Ben Bellbeast
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sociology phd 👥🎓 data engineer 📉🧑🏻💻 american soccer analysis ⚽️ up the fucking pids
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No you are not the greatest country in the world and no you are not the worst country in the world, like most countries you are just kinda mid and it is way past time to grow up and accept this
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“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
(5) Perceived vs. objective performance
I can speak from experience that GenAI does not assist with my coding tasks. There's a lot of bad advice in the training datasets.
I can speak from experience that GenAI does not assist with my coding tasks. There's a lot of bad advice in the training datasets.
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
There are three seasons: summer is coming, summer, and Thanksgiving is coming
Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.
Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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Something that was glossed over with the events in last night’s presser:
Paxten Aaronson revealed it “took some time to get used to” playing in the 10 spot with the Rapids. Said he played deeper at Utrecht last season and was able to create more as a late arriver.
Paxten Aaronson revealed it “took some time to get used to” playing in the 10 spot with the Rapids. Said he played deeper at Utrecht last season and was able to create more as a late arriver.
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
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Chris Armas on his future being out of contract, after being snarky and attacking our coverage as always being negative and wondering how many people read us:
"It's fresh. It just ended (the season). We'll have discussions."
"It's fresh. It just ended (the season). We'll have discussions."