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Justin claims one thing and does the opposite. And in the name of some self-proclaimed progressivism, he has impoverished Canadians and orchestrated food insecurity.
On the other hand, while this drama teacher pompously declares his concern for purchasing power, he is increasing the tax burden by surreptitiously adding a second carbon tax, which will cost the average family $436 a year.
Mr. Trudeau is "worried" about the cost of living? No doubt he knows perfectly well that it's his policies that have opened the floodgates to inflation.
Les politiciens sont nombreux à manier l’art du mensonge politique et autres artifices sémantiques. Mais, au registre de la post-vérité et de l’enfumage mental, Justin Trudeau est imbattable.
@DocScranton @opphunter88 it only seems like i defed a lot of "people" because a few whiny trolls who are desperate for my attention like to screech about it
I decided to Mod my MP5 in Girls' Frontline out of spite to something, but now that I think about it, I'm not even sure how viable MP5 is, Modded or not
The formula used to distribute this royalty turned out to be a mechanism for further subsidizing CBC/Radio-Canada.
As if its $1.2 billion in subsidies weren't enough. Worse still, it will be entitled to more than the others, since the funding formula is based on the number of journalists.
@meowski @djsumdog That's the main thing that's missing: someone to ask me if I have five minutes to go over a feature request that the client believes is trivial, or to send me an email to ask if I got their Slack message asking whether or not I have seen the new mockups on Trello.
The battle against corporate evil is worthy and Real Americans are winning. Companies are abandoning ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in favor of making money again. Disney is one example.
@Bleukitty It was really nice. Everything went perfectly, except one of my sisters was sick and couldn't come. She is feeling better today. So that's good news. Her kids just went back to school last week and one of her kids came down with the germ first. Kids! 😁
At our house we didn't get but 1 & 5/8 inch from Tropical Storm Idalia at the end of the month. Other parts of NC received more rain from her than we did.
Do we think about vector storage completely wrong?
For search, we care about increasing the initial recall set. Which often can be 100s or 1000s.
Then we want to improve the precision over that with a smarter model that can use many things (BM25, numeric features of the data, cos similarity, etc)
Why do we obsess over perfect accuracy in top 10 for vector dbs? Building to those benchmarks have externalities making data structures that are hard to update and manage?
"like you do with arrays" I'm guessing you mean range-based for like
```` for ( auto dir_ent : dir.list() ) { ```` Yeah that would be fine and you could do that with a range.
But if you mean ```` for ( auto i = 0; i < dir_list.size(); ++i ) { auto dir_ent = dir_list[i]; ```` I have to think that's a bad idea. Think about what it would be like to implement dir_list in terms of `readdir` without allocating memory and scanning through the whole thing copying it over ahead of time.
Selon le propriétaire de Twitter (rebaptisé X), une association de lutte contre l'antisémitisme ferait pression sur les entreprises afin qu'elles n'achètent pas d'espace publicitaire sur la plateforme.
Elon Musk pourrait attaquer en justice la Ligue anti-diffamation (ADL) pour diffamation. C'est du moins ce qu'a annoncé l'entrepreneur sur Twitter (rebaptisé X). Lundi 4 septembre, le propriétaire du réseau social s'en est pris à l'association américaine de lutte contre l'antisémitisme.
They say "rights," we say "restrictions" #DRM are not for your digital /rights/, they are /restrictions/ imposed on you. Celebrate your own intellect by staying away from DRM. Learn more about DRM-free living at u.fsf.org/1aj
Leo Radvinsky's career began in 1999, when he was just 17. At the time, he was running up to ten websites promoting "pirated" logins to well-known porn portals. Radvinsky earned money with every click. According to Insider, a single site called "Ultra Password" could generate around US$1.8 million a year in the early 2000s.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us financially so far ... the money received is used exclusively to fund our small animal shelter that gives a reason to be my husband who suffers from mental...
Show the world how to live DRM free with these new T-shirts, now available in our #GNUPress shop. It has the link to the DRM-Free Living Guide on the back, comes in military green, and is manufactured eco-friendly. Check it out: u.fsf.org/40c #EndDRM
Etienne de la Boetie², author of Government — The Biggest Scam in History, and Kenny Palurintano of the White Rose join us to discuss their new project: White Rose Mucho Grande! Featuring highly thought-provoking visualizations of such convoluted top…
On #DayAgainstDRM 2022, we asked passersby what they think about digital sharing. In our interview with Muhammad, we asked "Would you feel wrong if you shared your music with someone else?" Read and watch the first video of the series: u.fsf.org/3vt #EndDRM #FreedomToShare
Flashback to this blog post from former campaigns intern Leonardo Vignini intern which details the history of #DRM: where did Digital Restrictions Management start, how did it get this bad, and what can we do about it? u.fsf.org/34g #DefectiveByDesign #EndDRM
La pornographie. Les Z ne connaissent pas leur chance de pouvoir, dès qu’ils savent se servir d’un portable, donc à quatre ans et demi, trouver en ligne plus de positions sexuelles explicites que dans le Kamasutra.
Les ados des années 1960 et 1970 n’avaient pas cette chance. Il nous fallait étudier attentivement le TV Hebdo pour y repérer les films diffusés parfois les soirs de fin de semaine.
We weren't five years old when we were allowed to spend whole afternoons cycling around the city without a helmet. If they'd told us to stay on the bike path, we wouldn't have known what they were talking about. Our only indication was to come back for supper. Today, parents like that would be in jail.
On n’avait pas cinq ans qu’on nous laissait partir des après-midi entières à vélo dans la ville, sans casque. On nous aurait dit de rester sur la piste cyclable, on n’aurait pas su de quoi on nous parlait. Notre seule indication était de revenir pour le souper. Aujourd’hui, des parents pareils seraient en taule
Amerilards today are learning that, in the eyes of the state, there's no functional difference between making a little insurrectional gesture and doing an actual coup, and I just think that's really great.
pretty sure my cell lysis had very low yield last time possibly due to using plastic tubes in the sonicator. probably just gona repeat the experiment with a few changes
Your parents, dear Z, loved you, pampered you, treated you like royalty. Ours actively wished us dead. How else can you explain the fact that they dumped us in the back seat of the car - or even in front, for that matter - without a proper seat, without even a seatbelt? I often had to lie in the space just in front of the rear window, with only a pillow and a blanket for protection, on long journeys, at the mercy of the first collision that came along.
Vos parents à vous, chers Z, vous ont aimés, dorlotés, traités comme des rois. Les nôtres souhaitaient activement notre mort. Comment expliquer autrement qu’ils nous aient largués sur le siège arrière de la voiture — ou même devant, d’ailleurs — sans siège adapté, sans même de ceinture de sécurité ? On m’a souvent couché sur l’espace existant juste devant la vitre arrière, avec un oreiller et une couverture pour seule protection, sur de longs trajets, à la merci de la première collision venue.
If you're hosting a virtual or hybrid #SoftwareFreedomDay2023 event, please let me know. I want to pass the info on to people who can't attend a local one. I need time, time zone, how to join and language of choice (human not programming). If anyone in North America wants to get together to attend, volunteer or organize an event, please write me. If you're having trouble finding an event, post to the mailing list: softwarefreedomday.org/mailing… list. #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #OpenSource #SoftwareFreedomDay
There’s three empires: Central banks The Vatican Corporations
The US is a resort that’s needed new paint, new carpets, some new management, maybe a new sign out front, a better security system and many other patches for 50 years. I still go to it out of nostalgia but the place is a dump now.
Tout d'abord, il n'y avait pas de manettes pour changer de chaîne de télévision à distance. L'un des téléspectateurs devait se lever de son fauteuil, se rendre devant le poste, le plus souvent accroupi, et tourner un bouton pour, selon l'expression consacrée, " changer de chaîne ".
For a start, there were no joysticks for remotely changing TV channels. One of the viewers had to get up from his or her armchair and walk in front of the set, usually crouching, and turn a knob to, as the saying went, "change the channel".
Any financial help from you will be directed to our small animal shelter in Quebec City. The shelter provides an occupation for my husband (the Shoshin) who has suffered various setbacks due to a serious mental illness. We thank you all on behalf of us (Nancy and Shoshin) and our animals.
Any financial help from you will be directed to our small animal shelter in Quebec City. The shelter provides an occupation for my husband (the Shoshin) who has suffered various setbacks due to a...
A federal court throws out Alabama's congressional map again
A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama's latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act.
In an order released Tuesday, the judges said they are "deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires."
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that its electoral plan unlawfully dilutes minority votes and requiring a plan that provides an additional opportunity district — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district," said U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco and U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer. "The law requires the creation of an additional district that affords Black Alabamians, like everyone else, a fair and reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The 2023 Plan plainly fails to do so."
“In terms of the vaccine mandates, I acknowledge that it was a challenging time for people but they ultimately made their own choices. There was no compulsory vaccination. People made their own choices.”
This statement is sparking an amount of #outrage, mostly among those who feel they were forced to get #vaccinated, and while the outrage is understandable, the man is telling no more than the literal #truth. Virtually no one was actually compelled to get vaccinated, as we were all presented with choices. To be threatened with the loss of one’s job, the inability to play a sport, to drink in a club, or to eat in a restaurant, the cancellation of one’s college acceptance or one’s travel plans, may be unpleasant, but it is still to be presented with a choice.
Many people, most people, made bad choices. They made what in retrospect look like very suboptimal and dangerous choices that prioritized their short-term preferences over their long-term health.
So remember this next time! Remember this when the new “mandates” are put in place. The choice is still going to be yours. Learn from the mistakes that were made last time, and remember, those who are putting you in this difficult position are going to point out after the fact that you were the one who made your choice.
Virginia mom sues school district claiming staff kept daughter Sage Blair's transition to male a secret before runaway teen was kidnapped, raped and trafficked across state lines https://t.co/z9ifvNyy
END OF THE LINE FOR TRUTH SOCIAL? MERGER WOES THREATEN TRUMP'S MEDIA
Truth Social might be in a bit of trouble. And when I say a bit of trouble, I mean the platform could be shutting down altogether if the stars do not align. The company, established in October 2021, is reportedly on the brink of collapse due to its troubles merging with Digital World Acquisition Corp.
The platform was meant to become a tech behemoth worth up to $1.7 billion. But with the deal in jeopardy, this might not come to fruition:
When former president Donald Trump’s media start-up announced in October 2021 that it planned to merge with a Miami-based company called Digital World Acquisition, the deal was an instant stock-market hit.
With the $300 million Digital World had already raised from investors, Trump Media & Technology Group, creator of the pro-Trump social network Truth Social, pledged then that the merger would create a tech titan worth $875 million at the start and, depending on the stock’s performance, up to $1.7 billion later.
All they needed was for the merger to close — a process that Digital World, in a July 2021 preliminary prospectus, estimated would happen within 12 to 18 months.
“Everyone asks me why doesn’t someone stand up to Big Tech? Well, we will be soon!” Trump said in a Trump Media statement that month.
Now, almost two years later, the deal faces what could be a catastrophic threat. With the merger stalled for months, Digital World is fast approaching a Sept. 8 deadline for the merger to close and has scheduled a shareholder meeting for Tuesday in hopes of getting enough votes to extend the deadline another year.
If the vote fails, Digital World will be required by law to liquidate and return $300 million to its shareholders, leaving Trump’s company with nothing from the transaction.
The deal has been fraught with challenges having been postponed six times. The issues include scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allegations that Digital World engaged in early conversations in violation of rules governing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), and a slew of
internal problems, such as the termination of the chief executive and insider trading allegations against a former board member.
If the vote for another extension fails, Digital World will be compelled to liquidate and return $300 million to shareholders. This would leave Trump’s company with empty pockets.
SPACs, also known as “blank check companies,” are investment vehicles that allow investors to invest in private equity-type transactions.
Investors set up these entities with the purpose of pursuing deals in certain industries. The only purpose of this type of business is to raise capital through initial public offerings (IPO) to acquire existing businesses.
Digital World’s funding consists largely of small-time retail investors, which makes it difficult to get sufficient participation in critical votes. Trump Media blames the SEC for the myriad of delays, accusing it of political sabotage.
@Timtoolman I look at TS the same way that I look at the no- name gas station that is up the street. I rarely, if ever, go there myself, but I am glad it's there --because their low gas prices force the other gas stations' prices down too.
So I'm glad that TS is there, if only because real news is getting out now. The MSM news, political hacks and X are getting all fact checked on TS. The C I A's stranghold on the news isn't blanketed or nearly as effective. TS is forcing more balance.
The SEC counters by claiming that Digital World made “material misrepresentations” to investors.
There is also the reality that Truth Social has not lived up to its ambitious goals. In July, it had about 500,000 monthly active users in the U.S. This fell far short of projections that it would reach 41 million users by the end of 2023. Indeed, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson decided to air his interview with the former
president on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, instead of Truth Social.
The future of Truth Social remains uncertain. But if it does go under, there could be a silver lining – it could prompt the former president to return to X. If he comes back to the platform, we can already imagine the hilarity and triggering that will result, right?
We already saw what happened when Trump posted his mugshot on the platform. Using X might allow him to once again dominate the headlines as it would get engagement from a wider swath of users – including those on the left.
Another disadvantage of Truth Social is that it attracted primarily those on the right. This created an echo chamber similar to other “free speech platforms” that tried to position themselves as alternatives to mainstream social media sites.
The hurdles Truth Social faces are not to be taken lightly. The clock is ticking and the companies involved have limited time to make a deal. If things fall through, then Truth Social might be no more. But, if Trump comes back to X, it might actually benefit his campaign for the presidency more.
J'ai visionné ce film qui me semblait banale, mais les premières minutes m'on fais réagir par la réalité horrible des certains milieux hospitalier #Canadien montre dans ce film comme exemple tragique. À VOIR.
synopsie: V.F. de I Care a Lot|Marla Grayson est une tutrice réputée spécialisée auprès d'individus âgés et riches. Aux dépens de ces derniers, elle mène une vie de luxe. Mais sa prochaine victime s'avère avoir de dangereux secrets. Marla va devoir utiliser son esprit et sa ruse si elle souhaite rester en vie...
As children, we were told that participating matters more than winning or losing. However, as an adult, one learns that there are no trophies for participating and often no silver medal for finishing second.
The recent GOP primary debate had participants who were has-beens, pretenders, or hopefuls.
President Trump leads his immediate rival Ron DeSantis by about 40 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
Trump rightly understood that he would have diminished himself had he stood on the crowded stage and exchanged jabs with those who either worked under him or were there due to his endorsement.
There was also the risk of an unfavorable occurrence on that stage would become silly anti-Trump meme material.
Trump saw no gains in participating in the contest.
Instead, Trump collaborated with Tucker Carlson released an interview at the time of the debate.
Both Tucker and Trump have been wronged by Fox News.
Tucker was unceremoniously sacked by Fox News. Fox News prematurely called Arizona in favor of Biden in 2020, and its coverage is seen as favorable to DeSantis.
By the end of the night, both Tucker and Trump had their revenge.
Trump's arrest in Georgia stole the remaining limelight from the debate.
Now for Governor Ron DeSantis, who desperately needed a triumph at the debate.
DeSantis needed to replicate Trump's performance during the 2015 GOP primary debates, where Trump eviscerated the then-frontrunner, Jeb Bush, and others to become the sole focus.
But DeSantis has neither the showmanship nor the wit to knock out other contenders.
Trump was blamed for the GOP's underwhelming performance during the 2022 midterms even by some sections of conservative media. They even projected Trump as the past, while DeSantis was called the future of the GOP.
But anyone who has been paying even casual attention knows that this is untrue.
Trump and his supporters know that the 2020 presidential election was an unfair contest.
There was coordinated suppression of the Hunter Biden story by the media, Big Tech, and intelligence services. The Zuckerbucks scandal resulted in Democrat "activists" infiltrating sacrosanct election infrastructure and promoting mail-in ballots. In the end, 69% of voters nationwide cast their ballot nontraditionally — i.e., by mail and/or before Election Day.
Trump did well during his tenure as president, ensuring prosperity in the U.S. and peace across the world. All of this despite the establishment's attempt to unseat and destroy him. This sinister campaign is likely to continue.
Hence, Trump-supporters feel he deserves another chance, and this time, he will be much more effective because of the lessons he learned during his first term.
The relentless witch hunts by the establishment also played a huge part in cementing the bond between Trump and his supporters.
DeSantis should have grasped this and played it smartly.
He should have announced in early 2022 that he does not intend to run but instead remain focused on Florida.
This would have created a mystery around him and allowed pundits to build "what-if" scenarios. Experts would have opined that DeSantis would have done very well had he run.
DeSantis could have reacted by smiling and reiterating that he had no presidential ambitions.
Irrespective of what he really thought, DeSantis should have spoken favorably about Trump and appeared at rallies with him. Perhaps Trump would have made him his running mate, which would have been a big boost.
DeSantis should never have breathed a syllable about his presidential ambitions to a soul.
By doing so, he would have retained the goodwill of Trump-supporters. They probably would have seen him as the only viable alternative to Trump if Trump was prevented from running.
Instead, DeSantis campaigned without officially declaring, a move that is amusing for a few days but annoying when it lasts for months. When he did launch, whatever interest existed had already diminished.
At times, an effective campaign speech at a launch can arouse interest, but that didn't happen.
In an era of audio and visuals, DeSantis opted for an audio-only Twitter spaces platform. The unstable platform crashed, and the speech was never heard. The "launch" became a subject of ridicule.
This wasn't a launch for DeSantis, but instead a crash on the runway during take-off.
DeSantis didn't get a second chance to make a first impression. His trailing in the polls has brought him the blemish of being a loser, which never helps a candidate.
His body language and hesitation during the debate and his appearance make it obvious that he is under pressure.
His usage of the term "listless vessels" to describe some MAGA-supporters appeared desperate and petty. This was the kind of attitude that contributed to the destruction of Hillary Clinton.
Does DeSantis not comprehend the fundamental principle that you cannot win over people by insulting them?
We know that President Trump is a fierce adversary with a gift for wit. But Trump has never ever mocked voters, even those who do not vote for him. Trump always strikes at those who have the means to fight back — they are counterattacks and not unprovoked attacks.
Even if DeSantis attempts to be confrontational and target Trump, it won’t work.
Currently, the U.S. political establishment is using all its might to baselessly target President Trump. At such a stage, any harsh attacks on Trump will be perceived as siding with the enemy.
What's worse for DeSantis is that Trump continues to dominate the news cycle media.
DeSantis is hence running in a contest where he cannot frontally target his chief opponent. Worse, he cannot even steal a smidgen of attention from his chief opponent.
Forget about the juggernaut of Trump; DeSantis could not even steal the limelight at the debate from candidates he has bested in the polls.
DeSantis could have skipped this contest, much like how Trump skipped the debate, since it is fraught with serious peril and victory is unlikely.
Floridians are unlikely to be pleased by their absentee governor. In time, his approval ratings in Florida are likely to plummet. This means the foundation that made him a viable candidate is beginning to weaken.
This could be the beginning of the end of a promising political career.
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Following Intel\'s acquisition of Tower Semiconductor falling through due to failing to obtain all the necessary regulatory approvals, Intel and Tower today announced a foundry agreement...
Following Intel's acquisition of Tower Semiconductor falling through due to failing to obtain all the necessary regulatory approvals, Intel and Tower today announced a foundry agreement.
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“I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own — and if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the “haves” refuse to share with the “have-nots” by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don’t want and above all don’t want…
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own -- and if unfortunately their revolution must b…
I decided to Mod my MP5 in Girls' Frontline out of spite to something, but now that I think about it, I'm not even sure how viable MP5 is, Modded or not 
Got her to Mod2 so far.
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