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smeg

@smeg@assortedflotsam.com

Armchair intellectual, sometimes philosopher, all-around learning junkie, sysadmin, parent, and gamer. Everything is political.
A chicken in every pot and free poetry for all.

Admin of assortedflotsam.com. Always on the lookout for #Arkansas people

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smeg, to random
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Quick heads up: annihilation.social is the latest home for racist edgelords

smeg, to fuckcars
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Americans LOVE #walkable cities, look at any theme park, lifestyle center, or outdoor mall!

But we won't build that way where we live. Our politicians feed us car culture and we lap it up like fools.

#walkablecities #walkableStreets #walkability #carculture #CarBrain #fuckcars #pedestrians #urbanism #universalstudios #orlando #orlandofl

smeg,
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Americans LOVE buses! Airport shuttles, hotel shuttles, resort shuttles, tour buses, ski shuttles, beach shuttles!

They can't get enough of buses when they are

  • HIGH FREQUENCY
  • connect places they want to be, especially WALKABLE places!!

Let's add more buses and bus routes! More public transit means less cars and less traffic!

#walkablecity #walkablecities #transit #publictransit #walkability #urbanism #orlando #orlandfl #resorts #bus #buses #hotels #waterpark #themepark

smeg, to ChatGPT
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ChatGPT really isn't great at answering programming questions yet | TechRadar
https://www.techradar.com/pro/chatgpt-really-isnt-great-at-answering-programming-questions-yet

smeg, to random
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You know that feeling when you wake up and you feel gravity again, so all of your bones hurt?

Let's find a cure for that.

smeg, to ai
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GPT-4 didn't really score 90th percentile on the bar exam, MIT study finds
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10506-024-09396-9

smeg, to climate
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“Unprecedented” – CO2 Rising 10 Times Faster Than Any Time in Recorded History
https://scitechdaily.com/unprecedented-co2-rising-10-times-faster-than-any-time-in-recorded-history/

smeg, to indycar
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As I heard the Indy cars zipping around in circles on my father in law's TV, I remarked, "You know, people ride around at 200mph or more every day on bullet trains and planes, and nobody finds it exciting. It's mundane, like walking or sleeping. But do it recklessly in tiny little metal boxes, instead of safe big metal boxes, and people get excited. That's weird."

My comment didn't go down well.

#indy500 #nascar #indycar #fuckcars #cars #transit

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Tempted to make Linux my full time OS but I just spent $40 on a windows app.

smeg,
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@Mrfunkedude that's sort of the point of the app stores -- to create a feeling of vendor lock-in. Sunk cost.

smeg, to OpenAI
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OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/openai-putting-shiny-products-above-safety-says-departing-researcher #openai #genai #ai #aisafety

smeg, to PhilosophyMemes
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Self-driving car version of the trolley problem

smeg, to climate
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America’s biggest energy scam is happening now | The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4659511-americas-biggest-energy-scam-is-happening-now/
#oilandgas #climatechange #climatecrisis #cronycapitalism #renewableenergy

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