Ian Bray
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Here’s the other side of it that Republicans, the press and apparently at least 4 Dem Senators don’t get:
It doesn’t stop at ACA insurance plans. Removing these subsidies means premiums increase across all plans when renewals come down.
Only safe if you pay out of pocket. Aka 0.1%, aka wealthy.
It doesn’t stop at ACA insurance plans. Removing these subsidies means premiums increase across all plans when renewals come down.
Only safe if you pay out of pocket. Aka 0.1%, aka wealthy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Here’s the other side of it that Republicans, the press and apparently at least 4 Dem Senators don’t get:
It doesn’t stop at ACA insurance plans. Removing these subsidies means premiums increase across all plans when renewals come down.
Only safe if you pay out of pocket. Aka 0.1%, aka wealthy.
It doesn’t stop at ACA insurance plans. Removing these subsidies means premiums increase across all plans when renewals come down.
Only safe if you pay out of pocket. Aka 0.1%, aka wealthy.
New cope: Schumer got Thune the votes and then voted no.
Lotta people who licked a lot of leaded paint, apparently.
Lotta people who licked a lot of leaded paint, apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
New cope: Schumer got Thune the votes and then voted no.
Lotta people who licked a lot of leaded paint, apparently.
Lotta people who licked a lot of leaded paint, apparently.
Hail to the King, baby.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Hail to the King, baby.
Sure, but the reply isn’t to just take the vote that goes nowhere- it’s to not pass NDAA. Norms are dead, this budget is 50% too large, can’t afford it if we can’t afford healthcare, your contractors can renegotiate their bids.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sure, but the reply isn’t to just take the vote that goes nowhere- it’s to not pass NDAA. Norms are dead, this budget is 50% too large, can’t afford it if we can’t afford healthcare, your contractors can renegotiate their bids.
They keep making him sound awesome. He’s a Generalissimo now? I thought he was just a humble civil servant with reasonable quality of life improvements that are funded by moderate changes to the tax code.
Now he’s Bane or something.
Now he’s Bane or something.
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
They keep making him sound awesome. He’s a Generalissimo now? I thought he was just a humble civil servant with reasonable quality of life improvements that are funded by moderate changes to the tax code.
Now he’s Bane or something.
Now he’s Bane or something.
Indeed- if it’s necessary for the property function of the government, why is it not ratified and a part of the Constitution?
Same question for Marbury, EO 10290, Stare Decisis, Immigration ‘courts’, and unenumerated powers not being subject to 10A…
Same question for Marbury, EO 10290, Stare Decisis, Immigration ‘courts’, and unenumerated powers not being subject to 10A…
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Indeed- if it’s necessary for the property function of the government, why is it not ratified and a part of the Constitution?
Same question for Marbury, EO 10290, Stare Decisis, Immigration ‘courts’, and unenumerated powers not being subject to 10A…
Same question for Marbury, EO 10290, Stare Decisis, Immigration ‘courts’, and unenumerated powers not being subject to 10A…
Lot of muttering that definitely was blue but you had to be very close to make it out lol.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Lot of muttering that definitely was blue but you had to be very close to make it out lol.
My favorite queue moment- being directly behind Richard E Grant getting a visa at the old US Embassy in London.
He was not amused by the progress of the queue.
He was not amused by the progress of the queue.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My favorite queue moment- being directly behind Richard E Grant getting a visa at the old US Embassy in London.
He was not amused by the progress of the queue.
He was not amused by the progress of the queue.
She works in NYC.
She was educated in Las Vegas.
She banks on her audience been too fucking stupid to know these two things.
She was educated in Las Vegas.
She banks on her audience been too fucking stupid to know these two things.
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
She works in NYC.
She was educated in Las Vegas.
She banks on her audience been too fucking stupid to know these two things.
She was educated in Las Vegas.
She banks on her audience been too fucking stupid to know these two things.
If you’re gonna leave because of a 2% additional tax burden, you’re probably not what you say you are.
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you’re gonna leave because of a 2% additional tax burden, you’re probably not what you say you are.
It happens if the vote to release the Epstein Files occurs and passes.
He will get thrown under that bus and ground into dust when that happens- expect vicious oppo being released about him to try and distract.
He will get thrown under that bus and ground into dust when that happens- expect vicious oppo being released about him to try and distract.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It happens if the vote to release the Epstein Files occurs and passes.
He will get thrown under that bus and ground into dust when that happens- expect vicious oppo being released about him to try and distract.
He will get thrown under that bus and ground into dust when that happens- expect vicious oppo being released about him to try and distract.
Wait until the second paycheck doesn’t land for the military, and cars start getting towed.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wait until the second paycheck doesn’t land for the military, and cars start getting towed.
He’s more Jim Cornette, than HBK. He is a heat magnet, and definitely can’t deliver a SCM. But he can probably write a lot of zingers.
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
He’s more Jim Cornette, than HBK. He is a heat magnet, and definitely can’t deliver a SCM. But he can probably write a lot of zingers.
Yeah, if she was an EU citizen it would have been €0.00. Effectively to us it was due to travel insurance.
Same as under the UK NHS, my uncle spent 6 months in hospital last year (heart problems, bad ones). Cost him nothing. Now he’s jogging again, another 30 years ahead, no worries about debt.
Same as under the UK NHS, my uncle spent 6 months in hospital last year (heart problems, bad ones). Cost him nothing. Now he’s jogging again, another 30 years ahead, no worries about debt.
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yeah, if she was an EU citizen it would have been €0.00. Effectively to us it was due to travel insurance.
Same as under the UK NHS, my uncle spent 6 months in hospital last year (heart problems, bad ones). Cost him nothing. Now he’s jogging again, another 30 years ahead, no worries about debt.
Same as under the UK NHS, my uncle spent 6 months in hospital last year (heart problems, bad ones). Cost him nothing. Now he’s jogging again, another 30 years ahead, no worries about debt.
As a British migrant- yup. He’s ‘radical’ in the sense of putting the tea in before the milk, and I’m very happy he’s now gonna be Mayor.
All this radicalism, like… minor tax increases to pay for things that benefit the majority. The horror!
All this radicalism, like… minor tax increases to pay for things that benefit the majority. The horror!
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As a British migrant- yup. He’s ‘radical’ in the sense of putting the tea in before the milk, and I’m very happy he’s now gonna be Mayor.
All this radicalism, like… minor tax increases to pay for things that benefit the majority. The horror!
All this radicalism, like… minor tax increases to pay for things that benefit the majority. The horror!
Get well soon, Ben. My wife just had a medical emergency in Italy- 10 days in hospital. Several MRIs, CTs, and panels, ambulance.
Total cost: $1700.
A medical emergency in Europe would make a deep red socialist of any American lol.
Total cost: $1700.
A medical emergency in Europe would make a deep red socialist of any American lol.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Get well soon, Ben. My wife just had a medical emergency in Italy- 10 days in hospital. Several MRIs, CTs, and panels, ambulance.
Total cost: $1700.
A medical emergency in Europe would make a deep red socialist of any American lol.
Total cost: $1700.
A medical emergency in Europe would make a deep red socialist of any American lol.
This is so important. It seems you've found the proof: The 'don't trust human judges' irony is that the 'human judgment' baked into RLHF is precisely what causes the detectable, non-human affect.
The alignment process is a big part of the problem.
The alignment process is a big part of the problem.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is so important. It seems you've found the proof: The 'don't trust human judges' irony is that the 'human judgment' baked into RLHF is precisely what causes the detectable, non-human affect.
The alignment process is a big part of the problem.
The alignment process is a big part of the problem.
Except this robot is a mechanical Turk that does next token prediction, and doesn’t know what day it is until you tell it, then it forgets it if you don’t prompt it every 200k tokens and even then 70/30 chance it just gives you random BS.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Except this robot is a mechanical Turk that does next token prediction, and doesn’t know what day it is until you tell it, then it forgets it if you don’t prompt it every 200k tokens and even then 70/30 chance it just gives you random BS.
“I like things CLASSY. And no, I didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein, despite all the photos of us together. Now deal with the guy collapsing behind me, I’ve got a nap to catch up on.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“I like things CLASSY. And no, I didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein, despite all the photos of us together. Now deal with the guy collapsing behind me, I’ve got a nap to catch up on.”
Only if you prevent remuneration via other means, otherwise it becomes inflationary to the point of absurdity.
And since we rarely ever prosecute obvious corruption, it won’t resolve it, it’ll fuel it further.
And since we rarely ever prosecute obvious corruption, it won’t resolve it, it’ll fuel it further.
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Only if you prevent remuneration via other means, otherwise it becomes inflationary to the point of absurdity.
And since we rarely ever prosecute obvious corruption, it won’t resolve it, it’ll fuel it further.
And since we rarely ever prosecute obvious corruption, it won’t resolve it, it’ll fuel it further.
He’s only a trillionaire if he clears his gates. That has not happened, it’s is not that probable he will, don’t put a crown on the head of any claimant before they can secure their claim.
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
He’s only a trillionaire if he clears his gates. That has not happened, it’s is not that probable he will, don’t put a crown on the head of any claimant before they can secure their claim.
Because you need an ill fitting helmet and poor barrel discipline to deal with a hero, especially a hero with mustard.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because you need an ill fitting helmet and poor barrel discipline to deal with a hero, especially a hero with mustard.
It is a next token (short series of characters) predictor. A mechanical Turk that Altman, Hitton, Amodei, Huang & others desperately need you to believe is intelligent.
It isn’t. It’s autocorrect on steroids. It doesn’t think. It doesn’t understand. It pattern matches.
An emptiness machine.
It isn’t. It’s autocorrect on steroids. It doesn’t think. It doesn’t understand. It pattern matches.
An emptiness machine.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It is a next token (short series of characters) predictor. A mechanical Turk that Altman, Hitton, Amodei, Huang & others desperately need you to believe is intelligent.
It isn’t. It’s autocorrect on steroids. It doesn’t think. It doesn’t understand. It pattern matches.
An emptiness machine.
It isn’t. It’s autocorrect on steroids. It doesn’t think. It doesn’t understand. It pattern matches.
An emptiness machine.