most historians agree that 2027 is an appropriate, if arbitrary, start date, but obviously i have my own opinion

i’m coming to the conclusion that more than anything else world war 3 is going to be very confusing for everyone involved

chatgpt and its relatives are fundamentally limited by the fact that linear increases in performance require exponentially increasing amounts of data and processing power, whereas its getting implicitly marketed as if it were the other way around.

so the inevitability of decreasing return on investment means it will be a race to the bottom to deploy cheap, shitty versions of this stuff anywhere it might be “good enough”, and over time the ecosystem will evolve such that “good enough” is a depreciating standard even as it expands into more and more niches. everything will get worse in ways we haven’t even imagined yet.

i think you’re conflating united healthcare and united health group. witty is the ceo of united health group, which owns united healthcare. witty was thompson’s boss throughout.

time is a flat circle

very interesting

The method involves injecting finely ground iron ore powder into an extremely hot furnace… The result is a display of bright red, glowing liquid iron droplets that rain down and collect at the bottom of the furnace… Known as flash ironmaking… The new method also works exceptionally well for low or medium-yield ores that are abundant in China… the new technology could improve the energy use efficiency of China’s steel industry by more than one-third. As it eliminates the need for coal entirely, it would also enable the steel industry to achieve the coveted goal of “near-zero carbon dioxide emissions”

certainly sounds promising

honestly i like borscht

clearly biden’s childhood catechism is no match for his insatiable bloodlust. i don’t think it would amount to much.

the shooter might be dozens of miles into new jersey by now!

apparently he’s had knee problems the past couple of years

age discrimination laws exist for a reason. it sounds like more than anything else you’re overworked and burned out. i’ve been there and honestly it sounds like you have more to deal with than i ever did. i don’t know that i have anything helpful to say other than i hope you get through this.

not a hill i’m willing to die on either, chum. interesting article.

i think you might be combining and in your memory, yeah

A rich person on “vacation” surely doesn’t have to deal with that crap and nobody checks too closely if the right contacts are used.

maybe not a billionaire or something, but there’s no way the shooter is passing for that. at best they get the customs agent sent out to the private plane to handle passport control there before being allowed to debark. countries still do passport control for private planes.

exactly, a strong moral compass would’ve cost that ceo most of his wealth, but then i guess in many ways this whole incident can be regarded as a market correction

but there was a lever and brian thompson had his hand on it and could have used it to save lives and chose not to in the relentless pursuit of profits

those dogs are bitey, israel has a right to defend itself. and let’s face it, hunter’s no angel after the federal weapons charge and all.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-death-of-hassan-nasrallah/

edit before you point out that it’s not ordering americans to take to the streets to celebrate:

yes, you are correct. the point here is that biden released a statement referring to the carpet bombing of a lebanese suburb that killed hundreds of people in order to target nasrallah as bringing “a measure of justice for his many victims.”

they’re all temporarily embarrassed chief executive officers

guess they’ll need to make sure the guards and their families all get the platinum health plans, huh?