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(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

"Alpha Centauri is open for exploration.

The only thing prohibiting exploration is the lack of a warp drive.

If we had a warp drive and the USS Enterprise, it would be open for exploration."

They both abandoned AI and found real human connection. Gotta love that for them. lol

They gotta be counting each query as a user. That's absolutely NOT unique users, or even unique visits. That's 800m QUERIES. MAYBE - if the number isn't complete bullshit.

use your fucking brains for one second, people. 800m weekly active users is *ten percent of the entire human race*. ONE AI MODEL garnering that much usage is an impossibility

remember, if michael myers or freddy tries to murder you today tell them NO! today is jason’s special day for murdering

Age is just a number, a number that means how old you are

[On phone]

Me: 'Hi. Is this Jake's Bakery?'

'This is Jacob'

Me: 'Oh. Can I speak to Jake.'

'Yes. Right. That's me.'

Me: 'Ah. OK. I think I cracked the code. Let me see... If I ask you to bacob me a cacob, how long will that tacob?'"

I hope this kid is rejected from every job he ever applies for.

I hope he never finds a restaurant that would serve him.

I hope he gets dragged in front of congressional committees every month for his role in doge.

I had to see it so you do too

I’ve heard of it. Comes from coconuts.

Apparently, Kegseth hasn’t destroyed their ability to drop truth bombs.

What the great philosophers failed to consider is my feelings

went to my childhood home recently and had a chance to sit down and really talk openly with the bogeyman in the basement. pretty decent guy actually and very sensitive. all those times he chased me up the stairs he just wanted connection. we did a pretend chase for old times sake

We get blamed for everything

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

remember when everyone was all IT'S MUELLER TIME and we thought actions had consequences, hahahaha, we were so young then

What the shit is this

Truly the sounding refrain of our time

The Democratic party is as unpopular as it is because its own voters find the party feckless and weak.

I only have feral peeves.

typo? I assumed it was about the pork marketing system

Demanding a list of Jews, eh? I know this story.

I legit thought "gorilla mindset" was a joke until I googled it. I mean, it's still a joke, but it's also a real thing.

WIFE: he calls blueberries “bloobs”

DIVORCE LAWYER: my god

A list outside what's presumably a convenience store, advertising: "Mobile accessories Cold drink Confessionary Xerox Ice cream Food to go"

Three Hail Marys, a USB cord, Häagen-Daz, and a Coke. Copy that

When Stuart Little has a flat he calls aaa

No you never read honest fiction.