Brian Ulicny

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@Devin_G_Pope I used to go to casinos w my two aunts who were nuns. Took bus from Philly to Atlantic City. The bus line gave them money to go. They always came out ahead!

Casino attendance is lowest among Jehovah’s Witnesses and highest among Catholics and Buddhists:

Part 10 – Religion in America: Evidence from Cellphone Data How does religious worship attendance correlate with attending other locations such as strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos that for some religions have a moral element? How does it vary by religion?

@ian_joo_korea Dude is being used as a pronominal epithet there, which is grammatical. semanticsarchive.net/Archive/DU5YWE…

RIP Tony Bennett. open.spotify.com/track/1lPfhJL3…

@maiab Yes to decorators, designers, architects, artists, florists, builders, trainers, boutique owners. Including them in social events lets them meet new prospects on neutral ground, where you are implicitly endorsing them. Plus, they will make an effort to be fun and have fun.

@maiab It is a win-win for the decorator. At worst, she’s been entertained by you, assuming you can throw a good party. Maybe she also meets some new clients. You can rave about her to them. If you hate her work, then don’t invite her.

can you be friends with people you hire / employ in some capacity?

Top tech firms sign White House pledge to identify AI-generated images washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

scientificamerican.com/article/ancien… 'Unknown' Script Is Finally Deciphered via @sciam

Let’s hear it for Maine! First state to adopt Nordic Model. via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opi…

I wrote up some thoughts about LLMs, hallucinations, defamation, and copyright. | LLMs and Risk @bulicny/llms-and-risk-349e3471d28b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@bulicny/llms-…

What Happens When You Ask a Chinese Chatbot About Taiwan? nytimes.com/2023/07/14/bus…

The Pile is full of copyrighted material, apparently. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/07/10/art…

SpaceX Starlink satellites had to make 25,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months — and it will only get worse space.com/starlink-satel…

A weekly program of nasal photo-disinfection implemented at a major meat packing plant, alongside standard safety measures recommended by the US CDC, reduced expected COVID-19 positivity rate by over 99% . thepigsite.com/news/2023/07/n…

@ian_j_stewart Why not both? Btw, did you know Bush founded Raytheon, parent company of BBN?

This might be controversial, but I think I would be much more interested in a documentary /drama on Vannever Bush and his role in the early nuclear age than than Oppenheimer.

@johnjhorton I think my father-in-law was cousins with your grandmother. They were both Synans.

@bulicny pretty much center mass of the triangle. i think my grandmother & your father-in-law were 1st cousins, but my genealogy might be off

TIL some paranormal experts think the area I grew up in is spooky (technical term) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewat…

@etzioni @nytopinion apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf…

@etzioni @nytopinion DARPA heard you. The ASED (2018) program developed time-wasting chatbots to deter scammers and spammers. BBN was one of the performers. apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/…

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