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GottaLaff , 2 months ago to random

Sigh. Another trial down the drain.

“Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday they have reached a confidential settlement over a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election.” #legal

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/media/oan-smartmatic-settlement?cid=ios_app

mark , 2 months ago

@GottaLaff @Eddiethebulldog Yeah. Lots of facts will stay off the record, but not unlike a cop who pleads the fifth, a "news outlet" that settles in a legal system where truth is an affirmative defense is leaving some >>>>> implications on the table.

lowqualityfacts , 2 months ago to random

I don't follow everyone back. I only follow people back who can dig holes. Deep holes. I am assembling the world's greatest team of hole diggers. Experts say you can't dig a hole from New York City to China due to "physics" and "geology" but I say they've never met a hole digging team like mine.

mark , 2 months ago

@lowqualityfacts Rock and stone!

mcc , 2 months ago to random

quietly under breath but in text i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity i hate unity

mark , 2 months ago

@mcc "I was told there'd be a lot more determinism in this deterministic system."

mcc , 2 months ago to random

2008, me: I love the idea of cryptocurrency

BITCOIN: The word "cryptocurrency" now means "financial scams based on inefficient write-only ledgers"

2018, me: I love the idea of the metaverse

FACEBOOK: The word "metaverse" now means "proprietary 3D chat programs with no soul"

2022, me: I love the idea of procedurally generated content

OPENAI: From now on people will associate that only with big corporations plagiarizing small artists and turning their work into ugly content slurry

mark , 2 months ago

@gsuberland @mcc One almost wonders if the end-game is to stop pulling and try pushing.

Maybe instead of trying to claw back data we've made publicly crawlable because "I wanted it visible, but not like that" we ask why any of these companies get to keep their data proprietary when it's built on ours?

Would people be more okay with all of this if the rule were "You can build a trained model off of publicly-available data, but that model must itself be publicly-available?"

GottaLaff , 3 months ago to random

🙄Via politico:

No Labels voted on Friday to move forward with its presidential ticket, but they currently do not have a candidate — and may not find one.

“No Labels delegates vote to move forward with presidential ticket”

mark , 3 months ago

@GottaLaff Apparently, one of the labels they don't have is "Candidate we support." 🤷

lowqualityfacts , 4 months ago to random

Kevlar is actually just a fancy word for oak.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

mark , 4 months ago

@lowqualityfacts You're thinking of cacti.

(Realtalk: never shoot a cactus).

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

NBC News: #NikkiHaley is siding with Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos created via IVF are "babies."

She's good at needling Trump.

She's otherwise despicable.

Kthxbye.

mark , 4 months ago

@GottaLaff IVF embryos are babies?

... BRB, moving with my wife to Alabama to visit a clinic and then claim 89 dependents on our taxes.

GottaLaff , 4 months ago to random

#WompWomp

#SupremeCourt turns away Greene, Massie, Norman appeal over mask rule violations 😷 #SCOTUS #legal https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4478298-supreme-court-turns-away-house-gop-lawmakers-appeal-over-mask-rule-violations/

mark , 4 months ago

@GottaLaff A whole generation of Americans are like "Government can't possibly have this much compulsory power," and I've just been over here the whole time like "Y'all realize they never actually banned the draft, right?"

lowqualityfacts , 4 months ago to random

That's it?
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

mark , 4 months ago

@lowqualityfacts because woke, I assume. 😉

GottaLaff , 5 months ago to random

“The #IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking the federal tax records of #Trump & some of the nation's wealthiest individuals was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison, 3 years supervised release & $5,000 fine. The sentence brings to an end to a criminal case that exposed the source of a number of high-profile tax information leaks in recent years. “

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-irs-contractor-charles-littlejohn-trumps-tax-records-sentenced/

mark , 5 months ago

@GottaLaff He's named "Littlejohn?"

... Jesus. This season's writers are lazy hacks, aren't they?

GottaLaff , 5 months ago to random

Exclusive: #Musk brain implant company violated US hazardous material transport rules -documents

“They also found improper packaging of hazardous waste, including the flammable liquid Xylene. Xylene can cause headaches, dizziness, confusion, loss of muscle coordination and even death”
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-brain-implant-company-violated-us-hazardous-material-transport-rules-2024-01-26/

mark , 5 months ago

@GottaLaff I, for one, know that when I'm thinking "Brain implants," I'm thinking "Chemical that causes headaches, confusion, loss of muscle coordination and even death."