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More weather poetry
The weather bureau is getting poetic again, intentionally or not. Intentionally: The craggily, scraggily luster of shadow and light. In our lives it’s uneven, but she’s blithe In the face of rascals who call her strange. She says: I’m the beauty of differences in our sky. She draws out her tears through the light, to…
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Just for fun
Still toying with the Prospects. Here’s the definite brand associations in the mid 50s when most of those dealer training films were made. The easy correlations are inside the chart, the more ambiguous ones listed separately. Customer GM Ford Chrysler Independents Conservative Prospect Chevy Ford Plymouth Nash Step-up Prospect Pontiac Mercury DeSoto Studie Luxury Prospect…
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Unanswered question
Lately I’ve been using the car dealer castes as clarifiers. Dealers had three categories. Conservative Prospects were interested in simplicity and reliability, uninterested in status. Step-up Prospects were interested in flashy impressive status. Luxury Prospects wanted lasting quality and didn’t care much about flash. The Prospects correlate perfectly with the ancient castes and Orwell’s party…
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Digital sentencing
I randomly made this metaphor in previous item: France, like most countries, is not stuck in hell for an unstoppable 4-year term. Parole is possible. Exploring the metaphor a bit more, I see a definite split in our tendencies. In the last 40 years of total Wall Street control, we’ve removed some paroles and imposed…
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France returns to France (maybe)
Macron’s weird bet is happening today. Like most countries, France can have an election any time the government wants. France is NOT stuck in hell for an automatic unstoppable 4-year sentence. Parole is possible. Macron is a Wall Street alumnus, so he enjoys destroying entire countries for fun and profit. See Soros or Sammy. It…
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Bad deal
Reading more of the AI criticism at MindMatters. Most of the complaints are about the talents and “consciousness” of LLMs, which are utterly irrelevant. Altman WANTS us to be arguing about the degree of creativity and the “consciousness” and the fake threat of grabbing the nuclear button. (Big Data has been on the nuclear button…
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Another diabolical trick
The Heritage Foundation gave us Obamacare, the necessary prerequisite for Trump’s 2020 torture chamber. Before 2020, Obamacare was only a total monopoly for the insurance companies who previously had a partial monopoly. It was a gift to Wall Street. 2020 rested on the INESCAPABLE WALLS keeping every American inside the “medical” system. Without the INESCAPABLE…
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More rebukes by the Supremes
The Supremes made another correct and HELPFUL decision yesterday, which I didn’t notice at the time. They struck down the 9th Circle Of Hell, who used the vicious lie of “rights” to enable bum invasions. Grants Pass in Oregon tried to pass a law restricting the “right” of bums to camp and trespass anywhere they…
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Accuracy isn’t enough
Somebody cited this quote from physicist Feynmann: “We would always like to present things accurately, or at least precisely enough that they will not have to be changed when we learn more.” Precise and accurate are distinct words in metrology, but this still isn’t enough. When we learn more we change our assumptions about what…
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Better distinction
Thinking about publishers vs carriers, ran into a concept that isn’t usually included. Carriers are roads, postal systems, railroads, telegraphs, telephones, and the hardware of the Web. A carrier makes money by quantity, not quality. Roads formerly charged tolls by weight, and a few still do. Postal systems charge by weight and volume. Railroads and…
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More messages to Congress
The Supremes continue their probably futile but admirable campaign to restore written laws. The Chevron decision is in the same category as the FB/Twitter decision. Both tell Congress to get its miserable ass in gear and start LEGISLATING. Stop letting the courts and the agencies make laws. Courts are supposed to decide who’s guilty of…
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Weird but nice
Weird event, turned out nice. After lunch, without warning, somebody started mowing my back yard. I thought maybe she was a neighbor, so I was feeling guilty and somewhat trespassed. After she finished she walked back to her parked car, so I knew she wasn’t a neighbor. I went over, handed her $60 and thanked…
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Missing part of the picture(s)
Nina Power of Compact writes about the triviality of Big Art. There are two sources of money for Big Art. (1) Serving as tradable securities for rich fuckheads. (2) Licking the butts of bureaucrats who provide Arts Grants. I’d argue that the first source is ancient. Big Artists always worked for aristocrats, and always painted…
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Great comment, new thought
SpokaneNews explained that the small Cessna people are seeing all over the place is a Highway Patrol plane going back and forth over I-90 looking for speeders. It does an especially good job of keeping up with idiot motorcycles, who have been screaming around lately at 160 MPH. Best comment: I wish they would spray…
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