To be fair, Google had the ability many years before ChatGPT was released to release a similar product but they purposefully didn’t, and instead they only used it internally. And then when OpenAI did their release Google was one of the voices calling for moderation. They released Bard because otherwise they were going to be left behind, and likely have lawsuits from investors.

Do you want to live in a country with a dictatorship like that? I don’t.

Uh, I’ve got some bad news for you …

I have my local LLM currently setup and it runs just as well as Sonnet 4.6 from a quality standpoint, and for performance it is slightly slower but it’s still faster than I can respond.

This is with a Strix Halo APU with 128GB unified memory using the latest Qwen3.6 models with llama.cpp.

Gosh, it’s almost like Israel is everyone’s enemy.

That’s what FOSS is all about… the steady march to perfection.

While commercial applications must enshittify themselves in order to survive, open source is mostly immune. It isn’t fast, but it is inevitable that an open source product will eclipse the commercial one.

I don’t think many reasonable people would hear a person’s attorney make such a statement, especially after a guilty verdict on such a horrible charge, and wouldn’t recognize it as the lawyer just saying what a lawyer should be saying… he’s not trying to persuade anyone other than his client in continuing to fight - because keeping the case going results in more money.

Not many lawyers get into the profession because they want to be decent humans… their job involves people paying them money to be on their side so obviously a defense attorney’s values are motivated very heavily by money.

But that’s a lawyer’s job. Rule number 1 is you never admit guilt… the prosecutor’s job is to prove your guilt, and you never make it easy for them to do so.

Yeah, I was told that I have no idea what living paycheck to paycheck actually is like because I have a 401k.

I know that the Black Panthers have a history of protecting polls while armed, but perhaps it’s time we allow people of all colors to be armed and protecting the polls.

There’s a lot more of us than there are of ICE.

It doesn’t have to be unhealthy. They do have salads and grilled chicken, and even grilled chicken salads. Of course, the healthy items are quite a bit more expensive than the unhealthy items ($3 for large fries vs $4.20 for kale salad).

I’d go with the DSL option before paying Comcast anything. I swore I’d never use them again in 2004 and every place I’ve moved since one of my requirements is an ISP that isn’t Comcast. When I moved into my house I found the Comcast cable buried in my back yard and chopped it. Fuck em!

God only asks for 10%… shows you what Apple thinks of themselves.

I hope he lives long enough to stand trial once a same government reemerges. Would love to see this fucker prosecuted and standing before a firing squad.

Congress shall make no law…

Or else, what?

And I’m sure they will argue that since it says ‘shall’ and not ‘must’ then it’s just a suggestion.

Not them… their family members. Spouses, siblings, parents, kids. There are no rules any more.

He literally walked in front of her car, basic training would have told him that is the worst thing you can do when attempting to deal with a driver.

He’s apparently been hit by a car before, so he seems incapable of learning a lesson. Clearly ICE isn’t getting the brightest and best.

Last year I was trying to get a new job and I wish I’d had your convictions to end the process when it was clear things weren’t going well. Instead I let them string me along for a total of 6 onsite interviews (on 6 different days) with around 20 different people. When I had an interview with the CIO I was certain that the job was mine… only to be told the next day they were going with someone else.

After the 3rd interview I was already thinking that it was excessive and when they asked me at the last minute to come in for the last interview a voice in my head told me that I need to tell them to either make me an offer or fuck off. Instead I showed just exactly how desperate I was, and ended up hating myself for it.

Pride doesn’t feed a family, but you should hold your head high for this decision.

Holy White Jesus with Blue Eyes! She even put a cross between his eyes!

Hardee’s used to have a chilli cheeseburger that was amazing. It’s been close to 20 years and I still think of that burger.

But, the best was at Swenson’s outside of Cleveland at 1 am after a NIИ concert.