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Are you sure its appeasement and not bribing Trump to do what they want?
They could do what Musk did and primary politicians that don't do what they want. Kissing Trump's ass may be more a thank you than groveling.
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Trevor Noah had a good description of Trump. He thinks Trump is America's black light.
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If you'd like to mess with AI, pose a nonsensical phrase in "Ask Gemini" and watch Google AI rationalize it.
ai.google
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It might also have been a matter of not wanting to deal with an obnoxious sounding American tourist.
An interesting thing is that an American accent is closer to the original British accent than is now spoken in the UK. Period English pieces should use US actors.
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@seanhowe.bsky.social What's worse is people using ChatGPT not realizing it often doesn't know what it's talking about. For chuckles, I asked it to review the Marvel Zombies game. ChatGPT spouted a lot of generic nonsense. MZ is a cool coop game w/ sweet minis.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmo...
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The flip side of that is being a senior lumped into your parent's generation. I was at BestBuy when a clerk asked if I wanted to see something cool. He brings me to the smart home area, pulls out his phone, unlocks it, opens an app, and turns a light on. I asked if they solved the hacking problem.
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There were reasons to believe Iraq was hiding WMD. Saddam destroyed more than he reported, but he didn't want his unfriendly neighbors to know he didn't have them. Those beliefs weren't strong enough to go to war. The Clintons believed he still had them.
www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/m...
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My Trump phone keeps randomly putting words in ALL CAPS when I text.
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That would have been an HP Lovecraft reference because, according to Wikipedia, the first mention of what would be Arkham Asylum was in Batman #258 (October 1974). It was called Arkham Hospital in that issue by Denny O'Neil and Irv Novick. It was slowly expanded upon till it became a big Gothem spot
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If you have a phone that takes a microSD card and a modern car that can connect with blu-ray, you don't need it.
Today, BestBuy is selling this phone for $30. It will take up to a 2 Tb card. I haven't checked, but it's probably usable without phone service.
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Surprising that the ban is not on more Muslim countries.
Bribes work in this administration.
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Try listening to an oldies radio station and everything sounds new and never hearing what you think is an oldie. There's no Beatles, Stones, The Who, or other oldies I remembered.
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Not only that, but defunded programs lose people. Other countries will gladly pay premium salaries for experts.
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You must know Doctor Droom by Stan and Jack.
Doctor Occult - New Fun #6 - 1st caped superhero
Nadir, Master of Magic - New Adventure Comics #17
Lando, Man of Magic - World's Best Comics #1
Sargon the Sorcerer - All-American Comics #26
They're more likely pulp inspired than by creators into magic.
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Bad analogy. West Side Story is heavily based on Romeo and Juliet. It's in the AFI's top 100 films of all time. Changing the environment did not make it worse.
The top 100 modern novels lists Brave New World at #5. Genre snobs miss great books that would be enjoyed.
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I understand that there will be environmental preferences. If the exact same story is told, does it matter whether it is set in the future or the present or the past? It has the same theme, the same human drama. The only difference is setting. Enjoyment should be about the same.
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The best works of any genre capture life. The thing that distinguishes different genres is the environment. The humans in those environments behave the same. The protagonists have challenges they must overcome. Whether they do that in a gritty city street or a future dystopian street matters little.
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I've wondered if the New X-Men would have taken off without Dave Cockrum on the first couple years of the book. Dave left DC when publisher Carmine Infantino refused to let him get his original art for a 2-page spread for Legion's Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel wedding. DCwasn't returning art back then
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It took me a few tries because the AI sometimes recognized it was nonsensical. I finally got this:
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The AI that can't solve captchas can't be trusted to solve other problems.
Yahoo posted an ad for a puzzle store going out of business in a nearby town. Google couldn't find an address, but provided a link. I asked Google if it was going out of business and the AI said it was. The site's a scam.
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With history, I've been enjoying finding books written around the time things happened in Google Books. This except is from New Travels in the United States of America, written by Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville, shortly after the Revolutionary War.
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The Milky Way has eaten a bunch of galaxies.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I don't know how you've avoided reading Stephen King. If you're not into horror, try "The Stand" or "Talisman" co-written with Peter Straub.
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Even if I don't like a Raymond Chandler plot, the writing still keeps me hooked.
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2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 1968 at a cost of $10.5 million, was the most successful SF movie up to that time and didn't turn a profit till it was re-released in 1971. Star Wars was released 9 years later in 1977 at a cost of $11 million. It was hard to think it would exceed 2001's profit.
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Only 11. They could have added:
15. Gone to the beach without sunscreen
15.a. Peeled off layers of sunburned skin
16. Changed channels on a TV without a remote control
16.a. Carefully tuned in a UHF TV channel like a safecracker
17. Been in a car without a seatbelt
It's amazing we're still alive.
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Do we need a Democrat version of Trump?--Somebody willing to refer to Trump as "Dementia Don" whenever they say his name. The person doesn't have to give everybody a dumb nickname. What Trump proved is that saying whatever he wants is an asset.
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It's disappointing that a country that's been around for aver a millennium is as messed up as the younger USA. Stupidity has no boundaries.
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You know things aren't going good for God when he needs a podcast.
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Is it a fault of how you put it together or that we don't have enough dimensions?
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Would it be safe to say this won't be overly syrupy?
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There are other ways to thicken a smoothie. I'm not sure I can easily avoid bananas.
simplegreensmoothies.com/how-to-make-...
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Theories of infinite dimensions allows for time travelers to create alternate realities. That sets them on a different path where they cannot return to the one they left. The reality the time travelers left continues without them.
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But look what it's doing to our pets...
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And now a banana duct taped to a wall sells for $6.2 million. It originally sold for $150,000. So...inflation.
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AI can't solve a captcha or understand that humans can only have 5 fingers and only 2 legs. AI lacks the lifetime experiences of real artists.
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Is there a TV series in the last decade you haven't been on?--Not that it's a bad thing. You're good at comedy and drama.
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Politifact disagrees. So does the Democratic Party or they'd do something about it. Republicans did purge thousands of voters from voting rolls and gerrymandered districts to guarantee wins. I'd love to see the orange turd removed from office, but this ain't it.
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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If raising money and rally crowds was all it took, Elon Musk would have succeeded in buying a Wisconsin Supreme Court judge. Trump won because the moron population is growing.
I'm not against election results being investigated. I'm not convinced anything will change.
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Have you tried Digiorno Cheese-Stuffed Crust Pizza? It's a game changer.
I'm sure I'd love the NYC one, but it's hard to get.
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The threshold is time related where people have different occupations and times they can get out to vote. I cannot say exactly how much it influences voting patterns, but it needs to be screened out.
Trump had some of his biggest gains in states he lost.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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There is one reason why voting turnout can differ between mail and in-person. In-person voting changes over time because people have jobs. Mail-in votes don't involve time of day concerns. Dems do mail votes more than Reps. White collar lean Dem. They might have more job flexibility to vote early.
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That thought needs to be in the next Closer Look.
If you get short on the craziness going on:
"The nation's stricter border enforcement has recently led to the detention of Canadian and European tourists..." Multiple countries are issuing travel advisories.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
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Which begs the question: Who are the people so uninformed that they still think Trump is doing a great job? They're probably the ones who still think China pays for his tariffs.
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To put some perspective on DC buying the rights to Superman, the $130 Siegel & Schuster were paid is about $3,000 in today's dollars. They were unable to sell it to news syndicates. Superman was featured on Action covers #1, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19+, so the character wasn't expected to be a success.