proposed setbacks and building height shown on the approved building plans, the addition satisfied the minimum requirements for the R-3C District. Construction of the addition commenced following the issuance of the building permit. Staff from Land Development Services' (LDS) Building Division Inspections Branch and the Permitting and Code Administration Division's Environmental Compliance Branch inspected the property and discovered that
the construction of the addition did not match the approved plans. Among the multiple deficiencies identified, staff found that the addition deviated from the wall bracing design within the approved plans and posed an immediate safety risk. As a result, the Building Official issued a Legal Notice for a Stop Work Order on November 24, 2025. Since the issuance of the Stop Work Order, construction activities have ceased, and County staff have been working with you to determine the corrective action necessary to secure the addition until subsequent steps are taken to bring the property into compliance. In addition to other ways construction deviated from approved plans, staff raised concerns about whether the right side yard setback of the addition as constructed meets the minimum required setback of 8 feet for the R-3C District (or the 8.5 feet shown on the plans). Due to this concern, you submitted a House Location Survey and Wall Check, prepared by Robert J. Tedesco Jr. and dated December 3, 2025. This survey shows that the unfinished wall of the addition adjacent to the right side property line to the northwest is located only 7.8 feet from the property line at the front corner and only 7.4 feet from the property line at the rear corner, failing to meet the required foot setback. The survey is taking these two right side yard setback measurements from the foundation of the addition, and the wood-framed portion of the addition is in an unfinished state; when finished, it will encroach further into the required setback.
b. The noncompliance was done through no fault of the property owner, or was the result of an error in the location of the building or structure after the issuance of a building permit, if required; It is acknowledged in your request that the approved plans for Building Permit #BLDR-2025-00331 reflected a compliant side yard setback of 8.5 feet. However, you stated to staff in a previous meeting that the addition was constructed 1.1 feet closer due to a surveying discrepancy that occurred on the initial survey produced to accompany the permit, which resulted in a side yard setback of only 7.4 feet.
It sounds like it was a surveying error, though it's a little unclear if it was in the stake-out (which I'd assume) or the initial survey like the owner seems to be saying. Approved plan met the setback requirement with 6" to spare.
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Ah, yeah that's a pretty critical distinction
no problem, this is just how you heard about the annexation of new jersey
(Biden issued a similar waiver during the pipeline cyberattack a few years back, though in that case it was for refined products.)
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Lets foreign-flagged tankers transport oil from rigs in the Gulf to the East Coast refineries that are now starved of crude.
I would expect this is a limited waiver for tanker movements from the Gulf to the East Coast refineries that typically refine oil from the Middle East, not a complete waiver that would help Hawaii or PR.
it'd be an official act though, so immune from charges at any level
I think it's also a slow time in the conventional market, since now's about when everyone gets to consider their renewal offers. Should pick up a lot in a few weeks!
In November WSJ did a profile of "the GOAT of new product ideas" (Taco Bell’s chief food innovation officer). Since I never use up my gift link quota:
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i don't love this if i'm being honest
But they still took back the House! Thermostatic public opinion's a bitch.
Mainly: furnished places are generally rented for short stints, so each one gets listed much more often than a yearly rental. It's not that there are so many more of them, it's just that there are more listings for them. An apartment rented for 30 days at a time gets listed 12x a year!
My brother's (high-rise scissor-stair) building in NYC has a trash chute, and an area in the trash room for cans/bottles, but all cardboard goes in the stairwell for collection lmao
Virginia Breeze Intercity Bus Service • Virginia Breeze ridership was 8,300 in November 2025, up from 7,800 in November 2024. See Slide 8 for more details. • The fifth route of the Virginia Breeze, the Tidewater Current, is set to launch in April. The Tidewater Current will run east-west from Harrisonburg to Virginia Beach, with points between, along the I-64 Corridor.
1x daily line opens next month! (with a pile of FTA 5311(f) money)
Charlottesville Area Transit bus embedded in some guy's living room. the rear screen reads SORRY
meanwhile in charlottesville:
The rationing doesn't come from imports vs self-production. It comes from price controls. I wouldn't rule out the administration trying them.
not a naval warfare expert, but it seems like not mining the entire strait but leaving a shipping channel right along their coast makes it easier to maintain the closure, effectively making the strait even narrower. less warning for drone launches, within range of conventional artillery
you're not gonna believe when waymo('s predecessor project) was revealed publicly
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You don't need a Mac to text from a computer. Google Messages (messages.google.com/web/) lets you pair to a mobile device for RCS texts, or older apps like Pushbullet let you send SMS texts (and optionally sync all your notifications) via a browser extension + Android app. www.pushbullet.com
just casually chilling on a beach while a fighter jet tosses sidewinders over your head
Ballistic missile strikes are a bit tangential to strait closure, AIUI. You don't need a ballistic missile to hit a 330x60m 20 miles away.
1 hour ago Trump Open to Khamenei Being Killed if He Doesn’t Cede to U.S. Demands By Alexander Ward and Robbie Gramer Demonstrators pose with pictures of the late Ali Khamenei and his son, Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Demonstrators pose with pictures of the late Ali Khamenei and his son, Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images President Trump has told aides he would back the killing of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he proves unwilling to cede to U.S. demands, such as ending Iran’s nuclear development, current and former U.S. officials said. The White House declined to comment, but Trump on Monday told the New York Post he was “not happy” that Khamenei was selected to lead Iran after previously calling him “unacceptable.” Trump last week on social media said he wanted a say in picking a “great and acceptable” ruler for Iran following its “unconditional surrender.” “I’m not going through this to end up with another Khamenei,” Trump told Time magazine last week. Israel would likely execute an operation aimed at taking out Khamenei, who was named as supreme leader on Sunday, a current and a former U.S. official said, noting that Israel is taking the lead on targeting Iranian leaders. Asked recently on CNN if Khamenei was a target for Israel, the country’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said: “You’ll have to wait and see.”
so is it over before or after we kill mojtaba khamenei, which he also casually threatened to do today
I mean... at least one captain is.
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TRO by Friday, PI by end of May
Oil prices dropping below $100 in overnight trading, from their initial spike to $119
If you’re pushing housing in lowrise n’hoods, eliminating useless sideyards is the unlock for the urban design everybody says they want.
In exchange for sideyards that no one uses, you get better units, lush interior courtyards, space for trees and play, higher density and lower energy use.
