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Obvious Biden social media blunder earns 'community notes' fact check and mockery from critics
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 6 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Social media users ripped President Biden for getting the dates wrong on his Inflation Reduction Act legislation in a recent post he shared to X...”
So, Biden even types gaffes? Biden even screws up bragging about himself.
Takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 9 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“For all the fireworks in the two-hour showdown, the debate had the feel of an undercard.”
What debate? I didn't see any debate. If Republicans are going to run pay-per-view politics from Biden's basement then Trump is the nominee by default.
AI Trained on AI Images Produces Terrible Results, Study Finds
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“A study has found that training AI image generators with AI images produces bad results.”
The common description would be 'trapped inside the bubble'. We've experienced how bubble thinking feeds back on itself until it stagnates and degenerates. The phenomena is quite commonly observed in news reporting. So, generative AI has successfully mimicked human intelligence (or lack of...
A story about two pairs of boots illustrates how rich people get richer in ways poor people can't
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 8 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
“It's got nothing to do with bootstraps.”
Republicans have created a brand around "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" over the last few decades. Ronnie Raygun even ushered in the era where Republican neoliberal bootstrappers didn't have to build factories to make shoddy boots; they bought shoddier boots overseas and sold them at a...
Five indications Joe Biden will not run in 2024
Via: Nerm_L • News & Politics • 114 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Though Joe Biden was mocked for seemingly campaigning for president from his basement in 2020, this summer he appears to be campaigning from the...”
It's way to early in the cycle to make these sorts of predictions. Having said that, Joe Biden doesn't seem to be gearing up for a campaign of any sort. Biden cannot rely on Kamala Harris acting as a surrogate on the campaign trail because her approval is in the dumpster, too. Biden will need...
We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization's Collapse
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 45 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?”
Our 'elites' have pushed a narrative that climate change is being caused by fossil fuels and that eliminating fossil fuels will fix the problem. The problem is that carbon dioxide (and, now, methane) are not the only greenhouse gases emitted by humans. Humans are emitting many other man-made...
A Ladle Is The Secret To An Effortlessly Perfect Fried Egg
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 6 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“There are many ways to cook an egg, but when you want to fry one up without the hassle of dirtying a pan, all you have to do is bust out your ladle.”
Sort of cool so might be worth a try. To me, the ladle is kind of like a mini-wok that concentrates the heat. So, the higher heat may be the secret.
Asylum seekers in NYC say America is nothing like they had imagined: It's 'chaos'
Via: Nerm_L • News & Politics • 42 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“City officials say they will not turn their backs on an estimated 57,300 migrants seeking shelter, but limited resources, they contend, are making...”
What seems so amazing about the situation are the small numbers. If 57,300 migrants overwhelms the city then how can New York City hope to deal with a natural disaster? Let's not fool ourselves that the migrant crisis in NYC is about the number of people. This is all about the money. And...