I haven't seen this book since I was a kid. It was really good! Found it in the little wooden library box in the park on my walk.
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Benjamin Smith
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Benjamin Smith
@HashCons
Computer scientist. Supercomputer pseudo-scientist. Former U.S. Navy cryptologic technician.
Tham gia Temmuz 2024
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I will vote for anyone who promises to ban almost anything on airplanes.
It's been a free pass for the worst of human experience for decades.
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@scrowder Is he deducting his travel expenses, claiming this is work-related?
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Hasan Piker is a liar.
The U.S. government did not "force" him to stay in a 5-star hotel. 31 CFR §515.210 only bans Americans from government-owned properties.
He CHOSE the luxury hotel while Cubans had no power.
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@atensnut Those people weren't going anywhere important. The critter knows better.
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@OwenGregorian I didn't see it until the 90s, but I still thought the same thing... Hope the Russians can't figure out the library!
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When I saw this as a kid, I thought to myself:
“They would never be so dumb that they’d put AI in charge of weapons that could kill lots of people.”
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I don't even care about any potential health concerns, I just don't want CORN SYRUP in Clamato!
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I was so inspired by this new Tera AI thing, I decided to watch a space movie.
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@JessePeltan Yes, that's great. Didn't one of them fall down a few months ago?
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China builds the way the U.S. did before we got in our own way.
We need to stop getting in our own way.
Moss Landing@Arturo10185
@trengriffin China just opened Shuangliu Bridge over Yangtze River yesterday. The 12th such bridge in one city (Wuhan). Built in 39 months. Cost $2.3B. Main span 4650ft
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Wow, you mean it's OK to like some people, and not others?
Nick Sortor@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has an absolutely SCATHING reaction to Robert Mueller’s death Holy CRAP. “Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
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@amuse I think it's well past time to pull federal funding completely. We shouldn't have to pay for this NY nonsense, even if funneled through feel-good startup slop.
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NEW YORK: The New York Senate is considering retroactively taxing startup founders who sold their companies last year. A 10-13% hit on exits previously exempt under federal law. North Point Defense founders could owe $100 million. More than a dozen smaller founders could owe millions more. Albany is making New York uninhabitable for entrepreneurs.
nihal@nihalmehta
New York is about to make a massive mistake. The NY State Senate is advancing a proposal to decouple from federal QSBS (Section 1202) — the tax provision that lets startup founders exclude gains on qualifying exits. If this passes, founders would owe 10-13% in combined state and city tax on exits that are tax-free at the federal level and in nearly every other major tech state. Even worse: it's retroactive to January 1, 2025. This comes right as the federal government just expanded QSBS benefits and New Jersey moved to full conformity. New York wants to go in the opposite direction. As a seed investor in NYC who has backed hundreds of companies, I can tell you: founders are mobile. If New York becomes one of the most punitive states for startup exits, the best founders will simply build somewhere else — and the jobs, tax revenue, and innovation will follow. NYC has built something special over the last two decades. This proposal puts it all at risk for a short-sighted revenue grab. If you're a founder, investor, or anyone who cares about the NYC tech ecosystem — please sign the TechNYC open letter before Monday below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Keep building, NYC 🗽
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@FischerKing64 Political posts I make are 99% aimed at removing poor thinkers from my sphere. Not here to debate, I'm seeking extremely rare people with potential to solve the world's hardest problems.
Like Norm Macdonald said, in cliff-diving there's only grand champions, and stuff on a rock.
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People who want to keep this platform interesting should post something at least once each day that isn’t overtly political, but reflects some personal interest.
This is what RW Twitter was in the era of censorship.
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I was only in elementary school, but I remember it being much worse than just protecting their feelings. Years of propaganda telling them Ronald Reagan was personally trying to wipe them out. Family sitcoms had episodes where someone with aids needed to be defended from ridicule.
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@HashCons @Oilfield_Rando The irony is actual honesty about risks would have save millions of lives, but they decided protecting gay mens feelings was more important than saving their lives.
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HIV medicine commercials always be like:
1. tallest, scariest mystery-race tr*anny you’ve ever seen
2. flaming gay interracial male couple, cuddling
3. normal looking black heterosexual woman, who is single
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@BlakeSNeff Obviously dedicated craftsmen and licensed contractors. Not just some dopes they found outside a Home Depot.
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We have always been at war with Cesar Chavez.
scott budman@scottbudman
Letter by letter, crews cover up “Plaza De Cesar Chavez” in San Jose.
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So, what's an ACTIVE breathalyzer then? Does it forcibly suck the air in and out of your lungs using one of those tubulator things like on ER?
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Valid point/rebuttal:
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1968 Camper Special@1968F250CS
@SomeBitchIIKnow Part of the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill" had a line in it that automakers develop passive breathalyzer/driver impairment monitoring that would shut the car down. We are not that far off from it being a problem.
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People keep commenting on kill switches for cars and while I think they’re a bad idea, interlock systems can be outfitted to basically any vehicle. It’s an entirely separate apparatus.
Polymarket@Polymarket
BREAKING: Cyberattack against American breathalyzer test company locks out drivers across 45 states.
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@SomeBitchIIKnow Well, thank God the answer is so simple. All we need to do is pass one of those bills! Why didn't I think of that?
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@Oilfield_Rando I imagine the taxpayers are still paying for foreign students full out-of-state tuition. It's a complete mystery which degree programs that might be...
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So universities have been using foreign revenue to bankroll academic Marxism, huh?
The Dallas Express News@DallasExpress
UNT CUTS PROGRAMS AMID $45M DEFICIT University phases out linguistics degrees, LGBTQ Studies, Africana Studies & more as international enrollment plummets. Full Story: dallasexpress.com/education/inte…
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Let's not forget that malls were always a scheme to convert useless farmland on the outskirts of cities into higher tax revenue properties.
It worked. Now the outskirts of cities are The Internet. We're stuck with the debt, road maintenance, and heating bills for empty spaces.
Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiec
The government should create a public works program to keep 80s malls open. Make them into public library space and hold community and educational programs. But they have to maintain their character as 80s malls
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@theblaze What ancient nonsense is next? Will she volunteer to be stoned?
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@ntbrown01 @nicksortor @32nds Do teeth have rings like a tree we can count?
Even if no, sounds like a worthy sacrifice if someone appearing to be over 65 wishes to give up a tooth to vote without ID. I'll donate the pliers and saw!
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🚨 JUST IN: Lisa Murkowski has just submitted an AMENDMENT to the SAVE America Act, EXEMPTING people born before 1961 from having to prove their citizenship
If you can't be bothered to prove you're a citizen, you have no business voting to begin with.
Stop nitpicking and pass the freaking bill.
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