[So now outfits that collect and search internet content want to start charging AI companies that make chatbots for the data they use to train their LLMs. Companies like Google and Amazon get this data for ‘free’ – actually, what it costs them to scrape it from the web – as it is provided also for free by billions of online consumers. The conundrum is that the very large data repositories don’t want to drive away the AI-based search engines by making their training datasets too expensive. Until now the whole purpose of those freely accessible datasets has been to have third-party search results point to the data that the Googles and Amazons make available. And since it costs tens of millions of dollars in power and processing time to make a functioning LLM, everyone involved already has skin in the game. If it ain’t broke, … . gjr]
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222 responses to “Sandbox – 30apr23”
Looks like the bank records and inflation are kicking creepy grampa joes ass –
An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday found that 63% of American adults do not think Biden, 80, has the “mental sharpness” it takes to serve effectively as president, compared to only 32% who believe he does and 5% who have no opinion. The number shot up nine percentage points since the same poll was conducted a year ago when 54% said he didn’t have the mental capacity for the job.
Respondents were asked the same questions about former President Donald Trump, 76, who is the current front-runner in the GOP presidential primary. Fifty-four percent said he does have the mental sharpness, compared to Biden’s 32%, and 64% said he has the physical health to serve as president, compared to Biden’s 33%.
Biden’s job approval rating also hit a new low at 36%, down six points since the same poll was conducted in February, compared to 56% of respondents who disapprove of Biden’s performance so far.
The majority of Americans also think Trump did a better job at handling the economy than Biden, with 54% supporting Trump’s performance compared to only 36% who think Biden is doing a better job.
The poll comes nearly two weeks after Biden announced in a video that he and Vice President Harris would seek re-election.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-poll-president-bidens-mental-physical-health-offers-warning-sign-2024?dicbo=v2-JAo83Cs
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”Expect this story to saturate the media for a couple more days, but it will evaporate for obvious political reasons. It’s not a white guy, so the Left and their propaganda machine, which is allergic to reporting on crimes, which nonwhite individuals commit, will turn off for the time being. It will meet the same fate as the Texas family wiped out by Francisco Oropesa, an illegal alien who decided to kill his neighbors. And yes, Mr. Oropesa was known to immigration enforcement, being deported numerous times. Oropesa killed five people, including a nine-year-old, but that story, like this Allen shooting, will soon vanish. If it doesn’t fit the narrative or can’t be used to attack Republicans, it goes away. It’s not right, but that’s how liberal newsrooms operate.”
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fish 2:34 – “…but it will evaporate for obvious political reasons.”
Well – not without the usual blather about “common sense” gun control.
From the Dallas Morning News:
“How many people might be alive today if that shooter had not been able to obtain that rifle, or that magazine, or the caliber of rounds loaded in it? We don’t know whether the shooter obtained the weapon legally or not. It doesn’t matter because there are so many guns all around, and they are so loosely controlled, that anyone with intent and money can get one with no trouble at all.
This has to stop.”
Of course the pearl clutchers that hammered out that nonsense have absolutely no concrete steps to offer to the governor. None. Just “do something”!!!
Gotta love how they admit they don’t even know the facts yet, but – “it doesn’t matter”.
Care to guess how many hundreds of lives would be saved every year if our fed govt just turned away all the illegals at the border and told them they would never, ever, become legal citizens? And they would never get all the free goodies they hand out to the illegals that are here? We can easily do something about that, but it’s not in the political or financial interests of a lot of politicos to actually seal the border.
We could, of course, wait to ascertain all the relevant facts of the case at hand and decide our course of action. But saving peoples’ lives isn’t the actual point.
The main point is to disarm the American law-abiding public. And we know why.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/05/07/gov-abbott-you-must-act-on-gun-violence/
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The USA has been doing the same thing after every ugly mass killing since the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that’s coming up 100 years ago, where a bunch of goons from an Italian gang got the drop on a bunch of goons from an Irish gang that together, had the illegal alcohol trade split up between them.
Ban some weapons, make others harder to get.
Clutch the pearls tightly.
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They must have decided that The Pride of Scranton just has too much baggage to remain useful at this point! All the photos used these days make him look like The Joker
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvkDnTvaEAA9XxA?format=png&name=small
Going to play The Cackler sympathy card and see if they can ring a few years out of her!
PS: psul its OK….we’ll understand if you still vote for Ol Shotgun!
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Piling on! –
George Stephanopoulos admits new 2024 poll ‘just brutal for President Biden’
Former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile said the ‘sobering’ new 2024 poll proves Biden’s coalition is ‘fragmented
https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-stephanopoulos-2024-poll-brutal-president-biden
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OK you Californians – pony up!
“On Saturday, a California reparations task force approved a package that, if passed by the legislature, would cost $800 billion, or nearly three times the state’s annual budget.”
They were authorized to arrive at an amount and they did.
I can remember it like it was just last year when Pretty Boy Newsom was bragging about the huge surplus and how he welcomed illegals to come to CA and how he was gonna spend millions to take care of the homeless problem…
Has anyone even started to consider the billions just to try to sort out who would be eligible for the dough? I’m sure there’s folks right now planning to set up a “Reparations Recovery Help Center”. Are you or some one you know “Black”? Operators are standing by – call the number on your screen – will cost you nothing if we don’t get you the millions you are owed!!
Of course the state govt will have to set up a Reparations Agency and start hiring hundreds of staff and not a few lawyers and ‘equity outcome experts’. They don’t come cheap! And all the satellite offices in the major cities and armed guards to try to maintain order. The only joy the Republicans in the legislature will have now is sitting back and watching the carnage. The absolute joy of seeing the hispanic Dems brawling with the white lefty Dems over the mess they’ve created.
What? You didn’t think this would stop at just one group of POCs getting in on the grift? The screenwriters from the 30’s that wrote the screwball comedies would have killed to get the go ahead to make the movie about this.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/05/ca-reparations-committee-approves-recommendations-costing-nearly-3x-states-annual-budget.php
Of course maybe the state govt will just say “sorry – we’re broke and you don’t get anything”.
Oh boy! Film at eleven!
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Here’s some salt to rub into that wound…
“California Defaults On $18.6 Billion In Debt, Saddling Employers With The Expense”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-defaults-186-billion-debt-saddling-employers-expense
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Joe Biden and the democrats….friend to the little man.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-wages-war-small-businesses-during-national-small-business-week
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Meme o’ the Day.
https://twitter.com/LibertyCappy/status/1655329548571926530
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““If you don’t raise the debt limit, we will inflict maximum pain on Seniors and every other popular program, so we can keep wasting trillions of $$$ on the other stuff we don’t want to talk about”.
I think that sums it up nicely! And hey…..don’t you dare look at Mount Rushmore when we’re in debt ceiling discussions!
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1655292306172395521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1655292306172395521%7Ctwgr%5E035ba75a76f366f9498dd59497e0e40da8d36cad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F583304%2F
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What’s the over/under on how long before McCarthy folds like a cheap suit on debt ceiling negotiations….
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-warns-default-entirely-avoidable-economic-catastrophe
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Its hide the crackhead time as indictments are imminent –
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-bans-new-york-post-from-attending-biden-event
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gREGORY 1150AM – They did through an exchange of emails. But no policy changes were made regarding their censoring of reader letters.
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Green on green casualties? –
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-electric-vehicle-dream-has-turned-into-a-nightmare/ar-AA1aUglu?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9d9034c52d8445a7a3bcabf39714f952&ei=20
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Of course creepy grampa joe on his teenage wokester handlers who hate citizens would –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/08/jean-pierre-joe-biden-would-veto-border-security-bill/
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WILL DEMOCRATS DIE ON THE TRANS HILL?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/05/will-democrats-die-on-the-trans-hill.php
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You have to wonder what “The Hill.com” is doing reporting on matters of questionable judgement in Louisiana.
….or do you!?
Oh Pravda….how we’ve missed you!
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I look forward to the dedicated YouTube channel…..
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/long-delayed-study-to-have-civilians-not-police-make-la-traffic-stops-set-for-release/ar-AA1aWLmd
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Good morning fish. I noticed those stories as well, but here’s a good one:
“Calls for short sale ban grow as regional bank stocks wobble”
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230508267/calls-for-short-sale-ban-grow-as-regional-bank-stocks-wobble
“Market ‘manipulation’ could threaten the banking system, analysts say…”
Yeah, you private investors – market manipulation is the government’s job!
I remember Obama decrying those who would “bet against America”. It’s called bad news you don’t want to hear, so ban it. From the article:
“A short sale is a way for investors to bet that a stock will decline in price.”
Pro tip – maybe it’s not a bet – maybe they know something you don’t want the public to know. Large short sales don’t cause the banks to fail – they’re a result of a failing bank. Yellen has already stated the smaller banks won’t be bailed out. And if those banks are trying to make money with a portfolio of low interest loans and have to pay high interest to keep depositors happy – how long do they last?
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Posted by: Scott O | 09 May 2023 at 09:10 AM
“Market ‘manipulation’ could threaten the banking system, analysts say…”
Yeah…..it’s always “market manipulation” when the “majors” start to take losses and they always want to ban short selling when they start to feel “tremors”.
When the fleece is working for them it’s all good!
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re: Fish@8:16AM
New this Fall. On Patrol Citizens: Live
To be fair, about a dozen minutes of police shows will show you that an awful lot of so-called ‘urban’ policing is fishing expeditions. The thing is that the youths and teens almost always seem to have drugs, open containers, and/or stolen guns in the car.
It seems to me that if they want to encourage equity in policing, the answer is to make drugs, stolen weapons, speeding, shoplifting, police chases, and the occasional liquor store robbery all completely legal. It would certainly lessen the burden on courts.
Where we are really likely to turn out is universal surveillance. The car keeps an eye on you, traffic cams everywhere, plus the ability to remotely shutdown a car. In a utopia, we’ll end up with the left wing vision of stacking everyone in urban apartments using public transportation. The electricity will be on on alternate days, heat supplied by human bodies in a highly insulated environment. It’s for the children.
I see that Scott Adams has swung around to my own viewpoint in his video missive a couple of days ago. His notion is that we are surrounded by zombies, a zombie apocalypse. Mental health zombies. Screen-addicted zombies. Drug-addicted zombies. The zombies have already conquered some downtown areas, we have no solutions. Answer: get away. If you have zombies, change location. I’ll bet he announces a move to the Mountain West at some point. He certainly doesn’t want to live next to the Nevada Theater or parts of Brunswick Basin.
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Posted by: scenes | 09 May 2023 at 09:44 AM
Coming at this from different angles! The brothers already don’t like stopping for “real” cops and given nearly any opportunity will throw hands even when they know it will end badly for them (I haven’t even considered “Ghetto Lottery” aspects in this). I’m looking forward to the slightly built sociology grad effecting a traffic stop and the hilarity that will likely ensue!
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Border
https://twitter.com/USBPChief/status/1655586360865046528?cxt=HHwWgIC-5cDB6fktAAAA
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“the hilarity that will likely ensue!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc2401QTaYs
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I dearly wish that Sen. Kennedy wore white suits. There’s something beautiful about that Foghorn Leghorn voice slowly twisting the rack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-XL0km4uOo
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Looks like vlad has run out of toys –
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/05/09/bizarre-spectacle-as-russias-victory-day-parade-only-has-one-running-tank/
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I think I like this idea.
https://www.thefp.com/p/justice-is-no-longer-blind-in-canada
..along with reparations naturally. We should implement both immediately as they make me laugh and simply enjoy the insanity of it all.
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Posted by: scenes | 09 May 2023 at 02:50 PM
Smart criminals always do!
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Hey it only took 20 YEARS for them to acknowledge epic failure –
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/05/09/new-york-city-change-fundamentally-flawed-method-teaching-reading-schools/
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Disinfo Governance Board 2.0? New intel office targets ‘foreign influence’ to shield U.S. ‘opinion’
“It’s the basic rhetorical trick of the censorship age: raise a fuss about a foreign threat, then slowly, adjust your aim to domestic targets,” critical journalist says.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/disinfo-governance-board-2-new-intel-office-targets-foreign-influence
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EXCLUSIVE: US Air Force Ran A Social Experiment To Graduate More Minority Pilots. It Didn’t Go As Planned
https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/08/air-force-social-experiment-diversity-minority-discrimination/
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scenes 2:50 – Will they use a Pantone chart held against the perp’s arm to select the proper sentence? I’m interested to see if the Canadian govt will issue a hierarchical “victim-hood” chart showing which criminals have the most “get out of jail” points based on ethnicity, sexual orientation and historical grievance status.
Look – you have to have written rules. The judges can’t start being arbitrary, fer gawd’s sake!
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Wow
The Republicans likely candidate for President Donald Trump is found liable for sexual abuse. He’s got to cough up 5 million.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23/index.html
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And thats only tiny little guatemala now extrapolate that across the world on top of the 3 million creepy grampa joe already saddled us with sucking up money, apartments, jobs and decimating schools. Kinda of a go fuck yourself to homeless vets and citizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-rep-guatemalan-president-told-him-80000-migrants-headed-border-title-42-set-expire
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 09 May 2023 at 08:13 PM
More than you’re good for in a hundred lifetimes! I had no plan to vote for Trump if he ran again….I do now!
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“The Republicans likely candidate for President Donald Trump is found liable for sexual abuse. He’s got to cough up 5 million.”
Wrong thread psul. Back to the Trump Derangement Syndrome thread with ye.
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Scotto: “Will they use a Pantone chart held against the perp’s arm to select the proper sentence?”
Honestly I’m not sure. It’s like the plans for reparations because…reasons.
Perhaps a quick DNA check, although it’s hard to tell slavers from slaves. I just read a story about a John Hawkins trip to Africa to grab some slaves as the local dealers were mad at the English. He cut a deal with some petty chieftain to raid the village next door for people. After the raid there was mayhem because Village A then decided to cut up and eat Village B. Do you really want to give people of Village A descent a packet of money? I would think not.
No doubt sociologists of the future, probably writing in Mandarin, will discuss the natural results of an in-group flipping on it’s head and becoming xenophiles. All of the still-existing in-groups are bound to take advantage of the situation since it’s baked into the cake of humanity.
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“More than you’re good for in a hundred lifetimes! I had no plan to vote for Trump if he ran again….I do now!”
I saw that he’s way ahead of DeSantis and that the amazing looking Melania is all-in. Now that everyone and everything is a known quantity, can the banks, MSM, bureaucracy defeat Trump again? Will Biden be allowed out of the White House basement to read teleprompters written by crazy 30 year-old staff members? Will Bernie and Senator Karen have already been paid-off to boost President Potato? Will the most charisma-filled Democrat, John Fetterman, get Kamala’s job? Can Biden go to war with Russia and China at the same time to keep his gig? These are questions.
I’d say that God gave us Trump to push back the Forces of Evil, but this is only an opportunity, not a guarantee of success.
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So scenes you’re saying we are going to elect a sexual abuser as President of the United States. Someone who believes it’s ok to grab womans genitals if you’re rich and famous.
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“So scenes you’re saying we are going to elect a sexual abuser as President of the United States.”
I’m saying that you need to go back to your Trump Derangement Syndrome troll hole and do whatever you do there. Even responding to you makes me feel coarsened.
(pro tip: “you’re saying”…stop with putting words into peoples’ mouths…fuck off.)
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Posted by: psul Emery | 10 May 2023 at 08:08 AM
I think it’s safe to guess that you voted for Bill Clinton…twice….the second time after his peccadillos and bad behavior was revealed. I know you voted for his “wife” in 2016 who both enabled the continuation of his career and employed all manner of dirty politics to suppress information that might stifle their collective ambitions.
….. you are just another progressive hypocrite!
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Look who is just figuring out now that he’s not going to be president…….
It’s all fun and games until the people that you, Gavin J. Nepotism chose to do something that seemed smart politically during “The Summer of George” actually go ahead and do it!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-declines-back-reparations-checks-says-slaverys-legacy-more-cash-payments
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Didn’t vote for Hillary fish. I voted Libertarian. Also voted for Nader in ’96.
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re: fish@8:39AM
Honestly, you can’t blame them for trying. There’s probably money to be made even in the asking, what with committees and non-profits and conventions and lawyering and whatnot.
“advance systemic changes that ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all Californians.”
You can see why AI government will be a thing when Skynet comes online. You could write a politician’s speech simply by choosing phrases like a Chinese menu, one from column ‘A’ etc.
This morn’s Union had lots of those words as the County discussed a ‘comprehensive plan to address homelessness’ since they’ve ‘adopted homelessness as a key policy priority’ and will unveil a ‘homeless initiative’ which defines ‘clear responsibilities, resources, and flexibility for all levels of government’. ‘Data will be used to more effectively assess the needs of the community blah blah blah’ with words about streamlining by one Ms. Hall. Ms. Hoek is ‘glad we all have a seat at the table’.
lol. Sweet. Nothing much will change but a bit of bureaucratic cruft will be generated, probably involving ‘stakeholders’ and ‘leverage’ and ‘game changing’. Modern life seems to consist of machines converting money to entropy.
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Posted by: psul Emery | 10 May 2023 at 08:57 AM
Also voted for Nader in ’96.
Ah Nader the real “biggest political loser in American history”….yeah….Harold Stassen was getting kinda long in the tooth by then and Pat Psulson was dead!
Nader huh…! Well I retract my earlier assertions regarding the Clintons….lord knows you’ve suffered enough!
Nader……?
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Posted by: psul Emery | 10 May 2023 at 08:57 AM
I voted Libertarian.
Why would you do that….you don’t have a “libertarian” bone in your body?
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“I’ve upped my standards. Now, up yours.”
and
“Many of you have asked why it’s taken me so long to select a running mate. I have no intention of reaching into the political grab bag and grabbing any man to be my running mate. I’m going to reach in and grab a woman!”
-Pat Psulson
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“The students of Gallaudet have sent a powerful message across this country!”
-Psul Simon
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I’m a Green Libertarian fishmouth. We already went through that. I guess you have a short memory. Sorry about that. Perhaps that’s why you don’t use your real name.
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