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murder rank	Fri Aug 19 16:00:08 2022 How Two Physicists Unlocked the Secrets of Two Dimensions "Condensed matter physics is the most active field of contemporary physics and has yielded some of the biggest breakthroughs of the past century. But as rapidly as technology has advanced, scientists have only scratched the surface. Now for the first time, Jie Shan and Fai Mak, a married couple of physicists at Cornell University, have figured out a way to create artificial atoms in the lab, opening the door to a new era in research." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpsu9_ql0-M
murder rank	Fri Aug 26 20:28:37 2022 Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar This incredible animation shows how deep humans have dug http://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1562993341801074688
kargen rank	Fri Aug 26 22:20:30 2022 Interesting video. The animation on the digging wasn't all that incredible.
murder rank	Fri Aug 26 22:21:46 2022 No it wasn't. I'm just using this for random stuff.
kargen rank	Sat Aug 27 00:02:30 2022 Yeah it was. Then again I like experimental physics stuff. changing view of lights from space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki-hoy-3ea8
murder rank	Wed Aug 31 17:17:01 2022 World's Highest Jumping Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daaDuC1kbds
TheChildren rank	Wed Aug 31 18:08:04 2022 chinese without Chinese, u literally wuld be 50 years back in time
murder rank	Wed Sep 07 01:30:15 2022 World's Largest Cruise Ship to Be Scrapped Before First Voyage It may have cost around $1.4 billion to built, but the Global Dream II is destined to be trash. The ship that would have become the world’s largest cruise liner has been scrapped before it ever had the chance to take its maiden voyage. If wasting wild amounts of resources and money is your type of thing, this is the story for you. Global Dream II was slated to carry 9,000 passengers and was built by German-Hong Kong shipbuilding firm MV Werften to the tune of nearly $1.4 billion, according to the Daily Mail. It was nearly finished when the company went bankrupt at the start of this year. Since that happened, no buyer has stepped up to buy the 20-deck, 1,122-foot-long monstrosity. That means it’s now destined for the scrap heap. The Mail says that Global Dream II also features an outdoor waterpark and a movie theater. Man, I really don’t get cruises. The capacity of this ship blows the second largest ship, the Oasis-class Wonder of the Sea which is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean, out of the water (I love a good pun). The Wonder of the Seas has a passenger capacity of only 6,988. Pathetic. Despite the $1.4 billion put out to build this behemoth, the ship still needs about $230,000,000 worth of work. Apparently, it is structurally complete, but equipment and passenger facilities still need to be finished. Eagle-eyed readers will have noted the “II” in the ship’s name. Yes, there is a twin Global Dream, but it hasn’t been given the ax… yet. The Mail reports that right now the two ships are being stored in a German shipyard in Wismar. However, that yard will soon be used to build military vessels. That means the Global Dreams have to be out of there by the end of next year. http://jal...rapped-before-first-1849501828
murder rank	Fri Sep 09 23:09:40 2022 Driverless Vehicles (crap) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFL7ZcBIugc
murder rank	Mon Sep 12 22:29:46 2022 http://twitter.com/overtime/status/1569122324338573312 Trust falls should be replaced by this.
murder rank	Sun Sep 25 20:20:27 2022 Like he wasn't even there. (Vince Carter/Fredric Weis) http://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1573900100983824386
murder rank	Fri Dec 02 22:45:41 2022 10m long RC Concorde. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGeVSAHeuk
murder rank	Thu Jan 19 06:37:26 2023 The world’s largest waterfall ... is underwater. http://youtube.com/shorts/DQlljS7u8Kg
Habebe rank	Sun Jan 22 21:02:43 2023 I want to know who made Pinochet's capes. I mean, not many places sell high quality capes, I know, Ive looked. Where they custom? Cotton/wool blend? Ive always had a fondness for robes, I think I'd like to get a few capes to match my suits and the weather. They do look pretty harass, long or short. Maybe they could be Kevlar for added protection, he had a dangerous job sanitizing the country of communists.
Daemon rank	Mon Jan 23 17:57:27 2023 No more simple on-off switches, this is our bright future: http://www...year-no-one-can-turn-rcna65611 The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off Blame it on the pandemic and "supply chain problems," says the school district's assistant superintendent of finance. WILBRAHAM, Mass. — For nearly a year and a half, a Massachusetts high school has been lit up around the clock because the district can’t turn off the roughly 7,000 lights in the sprawling building. The lighting system was installed at Minnechaug Regional High School when it was built over a decade ago and was intended to save money and energy. But ever since the software that runs it failed on Aug. 24, 2021, the lights in the Springfield suburbs school have been on continuously, costing taxpayers a small fortune. “We are very much aware this is costing taxpayers a significant amount of money,” Aaron Osborne, the assistant superintendent of finance at the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, told NBC News. “And we have been doing everything we can to get this problem solved.” Osborne said it’s difficult to say how much money it's costing because during the pandemic and in its aftermath, energy costs have fluctuated wildly. “I would say the net impact is in the thousands of dollars per month on average, but not in the tens of thousands,” Osborne said. That, in part, is because the high school uses highly efficient fluorescent and LED bulbs, he said. And, when possible, teachers have manually removed bulbs from fixtures in classrooms while staffers have shut off breakers not connected to the main system to douse some of the exterior lights. (long article, read the rest at the link)
murder rank	Mon Jan 23 21:23:34 2023 Yeah but it's OK because it's an energy saving lighting system. :o)
murder rank	Wed Jan 25 07:19:44 2023 Could Ultrasound Replace the Stethoscope? http://www...asound-replace-the-stethoscope
murder rank	Thu Feb 02 07:19:55 2023 Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI Car-dependent suburbia is subsidized by productive urban places. That's why American cities are broke.
Habebe rank	Fri Feb 10 00:20:16 2023 Detoxing day 3, Ive codified my urine, tripled up on my water pills and drank a shitload of cranberry juice and water, lots of sleep, food and binge-watching Netflix. My toes feel tingly, whole body is a little sore, gonna need a soak, might get some weed for March.
murder rank	Fri Feb 10 01:36:31 2023 Detoxing from what?
Habebe rank	Fri Feb 10 01:47:41 2023 I bought a small mountain of speed, been pretty zooted for like 3 weeks, but I have long standing rule of atleast 1 week a month to rest, otherwise you go crazy. No more than 3 days without sleep and 1 week a month of heavy rest. I've been building shelves and orginazing the garage and storage sheds/trailer etc. Watching that 90s show.
murder rank	Fri Feb 10 04:57:30 2023 Acoustic Levitation http://youtu.be/cWe3l8paA4Y
williamthebastard rank	Fri Feb 10 13:52:00 2023 Weiner schnitzel. Deep-fried beef steak. Why is this not a classic staple of the american kitchen?
Paramount rank	Fri Feb 10 15:37:55 2023 My guess is that they haven't discovered the Weinerschnitzel yet. It took them 98 years to discover the cheese slicer.
murder rank	Fri Feb 10 18:36:45 2023 Lighter than Hydrogen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrabgulN1L8
williamthebastard rank	Fri Feb 10 18:37:15 2023 I mean, they even bash it with a rolling pin first to make sure it can be chewed with toothless gums. You've got violence, no need for teeth, red beef and deep frying. You'd think Florida would have made it their national dish decades ago
murder rank	Fri Feb 10 19:09:20 2023 We eat bistec empanizado ... but only a prick eats veal.
Rugian rank	Fri Feb 10 21:57:50 2023 "murder Member Wed Feb 01 23:19:55 Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI Car-dependent suburbia is subsidized by productive urban places. That's why American cities are broke." Tl;dw version: people shouldn't be allowed to get around by car or owned detached houses. Everyone should live in tower blocks and rely on public transit. No fucking thank you.
Habebe rank	Fri Feb 10 22:05:31 2023 "Weiner schnitzel. Deep-fried beef steak. Why is this not a classic staple of the american kitchen?" It is, the difference is it's called chicken-fried steak and it is rarely made with veal and more likely to be served with mashed potatoes or noodles than cabbage. Very popular in TX and the South.You won't see it much in FLA because the Cubano cuisine and it's heavy influences dominates and has alernatives.
Habebe rank	Fri Feb 10 22:10:14 2023 "Car-dependent suburbia is subsidized by productive urban places. That's why American cities are broke." They never ask WHY people flee US cities to begin with.
murder rank	Sat Feb 11 05:00:51 2023 "Tl;dw version: people shouldn't be allowed to get around by car or owned detached houses. Everyone should live in tower blocks and rely on public transit." No ... people who wish to live outside of urban areas should pay their own fucking bills. Relatively wealthy people should not have their lifestyle subsidized. I don't care for tower blocks or public transportation. Public transportation would need a serious re-think and re-design for me to have any use for it. The aisles would have to be widened significantly (impossible due to the typical width of traffic lanes and rail lines) and the seats would have to all be spaced further apart (side to side and back to front). And there would have to be security on every single bus and rail car. I have no use for being crowded by strangers ... especially on public transportation where the strangers tend to be stranger. And forget tower blocks. The only thing that would deter me from living in the sticks with acres between me and my neighbors is the sticks and the people that live there. :oP
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 12 19:50:19 2023 Murder You say you don't want tower blocks and public transportation...but those are the implied "solutions" the video offers. -The denser a land site's use is, the more accretive it is to the tax base. The video was effusive of the example of Guelph in Canada, where they elected to allow tower block construction. -Cars are a force for evil, in part because the parking lots needed for them don't generate high municipal taxes. The video was decidedly against the classic retail store with parking lot model, but had nothing but good things to say about the turn-of-the-century retail buildings that lacked any significant parking capacity. Fundamentally, the video author doesn't understand supply and demand. People *want* the suburban experience, and if a bunch of urban planners suddenly decide to penalize that lifestyle those people will simply move to the next town over. Its one thing to say that people should want to live in dense communities, but its quite another thing to actually getting them to want to do that.
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 12 19:51:22 2023 Anyway...continuing on with the junk: BALTIMORE HOODS LOOK CRAZY http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P-nqy1NAij8
murder rank	Mon Feb 13 06:54:45 2023 "You say you don't want tower blocks and public transportation...but those are the implied "solutions" the video offers." I've seen a bunch of that guys videos and what he really favors are walkable communities. He favors building communities where the preferred modes of transportation are ... 1. walking 2. biking 3. mass transit 4. cars Believe it or not, he drives ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k He appears to not live in any kind of apartment block either. But my point for posting that video was just so that people understand how things really work. As he points out in this ^ video, building out to the point that the tax base can't support it just leads to more and more things falling into disrepair.
Habebe rank	Mon Feb 13 07:59:45 2023 Built a shelf today, well framed it out, I thought I had more OSB, but it was just plywood. With the price of Plywood these days, I didn't want to waste it on a tote shelf.
earthpig rank	Tue Feb 14 01:21:38 2023 "No ... people who wish to live outside of urban areas should pay their own fucking bills. Relatively wealthy people should not have their lifestyle subsidized." Already done at the pump, tyvm. IRL (as in, not in fantasy land) public transit is heavily subsidized by those who own/use cars to drive in from the suburbs. Anyways, stream of consciousness as I watch. I can only speak from knowledge/experience in California. It's possible, plausible even, that this sort of thing plays out differently in conservative areas. re: roads and water being more expensive per capita in the burbs. Already solved in CA. New developments have your choice of an HOA, or a special property tax assessment, in 100% of cases that I have recently seen (note: most consumers do not know how to read a property tax bill and are not aware of this... the developer certainly isn't going to highlight higher property taxes, "high taxes" isn't a selling point). The utilities and roads are covered there. For schools, the ad valorem part of property taxes are tied to the sales price of the home, which the developer obviously has an incentive to manipulate to the highest price possible, which they do (rigged appraisals, etc), so the new homeowners are already paying more than their fair share. re: focus on high density. Sure, if you cram more units of profit into a smaller area, you're able to squeeze more out of them. This is the argument for factory farm chickens. Neither extreme is great, to be honest, we should build a diverse array of housing. The "missing middle" should be built more, that's the one that is VERY CLEARLY lacking. Duplexes, fourplexes, things like that. All else being ballpark equal, triplexes do not have 3x the cost and 3x the property tax bill of a SFR. The high density stuff is great for really old people, and really young adults, but baby makers will always prefer (and remember, they get to vote) EITHER the low density SFR or (if it existed) the missing middle. Oh... that's it? This video was kind of meh, nothing really new or insightful. I guess that's why it's the junk drawer. Fair enough.
earthpig rank	Tue Feb 14 01:24:47 2023 "baby makers will always prefer (and remember, they get to vote)" And the older people, with kids who have kids or may have them soon, they're living vicariously, so they will sometimes vote in the interests of their kids/grandkids. The theoretical reasons for shoving everyone into soviet style apartment blocks ("walkability" is just the marketing buzzword of the moment for idiots, there is absolutely nothing new about the proposal, or the information presented in the video) aren't relevant, it's not going to get the popular vote except in geographical localities wherein there's no choice (San Francisco) so you may as well. Missing middle, however, may be able to get some voter backing, at some point.
murder rank	Tue Feb 14 04:39:11 2023 "Neither extreme is great, to be honest, we should build a diverse array of housing." Yes ... but many places don't allow anything but single family housing. And once single family residences start going up, you can forget about changing that. Home owners won't stand for it. When I was growing up we were mostly poor, but the area wasn't particularly so, and it had pretty much everything. There were 5 grocery stores and a fruit stand/store within 2 blocks of our apartment. No food desert there. A bakery, a bank, multiple small restaurants, multiple gas stations within blocks and mechanics, a jewelry store, a pharmacy, a shoe cobbler!!!, a flower store, multiple hardware stores, a sporting goods store, and I'm sure other stuff that I'm forgetting at the moment ... all < 1/2 from our apartment. You could get almost anything without leaving the neighborhood. And on the rare occasion that you couldn't, the bus stop was less than 2 blocks away and it would take you right to downtown Miami without even having to change buses. And that neighborhood had everything from single family homes, to duplexes, to single level apartment strips, to little 2 floor 4/6/8 apartment buildings, to larger 2 floor buildings with 20 apartments, to 4 and 5 story apartment buildings with > 40 apartments. I just don't see neighborhoods like that being built anymore. But now I'm rambling ... :oP
Habebe rank	Tue Feb 14 05:27:45 2023 Damn, EP comes out of retirement and just landed a mike Tyson in his prime shot.
Habebe rank	Tue Feb 14 07:06:04 2023 Shelves are done. If some foods have flavor compounds only dissilveable in alcohol(tomatoes) how would they taste if I filled a jar with tomatoes and poured white wine over them and set it on my fridge? Garlic? Onions?herbs? Maybe a mix of wine, vinegar and olive oil?
earthpig rank	Wed Feb 15 02:33:13 2023 "Yes ... but many places don't allow anything but single family housing. And once single family residences start going up, you can forget about changing that. Home owners won't stand for it." There's actually some drama underway on exactly that front in California. Over a dozen cities didn't file required plans to do their part to expand housing availability (build more). So now builders get to bypass that local planning authority entirely. Law suits already underway. http://the...-to-recognize-builders-remedy/
earthpig rank	Wed Feb 15 02:34:50 2023 @Habebe - it's the one area that I happen to be slightly more well informed than the average bear on. :)
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 18 21:44:40 2023 "The Idaho House passed a resolution on Wednesday to begin talks with the Oregon Legislature about potentially expanding the Idaho border into eastern Oregon. Such a resolution has its roots in the Greater Idaho movement, which seeks to absorb 11 Oregon counties, or 63 percent of the state’s landmass, into Idaho. The rationale for such a move is that the leftist residents of northwest Oregon — Portland, Salem, Eugene — control the politics of the state, and therefore rural, conservative residents in eastern and southern Oregon are effectively silenced on matters of state governance." http://the...alks-to-annex-oregon-counties/ Will never happen, but a boy can dream :o
Habebe rank	Sun Feb 19 03:15:02 2023 I need to dig a trench, 2.5' wide, 2' deep and maybe 200' long. I'm thinking of black powder in cardboard tubes to loosen it all up first.
Habebe rank	Sun Feb 19 03:16:25 2023 The government didn't used to be such pussies in our parents/grandparents day when anyone could just go buy a 1/4 stick at tour local hardware store.
murder rank	Sun Feb 19 06:58:37 2023 "The Idaho House passed a resolution on Wednesday to begin talks with the Oregon Legislature about potentially expanding the Idaho border into eastern Oregon." Sounds like an act of aggression. I'm sure that Oregon's well regulated militia with beat Idaho's incursion back with their 2nd Amendment arms.
murder rank	Sun Feb 19 07:00:47 2023 "The government didn't used to be such pussies in our parents/grandparents day when anyone could just go buy a 1/4 stick at tour local hardware store." Yeah but then militants started blowing up federal building.
murder rank	Sun Feb 19 07:09:46 2023 "I need to dig a trench, 2.5' wide, 2' deep and maybe 200' long. " http://www...060/ditch-witch-ht275-trencher
murder rank	Sun Feb 19 07:21:58 2023 Or you can ask your buddy Putin if you can borrow one of these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnqkA-SADE
Habebe rank	Wed Feb 22 00:22:50 2023 I don't think that 42k lb trencher would fir on my road. My options are 1. Rent a trencher 2. Dig by hand (no) 3. Home made explosives 4. I almost bought a used auger for $80. It would probably take two of us to keep moving the auger. Unless I rigged something up. Speaking of which, the homeless are geniuses. I found an abandoned large metal shopping cart and decided to put it in the trunk (was in the Yukon) I thought I would have had to rig up the wheels off a wagon for better handling, nope works great as is, gonna grab more. Unloading groceries or moving storage totes etc. Has never been so easy.
EuropeanPussy rank	Fri Feb 24 18:32:23 2023 Nobody wants the Brits back in the EU, barbarians http://twitter.com/Urban_Pictures/status/1628099487141855232
Habebe rank	Sat Feb 25 03:04:30 2023 I gave up the car I wanted because my sister killed her car. She really doesn't deserve a V70 volvo, she will beat it to death like she does every car. The only person Ive ever met who drives every tire til it pops.Never changes the oil, let alone belt maintenance. But they need a car and now, I may buy it off them if they get something else, but the entire interior will have to be replaced. She borrowed my car when I was like 17 when hers died, just to work and back She said, bullshit. I didn't smoke, eat or drink in my car, other than water. I swear to fucking god she stopped over one day, and I went to check on my car and not only was there fastfood trash everywhere, it reaked of cigarettes, there was a half eaten 1/4 burger just chilling on the back seat floor! She eventually drove it with no oil until it threw a rod.She is Jack the Rupper to cars.
Habebe rank	Sat Feb 25 03:09:23 2023 Something about how meticulous the Swedes are, their contributions to automobiles is just....excuisite. Compare that to the Euro-hoopties BMW & Mercedes turned out to be.
Habebe rank	Sun Feb 26 08:17:41 2023 Thinking of rigging up some security cameras. Inside and outside. I like being able to watch from my phone, but I also want hard storage, because wifi isn't the best. I can put the hard storage in my big safe, if they steal that, they earned it. Its the size of a small walk on closet, concrete floor poured just below the door and anchored & chained underground. I just don't like the standard security cams. Maybe a bunch of pinhole hidden lawns...idk. Suggestions?
Habebe rank	Mon Feb 27 00:19:02 2023 Motherfuckers put my 11/16 socket in my 14mm slot. IT'S LABLED, god damn savages.
habebe rank	Sat Mar 04 06:42:17 2023 I'm dying, I can't function in this heat/humid air. I end up stuck inside with an AC or else I'm melting. I need a head band that not only wocks away sweat from forehead and behind the ears but maybe has some hoses with coolant. I found one with a built in USB fan, but it looks worse than packing a bag of frozen corn under a bandana. Humans were not meant to live in such weather, and especially not Habebes, I always envied Canada for it's near perfect weather.
Habebe rank	Sat Mar 04 07:03:38 2023 Ok, I think Ive got it. I found a tiny refrigeration compressor, so a vest/head band lined with cooling hoses run into the back where the compressor is could condense the heat, then take some bismuth telluride alloys to generate electricity. A human male at rest creates 100-120watts. Depending on how efficient the alloys are this could power itself. You need to reduce your body heat, so condense it, convert it to electricity to run the mini compressor that draws and condenses the heat from you.
Habebe rank	Mon Mar 06 03:31:04 2023 Well, this seems to have become Habebe's talk to himself thread, that's cool. Built 3 more shelves last night, installed them today and replaced the old shop lights with bright, light and cheap LED shop lights. Got most of the stuff in totes stored away on the shelves. Might grab a cheap desk for sorting. I made a quick 10 minute desk, but ended up needing that to sort comic books.... The trailer is largely cleaned up, just needs some sorting alot of which, I can't do as IDK what people want to do with it. Ive waited long enough though, ifnthe mood strikes me I may just usurp that authority in the name of getting the place done. Next stop is the garage, Jesus Christ, do I have my work cut out for me, however, it will be worth it.
Habebe rank	Fri Mar 10 01:50:25 2023 Just venting, I'm surrounded by sloths, tits on a bull, everyone of them. Everyone always wants something but my god are people lazy.On the off chance I get help with something, they are terrible at everything they do andnusually just annoy me more. I mean, people can't seem to do the most mundane and expected tasks. It really is hard to find good help. I may need to import a handler, I havn't had one for a while.
tumbleweed rank	Mon Mar 13 04:33:09 2023 extraordinarily inconsiderate person http://twitter.com/evargastv/status/1635105105681809408?s=21 looked even worse than the still captures
tumbleweed rank	Fri Mar 17 00:06:32 2023 good legal advice presented in weird way http://twitter.com/SxarletRed/status/1636132406989127681
Average Ameriacn rank	Fri Mar 17 22:44:10 2023 RIP, he was a decent black man http://usa...e-john-wick-actor/11493481002/ Actor Lance Reddick, best known for his work on HBO's "The Wire" and the "John Wick" movie franchise, died Friday. He was 60.
Rugian rank	Fri Mar 17 23:29:22 2023 ^ aw that's a bummer. His appearance on Eric Andre was hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaWa4ScfQXc
Daemon rank	Sat Mar 25 17:35:01 2023 The French are used to revolutions http://twitter.com/flitzpiepe0815/status/1639524653596131328
murder rank	Sat Mar 25 19:37:39 2023 All this over the retirement age being raised to 64? In the US some people want to raise it to 70 or higher. The French would bring out their dull rusty guillotines if that happened in France.
Habebe rank	Sat Mar 25 20:27:21 2023 Increasing the retirement age means that we are failing as a society. What good is a military that can rape the world of we can't plunder enough to care for our old folks?
Paramount rank	Sun Mar 26 01:35:07 2023 If this was Iranian police who beated protesters then France and the EU would put sanctions on them. Which they actually did. http://twi...?s=61&t=C7YI8upxCqhyhPMRv9y0zg The french are brave people who are standing up to their oppressive regime. The more the police continue to beat people the closer to a revolution it will be. Neo-liberalism may die in France.
murder rank	Sun Mar 26 03:12:11 2023 Don't they have elections in France?
Daemon rank	Sun Mar 26 10:39:04 2023 Paramount, more than 400 have been killed in Iran since the protest started in 9/22.
Rugian rank	Sat Apr 01 13:05:07 2023 The hunt for a missing toddler came to a tragic end Friday evening when the child’s body was found inside an alligator’s mouth in Florida. The father of Taylen Mosley, 2, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder: for the child and for the stabbing death of the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery. St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were investigating the area of Dell Holmes Park when they spotted an alligator with “an object in its mouth” inside Lake Maggiore. Officers fired a round at the alligator — killing it — and forcing it to drop the child’s body. Taylen’s body was retrieved, though police said it’s not yet clear how the boy died or if he was dead before he ended up in the lake. “We are sorry that it had to end this way,” police Chief Anthony Holloway said. http://nyp...rs-mouth-after-mothers-murder/
Rugian rank	Sat Apr 01 15:43:36 2023 "A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The woman risks a fine of 12,000 euros but not prison if convicted at the trial due to be held in June. She was arrested on Friday and held in custody for questioning after the state's local administrative office filed a complaint over her Facebook post, the prosecutor in the northern town of Saint Omer, Mehdi Benbouzid, told AFP. The complaint focused on a post on her Facebook page made on March 21, the day before Macron gave a lunchtime interview to TF1 television to defend his controversial pension reforms that have sparked nationwide protests. "This piece of filth is going to address you at 1:00 pm... it's always on television that we see this filth," she wrote. The woman, in her 50s, had been a supporter of the 2018-2019 "Yellow Vest" protests that shook Macron during his first mandate. She stands accused of "insulting the president of the republic" and will stand trial on June 20 in Saint Omer, the prosecutor said. "They want to make an example of me," the woman told La Voix du Nord regional newspaper which first reported the accusations. The woman, named by the paper as Valerie, said she was astonished when she answered the knock on the door on Friday morning to find police had come to arrest her. "I asked them if it was a joke, I had never been arrested," she said. "I am not public enemy number one." The months-long protest movement against the pension reform has sent social tensions spiralling in France and Macron and his government refuse to give way. New clashes between police and protesters erupted Tuesday and unions have announced a new day of strikes and protests on April 6. (AFP)" http://www...r-insulting-macron-on-facebook
murder rank	Mon Apr 17 07:23:36 2023 This is what this thread was made for ... http://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ccGP2zZK78
Daemon rank	Fri Apr 21 13:20:29 2023 AI does not fix human stupidity http://www...-over-ai-interview-2023-04-19/ Schumacher family planning legal action over AI 'interview' April 20, 2023 April 19 (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher's family are planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an 'interview' with the seven times Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence. A spokesperson for the Schumacher family, asked by Reuters for a comment on Wednesday, pointed to published reports of legal action. The Ferrari great has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013. The family has guarded his privacy since, with access limited to those closest to him and little information given about his condition. The latest edition of Die Aktuelle ran a front cover with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising 'Michael Schumacher, the first interview'. The strapline added: "it sounded deceptively real". Inside, it emerged that the supposed quotes had been produced by AI. "We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he's comfortable, and to simply make him feel our family, our bond," Corinna Schumacher said in a 2021 Netflix documentary. "We're trying to carry on as a family, the way Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives. "'Private is private', as he always said. It's very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible. Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael." Schumacher's son Mick is currently the Mercedes reserve driver in Formula One, after losing his seat at Haas at the end of last season.
Daemon rank	Sat Apr 22 13:27:37 2023 You will soon get many more memos from your boss: http://www...ee-engagement-and-performance/ ... Copilot in Microsoft Viva Goals simplifies goal setting by guiding leaders through the process of creating objectives and key results (OKRs) as well as simplifying goal management across the organization. Copilot can suggest draft OKR recommendations based on existing Word documents, such as an annual business plan or a product strategy paper. Once created, Copilot saves employees time by summarizing the status of OKRs, identifying blockers, and suggesting next steps. Lastly, Copilot can consolidate existing data to generate more comprehensive check-ins so teams can leverage a breadth of knowledge across different sources of truth. Our latest research also suggests that high-performing organizations benefit from strong leadership communications and engagement with employees. In the new hybrid world, leaders need to connect across remote and in-person employees, inspire and inform them, and create listening engines to assess workforce sentiment. In fact, 96 percent of leaders say effective communication is the most critical skill they’ll need in the year ahead. Copilot in Microsoft Viva Engage helps leaders create compelling and inspiring posts from simple prompts or trending topics within workplace communities and storyline conversations. Copilot offers suggestions to personalize messages with options to adjust tone and length and to suggest relevant images, all to help drive authenticity and engagement. Further, leaders can utilize Copilot to analyze engagement metrics, assess sentiment, and recommend responses. ...
murder rank	Sat Apr 22 19:13:18 2023 "You will soon get many more memos from your boss:" Don't threaten me with a good time. ;o)
Rugian rank	Sat Apr 22 19:26:32 2023 You know, if it wasn't for vaccines I would really prefer to live in an era where computers are going to take over our jobs.
Daemon rank	Thu Apr 27 18:02:18 2023 http://www...018-elon-musk-claims-deepfakes Lawyers for automaker Tesla have argued that statements by Elon Musk about the capabilities of the company’s Autopilot software can’t be trusted as they could be deepfakes, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. Tesla presented this argument as part of its justification as to why Musk shouldn’t be interviewed under oath for a lawsuit blaming the company for the death of Apple engineer Walter Huang in a fatal crash in 2018. Huang died while driving a Tesla Model X, with attorneys for his family arguing Tesla’s driver assist software was at fault. The attorneys seek to interview Musk regarding statements he made about the safety of this software. These include an interview in 2016 in which Musk claimed that “a Model S and Model X, at this point, can drive autonomously with greater safety than a person.” (You can watch Musk making this statement in a YouTube video here.) Per Reuters, Tesla’s lawyers stated that Musk could not recall details about such claims and that, “like many public figures, is the subject of many ‘deepfake’ videos and audio recordings that purport to show him saying and doing things he never actually said or did.” But the judge in the case said this argument by Tesla’s lawyers was “deeply troubling.” “Their position is that because Mr. Musk is famous and might be more of a target for deep fakes, his public statements are immune,” wrote Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker. “In other words, Mr. Musk, and others in his position, can simply say whatever they like in the public domain, then hide behind the potential for their recorded statements being a deep fake to avoid taking ownership of what they did actually say and do.” (...)
murder rank	Fri Apr 28 00:53:15 2023 Wait ... so you're telling me that Elon Musk is dishonest and is full of shit? Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!! :o)
Daemon rank	Fri May 19 07:26:29 2023 Combine the lies of ChatGPT with human stupidity and you get this: http://www...dents-false-claims-1234736601/ Professor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers Texas A&M University–Commerce seniors who have already graduated were denied their diplomas because of an instructor who incorrectly used AI software to detect cheating (...)
murder rank	Fri May 19 21:20:50 2023 lol! ChatGPT should run for President. :o)
Daemon rank	Wed May 31 21:45:44 2023 http://www...-to-chatbot-after-unionization "May 25, 2023 Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization" http://www...onses-after-firing-human-staff "May 30, 2023 Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff"
murder rank	Sat Jun 03 07:30:59 2023 Perfect! :o)
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