What Everyone Gets Wrong About the AI Bubble - YouTube

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in reply to Partisan Night Slut

His interpretation of Lie #1 is glib. The model being "better" has nothing to do with knowing anything. Its usefulness is in automating the process of writing, or producing an image. And it continues to get better at that. There's no indication those improvements will hit a ceiling. Sure, the vertical of how well it can write from scratch is slowing down. But the lateral of areas writing can be applied continues to grow. Same with images and video.

MAGA Don speaks

whitehouse.gov/research/2025/1…
Statement & link to an 8 page report comparing the year over year inflation by state - highlighting the differences between conservative and liberal states.

In brief
- 2.7% across the US
- 2.5% in conservative states
- 3.0% in liberal states

The "live" link at the top of the page is this video
youtube.com/watch?v=vMBSsEW9SH…
which is streaming Christmas music & has Santa Trump looking at the illegal alien naughty list.

RE: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11574114…

So simple and so clear on how finance works and why most of it is full of shit.

The Big Short explained this in the casino scene about mortgages, but the concept is the same in general in finance. To think which part our pensions, 401ks and IRAs are invested in


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Inside: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance; and more!

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(This is the last edition of Pluralistic for the year - see you in 2026!)

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I'm in love with a song named Fred!

😀

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John Michael Chambers podcast with Ret Lt Col Riccardo Bosi

Bosi Briefs: Unpacking the Plan – Trump’s Executive Orders, Gitmo Tribunals

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Under the Tracks・ガード下: Nightlife along the train tracks leading to Tokyo Station, near the revitalized Hibiya Okuroji.

東京駅につながる線路沿いのナイトライフ、活性化した日比谷OKUROJIに近い。 hermosawavephotography.com/251… #ナイトライフ #東京駅 #日比谷 #活性化 #ガード下

BREAKING NEWS

In a newly released Jeffrey Epstein email it was revealed that Donald J. Trump flew on Epstein's private jet EIGHT TIMES!
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2AM, Adams-Morgan, Washington, DC, 2023.

All the pixels, open 24 hours, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52…

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in reply to Matt Blaze

This is a high resolution stitch of three captures with the Rodenstock 32mm/4.0 HR Digaron lens, yielding a 230 MP image with roughly the angle of view of a 14mm "full frame" rectilinear lens. The high resolution invites you to look closely for signs of life, but they remain elusive.

While this is literally a photo of the street, it's not a "street photo" at all. The empty nocturnal streetscape is completely devoid of life and human activity, though it hints at sometimes being a bustling place.

Dumb shit that delights me: was looking over the new additions to Boston Public Library's Flickr Commons account. There are some cabinet cards of well known people which I've been able to add to Wikipedia including

- a photo of ALA's second president and generally famous librarian Frederick Poole
- the signature of the guy who wrote "My Country Tis of Thee"
- Corrine!

United States: Thousands of Latinos Crowd Food Banks for Christmas Amid Suffocating Inflation cubasi.cu/en/news/united-state…

Adrian Belew didn’t plan on joining another band, but Gizmodrome changed all that. What started as a casual session with Stewart Copeland turned into a full-on, joy-fueled group with Mark King and Vittorio Cosma. Belew talks about rediscovering that “kids in a candy store” feeling, recording songs in two takes, and why the project reminds him of Remain in Light-era Talking Heads.

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Opinion: If My Coworkers Didn’t Want a Bag of Loose Pills as a White Elephant Gift, They Should Have Put X’s on Their Hands

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Russia Denies Evacuation of Diplomats and Reaffirms Support for Venezuela cubasi.cu/en/news/russia-denie…

The Nordic startup scene keeps heating up, with the ecosystem now valued at more than half a trillion dollars, and a newly-launched fund now adding to its success with a focus on writing the first institutional checks to companies focused on robotics, AI-native companies, and deep tech founders.

Getting a new phone for the holidays doesn’t mean giving up Signal message history. Restore old messages on a new phone using Signal Secure Backups or device-to-device transfer.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.

Background: lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-asks…

Our 15 Most Popular One-Pot Dinners for Winter
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The Kitchn: This easy lasagna is what comfort food dreams are made of
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007 First Light Has Been Delayed Until May 27th

IO Interactive has announced that its upcoming James Bond game, 007 First Light, has been delayed until May 27th, 2026. The game was meant to come out on March 27th, 2026. This means that 007 First Light has been delayed by two months. IO Interactive stated that the dev team needs a bit more time …

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08:56 Almasirah correspondent in Sa'adah: A civilian was seriously injured after the Saudi enemy opened fire on travelers near Al Thabit in the Qatabir border district english.masirahtv.net/news/432…

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NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 591.67 Released & Detailed

NVIDIA has released a new hotfix driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 591.67 fixes three specific issues that plagued its graphics cards. So, let’s take a closer look at them. The NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Driver 591.67 fixes a bug that could cause slight banding on gradients …

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We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)

Link: blog.helix.ml/p/we-mass-deploy…
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