Alton B.H. Worthington

"You're Right! Let me work up some examples of 'uninsurable risk' for you and I'll revise this plan for you, Le Epic Leader."

U.S. Plan to Unblock Strait of Hormuz Collides With Realities of Global Insurance The U.S.-centric insurance idea runs counter to the realities of an international market, according to industry executives.

"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said."

When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine."

www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-...

"we"

we have known about this threat for 20 years. amazing

"You've met me at a very HONK time in my life..."

Geez I never thought online survey filtering would become a political hot topic, it's oddly validating after trying to do that for 10 years 😅

Many Pieces

i'll note that yes, there are laws about this that formalize liability, fault, damages, etc, but it's more a conceptual thing - multinationalization isn't just factories and IP.

there's a lot in here, but the detail also shows how complex the "nationality" of global commercial shipping is these days. is the former ship Maltese? Greek? is the latter ship Marshallese? American?

tired: space elevator
wired: space straw

FUCK YEAH, THIS WILL HONK

Yes I am starting a project about narratives around AI and getting frustrated that the hype around them is largely adverb and anecdote based.

nevertheless

imagine the savings with limitless solar energy, plus no oxygen, so less fire risk. someone get elon on the phone.

orbiting oil rigs and orbiting refineries

you may not like it, but this is what Peak Perspiration looks like

U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling While bans on trans youth’s care have been numerous in recent years, this is the first to restrict care for transgender adults.

NEWS: It was never about the children.

Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.

www.advocate.com/news/court-b...

I guess I'm opening Clarkson when I get home...

If you're a Chinese, South Korean, or Japanese shipyard, you're checking your production schedule and maybe writing up job postings.

So I'm assuming maritime insurance for this area is totally nonexistent after this? (if it wasn't already)

sky can have little a "it can only good happen!" as a treat

Translation is one of the best things to use LLMs for.

Why?

A translation request is a tightly-controlled prompt. You are feeding in words & expecting matching words. Less room for hallucination nonsense.

When LLMs write code, they are translating from human language ➡️ programming language.

Again, the reason so many of us in academia are so categorically opposed to AI is not because we’re Luddites or idiots or denialists. It’s because ~every current tool & application of it is built on criminal theft & the bad faith monetization of it.

Good. Fuck em.

We talk about how AI is based on stolen labor, but we don't emphasize enough that it's an ongoing and future project.

Did I take a 10 minute sidebar in my Excel class to demo/explain decimal (integer and rational) vs binary (vs octal and hex) numbers while explaining data types? Yes.

Was it the best use of class time? I dunno.

Did I have fun? Absolutely.

IMO, "prediction" and "simulation" are quite different objectives (in practical terms) and I'm not paying WSJ to find out who is being sloppy about it (them, the startup, or both).

I think I've posted this a few times, but... doubtful. (osf.io/preprints/so...)

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SpaceX alone wants there to be 100x as many satellites as you see here.

welcome back, 1970