@Observer_ofyou @internetarchiva Hot interior but the surface cools super fast.
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Disgruntled Llama
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Disgruntled Llama
@hbalien
Don't trust anyone that calls it X.
Orange County, CA Katılım Ocak 2011
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NASA’s heat tiles were so effective you could grab them right out of a 2200°F furnace
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@AnimarchyYT They're gonna build a new facility and staff it with robots now.
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In the immortal words of Jeremy Clarkson: “I’m not saying you should do that. I’m simply saying you CAN do that”.
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@micsolana @dodgeblake They shoulda asked it if it was a good idea to start the war in the first place.
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fantastic piece from @dodgeblake on how the military is actually using AI in the field of war. palantir is obviously the star of the show, in a huge feature spanning everything from military AI ambition circa vietnam to an anthropic update that briefly crippled the CDC.
Blake Dodge@dodgeblake
Palantir recently became the military's primary software system for "targeting," and increasingly other aspects of the fight. Since the scary "targeting" OS used scary "AI," we were never going to have a sane conversation about how this works. This story is my best shot at a sane conversation about how this works. First of all, "targeting" isn't shooting. "Targeting" is the exhaustive, bureaucratic process by which we plan, execute, and *assess* shooting. How our planes will get the right munitions. Where they’ll refuel. Cloud coverage. The literal illumination of the moon. Matters of physics. Matters of contingency: the AC-130 gunship needs to be in an overwatch position before the ground assault can happen, but the gunship can’t move into place until the air defenses have been taken out. A “scheme of maneuvers” is determined. Only then does the strike proceed. ^That is only a small snippet of the "targeting" process, btw. As of the start of the conflict with Iran this year, "targeting" was still heavily manual. The glue between disparate processes, even if they featured automation, was: PowerPoint, email, chat, and Excel files. Target lists were relayed in spreadsheets. Sequenced maneuvers sat in Gantt charts in PowerPoint. That bottleneck deepened a relationship with Palantir that started decades ago. Now, hundreds of AI agents in the "Maven" software system do stuff like: make sure there's nothing in the military's historical intelligence that might disqualify a target before a strike. Sources believe AI could've prevented the U.S. strike on a school in Iran, which killed more than 100 children, as it was based on "outdated data." Palantir has been called a lot of things. Evil, dystopian. I've been a tech reporter for almost 10 years, and among my travels, nothing is more dystopian than dysfunctional, manual tech. It literally makes people want to die. It literally causes death. The Pentagon has wanted war AI since Vietnam, for good reason. This is the definitive story of how Palantir built it. piratewires.com/p/how-the-mili…
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@berniebimbj @MesaHimejoshi Who was put in a concentration camp?
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@MesaHimejoshi they were literally putting palestine protesters in *concentration camps* LAST YEAR.
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Heh, fun week for my Crohn's:
- Some complications from a routine test, still coping with that.
- Pharmacy sent $8k bill for my medicine, seems like I'll have to pay it, ugh
- Doctor recommended better dose for medication, Optum of course declined
Yay healthcare!
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Falcons OT Kaleb McGary retires at age 31.
Collin Roberts@collinbroberts
Congrats to Kaleb McGary on his retirement and an amazing career.
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@LinkofSunshine @nikicaga Trump was right. The media is the enemy.
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@peterrhague @Noahpinion Last year he was talking about the Pope's death with the Easter bunny next to him.
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How is a person supposed to tell if they are having a psychotic break or not these days?
Everyone else can see the big rabbit listening to Trump talk about bombing Iran, right?
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@eternaltxts Stick to one brand of white socks and one brand of black socks. Then you will never have trouble finding a matching pair.
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I’m 21. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.
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@woebetidesus @Llamaoftime @Timodc Tbf, I have not been listening to him long enough to have a good opinion on this.
I don't think I've heard him talk about politics maybe ever? Maybe he figured out he can be a politics free refuge for sports fans. If that is the case then more power to him.
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@hbalien @Llamaoftime @Timodc There's other small examples like that, but it seems like Bill stopped talking politics because he knows people and wanted to get on ownership of a team etc. and it'd be a better business decision for him.
Or Trump is not worth losing money on.
Kind of reeks of cowardice to me.
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@Osinttechnical How does this keep getting more surreal each year?
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President Trump, from the South Portico of the White House, with the Easter Bunny, addresses Iran:
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@woebetidesus @Llamaoftime @Timodc Idk what his deal is with Newsom, but there are plenty of reasons not to like him as a lib.
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@christianharki8 @kgriffinburner Usually I agree with you, but this is one most people should get instantly as Pete Crow-Armstrong, the horrendous chase rate (led MLB last year I think), and elite defense and speed, followed by the fact that it had to be a well know player since he hit 30 HR’s
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@Llamaoftime @Timodc Is he thou? Really? These days? Completely? You sure?
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