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@tswaterman

NLP and symbolic reasoning, language modelling for understanding. OG feral poaster

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when you have such ill-advisors running about, it's hard to avoid

09.03.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

say the crazy men who conveniently forget that England, Germany, Sweden, France etc. are all places that white people come from, but call "home" when it fits their political arguments.

09.03.2026 22:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

cold white-bread american cheese sandwiches, with mayo, for this guy until the end of time. Catering to our individual tastes, without regard for communal taste, indeed.

09.03.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All I can say is, I hope thereโ€™s a feminist punk band somewhere in the world named The Queers of Hormuz writing songs about climate change.

09.03.2026 03:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 123 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Financial documents compiled by ProPublica reveal a myriad of relationships among Trump and his team that could create conflicts of interest โ€” including ties between appointees and industries their agencies frequently interact with.

Explore our database ๐Ÿ‘‡

09.03.2026 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1141 ๐Ÿ” 541 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73 ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

yup. the economy will get done tomorrow

09.03.2026 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Megawarehouses are what the powerful build to kill off the last dredges of the human spirit. The preeminent architectural form for their imagined end of the world. Containment units for proliferating human suffering.

08.03.2026 16:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lot of Americans, while still technically alive, have already given their souls over to evil and are completely dead inside

07.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 509 ๐Ÿ” 108 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Kansas: Tell State Lawmakers โ€œYes on SB 1โ€. Ditch DST! Tell your state lawmakers to ditch Daylight Saving Time and restore permanent Standard Time! Daylight Saving Time makes us set our morning alarms an hour earlier than Standard Time, every work da...

Kansans, remind your state legislators to sponsor SB 1 and ditch Daylight Saving Time! www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...

07.03.2026 21:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

iโ€™m hoping we get some public hearings out of this. it doesnโ€™t always stop things (cf Kavanaugh) but it can leave some serious bruises

07.03.2026 01:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

really just the dumbest name they could come up with

07.03.2026 01:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i am not generally a "go through the hoops to write a comment I don't think will really be read" kind of guy, but for a plan THIS bad, by a guy I hate THIS much... I'll make the exception

23.02.2026 05:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 670 ๐Ÿ” 391 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

as it turns out, to get things done, you actually have to do things

07.03.2026 00:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

good hair hides a multitude of sins

07.03.2026 00:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i stopped for lunch, opened this godforsaken app, and now 3 hours later Iโ€™m still here. MAKE IT STOP

07.03.2026 00:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

can Johnson gargle balls any better than this? ๐Ÿคฎ

06.03.2026 23:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this cluster of stupid satellites will not only ruin your view of the night sky, make a hash of astronomy and the science, but also
* poison the upper atmosphere
* screw up the ozone layer even more
* spew of tons of rocket propellant
* create a garbage dump in the sky

06.03.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wow.
great results on a "nasal vaccine" for covid and other respiratory diseases

06.03.2026 19:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

worth reading, to remind yourself of the long-term plans that are still directing world events. Some people just hate the future, and everyone in it

06.03.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 59 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
CBS News
Lawmaker proposes ending daylight saving time in Pennsylvania
By Josh Taylor
October 30, 2025 / 6:55 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Daylight saving time happens only twice a year, but the semiannual changing of clocks leaves an impact on the rest of the calendar.

Currently, 48 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia follow daylight saving time, excluding Arizona and Hawaii.

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) is proposing House Bill 119 in an effort to make Pennsylvania the third state to opt out, as permitted by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Diamond says there are multiple health hazards and other concerns that result from changing clocks twice per year.

"The incidences of strokes go up twice a year in the weeks following the changing of clocks," said Diamond. "There's a measurable decline in academic performance. There's a measurable increase in accidents, workplace accidents.

"Just in general, for everybody, it's kind of a pain in the butt."

Diamond says forโ€ฆ

CBS News Lawmaker proposes ending daylight saving time in Pennsylvania By Josh Taylor October 30, 2025 / 6:55 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh Daylight saving time happens only twice a year, but the semiannual changing of clocks leaves an impact on the rest of the calendar. Currently, 48 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia follow daylight saving time, excluding Arizona and Hawaii. State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) is proposing House Bill 119 in an effort to make Pennsylvania the third state to opt out, as permitted by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Diamond says there are multiple health hazards and other concerns that result from changing clocks twice per year. "The incidences of strokes go up twice a year in the weeks following the changing of clocks," said Diamond. "There's a measurable decline in academic performance. There's a measurable increase in accidents, workplace accidents. "Just in general, for everybody, it's kind of a pain in the butt." Diamond says forโ€ฆ

Yes on HB 119 to ditch DST in Pennsylvania! Tell your PA state lawmakers!

06.03.2026 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

i feel you here. i have very little idea anymore of the internal dynamics of these monsters

06.03.2026 18:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

truth. same.
tiny OSHA-approved hi-viz me needs to keep up the safety warnings

06.03.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. So sad too bad.

2. I think smoking out the implementation problems is a really good reason for the Judge to have entered his order requiring refunds immediately.

3. I'd forgotten about interest!

06.03.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 119 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This has nothing to do with the specific content here, but Polymarket adopting the language of news, here with BREAKING, and with Texas election results earlier this week, is BAD. Polymarket is not and will never be a news org or break news. It's a betting app. It's Draft Kings for sociopaths.

06.03.2026 17:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2052 ๐Ÿ” 519 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

this is a great critique of the โ€œ vibe coding โ€”> productionโ€ paradigm.
if only anyone understood the purpose of critique :)

06.03.2026 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

fascinating takedown of Platner

06.03.2026 17:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you've seen "world model" demos it's apparent that one future of software is AIs just constantly hallucinating every computing environment forever; things that used to require a fraction of a watt now require a small nuclear power plant

05.03.2026 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Preview
Along Came an Influencer: How Americaโ€™s Bestselling Writer Became MrBeastโ€™s Co-Author After decades atop the thriller game, James Patterson is fending off waning sales by doubling down on collaborationsโ€”and dabbling in romantasy too.

itโ€™s funny โ€” I read *a lot*, and I have never heard of this man. He seems to write the kind of novel I just instinctively gloss over on the shelf

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

06.03.2026 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is the economic equivalent of cutting yourself to see if anything can still hurt

06.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I wasn't so massive a stoner that staying up past 11 was physically impossible, I'd say this is what keeps me up at night.

There is a real danger these conflicts fuse into one. Then we get the world war everyone is so excited for.

06.03.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0