The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground

just the dumbest fucking guy

(naturally, Jeff Bezos's Washington Post hired him.)

America is already basically in a Cold Civil War it’s just that the leaders of the Democratic Party refuse to acknowledge this. It’s like Lincoln having a bunch of Confederate sympathizer generals.

i've been getting up and going to bed early and getting more exercise and eating better and i'm here to say that if you do these things then there is a good chance that you will still feel like life is a pointless march to the grave so you might as well just smoke weed and play video games all day

Here are two NYT headlines about shootings this week.

You'd think that the one with evocative, emotional language ("tragic"), that centers the need for safety, and was written by an army of reporters would be the one about two kindergarteners getting shot at school, but buddy, this is America.

Tabouli has to have avocado toast every single day. Sadly, this is why she will never own a house.

Media should cover how many “hits” Brian Thompson took out on families to be worth his $10.2 million a year

This piece from David Moore is so fucking infuriating. I hadn’t realized that Aaron Swartz was in the same YCombinator cohort as Sam Altman. The contrast in their career choices & relationship to the power of information is so damned stark.

It’s funny that we are all acknowledging that private health care is an absolute bureaucratic nightmare designed to limit treatment at the expense of patients’ lives and lots of people still believe that trans kids are just walking into medical facilities and getting treatment without question.

before TikTok becomes illegal can the kids make a trend out of riding public transit or something

The foundation of Elon Musk's wealth is the hard work over decades by thousands of government employees — ones at NASA, government scientists who invented GPS (of which my father was one), and more. He is a spoiled child living in a fantasy world.

Security firms for the CEO, shooting drills for your children

Basically LLMs are just computers that are really good at SQL-ing the internet

What's the over/under on some congress critter introducing legislation to no longer require the names of execs or board members in public filings?

The investigative journalists at Pro Publica have written a recent series of articles exposing United Health Care's outrageous and dishonest claims denial practices. Here are some links:
www.google.com/search?q=pro...

NYT actual undecided voter: “what are their names, again?”