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failedLyndonLaRouchite, to ai

means a lot of different things; you could argue that the autocorrect that has been in Microsoft word for 10 years is "AI"

Given that broad definition, it is possible that in 10 years AI will in fact be a US $100 billion/yr industry, although that "AI" may not look at all like LLM

or maybe AI will be a nothingburger

but if AI is $100Bn/yr, will even one of the hundreds of people who have sarcastically dismissed AI as worthless hype BS, will even one of those people apologize ???

LOL

peterbutler,
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite

the market for AI tech was about $40 billion in 2022 and $200 billion in 2023

Bloomberg projects it to grow to $1.3 trillion by 2032

https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/generative-ai-to-become-a-1-3-trillion-market-by-2032-research-finds/

peterbutler, to vegan
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It looks like I’ll be eating coffee today 😔

Not a lick of vegan food at JFK Terminal 5 (except for oatmeal and I’m not paying for oatmeal)

Quite a difference from Terminal 1 in SFO, where I had a nice vegan breakfast and found a great vegan wrap for the plane ride

I like NYC, but I’ll be glad to get back to West Coast culture. It’s VERY old fashioned here (and I would guess many people like it that way 🤷🏼‍♀️)

peterbutler,
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite What’s your point here?

This post is a PSA:

The West Coast is better for providing vegan options, and if you’re traveling out of JFK Terminal 5, don’t expect to get any vegan food 🤷🏼

https://kolektiva.social/@Herbivore/112428243963953509

peterbutler,
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite please tell me what percentage of the population uses Kylie Cosmetics, lol

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

WarnerCrocker, to politics
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I see the demented, decaying orange turd is conjuring up Hannibal Lecter, presumably thinking he was a real person, at his rallies these days.

He could literally eat and serve human remains at a rally and the media woud give him a pass.

After they helped themselves to the buffet line.

peterbutler,
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@WarnerCrocker I honestly don’t think he will make it to election day as the GOP candidate. knocks on wood

campuscodi, to random
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Is Gmail useless these days? I keep marking domains as spam, yet they're back the next day in my inbox with literally the same email/domain I marked as spam a few hours ago

peterbutler,
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@campuscodi Gmail is pretty useless these days except as a throwaway email address

peterbutler, (edited ) to random
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“Well-meaning young people, understandably troubled”

from @tzimmer_history

(quote is from Max Boot in an article by Thomas Zimmer)

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-students-have-never-been-the

peterbutler,
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@tzimmer_history Thanks for the correction. I’ll make that clearer

lolgop, to random
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Here's today edition of "How is it that only Matt Drudge has decided to be the only big media outlet that covers Trump like he's a Democrat"

peterbutler,
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@lolgop Drudge dropped Trump back before 2020

https://www.cjr.org/politics/drudge-report-trump.php

realTuckFrumper, to random
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‘Commander, say hello to Cricket’: Noem book contains threat against Biden dog https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/06/kristi-noem-book-biden-dog?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

peterbutler,
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@realTuckFrumper

>> Noem, whose publisher said it would retract part of her book, said: “I’m not retracting anything.”

The publisher’s own note about the retraction says, “At the request of Governor Noem, we are removing a passage regarding Kim Jong Un from her book No Going Back”

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM2L3vQWoAATM-K?format=jpg&name=medium

billbennett, to random
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One thing I would love all marketing people to understand: My phone does not need any more apps... especially when what you app does could be handled by a web site.

peterbutler,
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@billbennett For location, contacts, other permissions etc? Boo on apps

vingtroiseize, to ArtificialIntelligence
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Please Insert a ZipDisk

peterbutler,
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@vingtroiseize “Put this on a ZipDisk, and send it to your lawyer” is a quote I use far too often

mark_ohe, to random
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24% of plastic waste is the responsibility of just five corporations:

Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
Nestlé
Danone
Altria

Screw that. For your own health, and that of the planet, demand and choose glass containers!

https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-global-companies-responsible.html

peterbutler,
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@mark_ohe If micro plastics are present in water from plastic bottles, there’s a strong chance they’re in other drinks and foods

Protect yourself and the planet. Ditch plastic packaging

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/plastic-particles-bottled-water

rightardia, to random
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How to watch the Kentucky Derby on TV

The main event of the Kentucky Derby is at 6:57pm ET.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/kentucky-derby-horses-how-to-watch

peterbutler,
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@rightardia Is it me, or does it seem to get later and later every year? Gonna be running under the lights in prime time in 10 years

peterbutler,
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@rightardia (post time in 1990 was 5:32 ET)

peterbutler, to music
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TIL that the Beastie Boys were on Soul Train in 1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtEVKO9_ZDY

peterbutler, to linguistics
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Words matter

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/alcohol-is-dangerous-so-is-alcoholic/

Wivik, to books
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I've finished Alfie, a French novel about the of an home automation system.

https://zedas.fr/posts/alfie/

@bookstodon @scifi

peterbutler,
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@Wivik @bookstodon @scifi That reminds me of Bigbug (which is a little more over the top for sure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUkh23vBhs

KeithDJohnson, to random
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@aaron.rupar wrote: "What’s most striking in the interview is that Trump, even after four years as president, has virtually no grasp on any policy issue beyond empty talking points, most of which are lies. When asked how he will implement his plans, he waffles, obfuscates, & delivers a stream of non sequitur boasts about how great he is or about how other people have said that he’s great. He lies all the time, but many of his statements on core policy issues are so garbled & gassy they don’t even qualify as lies. It’s like interacting with a chatbot programmed by a fascist parrot." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-time-magazine-interview-2024?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3MOkdO50_vBK7Yc9CraUP6XXaVvTHANw7RC-maRYC7FHNaHovR8jk1eO4_aem_AWpli_df4RJqgFmhcHdo7EfIiSAFT_HFOiR_Zl2UGeanPXORxU3iDxg6EhH5lVX7xRTDy_E5sV7WPqdo_8bxsG2c

peterbutler,
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@KeithDJohnson @atrupar That first sentence you quoted is 🔥

Also: "He has shown, over and over, that incompetence doesn’t have to undermine evil intent; often it can exacerbate it.” 🎯

peterbutler, to TierraSapiens
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This new video of the surface of the sun is pretty neat

It was captured by the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter in September 2023

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/04/The_Sun_s_fluffy_corona_in_exquisite_detail

batkaren, to random
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Taking off my house hoodie and putting on my professional hoodie for a videoconference.

peterbutler,
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@batkaren I wear a hoodie almost every day for work

I was interviewing some contractor candidates via Zoom last week, and, before I even started talking, one of them said:

“Oh, that’s funny. I was just talking with my writing group about how unprofessional it is to wear a hoodie for a video call…”

Not a good cold open 😐

ElleGray, to random
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cicadas understand that the only truly universal language is rage screaming

peterbutler,
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@ElleGray rage screaming for sex

TucsonSentinel, to Tucson
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Photos: Police use rubber bullets, pepper balls to break up Gaza protest on UA campus https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050124_ua_gaza_protest/photos-police-use-rubber-bullets-pepper-balls-break-up-gaza-protest-ua-campus/
Three hours after police warned arrests were imminent, dozens of officers in riot gear smashed their way into an ad-hoc camp of Palestinian supporters at the University of Arizona, using pepper balls and rubber bullets to push the crowd onto Park Avenue.

peterbutler,
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@TucsonSentinel a lot of these “rubber bullets” are rubber-covered metal. unacceptable

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/rubber-bullets-explained/

kissane, (edited ) to random
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US folks, we have an e. coli recall on organic walnuts sold in bulk bins or repackaged in-store (plastic clamshells, etc.)—recs are to throw them out and wash containers and contacted surfaces:

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0430-ecoli-walnuts.html

(Hat tip to the manager of our local co-op.)

peterbutler,
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@_L1vY_ @kissane CDC needs to work on its structured data! 🥴

Nonilex, to america
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What emerged in 2 interviews w/ , & conversations w/more than a dozen of his closest advisers & confidants,were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape & its role in the world. To carry out a operation designed to remove >11M people from the country…he would be willing to build migrant detention camps [] & deploy the …


https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/

peterbutler,
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@Nonilex I appreciate Time releasing the full transcripts, which really demonstrate the delusions and nonsense thinking

More outlets should do the same thing — don’t just give us the cleaned up and edited version

https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/

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