Andrew (รูว์)
@stutterbug43.bsky.social
Currently back-to-basics programmer using JS, TS, WebGL & WebAssembly. Untrustworthy and dumber than a sack of hammers. Living in Northern Thailand.
I checked the Statista's underlying HTML and in all four places that text appears the dollar value was "****". So Gemini purposely converted one placeholder to another, different placeholder. LM-space tokenization is weird, man.
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I checked the Statista's underlying HTML and in all four places that text appears the dollar value was "****". So Gemini purposely converted one placeholder to another, different placeholder. LM-space tokenization is weird, man.
How many times do we have to rule on so-called Miranda violations? Most defendants can probably recite it off the top of their heads. But it's their magic Get Out of Jail Card.. Don't even get me going on Brady disclosures! Do defending counsel have to disclose everything they've got? So unbalanced.
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
How many times do we have to rule on so-called Miranda violations? Most defendants can probably recite it off the top of their heads. But it's their magic Get Out of Jail Card.. Don't even get me going on Brady disclosures! Do defending counsel have to disclose everything they've got? So unbalanced.
I don't know why I'm arguing here. I certainly am not defending the US law or its use here; I'm likely as horrified as you. And believe me, I am the King of All Cynics. But at this exact point in time I hope cynicism doesn't displace focused, hopeful activism in America.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I don't know why I'm arguing here. I certainly am not defending the US law or its use here; I'm likely as horrified as you. And believe me, I am the King of All Cynics. But at this exact point in time I hope cynicism doesn't displace focused, hopeful activism in America.
No. I'm Canadian and not a lawyer but your 7A would never have provided juries here either. They are expressly for "legal" claims (for monetary damages -- ie "shall not exceed $20") and not "equitable" claims (for injunctions, etc) and definitely not these "administrative adjudications".
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
No. I'm Canadian and not a lawyer but your 7A would never have provided juries here either. They are expressly for "legal" claims (for monetary damages -- ie "shall not exceed $20") and not "equitable" claims (for injunctions, etc) and definitely not these "administrative adjudications".
I suppose immigration court must have its share of "hangin' judges" but I find it impossible to believe that there's a single judge out there who wants watch a US Attorney fight an unassisted 3 year old.
Though if Lindsey Halligan were the US Attorney....
Though if Lindsey Halligan were the US Attorney....
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I suppose immigration court must have its share of "hangin' judges" but I find it impossible to believe that there's a single judge out there who wants watch a US Attorney fight an unassisted 3 year old.
Though if Lindsey Halligan were the US Attorney....
Though if Lindsey Halligan were the US Attorney....
Immigration court is civil, so no 6A protections. The article says that NGOs gave (& judges granted) free legal assistance until Federal funding was removed in March. The NGOs were ordered to stop providing rights education (eg paper posters) in Jan. An uninformed 3 year old is the ideal respondent.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Immigration court is civil, so no 6A protections. The article says that NGOs gave (& judges granted) free legal assistance until Federal funding was removed in March. The NGOs were ordered to stop providing rights education (eg paper posters) in Jan. An uninformed 3 year old is the ideal respondent.
They'll walk it off. Supposedly.
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
They'll walk it off. Supposedly.
To be fair, the confusion should have been expected. One is a giant, lumbering, inelegant, legendarily smelly ruminant and the other is a sort of arctic buffalo.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
To be fair, the confusion should have been expected. One is a giant, lumbering, inelegant, legendarily smelly ruminant and the other is a sort of arctic buffalo.
Die Hard had a dead bad guy in an elevator wearing a Santa hat and a shirt that read, "Now I have a machine gun Ho-Ho-Ho." If that's not a Christmas movie, I cannot fathom what is.
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Die Hard had a dead bad guy in an elevator wearing a Santa hat and a shirt that read, "Now I have a machine gun Ho-Ho-Ho." If that's not a Christmas movie, I cannot fathom what is.
The CT may be dead, but expect its stink to live on. A lot of Toyota *concept cars* from this year has the unmistakeable "influence" of the CT is all over it. Maybe it dies in the test tube, but given Toyota CEO's MAGA performance recently... wait and see, I guess.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
Toyota concept vehicles (2020–2029) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The CT may be dead, but expect its stink to live on. A lot of Toyota *concept cars* from this year has the unmistakeable "influence" of the CT is all over it. Maybe it dies in the test tube, but given Toyota CEO's MAGA performance recently... wait and see, I guess.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
It's complicated. And there are sane ways to justify this. But if this mainly serves people who cannot afford a 30-year mortgage but *can* afford a 50-year one, it is profoundly risky: for borrowers, for banks, and for taxpayers who will be asked to clean up when things go off the rails (see 2008).
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It's complicated. And there are sane ways to justify this. But if this mainly serves people who cannot afford a 30-year mortgage but *can* afford a 50-year one, it is profoundly risky: for borrowers, for banks, and for taxpayers who will be asked to clean up when things go off the rails (see 2008).
The article ignores:
1. How will banks price loans they know will all refinance? Term rates of 50-year loans will be higher (prob. by a lot) than 30-years. So monthly costs will *not* shrink as much as they assume.
2. Creating new home buyers without boosting supply means home prices *will* go up.
1. How will banks price loans they know will all refinance? Term rates of 50-year loans will be higher (prob. by a lot) than 30-years. So monthly costs will *not* shrink as much as they assume.
2. Creating new home buyers without boosting supply means home prices *will* go up.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The article ignores:
1. How will banks price loans they know will all refinance? Term rates of 50-year loans will be higher (prob. by a lot) than 30-years. So monthly costs will *not* shrink as much as they assume.
2. Creating new home buyers without boosting supply means home prices *will* go up.
1. How will banks price loans they know will all refinance? Term rates of 50-year loans will be higher (prob. by a lot) than 30-years. So monthly costs will *not* shrink as much as they assume.
2. Creating new home buyers without boosting supply means home prices *will* go up.
Is huffing gasoline really that much crazier than huffing paint?
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Is huffing gasoline really that much crazier than huffing paint?
If true, it is solely the fault of her editors. They should have known to only assign interviews with younger, age-appropriate, single, presidential candidates. Or better yet, some real uggos. Lining up a series of hot, cut, charismatic, vine-ripened dudes? What did they expect to happen?
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If true, it is solely the fault of her editors. They should have known to only assign interviews with younger, age-appropriate, single, presidential candidates. Or better yet, some real uggos. Lining up a series of hot, cut, charismatic, vine-ripened dudes? What did they expect to happen?
The only way to stop a bad boy with a gun is a good boy with a gun.
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The only way to stop a bad boy with a gun is a good boy with a gun.
Release the Post-It-Notes!
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Release the Post-It-Notes!
Chillax, dude! When in the previous 17 years and 2 months has the bundling of measurably overvalued debt into tradable instruments ever caused problems? Moody's even given it Aaa!
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Chillax, dude! When in the previous 17 years and 2 months has the bundling of measurably overvalued debt into tradable instruments ever caused problems? Moody's even given it Aaa!
I am reminded every time someone brings up Pantone that a couple of my friends once convinced their classmates at art school that the world-famous Louis Pantone was downstairs giving away signed colour chips. For the record, I'd probably have scurried down there myself. It was Mr Pantone after all.
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I am reminded every time someone brings up Pantone that a couple of my friends once convinced their classmates at art school that the world-famous Louis Pantone was downstairs giving away signed colour chips. For the record, I'd probably have scurried down there myself. It was Mr Pantone after all.
11: Does the set of all things include the Arch Deluxe?
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
11: Does the set of all things include the Arch Deluxe?
No snacking on unfinished baskets of bread and fish, please. This will certainly cause issues on garbage day.
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
No snacking on unfinished baskets of bread and fish, please. This will certainly cause issues on garbage day.
"Ask a white male if Grok is right for you.
"May suffer from hallucinations. System prompts are subject to unexpected, extreme change. Can endorse ideologies you fought wars to defeat. Will cause electricity markets to harm human customers and may lead to an economic apocalypse. Use as directed."
"May suffer from hallucinations. System prompts are subject to unexpected, extreme change. Can endorse ideologies you fought wars to defeat. Will cause electricity markets to harm human customers and may lead to an economic apocalypse. Use as directed."
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Ask a white male if Grok is right for you.
"May suffer from hallucinations. System prompts are subject to unexpected, extreme change. Can endorse ideologies you fought wars to defeat. Will cause electricity markets to harm human customers and may lead to an economic apocalypse. Use as directed."
"May suffer from hallucinations. System prompts are subject to unexpected, extreme change. Can endorse ideologies you fought wars to defeat. Will cause electricity markets to harm human customers and may lead to an economic apocalypse. Use as directed."
Were the old red+ermine robes intended as a source of embarrassment for appellants? If you appealed your case to Federal Appeals Court, you get a very tasteful excoriation from justices in black & gold robes. After that you deal with the elves on a bench, which is a kind of shelf. Glad they changed!
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Were the old red+ermine robes intended as a source of embarrassment for appellants? If you appealed your case to Federal Appeals Court, you get a very tasteful excoriation from justices in black & gold robes. After that you deal with the elves on a bench, which is a kind of shelf. Glad they changed!
IMO Clinton forced republicans to fight over identity rather than policy, sowing the seeds for MAGA. If you asked a 1990s American why they voted republican you'd hear: crime, welfare abuse, taxes. Clinton appropriated all that. So now: "communism, Christian values, America." Things you can't steal.
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
IMO Clinton forced republicans to fight over identity rather than policy, sowing the seeds for MAGA. If you asked a 1990s American why they voted republican you'd hear: crime, welfare abuse, taxes. Clinton appropriated all that. So now: "communism, Christian values, America." Things you can't steal.
Musk can go f* himself but it's worth remembering what a POS Clinton was too. He stole GOP policies wholesale. Capital gains tax cut + austerity. Ending Glass-Steagall. Workfare. Massive prison expansion & 3-Strikes. Charter schools & "School Accountability". But he made Newt furious. So worth it!
September 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Musk can go f* himself but it's worth remembering what a POS Clinton was too. He stole GOP policies wholesale. Capital gains tax cut + austerity. Ending Glass-Steagall. Workfare. Massive prison expansion & 3-Strikes. Charter schools & "School Accountability". But he made Newt furious. So worth it!