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To anyone who used the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" to minimize the concerns about authoritarianism shared by those across the political spectrum, we accept your apology. Welcome to the fight.


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Companies that have cut or changed guidance over tariff uncertainty this month: P&G Tesla Volvo Merck PepsiCo Chipotle Walmart Alaska Air Delta Airlines Thermo Fisher United Airlines Tractor Supply Kimberly-Clark Frontier Airlines American Airlines Southwest Airlines


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the state pays Harvard to do research for it. absolutely fascinating how many people seem confused by this

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Industry is incredibly risk-averse! We pay universities to do exploratory research no enterprise would touch. People think VC seeds big bets. That's mostly wrong The STATE directs innovation, subsidizes risk, and funds universities for foundational research. This system is the…

In the long-run, even cuts to STEM funding are very good. Top STEM researchers belong in industry, not academia.



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Part of the reason for my 3hr general audience LLM intro video is I hope to inspire others to make equivalents in their own domains of expertise, as I’d love to watch them.


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Banning female athletes for having naturally high levels of testosterone is like banning basketball players for being too tall.


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The last thing you see before receiving a $500k bill for a PowerPoint delivered by three 22 year olds telling you to increase revenue and reduce costs

ParikPatelCFA's tweet image. The last thing you see before receiving a $500k bill for a PowerPoint delivered by three 22 year olds telling you to increase revenue and reduce costs

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Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 69 that former presidents would be “liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law.” But what did he know? He was just a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the…


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The killer app of LLMs is Scarlett Johansson. You all thought it was math or something


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The last few weeks I've been intermittently oscillating between anger, sorrow, and worry over the pending election. And most of that isn't even over the MAGAs. They're going to do what they're going to do. And their minds can't be changed. What bothers me is people suggesting…


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Zero padded YYYY/MM/DD is the best date format


How do you hide all content posted by people who would pay for Twitter? Is it in settings?


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When you hear about "human-level AI" being just "one LLM training run away", it's as if people building 3D printers (the kind that makes small, flimsy plastic objects) were telling you that they've nearly built an infinite matter replicator, capable of scanning and cloning any…


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You are probably not one of them. Buffett: “There are, of course, some skilled individuals who are highly likely to out-perform the S&P over long stretches. In my lifetime, though, I’ve identified – early on – only ten or so professionals that I expected would accomplish this…


I was today yrs old when I learned that a wet suit provides buoyancy. Always assumed it had something to do with the wet.


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Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department’s actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press. to.pbs.org/3OTsSZt


What is like listening to @UpFirst: @NPRinskeep Protests in France? @ElBeardsley: Riots in France. Steve: What do the protestors say? Eleanor: The riotors say...and the senseless violence is... Steve: ...protests... Eleanor: ...riots...


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