matthewburger.bsky.social
Studies the atmospheres of objects without atmospheres.
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I read the book a few years ago. The author was a conservative, and the message was very much “What happens in Korea, stays in Korea.” Also Duke’s real name is Augustus Bedford Forrest, which is all you really need to know.
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I got it to give an origin story for "You don't eat cowbells in soy sauce without losing a few months."
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At least they were honest with the 2001 tax cut when W said we have a budget surplus and need to cut taxes to decrease revenue. Still a bad idea, but they were honest about it.
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When I give talks, a "great question" is one I know the answer to.
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Sir, this is an Arby’s.
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That’s too much effort for me.
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Thank you. That’s what I wanted to know, but I was too lazy to look it up.
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Someone will ask him about this at one his talk fests, he’ll angrily deny it, and his lawyers will have to explain it to the judge.
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Do you think the Simpsons writers discovered it independently or just watched the MST3K episode? I don't know which would make me happier.
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Maybe pseudo peer review is what I had in mind. Subject-matter experts need to mark it up like a review. Point out which studies don't exist, where the conclusions of others are misrepresented, and where their conclusions are sufficiently justified. Then get the press to care about it.
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If the review is made public, the press could use it as a guide for questioning the report. Of course this assumes the media would be willing to ask questions like "Why did you decide to use nonexistent references in this report?"
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Don't worry, they misrepresented plenty more.
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Put it through peer review. And then have the authors respond to the review. That will give them the chance to defend their use of non-existent sources if they want to push back. That's how science publication works.
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We need questions for them like "Why did you include non-existent sources in the report?" instead of "How do you respond to claims there are non existent sources in the report?" Make them own it.
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Trump’s economic agenda was chaos. This just adds another element to it.
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Why are these people such cowards?
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Was the follow up: "Last time we lowered the corporate tax rate, corporations spent the savings on stock buybacks to enrich themselves instead of investing in their companies. Why would it be different this time?"
I'm guessing no.
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I know where mine is. My Galileo also.
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The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert.
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You don't have to worry about 51 year old me. My knees tell me every day I'm not still a teenage boy.
Oh shit. I do wish I had my teenage knees. Am I at risk?
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I'm listening to the Dark Star episode. I look at Dead set lists and think "those are good songs", start listening, and just can't do it. Finding out that Jerry Garcia said you can't understand what them unless you see them live, preferably under the influence of psychedelics, was revelatory.
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They believe that LLMs have reached the level of the ship’s computer in Star Trek.
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But it was anti-racist in its effect. That’s my point.
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Ibram X Kendi says acts are racist or anti-racist regardless of what the person doing the act believes. Lincoln may have been racist, but the Emancipation Proclamation is definitely anti-racist. This sounds like the same thing.
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Look, I tell my kids to at least try to do the homework problem because they can get partial credit.
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The taxpayers paid her to watch tv all day? DOGE — I found the waste and fraud.
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When I have problems with my Roku TV, I unplug it from the wall for 10 seconds. That reboots it and usually clears up the problem.
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That was the political belief.
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This is my wife’s absolute favorite place. We always value our donations ourselves, but I guess I should read the article.
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I foresee myself powering my computer with a bicycle, crying "just one more Mercury exosphere simulation...".
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It’s only real corruption if Trump offers you a pardon.
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There are probably people like Elon who get visas but don’t enroll.
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It just got skipped over that a week or two ago Trump claimed that Biden signed a bill to mandate open borders.
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His parody of American Vietnam war films (Apocalypse Now in particular) in The Sympathizer is hilarious.
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I'm always reminded of an Onion article about how the movie was based on the life of composer Aaron Copland.
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“The voice in my head I think is Jesus told me to.”
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It took place in biblical times. That’s why there R2D2 and C3PIO glyphs where the Arc of the Covenant was buried.
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I remember when they were just a bookstore. I didn’t know it was a nefarious plot by Jeff Bezos to become an everything store.
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I want those worms in Futurama that did brain maintenance on Fry.
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I was thinking by “young women” he really meant “children” but you said it so much better than me.
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Whatever.
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They don’t type in commands at the command line. They may execute them directly in the shell, but they aren’t using a command line.
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I read the book and then sat next to someone watching it on a plane, so I kinda got the gist.
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I was eating cottage cheese before it was cool.
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Those 35% tariffs on cheese curds will get you.
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I don’t know this game so I’ll just assumed they used an AI trained only with Punch Out.
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Has Trump organized raking crews?
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I'd suggest Galileo Day, but his connections to science are probably problematic for them.
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They’re all a bunch of narcissistic assholes who think they’re right all the time. I’m sure all of them hate all of the others.