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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what they sell

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 3d

Lol on LinkedIn I saw a 100% serious, completely not ironic job posting for a part time data scientist... The job is to clean up and fix ai coded machine learning

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 10d

I was not, in fact, dear reader redirected within 10 seconds

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American Statistical Association History of Statistics @hos-asa.bsky.social · 14d

Today is the 75th anniversary of Alan’s Turing’s paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" published in journal Mind where he proposed the question, "Can machines think?" – the Turing Test

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 19d

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 18d

I was curious about the building used for the 70m skateboard drop in. Yep, it was made for this

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 18d

Happy #caturday

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 22d

This is an old idea. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken...

Drunken monkey hypothesis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 22d

You just don’t expect random philosophical questions at the supermarket.

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

This is a Ferrari Dino 246 GT, similar to the GTS that was found buried in Los Angeles garden in the 1970s www.autoevolution.com/news/1974-fe...

1974 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS Found Buried in a Garden Remains Most Famous Dino

The Dino was discovered buried in front of a Los Angeles house in 1978, with no clue as to how it got there; the mystery was finally solved in 2012

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

1930s Packard Super Eight #ClassicCarShowNJ.

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

Spirit of Ecstasy on a Rolls Royce #ClassicCarShowNJ

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

1930s Duesenberg #ClassicCarShowNJ

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

It's so boxy: 1987 Nissan GTP #ClassicCarShowNJ

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

1968 Shelby Cobra #ClassicCarShowNJ

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

Love this 1972 Dino Ferrari #ClassicCarShowNJ

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 24d

Look at the curves on this beauty: 1934 Bugatti

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · 25d

Love it

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jul 19

Phantom of the Opurra

Partial section of the face of a full-size chocolate cat being held over the face of an actual cat.

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 15

Cool stuff

Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com · Sep 15

Hosting a website on a disposable vape bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Happy #caturday!

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 3

Am rewatching the sopranos. I’ve lived in NJ long enough to recognize the roads from the intro. Coming out of Lincoln tunnel, down I-95 but double back 1-9 towards EWR but then back in Jersey City, it makes no sense.

Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 2

#oasis

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 2

#oasis

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Carl Anderson @leapingllamas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Show time: #oasis

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