Disney sells out of ad inventory for the 2024 Oscars; a source says Disney was seeking $1.7M to $2.2M for 30-second ads, similar to its 2022 pricing (Bill Bradley/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/disney-sells-out-ad-inventory-96th-oscars…
'Zero chance' infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-chance-infamous-apophis-collides-asteroid.html
So not to worry, it's
"Infamous Cop" Joins DeSantis's Paramilitary Force - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/05/infamous-cop-joins-desantiss-paramilitary-force/
Google's Education VP wants us to believe AI is the classroom's new calculator, but this is a terrible analogy:
1. We know how calculators produce their results.
2. You can check a calculator's answer using pretty much the same algorithm it uses.
3. Rare floating point errors aside, calculators do not invent false answers.
4. Calculators are based on math principles; LLMs are based on no principles.
Military intelligence: Ukraine constantly inventing new ways to sink Russian ships: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/07/military-intelligence-ukraine.html
German chipmaker Infineon cuts its revenue forecast in the year to September 2024 to €15.1B, below €15.7B est., signaling automotive chip demand remains weak (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-…
“I didn't think he was gonna stop”: Cousin of infamous extremist rabbi Meir Kahane attacks student protesters with car
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/meir-reuven-kahane-columbia-student-protest-car-assault
Novelist J.G. Ballard was experimenting with computer-generated poetry 50 years before ChatGPT was invented
#ballardian #weirdfic
Infant boy killed in traffic incident in Co Clare
#Ireland reporting, drivers must never be criticised and must be given every benefit of the doubt - whilst our driving standards fall and killing-by-car rate grows enormously
Everybody wants that VP job and will do just about anything to get it
Tim Scott Repeats Infanticide Smears Against Democrats | Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/tim-scott-repeats-infanticide-smears-0