Norse Dog

The consequences were entirely predictable, raised in advance and played out exactly like you would expect.

Reminds me of the extremely early days of LLMs. Our group was reorganized, and in our first meeting about a feature that had access to all user data and network connectivity, the VP in charge explained that he had gotten permission to skip mandatory security and privacy reviews.

IMHO a strong indication that the entire republican party is owned and operated through blackmail and kompromat. It's a disappointing failure of both internal and external defense against corruption, but here we are.

Their entire credo is "other people must follow all rules, and we still get to harm them even if they do; we on the other hand, can do whatever we please, and will rub escaping any consequences even for very public horrific violations"

That said, having kids late in life makes some things ridiculously much easier (and had me wonder how young parents cope). Congrats and a virtual toast.
Also, your wife has excellent taste in caps.

Interesting maybe to US Democrats - one of the two majority parties (SPD) looks like they barely scratched 5% following a time of being spectacularly useless as opposition to the other majority party (CDU)

IMHO, if they want all that money for an illegal war, this is a great time to cut all the new funding that was allocated towards DHS.

In all seriousness though, defunding the secret police is probably on of the few remaining ways to save democracy.

Oh my, that shot with the cat at the end made my day. Thank you for sharing! :)

Spot on. To me, it feels just like having a team of excited juniors. You make remarkable progress over a short time, and then you spend a week firefighting some quite frankly insane code with increasingly well intentioned but completely bonkers suggestions from the crowd.

The Anthropic versus Pentagon conflict is at least three questions which the media skipped asking

1. Should a computer be able to kill people?

2. What’s an acceptable error rate for that computer given LLMs 5% hallucination rate?

3. Can the government force you to sell them your tech to kill?

Cirque du Soleil performers dance around a cube lit by projected images.

Just saw Cirque du Soleil's "Echo" in Marymoor park, and it was astounding. I thought I had seen my share of shows, but this one defied every expectation and continuously subverted expectations in the best possible way. Outstanding performance.

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Lach. Mein Go-To move, wenn ich mal sturmfreie Bude habe, ist erst mal Hausgrundreinigung zu machen und dabei die Bagage zu vermissen ;)

Look, some people might be forced to *resign* as a consequence of murdering people and embezzling millions! Isn't that punishment enough, I ask? /s

LLMs really enable and hyper-power Dunning Krueger effect overconfidence.

I immediately recognized that view and felt right at home ;)

If anything, the last decade is a devastating demonstration that our systems are remarkably incapable of achieving accountability and justice, for all the effort put in.

Left me surprised that authoritarians even bother pretending and hiding.

That said, it does nothing to address the other problem we suffered, being mired in corporate power politics.

Historically, the groups I worked in never had enough competent people to tackle their problems, mostly because we simply couldn’t hire up to what we’d really need.

In the context, AI as a productivity multiplier for experienced folks might do boatloads of good.

IMHO konzertierte globale Aktionen einiger Demokratiegegner, die leider Wirkung zeigen :(

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

I mean, are we *sure* he hasn’t learned his lesson? —- S.C., Maine /s

US Employers Unexpectedly Cut Jobs, Unemployment Rises February data call labor market stabilization narrative into question

Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump and a Republican Congress "for the economy." This is what you get, a sputtering job creation engine that can't make progress like before and keeps rolling backwards.

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Lol. No better feeling.
Although still I harbor a lot of anger towards people who cancel an 8am in office meeting at 7:45.

Arguably, the logical next step is to ask "who is going to enforce any of this"?

have noted this before but want to again emphasize that us Tattoo Havers can tell you only certain shops would have totenkopfs and they are going to be surrounded by other nazi symbols that you will in fact easily recognize

ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’ Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s ‘arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rights

ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’ Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s ‘arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rights ...

Floor of the US House Chyron: on motion to suspend the rules and agree H Res 1099 Republican: Yea, 215, Nay 0, Pres 0, NV 3 Democratic: Yea, 157. Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 2 Totals: Yea, 372, Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 5

157 Democratic members of the House just voted yea for a resolution that confirms they agree with the Trump administration's reasoning for starting with a war with Iran.

It passes 372-53-2

Sobering thought of the day: the people who decided now was the time are perfectly comfortable with this, and they aren’t the sort to give up power easily.

Congress could, and should, ban this. Impose the same rule nationwide as some states already have: if an incumbent doesn't file for reelection by the deadline, the window to file gets extended a week or two.