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@CaryKelly11 Transformational! ...the Japanese.... are no longer forced to find a rock or something.

Why hasn't this caught on in the US? They've been eating self-heating food in Japan (Bento) for several years now. They are popular in train stations and convenience stores and run between $3-$13 USD. You pull a string on the side of the box. This mixes water with a chemical (usually calcium oxide/quicklime) in a bottom compartment, triggering an exothermic reaction that produces steam and heats the meal in 5–10 minutes. Popular varieties include beef tongue, curry rice, beef bowl, steak and seafood options. Who needs a microwave when you have Bento! Source: lumadeline (IG)

@Keir_Starmer "National interest" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that declaration. @grok based on his decisions and actions throughout his career, what does @keir_starmer likely believe is in the national interest of Great Britain that many Brits would find objectionable?

I will always make decisions that are in the national interest. It’s why we aren’t getting dragged into the Middle East conflict, and why we are fighting to protect your living standards. And while opposition parties have responded by dividing communities, we respond with hope and pride. Pride in our communities, and the hope of a country that’s better for our children. That’s what we’re fighting for. Vote Labour on Thursday 7 May.

Ah yes, when you’re such a disconnected elitist organization that you don’t even know which countries are part of your union.

@grok when did Belarus join the EU?

@svpino Yes. Same with judges and repeat criminals. Accountability matters. Good point Private Santiago.

Whoever uses AI to write code should be ultimately responsible for that code and liable for any potential consequences of running that code. I don't care what model you used, how you used it, or how much it helped you. Humans bear full responsibility.

@AlexH_Johnson Single variable modeling of a multi-variable environment will rarely provide accurate forecasts. ATMs were one of about 1000 changes to finance, the economy, culture, consumer habits, etc. between 1977 and each decade since then. Bank tellers don’t exist in a vacuum.

In 1977, after Citi spent $50 million to install ATMs in a bunch of its branches, people thought the idea that ATMs would replace bank tellers was absurd. Lines in Citi branches were longer, as customers avoided the new machines queued up to talk to a human. They were wrong. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of ATMs installed in U.S. bank branches exploded and usage soared, as consumers realized how convenient they are for routine tasks. Market observers changed their minds and predicted the imminent death of the bank teller as a profession. They were wrong. By 2010, economists had started to notice that the number of bank tellers had actually risen over prior three decades. Their explanation was that ATMs were a complementary technology that freed up tellers to focus on higher-value relationship banking tasks and that bank tellers would be safe. They were wrong. Since 2010, the total number of bank tellers in the U.S. has fallen off a cliff. Market observers now explain the growth of the bank teller profession between 1980 and 2010 as a function of deregulation (interstate banking, specifically) which drove a massive increase in the total number of branches in the U.S. (even though each branch could get by with fewer tellers thanks to ATMs). These observers expect that smartphones, which ushered in a completely different competitive paradigm in financial services in the 2010s and 2020s, will eventually lead to the death of the bank teller as a profession. Maybe! Or, as has happened repeatedly in this story, maybe they're wrong! In 2024, JPMorgan Chase — a company that fully understands the potential of ATMs and mobile banking and that, I promise you, is not soft-hearted when it comes to the topic of automation and job destruction — embarked on a plan to open more than 500 new branches, renovate 1,700 existing branches, and hire 3,500 employees to work in them. I share this story because, at a time when everyone is rightly worried about the impact that AI will have on the job market, it's important to remember that old William Goldman line (which @DKThomp recently introduced into the AI/jobs debate): Nobody knows anything.

@yacineMTB Yes. Like the vague posts AI makes about AI gaps.

If you are doing anything serious you very quickly see the limits of these new AI models

@ArtemisConsort Have you ever worked on a Honda engine, seen Japanese woodworking in person, or tried sushi? No surprise that Japanese perfectionism extends into social media.

The average quality of the Japanese posts now on my timeline is about 2 standard deviations higher than the non-Japanese posts. Possibly the biggest product improvement I’ve yet experienced on this app. Great stuff.

I think there’s a line from Blazing Saddles that covers this, and it ends with “but we wont take the Irish” … Ah the good old days when you could make fun of each other to show your love. French people are great in general. I like how when they put speed trap cameras on their highways, the French people immediately destroyed all of them. Overnight. Good attitude towards government overreach.

I'm glad to see US / Japan relations improve because of twitter memes Next stop is US / France. We have a lot in common. If we stopped being caustic jerks to each other for a little while, I think we would really enjoy being friendly jerks to each other x.com/magills_/statu…

@FrankLuntz Mormons are doing their part.

How can we incentivize more Americans to have children?

@JohnyTempus @TrentTelenko I wonder how well the IRGC does when it comes to identifying friendlies.

@TrentTelenko Hormuz is less inportant for Europe. Yes there are some ships. India is desparate for those. Plus India is much more friendly with Iran and Russia. Their ships will not be attacked normally. Just by mistake, so the risk is completely different.

This is an Indian example of a nation acting in its own national interests. ⬇️ Where are the EU/NATO ships protecting European merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz?

@ItsTragik @IGN Your profile description is somewhat accurate. Rage-bait engaged.

@IGN I think it's time, and I'd like to see a more diverse cast, I mean I respect the original, we all do but it's 2026, the world doesn't look that way anymore.

Rather than move forward with spinoffs that cling to the original The Lord of the Rings movies, maybe the time has come to give the franchise a full, Harry Potter-style reboot. bit.ly/4rY74wY

@Tooth_Chipper My favorite was Mohel. He chopped off his own aerial refueling probe tip with the helo’s rotor blades. Iykyk.

Pilot Callsigns in the movies: Maverick. Fenix. Iceman. Hangman. Payback. Pilot callsigns in real life: Pants Shitter. Frumpy. Doodypoots. Dandy. Rat.

@Erdayastronaut Prove you can successfully launch something.

I'm honestly SHOCKED at how the general public has NO IDEA Artemis II is taking humans out to the moon and will be the furthest humans have ever flown. Every non-space nerd I've talked to has no idea. WE GOTTA GET PEOPLE STOKED!!!! THESE FOUR HUMANS ARE FLYING TO THE MOON!!!

@CaptMarkKelly Skipper, you picked the wrong party if you want social security to go to the people who paid into it.

You paid into Social Security your entire lives. And I refuse to let it get gutted by this Administration to fund more tax breaks for billionaires.

@McFaul Agreed. Academic institutions have to stop doing “scientific studies” on the racial injustice of transgender bats infected with corona virus. Then we can fund science again with some taxpayer money.

This is how we lose the 21st century to China.

@MattWalshBlog Either you’ve been bought or you’ve chosen poor company.

I’ve never seen such a disconnect between the commentary on this site and what I hear in the real world. I’ve talked to dozens of normal conservatives in real life about the Iran War and I haven’t met a single one who’s actually enthusiastically in favor of it. At best they’re warily optimistic. In most cases they’re opposed. In some cases they’re not only opposed but deeply furious. And yet here if you utter a word of criticism about the war you’ll be shouted down by throngs of alleged American conservatives who allegedly have wanted nothing more than for America to go to war with Iran. It just doesn’t reflect what I see on the ground. That’s not just cope because my position is unpopular with “my side.” I’ve held plenty of unpopular positions. I really don’t care. But in this case the social media vs real world divide is stark and unlike anything I’ve seen before.

You don’t have to trust the plan. You’re supposed to ask questions. You’re a commentator. No one expects you to have backbone or deal with threats using violence, or fight for our country or our values physically, with risk to yourself. You’re not wearing a uniform. You didn’t take an oath. You talk. You express concern. That’s all you’re expected to do, it’s your right and you have no obligation to anyone or anything. Great, noted. Now the men who will act, who feel a duty to act, are going to go take care of a problem in a way that you decided was too personally risky or just not important enough to get involved in.

Some of us expressed great concern about the Iran War when it was first launched. We were shouted down and condemned as “panicans” and “blackpillers” and even Islamist sympathizers. But it’s pretty clear from how things have gone that our concerns were absolutely reasonable and legitimate. Maybe Trump will get us out of this thing soon and it still won’t spiral into a long and drawn out war. But even if that happens — and I’m not convinced it will — no thoughtful person can deny at this point that the spiral and long war scenario is very much a possibility. No reasonable person, at this stage, can say that our concerns were irrational. What looks irrational now — and always did — is the demand for blind allegiance and unthinking “trust” in our elected leaders, as though we are called to have faith in politicians like we have faith in God.

Piers, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Piers Morgan? We have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the risks and curse the escalation. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know — that standing firm, while dangerous, probably saves lives in the long run. And the existence of those who defend it, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about on air, you want us on that wall — you need us on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline when it suits the narrative. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain this to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom and security that stronger men provide, then questions the manner in which we provide it — especially when you're scared to fight yourself. But that's okay. You don't have to. Stronger men will do it for you to keep the world safe. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think is “madness”.

I repeat: this is madness.

@ezralevant @grok what about the blue wall with CA OR WA. How would we get around their politicians?

BREAKTHROUGH: The U.S. is open to building an oil pipeline from the Alberta-U.S. border to the west coast through U.S. territory, detouring around intransigent B.C. politicians and litigious Indian bands.