And the cost of one of them will probably cost as much as several USAID projects combined... *sighs*

Anyhow, I hope the next project is a Space Force rocket that looks like Dr. Evils penis ship

Just like techies keep inventing buses

I think you're assuming that immigrants, documented or undocumented, are only doing low paying jobs. Immigrants also don't get forced into cheap labor like slavery. And while people certainly abuse immigrant workers, I think the people abusing them should be arrested, not immigrants.

I'm aware enough that I can't escape to a utopian one... but I'll make the most out of this one since it's the one I've got

Progressives get steamrolled all the time in Congress. We are an outnumbered bloc, especially on matters of defense. Shouldn’t be hard.

They know this isn’t “lefty” opposition. It is BROAD opposition from the American people across the board. The numbers show that. That’s why they’re pushing it.

9/ But there is no comparison anywhere on the left with MAGA's regular legitimization of violence in our politics. There is a straight line from Jan 6 to the pardons to the assault on Sen. Padilla to Minnesota.

A democracy cannot function when one faction embraces violence.

no

But really the problem is we get so excited to make something, and then it turns out its much easier to use it to make problems than solutions. For example, Nuclear Fission. We have a lot more bombs than power plants.

Most usage of LLMs are important academically but a nightmare ethically. Generally, I think their tech, much like social media, offers a lot of promise with few results. RAG implementations, however, have a lot of promise for specific implementations.

I once heard that rounding up for charity actually collects a good amount of money because people usually wouldn't donate otherwise. Not sure how true that is, but glad to hear its not otherwise a scam.

I'm not surprised, but still excited!

Hank, are you okay? Every other post is looking for a fight...

Reject it, great, I agree. But how? You need to tell representatives something concrete. Reject Fascism is something we all agree on, but tell them how to reject it. Otherwise we'll just get more of Schumer boring is to death about how terrible it is that... I dunno whatever tf he says

Anyhow, overall, we need a concrete message. Trump and his administration will likely not listen. But the people who will need to hear something of substance other than "we're angry". They'll just associate it with being upset about the election.

In regards to DOGE, I am referring to this:
bsky.app/profile/josh...