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For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Tim InfoWars
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Tim InfoWars
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October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pythagoras would be proud
Damn…..did the people that wrote the new “knowledge rich” curriculum even proof read their work or know how to math?
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Pythagoras would be proud
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History never repeats 🎶
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
History never repeats 🎶
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Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
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It's also hilarious because Tolkien created the Ents, a race where the men got so caught up in their own BS that they drove ALL of the women of their race away and they literally don't know where they all went and are still sad about it millennia? later
parallels!
parallels!
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's also hilarious because Tolkien created the Ents, a race where the men got so caught up in their own BS that they drove ALL of the women of their race away and they literally don't know where they all went and are still sad about it millennia? later
parallels!
parallels!
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They asked him if he had Jewish ancestry and he told them he wished he did, and that they made him a shamed of his German name.
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
They asked him if he had Jewish ancestry and he told them he wished he did, and that they made him a shamed of his German name.
Don't let them loose on polynomial fitting
Jake, what is happening on twitter dot com??
I could have sworn the #numbers guys used to have a little more heft…
I could have sworn the #numbers guys used to have a little more heft…
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Don't let them loose on polynomial fitting
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Another answer from another direction: the first STV systems in the 19th century had votes split between candidates at random: ie if a candidate has 150 votes and only needs 100, you randomly choose 50 ballots and pass them on to the next preference.
appreciate your mahi of explaining this system
may I ask for clarity on how the "shaved off the top" part works? What gets transferred?
e.g. do they look at those last few votes next preferences and shift them?
may I ask for clarity on how the "shaved off the top" part works? What gets transferred?
e.g. do they look at those last few votes next preferences and shift them?
October 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another answer from another direction: the first STV systems in the 19th century had votes split between candidates at random: ie if a candidate has 150 votes and only needs 100, you randomly choose 50 ballots and pass them on to the next preference.
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You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?
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Hah, I had not realised that my usual practice in Aus elections would be a waste of energy if my NZ local ballots actually had a way for me as an overseas elector to submit my vote in time
I did have a fair degree of fun carefully structuring my Senate ballot earlier this year
I did have a fair degree of fun carefully structuring my Senate ballot earlier this year
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hah, I had not realised that my usual practice in Aus elections would be a waste of energy if my NZ local ballots actually had a way for me as an overseas elector to submit my vote in time
I did have a fair degree of fun carefully structuring my Senate ballot earlier this year
I did have a fair degree of fun carefully structuring my Senate ballot earlier this year
For the election nerds -- visualisation of Meek's method STV counting and how it iterates. This is round 66 of the Dunedin count. 34 candidates have been eliminated, 6 elected and 14 remain uncertain; 6 more must be eliminated to elect a further 8 councillors (total of 14, so 1/15th of the vote)
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For the election nerds -- visualisation of Meek's method STV counting and how it iterates. This is round 66 of the Dunedin count. 34 candidates have been eliminated, 6 elected and 14 remain uncertain; 6 more must be eliminated to elect a further 8 councillors (total of 14, so 1/15th of the vote)
Big shift to the left on final-day DCC votes -- Barker's win goes from a hundred votes to seven hundred, and the top Green candidate goes from unlucky-loser to comfortably making it in -- at the expense of what appears a right-wing candidate.
October 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Big shift to the left on final-day DCC votes -- Barker's win goes from a hundred votes to seven hundred, and the top Green candidate goes from unlucky-loser to comfortably making it in -- at the expense of what appears a right-wing candidate.
No crazy-close STV elections found yet, but I did make a spreadsheet of the Dunedin election and noted that the count stalled out for about 5 rounds at round 70ish because the bottom two left in the count were a tenth of a vote apart.
Wouldn't have made an iota of difference but funny to see.
Wouldn't have made an iota of difference but funny to see.
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
No crazy-close STV elections found yet, but I did make a spreadsheet of the Dunedin election and noted that the count stalled out for about 5 rounds at round 70ish because the bottom two left in the count were a tenth of a vote apart.
Wouldn't have made an iota of difference but funny to see.
Wouldn't have made an iota of difference but funny to see.
Lee Vandervis in third with 7177 votes, insufficient to help the centre-right gain 1100 votes on transfers. Absolute scenes from the Dunedin right's inability to support each other.
Sophie Barker overcomes a very similar deficit to Andrew Simms, to provisionally win it on preferences.
Sophie Barker overcomes a very similar deficit to Andrew Simms, to provisionally win it on preferences.
October 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Lee Vandervis in third with 7177 votes, insufficient to help the centre-right gain 1100 votes on transfers. Absolute scenes from the Dunedin right's inability to support each other.
Sophie Barker overcomes a very similar deficit to Andrew Simms, to provisionally win it on preferences.
Sophie Barker overcomes a very similar deficit to Andrew Simms, to provisionally win it on preferences.
That's a startling result. He wasn't even in the ballpark. I assumed when I heard he'd lost that it would have been a three or four way contest, but Barker and Simms are miles ahead.
Wowee Radish got hosed. Absolutely hosed. Far back in fourth, a third of Barker and Simms at point of elimination. Two horse race.
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That's a startling result. He wasn't even in the ballpark. I assumed when I heard he'd lost that it would have been a three or four way contest, but Barker and Simms are miles ahead.
I mean, there's a well-known darker prequel to Lord of the Rings which treats ponies in a much more disposable way...
And on a more depressing note, I wonder how much that horse girl energy was influenced by Tolkien's WWI experience. He probably had to see so many horses just discarded on the battlefield, maybe without even getting names...😥
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I mean, there's a well-known darker prequel to Lord of the Rings which treats ponies in a much more disposable way...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.