I have used excellent niche services this year:
• https://elicit.com: scientific publications summarisation using a LLM (don’t know if trained on or RAG). It cites them and I didn’t experienced hallucinations
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Finally finished building this prototyping station, for designing synthesizer circuits from scratch. Super excited to start using it! #diysynth #electronics
Bursting through the opening, the Ginger Bear finds himself outside. Seeing his getaway driver parked in the bike lane, he waddles over -- casually cutting down multiple trees along the way -- then climbs into the limo.
"Get the lawn signs ready," he growls to his henchmen. "I think it's going to be an election year."
"What!?" the audience shouts. "I thought this was a caper flick. He's done nothing but wreak destruction and leave a mess for others to clean up."
The director shrugs, "yeah."
Tina Peters. Remember that name.
She & her privilege as a Colorado election recorder broke into election voting machines to modify records, defiantly claiming MAGA 'stop the steal' righteousness to the presiding judge... then refused to take responsibility for her corrupt acts as a clerk
AND GOT 9 YEARS IN PRISON.
"Trump Co-Conspirator CRIES As Judge Gives Her BRUTAL Sentence"
"My own hope and belief about what would transpire last night was sadly and profoundly wrong—like many, I have the emotional and intellectual flaw, if that’s what it is, of assuming that people are wiser and more decent than they actually turn out to be. I feel chastened—distraught—about my apparently naive view of human nature."
George Conway
America Did This to Itself
Series D, Episode 06 - Headhunter
TARRANT: Vila, no! [Vila approaches the box. As he touches it, the same electrical power surge occurs again. Vila tries again with the same result.]
TARRANT: Slave?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/406/202 B7B4
California has the 5th largest economy in the world, bigger than India & just under Japan.
Now, Governor Newsom signed a law permitting Marijuana dispensaries to serve food & drink... so next year, come visit CA's Cannibus Cafes!
In other news, they just released 165pg of incriminating testimony & evidence.
HOW IS THIS ELECTION EVEN CLOSE?
"Trump's MELTDOWN Over New Election Fraud Evidence, Melania's Abortion Stance" - Jimmy Kimmel L…
TIL that Amsterdam in 1974 already had a solution to the accumulating numbers of privately owned polluting cars: a system for shared small electrical vehicles, the 'witkar'. Watch the short video from BBC archive: https://youtu.be/G9vKzwIKFtg
Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
ORAC: Why not ask them?
TARRANT: [Into comm] This is Xenon base, identify yourselves. [static] I repeat, identify yourselves. [more static] You have ten seconds or I'll open fire.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/412/23 B7B3
Just came back from Las Vegas & had a really great time doing everything I wanted to do including everything at Area15. Sure glad I didn't miss any----- WHAT THE @#$% THE CRYSTAL METHOD PERFORMING LIVE GODDAMMIT
https://area15.com/events/tcmxritm/?event_dt=2024-12-0…