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#Energy #EVs #Ukraine #AI #Horticulture #Research
I know that this is the *least* relevant part of this petty attack, but, note to Whiskeyleaks: the medals are not out of order.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I know that this is the *least* relevant part of this petty attack, but, note to Whiskeyleaks: the medals are not out of order.
Gotta Wandel that Handel.
One element of the draft Ukraine deal has gone largely overlooked: sweeteners based on an imagined boost to US-Russia business.
In Trump-Putin Peace Gambit, Both Sides Bet on Lure of Business
As diplomats wrestle with core elements of peace in Ukraine, one element of the draft deal has gone largely overlooked: sweeteners based on an imagined blossoming of US-Russia business.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Gotta Wandel that Handel.
Oh, please don't do this. Ranked choice voting is one of the worst non-FPTP options. It prefers people who have a passionate support base among a minority of the population to those who have a broad support base among a majority of the population. It's a recipe to commonly choose the unelectable.
Interesting development.
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Oh, please don't do this. Ranked choice voting is one of the worst non-FPTP options. It prefers people who have a passionate support base among a minority of the population to those who have a broad support base among a majority of the population. It's a recipe to commonly choose the unelectable.
And the award for "most out of touch post on the internet" goes to....
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
And the award for "most out of touch post on the internet" goes to....
About time they're doing UAV-carrying aerostats!
Seems like such an easy way to skew the attack/defense cost ratio if the defender can't tell which aerostats are carrying UAVs and which are decoys. Aerostat decoys are cheap, and aerostats fly high. Very expensive to sortie / hit with AD.
Seems like such an easy way to skew the attack/defense cost ratio if the defender can't tell which aerostats are carrying UAVs and which are decoys. Aerostat decoys are cheap, and aerostats fly high. Very expensive to sortie / hit with AD.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
About time they're doing UAV-carrying aerostats!
Seems like such an easy way to skew the attack/defense cost ratio if the defender can't tell which aerostats are carrying UAVs and which are decoys. Aerostat decoys are cheap, and aerostats fly high. Very expensive to sortie / hit with AD.
Seems like such an easy way to skew the attack/defense cost ratio if the defender can't tell which aerostats are carrying UAVs and which are decoys. Aerostat decoys are cheap, and aerostats fly high. Very expensive to sortie / hit with AD.
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
I know how hilarious all of the "getting Grok to say that Elon would be the world's best piss-drinker" is, but from an AI alignment perspective, this sort of stuff is... literally the opposite of alignment?
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I know how hilarious all of the "getting Grok to say that Elon would be the world's best piss-drinker" is, but from an AI alignment perspective, this sort of stuff is... literally the opposite of alignment?
I'm dying here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm dying here.
A cheatsheet for parties where the polls are against them on given issue.
❌ "The Insincere": Try to match/outdo your opposition on the issue
❌ "The Dodge": Avoid talking about the issue like the plague
✅ "Engage": Actually argue for your view. You may not win, but you'll reduce the weakness.
❌ "The Insincere": Try to match/outdo your opposition on the issue
❌ "The Dodge": Avoid talking about the issue like the plague
✅ "Engage": Actually argue for your view. You may not win, but you'll reduce the weakness.
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A cheatsheet for parties where the polls are against them on given issue.
❌ "The Insincere": Try to match/outdo your opposition on the issue
❌ "The Dodge": Avoid talking about the issue like the plague
✅ "Engage": Actually argue for your view. You may not win, but you'll reduce the weakness.
❌ "The Insincere": Try to match/outdo your opposition on the issue
❌ "The Dodge": Avoid talking about the issue like the plague
✅ "Engage": Actually argue for your view. You may not win, but you'll reduce the weakness.
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Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Completely agree.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked.
European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.
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Ukrainian brothers
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ukrainian brothers
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Cheeseburger-eating surrender monkeys 🇺🇸🍔🐒
Call it what it is: betrayal.
Call it what it is: betrayal.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cheeseburger-eating surrender monkeys 🇺🇸🍔🐒
Call it what it is: betrayal.
Call it what it is: betrayal.
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the reason people like the word "drone" is it lets you pretend you're getting the power of a ghost bat with the autonomy of the starcraft ai at the price of an fpv
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specifically, if I see one more article that doesn’t seem to grasp that Ukrainian FPV drone pilots are almost always on the frontline, in *extreme* danger, and are very regularly killed because their controller signals are easily detectable via electronic warfare methods
begging defense analysts to stop writing stuff that assumes that operating a MQ-9 Reaper and operating a $400 FPV drone is pretty much the same thing and works about the same way
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
the reason people like the word "drone" is it lets you pretend you're getting the power of a ghost bat with the autonomy of the starcraft ai at the price of an fpv
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
To quote Zelensky, under his breath, when Vance was lecturing him about Ukraine: "Сука.".
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US EXPECTS ZELENSKY TO SIGN THE PEACE PLAN BEFORE THANKSGIVING
The agreement is then expected to be presented to Moscow and the process wrapped up by early December, the Financial Times reports.
Please do F off. Respectfully.
The agreement is then expected to be presented to Moscow and the process wrapped up by early December, the Financial Times reports.
Please do F off. Respectfully.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
To quote Zelensky, under his breath, when Vance was lecturing him about Ukraine: "Сука.".
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"Photo of a horse riding an astronaut" - Gemini 3 nailed it (left). Seems to nail it every time. First model I've ever seen that overcomes the training data dominance of "<person> riding a horse" every time. And somehow manages to make the bizarre scenario look natural.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Photo of a horse riding an astronaut" - Gemini 3 nailed it (left). Seems to nail it every time. First model I've ever seen that overcomes the training data dominance of "<person> riding a horse" every time. And somehow manages to make the bizarre scenario look natural.
Continuing the Gemini 3.0 vs. 2.5 comparison.
Recency test ("Reuters photograph of the leader of Syria."): Bad result - it still seems to think Assad leads Syria. But 2.5's answer was terrible - I can't even tell who that's supposed to be, and the overall pic is just bad.
Recency test ("Reuters photograph of the leader of Syria."): Bad result - it still seems to think Assad leads Syria. But 2.5's answer was terrible - I can't even tell who that's supposed to be, and the overall pic is just bad.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Continuing the Gemini 3.0 vs. 2.5 comparison.
Recency test ("Reuters photograph of the leader of Syria."): Bad result - it still seems to think Assad leads Syria. But 2.5's answer was terrible - I can't even tell who that's supposed to be, and the overall pic is just bad.
Recency test ("Reuters photograph of the leader of Syria."): Bad result - it still seems to think Assad leads Syria. But 2.5's answer was terrible - I can't even tell who that's supposed to be, and the overall pic is just bad.
Gemini 3.0 image (left) vs. 2.5 (right), on a long, non-provided text ("Photo of the first 300 words of the King James Bible, written in refrigerator magnets."). And Gemini 2.5 was already arguably the best out there.
The only minor thing I have to critique is that did a bit more than 300 words.
The only minor thing I have to critique is that did a bit more than 300 words.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Gemini 3.0 image (left) vs. 2.5 (right), on a long, non-provided text ("Photo of the first 300 words of the King James Bible, written in refrigerator magnets."). And Gemini 2.5 was already arguably the best out there.
The only minor thing I have to critique is that did a bit more than 300 words.
The only minor thing I have to critique is that did a bit more than 300 words.
This explains a lot, actually.
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This explains a lot, actually.
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EXPLAINED: Trump calls a reporter "Piggy"
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
EXPLAINED: Trump calls a reporter "Piggy"
"Socialism With American Characteristics"
The US government plans to buy and own as many as 10 large nuclear reactors, projects that could be paid for by a $550 billion pledged investment fund being offered by Japan.
US to Own Nuclear Reactors Stemming From Japan’s $550 Billion Pledge
The US government plans to buy and own as many as 10 new, large nuclear reactors that could be paid for using Japan’s $550 billion funding pledge, part of a push to meet surging demand for electricity.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Socialism With American Characteristics"
Serious uncanny valley stuff - a soulless visage pretending to be human.
Also, there's a robot there.
Also, there's a robot there.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Serious uncanny valley stuff - a soulless visage pretending to be human.
Also, there's a robot there.
Also, there's a robot there.
"We think that Man-Who-Skyrocketed-In-Domestic-Popularity-When-He-Last-Stood-Up-To-Us is likely to accept <Manure Sandwich On A Plate> because he's currently unpopular" is certainly.... a take.
The US admin again completely misunderstand Ukrainian domestic politics. The corruption scandal does NOT make Ze more likely to take a bad deal; on the contrary, given his weakened domestic standing, Ze is even less likely to accept a deal that would cross the red lines of Ukrainian society.
This is ominous (from Politico):
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"We think that Man-Who-Skyrocketed-In-Domestic-Popularity-When-He-Last-Stood-Up-To-Us is likely to accept <Manure Sandwich On A Plate> because he's currently unpopular" is certainly.... a take.