2024-04-04 22:13:53
Hertz’s Big Bet On Electric Vehicle Rentals Didn’t Work - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/hertz-s-big-bet-on-electric-vehicle-rentals-didn-t-work-luke1zfm?utm_sou…
Hertz’s Big Bet On Electric Vehicle Rentals Didn’t Work - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/hertz-s-big-bet-on-electric-vehicle-rentals-didn-t-work-luke1zfm?utm_sou…
An interview with Saber founder Matthew Karch on criticism of Embracer, joining Embracer's board in 2020, layoffs, and Embracer's $2B Savvy deal breaking down (James Batchelor/GamesIndustry.biz)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/sabers-matther-karc…
@… Absolutely! (I bet @… would be tickled to hear this)
📉 You Can Bet on Every Aspect of the NFL Draft. But Do Sportsbooks Actually Know Anything?
(… I find it hard to believe people would bet on something that seems so easy to manipulate)
https://www.theringer.com/nfl-draft/2024/4<…
Feeling so stupid right now: Bought a few items at Walmart, including a *must buy*. At home I discover the must buy item is missing.
I know I paid for it but unsure it was in the cart when I got to the car. Don't think I left it in the cart. Maybe fell off the cart on the way to the car?
Sad thing is I had to visit 2 stores for the item because the 1st one didn't have it. And we needed the item urgently. 🤦♂️
Bet I'll be reminded of this each time I go to this s…
2024 NFL Betting Picks: Rookie prop bets to make right now https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/40093541/rookie-prop-bets-make-right-now
Behavior Generation with Latent Actions
Seungjae Lee, Yibin Wang, Haritheja Etukuru, H. Jin Kim, Nur Muhammad Mahi Shafiullah, Lerrel Pinto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03181
In a fight to the death, I would bet on . . .
How Meta's VR bet has played out a decade after its acquisition of Oculus; the company's metaverse division lost $42B between the end of 2020 and Q1 2024 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/04/facebooks-oculus-acquisition-turns…
I bet the same people who are incessantly nitpicking and correcting people on social media are at the same time super into AI and don’t mind at all to generate badly written lying garbage
Seriously, is there a reliable study of WHY Trump voters want him in the Presidency?
I don't think it is useful to to ask them. Even if they were to answer honestly, I bet they don't know the real reason themselves. They would just rationalize their choice.
Mookie Betts Is Ridiculous
#MLB #Baseball #Fangraphs
2024 NFL free agency: Patriots eyeing a reunion with this former starting QB, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nfl…
Why don’t we ban cars?
I bet a lot more die of car accidents than on bikes or ebikes.
This is just another case of „let’s take your freedom away, and fuck your feelings“.
There are even asshole pedestrians, shall we ban walking too?
WTF
https://w…
"Trump told me to deny alleged affair, Hope Hicks tells trial"
Bet by day's end Trump will say he has never talked to Hope Hicks, nor even knows her.
Techbros will keep attempting to invent ways for people to exchange information without relying on a network of human trust, and again and again, human trust will prove to be an essential part of a functioning system.
Systems that mainly attempt to replace human trust always work great until they don’t, then you fall off a lonely cliff from which no one can help you out.
Never bet against a network built on human trust and a shared sense of personal reputation, because that’s whe…
#NoContextBrits
Looks disgusting - bet it was yummy ...
Via No Context Brits @NoContextBrits
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10m
British cuisine. Best in the world.
Wait…Mike Tyson is the *underdog* in his fight with that white boy!? OMG
Would someone loan me a bazillion dollars so I can bet on Tyson!? I’m good for it. 🤣
OK. Logged in, and this is the first toot, from @… (via someone's boosting) - https://mastodon.online/@Luis_Fierro/112032196948888764
Campus protests
I see Biden is throwing the election by lying about about the violence of peace protesters in his deranged rant against protest while he passes bad anti-protest laws.
Well.
A second Trump term eh?
I'd have bet against that in October but it looks more likely every time I see Biden on screen these days
#biden #protest #gaza
A look at the decline of cable TV networks like USA Network, Discovery Channel, and MTV; MTV's 2023 average prime-time audience was 256K, down from 807K in 2014 (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/television-
Pelosi's husband made over $1.25 million on Nvidia stock bet in just three months (Joe Schoffstall/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-husband-made-over-1-25-million-nvidia-stock-bet-just-three-months.amp
http://www.memeorandum.com/240224/p7#a240224p7
Gerade bemerkt:
Soll mein Paket von mpb morgen kommen? - Vielleicht.
Habe ich morgen frei, um was mit den Kindern zu unternehmen? - Ja.
Wird der Tag dann ausgiebig mit #28mm-Äquivalent dokumentiert? You bet. 😂
"Traders will create a complex thicket of derivative #financial products on two flies crawling up a wall, and in #bitcoin they have particularly demented flies to bet on."
Now this is just funny.
(Yes, I know this is saw link to as British ‘red top’, but am going to make a small one time exception here to my usual rule)
https://mastodon.online/@johnmastodon/112373931323397956
I’m pretty sure I need this t-shirt. And I’m pretty sure I need to wear this t-shirt at work. https://www.effinbirds.com/products/i-bet-this-problem-will-go-away-if-we-have-more-fucking-meetings-t-shirt?variant=1952874…
2024 NFL free agency: Patriots eyeing a reunion with this former starting QB, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nfl…
#Wordle 1,020 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ <1% of 235,559 (311)
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 1% of 535 (28)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 6% of 52
WordleBot
Skill 81/99
Luck 43/99
Hah! Another one of those LOL days. I liked the letters being tested by my 3rd guess, I did NOT expect it to be the answer!
And at 1/28 I wouldn't have bet on those odds!
A short sale is the classic way to bet against a stock, or rather to bet that its price will go down.
But as in all things with stocks, there are lots of risks, so it is unwise to risk more than one can afford to loose even if it appears that you can't lose.
My bet is that Millenials and Zoomers will end up being resented by the following generations much more than we did the Boomers, because we'll be the last ones to have a healthy childhood.
An Almost Perfect Wager
by Kevin Bowersox
When you may live
Or you may die
Always bet on life.
You'll only lose once.
(CC BY) Kevin Bowersox, 2024 #poetry
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Squid:
🎵 Match Bet (6 Music Session, 21 Aug 2019)
#Squid
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ptv2fH1GB41tTyL811Ag2
The crucial bet behind Cowboys' risky and controversial offensive line approach that could change everything https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_crucial_bet_…
With Apple transcribing the podcasts already, I bet it would be trivial to add this on. https://c.im/@stg/112203108982004801
I bet @… finds SGI's x86 supercomputers a bit boring...
https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996
Wondering when the US will use the tactics they used against TikTok, against every corp. Breaking the law...
I bet if companies were being forced to sell because they broke the law, less of them would break the law...
Just so I'm clear, I am 100% against banning ANY app with hidden keyloggers and trackers. It's a good thing that TikTok is being banned, but let's use that energy for everything, yes?👍
#TikTok #Privacy
Romania’s six billion euro bet to accelerate digital public services [Advocacy Lab Content]
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-3e958e1c-1b637d52559f845b
Romania’s six billion euro bet to accelerate digital public services [Advocacy Lab Content]D…
mostly what I think I'd want if I were an opensource maintainer is an accountability buddy, a test user, and a mentor
I bet some of that you can get in like, groups of devs, if it's the same protocol.
like #fedidevs
2022 retro-link! https://www.pathsensitive.com/2022/09/bet-you-cant-solve-these-9-dependency.html - 9 puzzles to convince you you don't understand dependence.
Trying to think of ways to buy and transport a 20ft 2x4 1.5 miles without a car, bet I can get pretty creative but don’t want to find out it’s impossible at the lumberyard.
An interview with Adobe executives about training Firefly on content licensed specifically for AI training, the decision not to scrape the internet, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/2
I bet “persevere” comes from the French poursuivre
Campus protests
I see Biden is throwing the election by lying about about the violence of peace protesters in his deranged rant against protest while he passes bad anti-protest laws.
Well.
A second Trump term eh?
I'd have bet against that in October but it looks more likely every time I see Biden on screen these days
#biden #protest #gaza
A look at the decline of cable TV networks like USA Network, Discovery Channel, and MTV; MTV's 2023 average prime-time audience was 256K, down from 807K in 2014 (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/television-
Jeg elsker podcasts og lytter mest til politiske eller nyhedsorienterede. Men så trænger jeg også engang i mellem bare til at hygge mig - og i går var jeg så heldig at komme forbi en anmeldelse i Soundvenue af den danske podcast Bladvenner. Der stod bl.a. at de bygger traditioner op i lŸbet af afsnittene, så jeg tænkte at det kunne være fint at starte fra begyndelsen. Og jeg siger jer bare: Det er SÅ sjovt og hyggeligt!
“For evidence of that look no further than Tesla. “
Yes... because apparently the failing car company run by a “mercurial” Nazi-buffoon and the companies who bet on him (Hertz) are the best measures…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ev-sales-
The "no parents in the gym" sign are making a big bet I don't suddenly disown my child mis session.
Now this is just funny.
(Yes, I know this is saw link to as British ‘red top’, but am going to make a small one time exception here to my usual rule)
https://mastodon.online/@johnmastodon/112373931323397956
LLM based project at work is assimilating more people. Manager just told us that we might get asked to help out. No fucking way am I adding 'prompt engineer' to my CV, but you better believe I'm updating it.
How about we don't bet the company on tech trends that are built on just making shit up?
#llm
H/T Laura Granito on NextDoor (NextDoor has occasional good uses).
Laura Granito
Upper West Side • 21 hr ago
Looks like someone's bike got swiped and dumped in Central Park- CPW at the 93rd St entrance when you turn right at the benches running up toward the kid's park. This looks like a frequently used bike- maybe to help earn a living and I bet they'd love to find it. Please share.
I bet the Tories are wishing they’d trademarked conservatism right about now.
https://www.politico.eu/article/margaret-thatcher-david-lammy-visionary-labour-united-kingdom/
An Almost Perfect Wager
by Kevin Bowersox
When you may live
Or you may die
Always bet on life.
You'll only lose once.
(CC BY) Kevin Bowersox, 2024 #poetry
🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #TracksOfMyYears
Arctic Monkeys:
🎵 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
#ArcticMonkeys
https://open.spotify.com/track/3DQVgcqaP3iSMbaKsd57l5
https://citywolves.bandcamp.com/track/i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor-arctic-monkeys-cover
🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Dennis Coffey feat. Mick Collins & Rachel Nagy:
🎵 I Bet You
#DennisCoffey #MickCollins #RachelNagy
https://open.spotify.com/track/6TRu9qYKHDalCCgWNGkawT
https://denniscoffey.bandcamp.com/track/i-bet-you-feat-mick-collins-of-the-dirtbombs-and-rachel-nagy-of-the-detroit-cobras
* walks into bar *
Me: “Ow… walking into that bar really hurt.”
Maarten: “I bet I could walk into that bar.”
Me: “Do it!”
@…
‘Cluelessly #Racist’: Joy Reid and Michael Steele Call Out Fox Personality Over Trump’s Sneakers
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/cluelessly-racist-black…
@… You got weird dishware, man, but I bet your dinner parties are awesome
@… I bet he follows you around and looks at you. You should be worried about him. Next thing you know he will be complementing your curves.
@…
Last Thursday I learned a bit of Lean4 from @… and now the fortune cookie says “you have bet on the right horse”. 😳
Coincidence?
I think yes.
#lean
Series A, Episode 07 - Mission To Destiny
AVON: You can bet your life on it, in fact you've just bet both our lives on it. [Blake smiles at their banter]
KENDALL: Personally, I have no hesitation about accepting the offer. Well, delivery of the neutrotope is vital. And anyway, after what's happened here, it may well be safer with Blake. However, we'll vote on it. Those in favour? [Raises his own hand. Levett raises her hand followed by Pasco and Grovane. Sonheim crosses his... [1/2] B7BA
i bet maple trees are hyper from all that sugar
Source: Magic, which recently raised $117M and says its AI coding assistant has a larger context window than rivals', may have made an AI reasoning breakthrough (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/th
#BREAKING - Neuralink has officially implanted its first brain chip into an actual human!
Hold on folks, I bet this ride gets really bumpy really quick.
Best Super Bowl Betting Sites to Make Your 1st Super Bowl Bet https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/11/best-super-bowl-betting-sites-to-make-your-1st-super-bowl-bet/
I would be shocked shocked I tell you. 😏 #AirFelons
Random theory that occurred to me yesterday: poetry must be a rather recent and accidental invention compared to singing.
A poem is a song without melody. I bet that, before the invention of writing, there were no poems, only songs. But when writing was invented, and people tried to write down songs, they of course could not write down the melody. Only the lyrics, rhyme, and some of the rhythm could get through. VoilŠ, poetry...
A look at Intel's efforts to build Ohio One, a "mega fab" that could become the world's largest chip factory and for which the company has committed $28B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-intel-comeback-chipmaking/<…
'With the Top Pick' podcast details their top 18 NFL Draft prospects, who could slip, who is a sure bet
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/wit…
If copyright is real then the AI machines owe the artists of humankind (which is to say all of us) more money than exists in the banking systems of the planet.
If copyright is not real then the companies that trained those models have no right to exclusive ownership of the weights.
I bet somehow the law conspires to make it the worst of either option.
#ai #copyright #copyleft
What will be next after the phased-out TouchBar, the quietly dropped butterfly keyboard, the cancelled car and the lackluster goggles?
I bet it will be AI.
(Don't get me wrong, Tim Cook has done amazing at having grown Apple after Jobs' passing and it's great that Apple listens to customers to fix issues [like the laptop keyboards], but he's just not the guy for great new products.)
Japan’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ), made global headlines in March with a bet that the deflation-ridden economy had finally turned a corner.
The question now is whether the economy will do its part.
Bolstered by a stronger economy and steady wage growth, the BOJ drew a curtain on one of the longest-running monetary policy experiments in history, ending 11 years of an unconventional monetary easing that was aimed at reversing seemingly intractable deflationary pressures.…
I bet the Tories are wishing they’d trademarked conservatism right about now.
https://www.politico.eu/article/margaret-thatcher-david-lammy-visionary-labour-united-kingdom/
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani: ‘I never bet on baseball or any other sport’
#Baseball #Dodgers #TheAthletic
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)
https://t.co/e9gQ7br83U
🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #TracksOfMyYears
Arctic Monkeys:
🎵 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
#ArcticMonkeys
https://open.spotify.com/track/3DQVgcqaP3iSMbaKsd57l5
https://citywolves.bandcamp.com/track/i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor-arctic-monkeys-cover
A look at GM's risky bet to replace Apple's CarPlay with its own infotainment system, gambling on its software group, as carmakers worry over Apple's power (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/202…
"The Fart of the Deal"? I bet that one's been done.
This is…more than a little disturbing…
I bet this is in Toronto. Just another reason to hate Toronto…
🤣
cc @… https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/11195
A profile of Indian startup Yotta Data Services, which plans to buy ~20K Nvidia H100 chips by June 2024 to offer computing power to Indian companies to build AI (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
Season win totals for all 32 teams https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/39859816/2024-nfl-betting-season-win-totals-projections-all-32-teams
🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #SaraCox
Arctic Monkeys:
🎵 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
#ArcticMonkeys
https://open.spotify.com/track/3DQVgcqaP3iSMbaKsd57l5
https://citywolves.bandcamp.com/track/i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor-arctic-monkeys-cover
Is there any bigger scum idiot than ((((Rabbi Shmuley)))) ?
I bet that kid will turn out great 🙄
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1771747229755208165?s=61
NYT's David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro discuss The Interview, a new franchise launching on April 27 that will appear in the Magazine and in podcast form (Alex Weprin/Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Sources detail Grindr's push to monetize, including plans for an AI chatbot that can engage users in sexual conversations and may be trained on opt-in user data (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-mo…
Is there any bigger scum idiot than ((((Rabbi Shmuley)))) ?
I bet that kid will turn out great 🙄
https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1771747229755208165?s=61
Palo Alto Networks reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.98B, vs. $1.97B est., and lowers its full-year guidance for billings and revenue; PANW drops 19% (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/i
Palo Alto Networks reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.98B, vs. $1.97B est., and lowers its full-year guidance for billings and revenue; PANW drops 19% (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research)
https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/i
After its early OpenAI bet, Microsoft hiring Mustafa Suleyman and Inflection's staff continues a strategy of developing close ties with leading AI practitioners (Camilla Hodgson/Financial Times)
https://t.co/mgqClbYDZY