Craig A. Butler
@suspicious.download
Computer doot-doot. Helping modernize USHR. Originally from Burque. Opinions are my own. he/him/his
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“According to my model the election could be very close with a slight edge to either candidate, but there is also a small chance that it could be very one sided, favoring both candidates equally, or somewhere in between.
I am very smart please give me money for further analyses.”
I am very smart please give me money for further analyses.”
October 31, 2024 at 4:30 PM
“According to my model the election could be very close with a slight edge to either candidate, but there is also a small chance that it could be very one sided, favoring both candidates equally, or somewhere in between.
I am very smart please give me money for further analyses.”
I am very smart please give me money for further analyses.”
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An important VP note is that Sen. Kelly is a twin, thus having a built in body double that can be used for schemes.
July 24, 2024 at 2:12 AM
An important VP note is that Sen. Kelly is a twin, thus having a built in body double that can be used for schemes.
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February 6, 2024 at 2:09 PM
This new Popvox report about the Afghanistan withdrawal and the Congressional caseworkers who put in countless hours helping Afghans and their families get the visas they needed to escape death at the hands of the Taliban is a fascinating read:
www.popvox.org/events/afgha...
www.popvox.org/events/afgha...
Event: Congressional Casework in the Afghanistan Withdrawal — POPVOX Foundation
Join us as POPVOX Foundation brings together current and former caseworkers
and experts from #AfghanEvac to discuss the findings and recommendations
from “American Ingenuity: Congressional Casewor...
www.popvox.org
February 2, 2024 at 11:50 AM
This new Popvox report about the Afghanistan withdrawal and the Congressional caseworkers who put in countless hours helping Afghans and their families get the visas they needed to escape death at the hands of the Taliban is a fascinating read:
www.popvox.org/events/afgha...
www.popvox.org/events/afgha...
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people who have loud boring conversations with each other at the gym are going to mega-hell, sorry, I don’t make the rules
July 20, 2023 at 1:24 PM
people who have loud boring conversations with each other at the gym are going to mega-hell, sorry, I don’t make the rules
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I was never that idealistic. Jim and I named the night club in THE TERMINATOR Tech Noir in 1982 when writing the script. It’s where the seminal encounter between The Terminator and Sarah Connor occurred — we envisioned the dark side of tech way back then.
I used to believe in the Star Trek idea that education plus technology would lead us to egalitarianism. Now I see the world in terms of Star Wars, constant battle between light and dark.
July 9, 2023 at 12:58 PM
I was never that idealistic. Jim and I named the night club in THE TERMINATOR Tech Noir in 1982 when writing the script. It’s where the seminal encounter between The Terminator and Sarah Connor occurred — we envisioned the dark side of tech way back then.
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i neeeeed dune part two
in the meantime enjoy my dune simpsons comics, might draw some more soon
in the meantime enjoy my dune simpsons comics, might draw some more soon
July 8, 2023 at 1:16 PM
i neeeeed dune part two
in the meantime enjoy my dune simpsons comics, might draw some more soon
in the meantime enjoy my dune simpsons comics, might draw some more soon
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Have you ever had a coworker that mindlessly repeats whatever an exec says?
And have you ever had an exec that thinks that person is a genius?
Ok - you know understand LLMs.
You're welcome.
And have you ever had an exec that thinks that person is a genius?
Ok - you know understand LLMs.
You're welcome.
May 3, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Have you ever had a coworker that mindlessly repeats whatever an exec says?
And have you ever had an exec that thinks that person is a genius?
Ok - you know understand LLMs.
You're welcome.
And have you ever had an exec that thinks that person is a genius?
Ok - you know understand LLMs.
You're welcome.
Does anyone know if Putin consulted the Delphic oracle prior to invading Ukraine? If so, was he told he would "destroy a great kingdom"?
June 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Does anyone know if Putin consulted the Delphic oracle prior to invading Ukraine? If so, was he told he would "destroy a great kingdom"?
"Mercenaries... are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious, and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies..."
- Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
- Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
June 23, 2023 at 10:42 PM
"Mercenaries... are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious, and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies..."
- Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
- Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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Over the next few years, every search engine is going to become a delivery mechanism for AI generated argle bargle nonsense and there are folks arguing that physical media curated by skilled and dedicated professionals is somehow obsolete.
Log off. Touch books.
Log off. Touch books.
June 16, 2023 at 10:59 AM
Over the next few years, every search engine is going to become a delivery mechanism for AI generated argle bargle nonsense and there are folks arguing that physical media curated by skilled and dedicated professionals is somehow obsolete.
Log off. Touch books.
Log off. Touch books.
Truly, he has received his reward in full. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/republicans-pat-robertson-what-matters/index.html
How Pat Robertson helped create the modern GOP | CNN Politics
Pat Robertson, the quintessential televangelist who died Thursday at 93, fused media, religion and politics into a potent force during a time when American political parties realigned.
www.cnn.com
June 9, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Truly, he has received his reward in full. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/republicans-pat-robertson-what-matters/index.html
Doesn't seem like the solution for stolen food is to stop sending food. People still need to eat. If food theft is such a problem, maybe we should send more? Send so much food they can't even handle it and will have to beg people to take as much as they can carry.
Access Denied
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Doesn't seem like the solution for stolen food is to stop sending food. People still need to eat. If food theft is such a problem, maybe we should send more? Send so much food they can't even handle it and will have to beg people to take as much as they can carry.
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I really expected dystopia to be more stylish
June 8, 2023 at 12:29 AM
I really expected dystopia to be more stylish
People can be more than one thing!
WHAT THE FUCK
June 7, 2023 at 10:46 AM
People can be more than one thing!
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This is what AI thinks of us.
1. “Bluesky user”
2. “Twitter user”
1. “Bluesky user”
2. “Twitter user”
June 6, 2023 at 8:23 PM
This is what AI thinks of us.
1. “Bluesky user”
2. “Twitter user”
1. “Bluesky user”
2. “Twitter user”
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Also how worried should we be about aliens if all their ships end up crashing?
Also how worried should we be about aliens if all their ships end up crashing?
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin - The Debrief
In a Debrief exclusive, Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean report that a former official says the U.S. has retrieved craft of non-human origin.
thedebrief.org
June 6, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Also how worried should we be about aliens if all their ships end up crashing?
Also how worried should we be about aliens if all their ships end up crashing?
What gets me about Vision Pro is that Apple must have looked at the sales numbers for Microsoft's HoloLens and thought, "we've gotta get in on that!"
June 6, 2023 at 3:05 PM
What gets me about Vision Pro is that Apple must have looked at the sales numbers for Microsoft's HoloLens and thought, "we've gotta get in on that!"
Now this is a really cool use of generative tools...
wake up babe, insane new use for ai (generating absurd yet somehow usable qr codes) just dropped
probably one of the few ai-image generation tasks that human artists cannot really do right now
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/141hg9x/controlnet_for_qr_code/
probably one of the few ai-image generation tasks that human artists cannot really do right now
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/141hg9x/controlnet_for_qr_code/
June 6, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Now this is a really cool use of generative tools...
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ducking finally
Apple says new iPhone autocorrect will know you don’t mean ‘duck’
Apple announced the iPhone autocorrect adjustment at the Worldwide Developers Conference, where it also unveiled its mixed reality headset Vision Pro.
wapo.st
June 6, 2023 at 2:35 PM
ducking finally
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just put on my apple glasses and oh man
June 5, 2023 at 7:23 PM
just put on my apple glasses and oh man
I think I'm going to start collecting journalistic attempts to explain "AI" (these examples are from WaPo). They're all so naïvely circular... AI "does things computers normally can't do" or "can perform 'intelligent' tasks."
Here, try this: "clever uses for computationally intensive statistics."
Here, try this: "clever uses for computationally intensive statistics."
June 5, 2023 at 11:42 PM
I think I'm going to start collecting journalistic attempts to explain "AI" (these examples are from WaPo). They're all so naïvely circular... AI "does things computers normally can't do" or "can perform 'intelligent' tasks."
Here, try this: "clever uses for computationally intensive statistics."
Here, try this: "clever uses for computationally intensive statistics."
It worries me how often Photoshop says this when I'm trying to use generative fill without providing it any kind of prompt.
June 4, 2023 at 5:09 PM
It worries me how often Photoshop says this when I'm trying to use generative fill without providing it any kind of prompt.