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Microsoft president Brad Smith acknowledged that the four rounds of layoffs this year are more about using the money saved to fund AI data centers and GPUs than workers being replaced by AI.
I think this is important for the media to get right versus making it seem like ChatGPT can replace a human worker.
I just made a video about how I nebulize saline to manage bronchiectasis. I've never actually seen a video of someone doing all this stuff, so I made one myself! youtu.be/gRUAIu1nO1w?si=FdEZuf…
Since I was diagnosed with Bronchiectasis in May 2020, I have been inhaling aerosolized hypertonic saline with a nebulizer twice a day, every day. I show how...
"Des milliers de personnes à la rue à Marseille et tout autant de logements vides. Face à cette situation absurde, un collectif d'élu·es, d'associations et d'organisations politiques exige du maire qu'il exerce son pouvoir de réquisition. Simple mesure d'urgence ou prémices de l'abolition de la propriété privée lucrative ? Parmi la flopée d'activités possibles, un samedi après-midi ensoleillé à Mar"
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday denied that Jeffrey Epstein 'worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring' and suggested people only bel
For all the copyright infringement perpetrated by the likes of OpenAI, MS, Apple, Google, misc nobodies, you’d think they would have made a product worth stealing (or using). They turned so much value into… nothing.
Fucking HILARIOUS to me when someone says "Well, I haven't paid attention to ANYTHING that wasn't force fed to me via corporate radio for more than a decade, but I am 100% sure no good music has come out in that time"
Never been a radio guy but I can say with some authority we are in the middle of a gods damned golden age of independent music. If you aren't finding new music you love, you aren't really trying.
True, but at times I still miss the days when people you meet could at least know the names of the artists you like 😅 Nowadays there's lots of great music, but everything's so fragmented — meeting people who like the same music outside of artists'/bands' fan spaces is great luck, nearly impossible!
One of the things I like is seaching my favourite bands with the keyword "reaction" on youtube. And then watch people loosing their shit when they listen to Orden Ogan for the first time. Or when they see Blind Guardian "The Bard Song" live for the first time. Or when they see Unleash the Archers play Awakening and shred a sick bass lick after a harmonizing guitar solo...
Ill say this . I just drove up to moms house to see how she and my sister were doing . They were fine just finished eating and getting ready to pray . Not because of the storm though ..something changed in my family especially my mom in the hospital . She says prayers and prays like bext level. Its a great thing to see but its next level. There was a time in t he hospital she was unresponsive to speach and yet she could recite her prayers like she was in private. Its amazing
This paper is not a commentary on Nietzsche’s philosophy, nor an abstract reflection on his thought. In contrast to therapies that seek to restore the client to a previous state ... Read More
WASHINGTON—In the latest of a series of escalations in President Donald Trump’s highly publicized war on “woke,” the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly removed all mentions of justice from its website Friday.
Farmers, #water managers, fishermen, river advocates, and everyday residents told me they would fight for their water to the very last drop. Others have already begun asking the existential question: Where will we go when the river runs dry? texasobserver.org/rio-conchos-…
The Trump regime is making it quite clear that they’re not interested in due process, or following the law in general. They just want to kick out as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, with absolutely zero oversight and opposition.
I know it was ages ago, but remember this? A bunch of these people are going to lose their healthcare. All of them are about to pay way more for groceries and other essentials, like the rest of us. They’ll have to reckon with a federal government deliberately stripped of its ability to protect us from mass infection and climate change.
And yet, they’re still with Trump, ride or die. Why? Because he’s giving them what they want. He’s making their ultra-racist, ultra-hateful wet dream come true, and they love him for it. It’s more than enough to make them overlook everything else. MAGA Republicans are assholes, but even they know how to play to their base.
Meanwhile, establishment Democrats think their base is the donor class, and keep pushing rightward in hopes of getting more of their money. Need proof? Chuck Schumer is at the Sun Valley billionaire summer camp, hobnobbing with them, instead of fighting for us.
@foufoutos ναι ρε σύ κάτι παθητική δωροδοκία λέει & για παράβαση καθήκοντος λέει & μετά η συμμορία τον έβαλε στον πάγο λέει & μετά τον αθώωσαν & μετά η συμμορία τον ξαναεμφάνισε & απλά τα διάβασα πριν λίγο ακριβώς & προσπαθώ να θυμηθώ πότε ξανασυνέβησαν τέτοια πράματα δε ντρέπονται λίγο τζάμπα τον κατηγόρησαν τον άνθρωπο & έλαμψε η αλήθεια τλκ στο τέλος
I have dns-over-https proxies set up on my router, main one uses Hurricane Electric and the backup one — LibreDNS.gr It's presented as "normal" DNS server on port 53 UDP on local network. The router also does some caching. I don't have to rely neither on my ISP's DNS, nor on CloudFlare or Google — I really like this setup!
@romin@shitposter.world OpenWRT's default servers 😋 I probably should do something about it, but MITMing NTP makes little sense IMO without MITM'ing everything else. E.g. you have to intercept HTTPS traffic for the certs to expire to exploit it in any meaningful way, but that would be too noticeable and make all sorts of alarms go off. Am I wrong?
I believe that the best thing for humanity is to let these data centres get established, allow stupid people to become dependant on them and then disconnect the water.
I'm definitely not "all in" on the new Commodore. I support what I believe they are trying to do, and I am cautiously optimistic based on the thinking on display in their initial product lineup. It's still entirely possible the whole thing goes belly up before it's fully born, of course, but I don't smell anything "scammy" on this one.
Saudi Arabia expects cooperation with the Moscow government in business promotion and expects relevant agreements to be signed soon, the kingdom's industry minister, Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef told Sputnik in an interview.
AliExpress vendor selling very clearly fake GDDR3 ICs (wrong markings, wrong font, etching too deep/wide, manufacturer name literally missing off the picture, visible smudge marks from clone stamp tool) so for a laugh I messaged them.
"are these rebadged / re-labeled clones? for my application I need an original part with the correct speed grade."
"100% real 100% new parts old stock"
"so if I buy them and they're not real, I can leave a bad review?"
they really should just admit they're clones in the listing, there are tons of cases where a clone would be fine, this just isn't one of them 'cos it's running at the speed grade limit.
Florida must have been one of the very first states to enact RealID, because I have had one almost since the beginning. Didn't even know it was called RealID until this recent talk of it. My license came up for reneweal back then and I was told you need to bring a birth certificate, proof of residency etc., it was never explained why. theepochtimes.com/us/for-some-…
The Real ID is not just a nationalizing of Americans’ driver's licenses but a federally controlled national ID system that undermines state sovereignty and p...
> PSF1 playback is supported. However, many PSF1 rips won't work properly as they are broken in various ways: ><autismo gobbledygook> Who cares nigger. I just want to listen to the BGM. Thank you for reading my blog post.
Yeah, still on track to sell about 1,000 units a day. If that trend continues, the run will sell out. Legitimately impressive if they pull that off, though I'd be surprised if it doesn't level off at some point before that.
I have what I'm calling "realistic expectations" for this particular product. I think it will be delivered, because it's all stuff that is in production now anyway and there's no point to taking money you'll just have to give back at the cost of your own reputation.
I think it'll be equivalent to a really good quality Ultimate 64, with nice mechanical keyboard. Other than that, it's just a good deal on what you get for the price, and a totally sensible first real product to get your company taken seriously.
It's not gonna change the world, it's not going to make the haters eat crow, but I think it'll be a product launch they pulled off, because they made sensible choices and reasonable promises.
And who knows, they might have something really cool in development, but nowhere near ready to show off. It's certainly possible -- there's real brainpower involved in this thing, not just a good showman and some pretty renders.
This is about how I feel about it, and I don't know what all the drama is. They took some existing, working products, plan to do some integration work, and are going to sell the package cheaper than you could buy the components, making up the difference (presumably, if they're good at what they do) in economies of scale. I don't necessarily want one, but it seems like a solid plan and a likely success, even if it turns into a one-hit wonder. (Which is OK, I think?)
@elb I think they're mad that Simpson might succeed, and make Commodore a going concern again. Not a big player, certainly, but with the investment as low as it is, they don't need to shake up the world to be a success.
I do anticipate there being some friction when the new Commodore International is forced to enforce their trademarks in order to keep them, but that's not new in the retrocomputing world, or for Commodore in particular, even. I will be interested to see how they navigate that, since one of the claimed goals is to license the Commodore name to people's individual retrocomputing projects, but in the meantime it's certainly not (to me) worse than some faceless corp.
For sure, but I think Simpson in particular will run into the (unfortunately common) issue that people think they "know him" because they've watched his YouTube videos, so they feel personally affronted when something he has isn't made available to them.
Maybe I'm overly cynical about that, but ... based on the second-hand griping I hear, I don't think so.
In the meantime, I haven't put up for one because I have several C64-compatible systems, but I watch with interest.
Perifractic's "content" style isn't my cup of tea, but I don't confuse that with animus, which seems to be a common malady in the online world. I hope it goes great for everyone involved. As I said before (not in so many words), if the only thing they ever ship is a good deal on a repro electrically-compatible C64, it feels like a win to me. If a C128 followed, even better!
Quem controla a internet? E por que essa disputa se parece tanto com um faroeste? Neste episódio do Fase 2, mergulhamos na história do Western, dos clássicos como "O Grande Roubo do Trem" até "Sangue Negro", para entender como a cultura pop reflete os conflitos de poder ao longo do tempo. Do saloon ao servidor, dos xerifes aos bilionários da tecnologia: a nova fronteira da disputa é digital. Afinal, quem manda na internet? E o que o Brasil precisa para garantir sua soberania digital? Prepare-se para balas, bugs e batalhas por território virtual. Entrevistas com:
Anderson do Patrocínio: advogado e um dos hosts do podcast , "Regras do Jogo", do Holodeck Design
Fred Guimarães: biólogo, professor, ativista do software livre e um dos principais nomes envolvidos no Libertas, um [sistema] software livre mineiro desenvolvido no começo do século pela Prodabel, a Companhia de Processamento de Dados do Município de Belo Horizonte.
Quem controla a internet? E por que essa disputa se parece tanto com um faroeste?Neste episódio do FASE 2, mergulhamos na história do Western, dos clássicos como "O Grande Roubo do Trem" até "Sangue Negro", para entender como a cultura pop reflete os…
“XAI expects to generate more than $13 billion in annual earnings by 2029, according to numbers revealed by its banker, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg News reported in June.”
this would, I presume, be the same Morgan Stanley bankers who said that Twitter was absolutely worth $44B and that Melon was going to make it a $100B company inside of a year?
The segment of consumer-facing tech that knows you are leaving money on the table if you aren't hurting your users is already obsessed with DAUs; so you wouldn't even need to retool the existing documentation.
Well, two things. If Trump and the Republicans keeps up their current success with the economy then $13B in 2029 dollars will be about $3B in today’s money (the dollar lost around 15% of its value in the first six months of the current regime). If they accelerate (which looks likely, given their complete lack of understanding of how anything works), it could be much less.
Second, they’re selling to the US government, where Musk just fired everyone opposed to giving him money for things that don’t work. So it’s not like xAI actually needs to do anything valuable to be able to raise that revenue. If anything, that would make it worse, because then people would use it (which costs money to xAI), whereas if they just sign large contracts to provide a service that no one uses then revenue equals profit.
It's like the whole "features" list of this bot was sorted from least to most problematic. And Musk wonders why advertisers don't want to use his platform
well, on the bright side, this means they'll be interacting with the rest of us even less frequently? Like maybe they'll starve to death, gazing hopefully at the screen?
the best/worst part is how transparently she’s based on the psycho serial killer girlfriend from Death Note, whom elon was caught being horny on main for
when I see stuff like this I really try to be empathetic even when undeserved... I DO NOT REMEMBER the phase of my life that I had to tell the entire world that my subordinates added sex mod to my website and I'm cool with it and we ERP, me and the website that is.
Gotta love how the personality and relationship are not just inherently, but prompted explicitly to be, toxic af. If its victims didn't need therapy already —granted, that's a big if— they sure as hell will need it after the experience.
Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.
Anyway if you need a UX designer/researcher located around the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota, USA who knows his way around US government regulations for CMS quality reporting, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!
For all of you who have been so incredibly helpful, I cannot thank you enough!
Yeah, I'm restarting this series. Why not?
🎒 I got a new backpack. The Tropicfeel Shell 30L backpack. I used to have a PeakDesign Everyday Backpack 20L in grey, but it was too small and the straps were oddly creaky.
#Trump, speaking from the Oval Office, announced that the US would impose “very severe tariffs” on #Russia if there was no peace deal with #Ukraine within 50 days.
These #tariffs may not be the “major” announcement on Russia that was expected, given that Trump is facing pressure at home & abroad to hit Russia economically, but announcing tariffs & a deadline is tougher than he has been in the past on punishing Russia for its invasion.
there's already sanctions on Russia. Do we even buy anything? Does does Russia sell anything to the US? Is there a market for any Russian goods over here??
#Trump describes the arms transaction largely as a business deal, & says the #UnitedStates will not be spending its own funds to support #Ukraine. And he puts it in political terms: “This is a Biden war, this is a Democrat war,” [which makes zero sense] he said, never once speaking about #Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine, or violations of #InternationalLaw. He acknowledges that the #Senate bill may give him powers he already has: “I’m not sure we need it,″ he said.
The threat of 100% #tariffs from #Trump is a different approach than the #sanctions package a #bipartisan group of more than 80 senators on Capitol Hill has been urging him to take. Their proposal seeks to target #Russia’s #economy with sanctions, but at a much higher level: 500% for countries that buy Russian #oil & #uranium.
In a huge victory for Oklahoma, Congress recently passed President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which, among many wins, will deliver the largest-ever tax cut for working and middle-class families, secure the border, and lower energy costs.
In a huge victory for Oklahoma, Congress recently passed President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which, among many wins, will deliver the largest-ever tax cut for working and middle-class families, secure the border, and lower ene…
Unfortunately, Washington Democrats who are desperate to change the media narrative after a brutal 2024 election loss have made it their mission to lie about this bill and mislead American families — especially on Medicaid program improvements.
Democrats claim the bill guts the program. But in reality, Republicans voted to protect and strengthen Medicaid for those who need it most.
Medicaid’s long-term stability is at risk. During the Obama administration, Democrats expanded Medicaid eligibility to include able-bodied adults — adding 20 million able-bodied people to the program rolls between 2013 and 2021.
NEW: The IDF has announced the deaths of Staff Sgt. Shoham Menahem, 21, Sgt. Shlomo Yakir Shrem, 20, and Sgt. Yuliy Faktor, 19, all from the 401st Armored Brigade's 52nd Battalion, killed inside their tank by RPG fire from Palestinian factions in northern Gaza
Another soldier was 'seriously wounded' in the same incident.
Μετά τα σημερινά γεγονότα στο Λίβανο, είναι σαφές ότι ο τρόπος των Χούτι είναι ο μόνος αποτελεσματικός ενάντια σε ένα κράτος ικανό να φτάσει σε απίστευτα επίπεδα φρικαλεότητας.
@Zennagain I haven't, I should check that show out more. I get a little frustrated with Taibbi because he is so careful, which is a good thing, but c'mon man, speculate some!
He winds Walter up and let's him go. Matt's vocal cry drives me crazy. He does admit that he stinks at predictions. Maybe that's why he won't speculate? Both very well read and knowledgeable for sure.
@Zennagain I do have a ron of respect for Matt, like Scott Horton, I give them a pass for not being "conspiracy oriented" enough because they do such great work and are a big net positive.
Nobody is perfect. I'm taking a break from Barnes and Baris. They are screaming about Epstein and patting themselves on the backs for preventing WW3. 🤮
A growing movement is calling on Illinois to divest $100 million in Israel Bonds, and has filed an ethics complaint against Treasurer Michael Frerichs, alleging abuse of authority, corruption, improper use of state time, and misuse of public assets.
A Colorado man accused of attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy will no longer face charges after being found “mentally incompetent to stand trial,” according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office (DA).
Solomon Galligan, 33, was charged with attempted kidnapping in April 2024 after allegedly trying to nab the child during recess at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora.
A man accused of attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy will no longer face charges after being found "mentally incompetent to stand trial," the DA said.
As I reported on X on Sunday, it appears Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have agreed to a truce. Bongino was prepared to imminently resign over Bondi’s botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter; President Trump told reporters on Sunday he had spoken with Bongino and indicated his longtime friend was “in good shape” without any plans to depart soon.
The hollowing out of the 100,000+ workforce of the Department of Justice is drowned out by a cacophony of discord, demands, and empty promises over the "Epstein files."
(1/2) Genuinely the most thought-provoking thing I've read from @pluralistic who regularly blows my mind, so this is saying a lot.
I naively thought of FOSS as building a "commons." A functional alternative to property-expansionism. Not that I knew there weren't exceptions, but I never fully appreciated the existing tensions because...well FOSS seems like a commons.
But how and why you build something is as important as what you build. That's what determines function.
(2/2) A kind of similar tension exists in market capitalism, actually. I just wrote about it.
Perhaps this is just a microcosm of that. Just as open source introduces the risk of "strategic openness" or actors who instrumentally leverage open source for their own ends. Capitalist property rights allow companies to do something similar.
This "enclosure" of value and information via (mis)use of property rights makes markets functionally worse over time.
According to the foreign intelligence service, a decision was made in Brussels to accelerate the transformation of Moldova into a "forward foothold" of NATO on the eastern flank, taking into account the advancement of Russian troops in...
The nearly **200 pages of Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 grand jury documents from Florida** were released by a Florida judge in early 2024, shedding new light on Epstein’s crimes and the lenient plea deal he received despite graphic testimony of sexual abuse[1][2]. These documents include firsthand victim accounts, details on payments to underage girls, and evidence of how Epstein recruited and abused teenage girls as young as 14 at his Palm Beach mansion[2].
### Link to the released documents The documents are publicly viewable online through Florida court records and news outlets that have published them, such as the Florida Politics website, which hosts over 150 pages of grand jury transcripts related to Epstein’s 2006 investigation[10].
### Top 10 interesting details from the 2008 Epstein documents:
| Detail | Description | |--------|-------------| | **1. Graphic Victim Testimony** | Victims testified in detail about being raped and sexually abused by Epstein, some as young as 14 years old[2]. | | **2. Payments to Victims** | Documents reveal Epstein paid underage girls for sex and to recruit other girls for him[1][2]. | | **3. Lenient Plea Deal** | Despite the severity of the crimes, Epstein avoided federal charges and served only 13 months in a county jail with work release privileges[1][2]. | | **4. Extensive Network** | Epstein’s contacts included powerful figures in business, politics, and royalty, though no direct criminal involvement of these figures is confirmed in these documents[1][3][5]. | | **5. List of Masseuses** | Epstein kept a list of 254 masseuses, many underage, some of whom were pressured into sexual acts[4]. | | **6. Physical Evidence** | FBI seized items including sex toys, restraints, and massage tables from Epstein’s properties[4]. | | **7. Grand Jury’s Shock** | The judge who ordered the release described the testimony as “outrageous” and “disgusting,” highlighting the state’s controversial leniency[1][2]. | | **8. Victims’ Lawsuits** | The documents include testimonies from lawsuits filed by survivors who challenged the plea deal as too lenient and violating their rights[3]. | | **9. Connection to Ghislaine Maxwell** | Maxwell’s role as Epstein’s accomplice is detailed in related cases and documents, with her now serving a prison sentence[1][3]. | | **10. Public Outrage and Legal Reform** | The release followed new Florida laws allowing disclosure of grand jury documents and increased public demand for accountability[1]. |
These documents provide a rare, detailed glimpse into Epstein’s criminal activities and the systemic failures that allowed him to evade harsher punishment for years. The release has fueled ongoing investigations and calls for justice for his victims[1][2][3].
If you want to read the documents yourself, the Florida Politics site and other news outlets have made the transcripts accessible online[10].
Excluding Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Donald Trump, the released 2008 Florida court documents and related lawsuits name several other individuals who have been sued or publicly implicated in connection with Epstein’s sex trafficking network. Here are the top names outside of those three, based on court filings and unsealed records:
### Top 10 names (excluding Epstein, Maxwell, Trump) being sued or implicated:
| Name | Context/Details | |-------|-----------------| | **Haley Robson** | Named as a defendant in a 2008 lawsuit alongside Epstein, accused of conspiring to recruit and lure victims for sexual abuse[1]. | | **Sarah Kellen** | Also named in the same 2008 lawsuit as Robson, alleged to have helped facilitate Epstein’s trafficking operation[1]. | | **Jean-Luc Brunel** | French modeling agent accused of supplying underage girls to Epstein; faced lawsuits and died during trial for sex trafficking charges[3]. | | **Richard Barnett** | Mentioned in court filings as having received legal documents; connected to Epstein’s legal defense or network but not criminally charged[2]. | | **Tiffany Doe (pseudonym)** | A witness or victim referenced in court documents who provided testimony about abuse witnessed at Epstein’s events[3]. | | **Unnamed “John Does”** | Numerous unidentified defendants named in lawsuits, representing individuals alleged to be part of Epstein’s network or conspirators[5]. | | **Roy Black** | Epstein’s defense attorney, named in some victim lawsuits alleging complicity or enabling, though not criminally charged[3]. | | **Alexander Acosta** | Former U.S. Attorney who approved Epstein’s controversial plea deal; named in public criticism and legal scrutiny though not sued directly[5]. | | **Various unnamed “high-profile guests”** | Court documents mention powerful guests at Epstein’s properties, but many remain unnamed due to privacy or lack of charges[4][8]. | | **Jane Does (multiple plaintiffs)** | Numerous victims who filed lawsuits under pseudonyms, naming various individuals involved in the trafficking conspiracy[1][5]. |
### Summary - **Haley Robson and Sarah Kellen** are the most prominent named co-defendants in 2008 lawsuits alleging active participation in recruiting and facilitating abuse. - **Jean-Luc Brunel** is the most notable associate outside Epstein/Maxwell publicly sued and linked to trafficking. - Many other individuals remain unnamed or pseudonymous (“John Does”) in the documents due to ongoing investigations and privacy protections. - Some figures like **Roy Black** and **Alexander Acosta** appear in legal or public scrutiny contexts but are not formally defendants in abuse lawsuits.
These names come directly from the 2008 Florida court filings and subsequent unsealed records related to Epstein’s trafficking ring, reflecting those legally implicated or sued beyond the most famous figures.
If you want to explore the full court documents, the 2008 lawsuits filed in Florida are publicly available through the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida records[1][2].
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