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Reprint on grammar and skill
Reprint from 2021, relevant to the Altman AI monstrosity. = = = = = START REPRINT: MindMatters tries to separate out human language from animal communication: Believers in human non-exclusivity do not appear to be especially picky about what counts as evidence for their views. For example, here’s a research finding that is supposed to…
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Aurora printing
An interesting observation from Prescott’s 1860 book on electricity and telegraphy. The massive aurora of 1852 was the first in the electrical era. Scientists and telegraphers took full advantage of it to make observations and experiments. = = = = = START QUOTE: At Springfield, a gentleman who observed the needle of the compass during…
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Phelps induction telegraph, part 1/2
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Phelps induction telegraph, part 2/2
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Useful pushback
At the Ankler, a producer discusses what AI can and can’t do for producers. He concludes that AI can replace human editors for first-stage filtering to winnow down a huge pile of incoming scripts. He received immediate and knowledgeable pushback from two human editors, who pointed out the fallacies: = = = = = START…
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The month of honesty
Dishonest shit continues to collapse this month. Trump has given up his fake “populism” and fake “christianity”, reverting to an honest expression of his NYC and Hollywood caste. In 2016 he read scripts saying “abortion is bad”, and clearly had no idea what he was saying. It was a foreign language, like JFK’s Ick Been…
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It is now
Heard somebody saying the old proverb “Politics ain’t beanbag.” No longer true. Politics IS beanbag, or hacky-sack in modern terms. Voteball pays TV for coverage just like pro sports. Voteball has season ticket holders, who are called “donors”, and luxury box owners called “big donors”. The voteball players give most of their attention to the…
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Good news!
Pointed by Denyse as usual, Gizmodo writes about Satan Altman’s decreasing power. The VCs who formerly worshipped him are getting tired of his psychopathic monstrosity. = = = = = START GIZMODO: “He’s a megalomaniac,” said another. “For the same reason I don’t trust Elon, I just don’t trust somebody whose aspirations are so clearly…
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The secret!
Spam email just now: The secret to perfect vision without glasses! I don’t need to read the email because I know the secret! No Weird Trick, no magic pills! Just grow old!
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What is that car?
Somebody posted this pic of Sylvia Plath. I’m not interested in Plath. The car is unfamiliar and interesting. Reminds me of a Renault equivalent of Karmann-Ghia, but it’s not an Alpine. Later: Here’s the closest equivalent to a 4CV Ghia. A semi-custom coupe by Chapron. But it’s not the same car.
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Fiendishly wrong
Headline: Dimon Likens AI’s Transformational Impact to Steam Engine The analogy is intentionally backwards. The steam engine performed tasks that humans COULDN’T do well. AI performs ONLY tasks that humans can do best. Engines didn’t replace workers. Engines replaced teams of horses. Human workers can’t lift several tons or move freight at 60 mph. AI…
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Carver vs Substack
I’ve been bitching that Substack is a self-contained universe for its own writers. Stop! I’m a writer inside another self-contained universe, which is quite a bit larger than Substack. Decided to look around the universe where I’m a participant and let it talk to me. WordPress is apparently trying to be more like a community,…
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Best eclipse sighting
EnidBuzz asked for local pictures of the eclipse. Enid wasn’t quite under the path, so most pics show a quarter of the sun eaten away. This one is the all-time champion.
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New way is better
Most modern practices are tremendously worse than pre-1970 practices. Here’s an exception. In the past, big-name fictional characters spawned versions in every possible medium. Dick Tracy started as a comic strip and spawned radio, movie and TV versions. Ellery Queen started in books and spawned the same three branches. Boston Blackie started in movies and…
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Substack is an MLM.
Over the last year I’ve been watching Substack lose its value. It started as an advertised REFUGE from mainstream idiocy, and now it’s just an alternate channel of mainstream idiocy. At first I couldn’t spot the exact trouble. For sure, clickbait and partisan teams are taking over, crowding out the more subtle writers. Is it…
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