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briansullivan

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Father, grandfather, retired software engineer, Porsche enthusiast, Formula 1 fan, Canadian.

Jazz and classic rock music lover (mostly vinyl)

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briansullivan, to random
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I guess Cheeto head didn't check with the boss. Apparently Barron has "prior commitments".

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/10/barron-trump-delegate-gop-convention/73646811007/

GottaLaff, to random
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Reminder:

I do not, for the most part, read replies or respond to them while live posting.

briansullivan,
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@GottaLaff Just do it (we know already). I get more posts of you reminding of this than actual information .

briansullivan,
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@GottaLaff So just ignore on move on?

briansullivan, to jazz
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Master Session

Moe Koffman

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ParadeGrotesque, to random
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I am old enough that I can remember Eliza running on a friend Apple ][e.

And how, once you got past the novelty of having a computer "talk" back to you, it quickly became boring and repetitive, to the point it was funnier to trick Eliza into saying ridiculous things than it was talking to it.

All of this to say: I am not impressed by the latest LLM. They are superficially smarter than Eliza, but not by much.

briansullivan, (edited )
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@ParadeGrotesque I remember using Eliza on a 110 baud teletype so my computing history goes farther back. I am impressed with LLMs but I see it as just another advancement in the computer chronology not some pre-cursor of the apocalypse.

jeffjarvis, to random
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Y'think?
Trump Media's stock is almost certain to crash https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-media-stock-price-crash-spac-djt-truth-social-2024-4?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter

briansullivan,
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@jeffjarvis No assets, no value, no future but a market cap of 8 billion. This week or likely today is the crash. Just another scam/grift.

briansullivan, to vinyl
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How true

lauren, to apple
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The Vision Pro VR -- oops, I mean "spatial computing" (oooh!) -- headset is $3500 dollars. Uh, yup. I don't expect to be trying one of those anytime soon.

briansullivan,
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@lauren Prescription glasses another $149 (if you need them). I am guessing you might be able to try without buying if you have a friend with money (and perhaps an Apple fetish).

Complex and interesting product though.

briansullivan, to jazz
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Notorious Visitor from the East

Toshiko Akiyoshi

briansullivan, to jazz
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"Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione https://tidal.com/album/94406536

briansullivan, to jazz
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"where are we" by Joshua Redman https://tidal.com/album/315163614

briansullivan, to random
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My son bought us a wine club subscription as a Xmas present. About to try the first red.

dancinyogi, to random
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Looks like the opening scene of a horror movie outside my window

briansullivan,
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@dancinyogi If the phone rings don't answer. It's coming from inside the house

briansullivan, to random
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It's beer o'clock.

dancinyogi, to music
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Listening to: One of my favorite singers.
I've Got To See You Again - Norah Jones

https://youtu.be/G2tEWFck_c0?si=Zh4Ixl3cirUapl9p

briansullivan,
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@dancinyogi Yeah great singer. Don't know if musicianship is an inherited thing or not but if it is she started with an advantage.

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briansullivan,
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@punklawyer The notion that it is “free” is wrong though (also living in a country with similar universal health care).

It is really high value for low cost health care.

briansullivan,
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@simon_brooke @punklawyer I'm fully aware living in a country that has such a system. And universal health care is still in a very real sense insurance as my son who is an actuary in an insurance company often points out.

briansullivan,
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@simon_brooke @punklawyer What the insurance company does though is using your term "socialize" the cost so yes the universal aspect is different but from the spreading of cost it is the same.

briansullivan,
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@simon_brooke @punklawyer I am definitely not arguing in favour of the American system. I think it barbaric.

briansullivan,
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@simon_brooke @punklawyer It was somewhat "revolutionary" in the middle of the 20th century I guess. The only place I think it is currently considered so present day is the U.S.

lauren, to random
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So painful to watch the famous poppies scene from "The Wizard of Oz" and realize all that white "snow" falling on the actors, covering their bodies, no doubt being breathed in, was ... asbestos.

briansullivan,
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@lauren I remember fake Christmas tree snow sold as fireproof and made from asbestos liberally used as a kid.

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@RIDDLES
January 10, 1983: Fraggle Rock premieres

briansullivan,
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@RIDDLES I used to walk by the Fraggle Rock studio every day on the way from the subway to work. 40 years ago - I was much younger then.

briansullivan, to random
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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-sued-again-for-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-accused-of-monopoly/

Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.

I have had Epson do this to me as well — after an update the printer was bricked.

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@thepoliticalcat Don't know.

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