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The Heartbreakers:
🎵 Chinese Rocks
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https://johnnythunderstheheartbreakers.bandcamp.com/track/chinese-rocks-yonkers-demo
https://open.spotify.com/track/0oXw08kbTaXumYDNV9gQWL

In a saner environment, we’d be having a reasonable conversation about that: in what ways, if any, can a machine that repeats contextual patterns with no sense of meaning augment humans thinking through tricky things? In ways can it mislead? When, if ever, is it worth the tradeoffs? the resource costs? etc etc.
Right now, the off-the-charts money and hype make that reasonable conversation impossible except perhaps in hushed corners. (Please do not have that argument in my replies. I am tired.)
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On a planté un albizia il y a plus de 6 ans au centre du jardin. D'année en année, on l'a vu grand... Rapetisser, au gré des gels tardifs. Cette année, il a enfin dépassé sa taille initiale, affichant une taille impressionnante... D'1,20 m. Mais cette année, pour la première fois, il arbore ses premières fleurs. On atteindra encore un peu pour manger sous son ombre, mais le voir fleurir, ça n'a pas de prix...

Milwaukee's "The Bindery" is closing, but the message from the guy who ran things is a good one.
“If our closure feels like a loss… now’s your time to make a new version of what we started here. Now more than ever, we need print media that is truthful, joyous, emotional, smart and led by those in the margins..."
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“The String… will be much faster”
my brain is breaking https://mastodon.social/@Catfish_Man/114655168110161214

Source: Butterfly Effect, the startup behind Manus, has shut down its entire China-based team to minimize geopolitical risks associated with its ties to China (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/startup-behi…

Startup Behind Manus AI Agent Shuts Down China Team
The startup behind Manus, an artificial intelligence agent that went viral earlier this year and got financial backing from Benchmark, has shut down its entire China-based team, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. It’s the latest sign that Manus, whose biggest target market is the U.S., wants to minimize geopolitical risks associated with China ties. Butterfly Effect, the

Is it just me, or are the #TourDeFrance commentators trying to be studiously neutral with respect to the Normandy landings?

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Reward Models Enable Scalable Code Verification by Trading Accuracy for Throughput
Gabriel Orlanski, Nicholas Roberts, Aws Albarghouthi, Frederic Sala
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10056

Reward Models Enable Scalable Code Verification by Trading Accuracy for Throughput
The standard paradigm for solving coding tasks via large language models (LLMs) is to generate-then-rank programs, where the latter step uses a verifier in the ranking process. The growing consensus is that a comprehensive verifier (e.g., a full test suite) should be prioritized over an outcome reward model (ORM) whenever possible, with little consideration given to the trade-offs involved. We aim to challenge this assumption by systematically exploring the tradeoff between speed and accuracy. …

Ah yes, the "balancing act" of LAPD shooting unarmed lone women at point blank range with rubber bullets for attempting to access their homes. Who among us hasn't had to consider such tradeoffs?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social)
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