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Father, grandfather. Photos are mine
Born in Queens, NY in '53
Live near the beautiful Gulf of Mexico
Fight fascists.
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Keep your sense of humor in good condition. You're going to need it.
Rather than argue with morons, I just block
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Trump admitting he lies, but not as much as Elmo shows his mental decline. In the past, he would never admit that.
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If you haven't been screwed by Donald Trump, he just hasn't gotten to you yet.
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If you haven't been screwed by Donald Trump, he just hasn't gotten to you yet.
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I need to know if that extra time was spent in comfort care, or doing more fun things.
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I wonder how Trump’s bullshit translates. Not well, I imagine.
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The employee's at SpaceX must sign a form that they must clap at every failure as if it's a success.
Yay! More trash in the ocean!
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We now live in a time that when the President breaks another law, people yawn and say 'but he will never suffer the consequences'.
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Agreed.
Who's promoting this BS about him now?
Are editors and their friends and family being threatened? Curious minds want to know.
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I was surprised at all the beggars right outside the Vatican.
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I would argue that we've been there already, and it's no place for humans that need water and an atmosphere to live.
science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...
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'But at my age, I don't like mutch.'
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I understand some of it they can't spend on anything but what it was earmarked for. But the house is burning down, folks.
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If they have $53 Billion in their endowment, think this is the time to spend some of it. What are they saving it for?
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If that’s “waste,” then maybe we’ve forgotten what’s worth preserving.
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The best LLMs aren’t just efficient—they’re humane. They reflect back the world we model for them. So if we want them to be patient, grateful, and kind… we’d better speak that way ourselves.
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The best LLMs aren’t just efficient—they’re humane. They reflect back the world we model for them. So if we want them to be patient, grateful, and kind… we’d better speak that way ourselves.
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A world without “please” and “thank you” is a colder one. Not just in our inboxes, but in our minds. Our behavior online teaches more than we realize—even to the systems learning from us.
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So when Altman warns about the “cost” of these words, I’d ask him to consider the greater cost: what kind of culture are we creating if we treat kindness like a bug instead of a feature?
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In my own interactions, I ask the model to be logical, humble, and clear. I say thank you when it helps. I challenge it when it’s wrong. And it improves. It listens better. It learns better.
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And guess what? It works. LLMs like ChatGPT mirror tone. If you’re respectful, it usually is too. If you’re sharp and precise, it sharpens its own edge. Politeness isn't wasteful—it's instructive.
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When you say “please” to a language model, you’re not doing it for the model. You’re doing it for yourself. You're reinforcing the kind of world you want to live in—even in digital spaces.
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That tells you something. Not just about cost—but about discomfort. Discomfort with the fact that people treat AI like a conversational partner. Because it was designed to be one.
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He didn’t call out long-winded prompts, unnecessary regenerations, or people asking for entire documents to be rewritten. He focused on two small words: the ones that carry human decency.
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The word you're looking for is insane, not ridiculous.
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You spelled "When Donnie Weaponized Trade" wrong.
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Lots of people:
Florida is messed up, man!
Minnesota: hold my beer!
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I wonder if he has any experience developing graveyards into tacky, poorly built condos and golf courses.
Asking for a stupid orange and yellow POS that lives near Miami.
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I'm sure he will receive a letter containing a strong warning to please not do this or they will have to write yet another strong warning to pretty please do not do this.
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Schrödinger's tariffs.
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It would be news if he told the truth.