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pvonhellermannn, 9 days ago to random

#ClimateDiary Ron DeSantis Makes “Climate Change Isn’t Real” Official Florida Law

😆😭😡🤣
(went for emojis as lost for words!)

https://newrepublic.com/post/181622/ron-desantis-climate-change-florida-law

Alice, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

Me: I like living life on the edge!

The Edge: Mam, would you please get off of me? U2 is about to play.

HonkHase, 12 days ago to ChatGPT German

Shtfck 😳🔥😔

#ChatGPT consumes 25 times more #energy than #Google

"Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (#AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations."
https://www.brusselstimes.com/world-all-news/1042696/chatgpt-consumes-25-times-more-energy-than-google

eribosot, 16 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to random

A group of 100 players are playing a game of chance. All players start with $100. All players play 500 turns of the game.

Each turn, a player must bet half of their money or, if they're down to their last dollar or less, all of their money.

During each turn, they have 51% chance of winning. If they win, they double their bet amount back; if they lose, they get nothing back.

After 500 rounds, how much money does the most successful player have?

GreatestTrek, 19 days ago to random

From all the FoD’s, Happy Birthday to Adam, may he live long and prosper!

#greatesttrek

video/mp4

kingu, 1 month ago to random

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to random

🤦🏻‍♀️ “NY’s highest court on Thur overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges, a stunning reversal in the foundational case of the #MeToo era.

In 4-3 decision, NY Court of Appeals found trial judge who presided over Weinstein’s case made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of women who said Mr. Weinstein had assaulted them — but whose accusations were not part of the charges against him.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-appeal/harvey-weinstein-conviction-appeal?unlocked_article_code=1.nE0.VXw8.6CdwtRN6Pcup&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

astro_jcm, 1 month ago to email

New t-shirt — got quite a few reactions today at the office 😅
#email #computer #humour

lauren, 1 month ago to Youtube

The scariest episode of "Space: 1999" (among a number that were definitely upsetting) is called "Dragon's Domain". There is essentially 100% agreement on this on every list (including mine), and the number of nightmares it has produced over the decades since its original airing in 1975 is undoubtedly immense. It's said that when BBC reran the episode 20 years later (!) they got a pile of complaints about running it too early in the evening.

Oh, you want to see it? #YouTube to the rescue (at least in the U.S.):

https://youtu.be/PJ7G58z9LI4

Enjoy.

GayOldTime, 1 month ago to Vintage

Discover the awe and majesty of Uranus!
#vintage #book #innuendo

lauren, 2 months ago to mastodon

The enthusiasm for federating #Mastodon with Meta Threads suddenly reminds me of aspects from the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai".

If you know the film, I need not say more.

lauren, 2 months ago to random

I worked a famous "Star Trek" quote into my comments for the CPUC lambasting AT&T's attempts to end landline and other crucial services here in California. I haven't filed my comments yet, but I'll confirm if anyone can guess what the quote was. No additional clues.

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

No Chinese stealing of data, but Americans and Russians, have at it.🤔

protecttruth, 2 months ago to random

“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross, and the New York Times Opinion section will say we are all overreacting.”

Updated for 21st century America.

SecularJeffrey, 2 months ago to random

Earlier we had a conversation about 60s and 70s decor colors.

May I present The Bold Look!

GottaLaff, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to legal

#WompWomp

The judge who hit Donald #Trump with a $355 million verdict in New York state’s civil fraud suit against him said the former president owes $99 million in interest - Bloomberg #legal

ADDED, via Kyle Griffin:

Total disgorgement and interest for Trump is $454,156,783.05.

[I sure hope he can come up with that nickel!]

MORE: DAILY interest on his fraud fine = $111,000.

TonyStark, 3 months ago to random

Good news: President Biden’s Chips and Science Act is transforming Maricopa County, AZ into one of the world’s most important manufacturing sites for the tiny components that power all modern electronics.

The CHIPS Act must be awesome because so many Republicans who voted against it are now taking credit for it. #BidenHarris2020

Welcome to Silicon Desert: How Biden helped boost an Arizona boomtown:
https://wapo.st/42KyT0K

Shanitoba, 3 months ago to random

My secret is.. sometimes I cook great meals but can’t eat them at all, or very little, due to tummy issues. I like to cook and take photos for my foodie groups. I often freeze them for another day or give to family or my neighbour. 🤫 What’s your secret? Promise I won’t tell. 💃

futurebird, 4 months ago to random

I think there is some sexism at play in how hard Lauren Boebert has been hit for being gross in public. Like I think a dude might have gotten away with it.

And I almost feel like saying more about it than this. Almost. But then there are nicer people with far worse problems to think about.

cindyweinstein, 5 months ago to languagelearning

Essential reading re: #Trump, his evisceration of #language, why we see the same #media people who are perpetually shocked (but shouldn't be) by #fascism, which then gets normalized. It's difficult to choose an excerpt to introduce the piece b/c it's all so important and chilling but the piece ends with this: "If you have transgender kids, or you're transgender yourself, you've got to try to leave the country if Trump and the fascists win."
https://www.salon.com/2023/12/11/jason-stanley-on-undermining-propaganda-with-fascism-trump-is-robbing-democracy-of-any-meaning/

#JasonStanley
@GottaLaff

lauren, 6 months ago to random

I'm betting that there is probably no more than ONE person who follows me here who already knew that the "beep" tones at the start and end of Apollo spacecraft voice transmissions are called "quindar tones". - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAAFkjYxWj4

pallenberg, 6 months ago to Starwars

I'm naturally suspecious of people who never saw the original Star Wars movies!

#StarWars

mekkaokereke, 6 months ago to random

There's lots of noise in SF about homeless people "refusing shelter" and "They want to live in tents!" And that we should force them to accept the shelter against their own will, "for their own good!" Many SF folks rationalize their desire to not see homeless people, by convincing ourselves that refusing shelter is an irrational behaviour, and that we know better.

We don't consider the fact that people might be refusing shelter when that shelter is worse than a tent.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/sf-sro-empty/