Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ben Alterman

@benalterman.com

590 followers 1.2K following 5.6K posts

Cybersecurity dude that gets called robotic by his friends. Probably talking about sports or video games. https://linktr.ee/ben_alterman

linktr.ee

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 37m

Just an offense broken at the most fundamental of levels

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 40m

He was across the goal line

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 1h

It involves a qb that isn’t broken/bad

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 1h

Well Nuss still looks horrible

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 1h

Lmfao SC

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 1h

Geaux Tigers

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
•.°
I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

75 490 3.9K

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 2h

Maryland head football coach

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 2h

Incredibly impressive stuff by Indiana

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

520 3.1K 11K

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 3h

I mean he’s currently averaging 5.7 YPA. That’s still very poor.

1 3

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 5h

Florida State buddy

Reposted by Ben Alterman

JP Acosta @acosta32jp.bsky.social · 6h

Dawg did Deshaun Foster just not have UCLA practicing

4 5 120

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

35 100 550

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 7h

Is Tommy Kahnle the first pitcher to be the losing pitcher in 2 elimination games in back to back seasons for 2 different teams? This feels highly specific.

3 1 12

Reposted by Ben Alterman

victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 7h

if someone told you in 2020 that stanford-SMU would be a conference game in a few years, how many guesses would it take before you got the conference right

11 19 170

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10h

Evidence that AI is accelerating our economy!

The phrase "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" is no longer true, because of the incredible rate at which this nonsense is burning money.

The correction is already upon us, it's just not evenly distributed.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 18h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

5 48 160

Reposted by Ben Alterman

ponce city marxist @butterfinger.bsky.social · 9h

damn who could have foreseen that giving every desperate redneck in america a bonus, a mask, and carte blanche to hassle city dwellers could have negative consequences

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

3 19 110

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 9h

Jail

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 9h

Aaron Boone still hasn’t been fired

Reposted by Ben Alterman

LSU Football (Unofficial) @lsufootball-mirror.bsky.social · 11h

You can feel it? A place that is haunted and comes alive on Saturday nights in the fall.

2 3

Reposted by Ben Alterman

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 19h

The company’s Sora problem is really at the root of everything else.

The fixer's dilemma: Chris Lehane and OpenAI's impossible mission | TechCrunch

The company’s Sora problem is really at the root of everything else.

techcrunch.com

1 4 17

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Jarrett Seidler @seidler.bsky.social · 19h

The drama in that game was completely situationally dependent, which is great! But we don’t have to pretend that seeing hours of an ump and announcer show with sloppy play as the teams run completely out of pitchers is good for the sport *divorced* from that context

2 2 12

Reposted by Ben Alterman

Jarrett Seidler @seidler.bsky.social · 19h

Everyone doing anti-Manfred Man discourse is forgetting the part where if that happened in a random June game there would’ve been 12 people left in the park and it would’ve been considered the most dreadful game of the year

10 3 42

Ben Alterman @benalterman.com · 19h

Almost literally nothing happened for 7 innings. No good plays. Just nothing.