Me and my Massachusetts friends and neighbors when Biden was declared the winner in 2020 …
Afterward: They’re not so noisy now … pretty much trying to change the subject off of this bumbling criminal embarrassment.
STAND UP FOR THE OTHER ONE!
Aka, Grandpa’s blog … An emotional purgative for our world's cultural excesses.
Me and my Massachusetts friends and neighbors when Biden was declared the winner in 2020 …
Afterward: They’re not so noisy now … pretty much trying to change the subject off of this bumbling criminal embarrassment.
STAND UP FOR THE OTHER ONE!
America’s relationship with China is like a marriage primarily based on great sex … but with one partner plotting to poison the other. — Fletcher
STAND UP TO CHINA!
‘Pathetic man’: The California-Florida rivalry just exploded
Apple’s entry into virtual reality is a ‘watershed moment:’ industry execs
Mike Pence files paperwork to run for president
Indictment watch … Trump lawyers meet with Justice Dept. …
Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation
Destroyed Ukraine dam unleashes flood waters, putting thousands at risk; Here’s what we know so far
ICE leader Tae Johnson to step down
Cornel West announces [third-party] run …
Oops, Wrong results announced in Austria’s election
West coast port issues persists from L.A. to Seattle, with supply-chain problems mounting
Comer initiates contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Wray
Whistleblowers ‘worked on secret program to reconstruct crashed UFOs’ …
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Never in American history have the aurthorities persecuted and the media castigate any one man as ruthlessly as they have Donald J. Trump.
Why? Because he didn’t let her win … and threatened to reform them … and wasn’t woke … and had orange hair!
Afterward: Yet he still changed the arc of our foreign policy … and exposed the frightening corruption in our administrative state and traditional media … all in four short years!
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Indian opposition leader Gandhi calls on U.S. audience to stand up for ‘modern India’
IMF chief says there’s no significant slowdown in lending and the Fed may need to do more
Lawmaker looking into J6 security failures: ‘People of interest’ may have suppressed critical intel
Chuck Todd out at NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ …
Wayward small plane over Washington causes jets to scramble
Russia says it thwarted Donetsk large-scale offensive; Ukraine says its moving forward in Bakhmut
Texts reveal teachers union working with then-CDC Director Walensky to keep schools closed
Disney welcomes Gay Days in Florida as feud with DeSantis rages on …
Saudi Arabia cuts oil output by 1 million barrels a day to boost prices
Air travel to be disrupted by ‘very frustrating’ supply chain issue, IATA’s Willie Walsh says
Manchin ‘not ruling anything in — not ruling anything out’ on third-party presidential run
Twitter ad sales plunge 59% as woes continue …
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Jumps into the presidential candidate pool!
Assumed, if elected, he will likelykeep the current FBI Director … the same man refusing the Congressional subpoena to deliver a document alleging Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from a foreign government … and likely will be charged with contempt of Congress.
If per chance Trump gets into a debate tiff with Christie … he need only say two words … “Christopher Wray!”
Chris Christie recommended Christopher Wray to Trump for FBI Director after Comey was axed … probably because he represented Gov. Christie in the George Washington Bridge blockade scandal … and somehow got him exonerated … but not Christie’s chief of staff.
Afterward:
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From Diogenes’ Middle Finger blog |
STAND UP TO CHRIS WRAY!
Pilgrim, I suspect that the following observation may be unique to my youth … in the 1950s … but I always found it strange that some women back then would drape themselves around their boyfriends as though they were afraid to let go.
In the school halls, at sports events … even while driving. I always found it emotionally needy and undignified.
I expect that the ensuing women’s movement may have made such slavish behavior no longer acceptable … but it’s recollection inspired the above painting of mine.
STAND UP FOR DIGNITY!
Time to sell your Tesla stock: First time you see an ad for this car on television. — Fletcher
STAND UP FOR INFLECTION POINTS!
Right to ‘exist’: Campaign to give nature a legal status
Boycotts hit stocks hard. What may be next for Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash
Number of police officers shot on duty up 30% since 2021
Drag ban ruled unconstitutional … ‘free speech’ victory …
Signal fault behind India’s deadliest crash in 20 years
OPEC+ meets to debate production quotas, new cut: sources
Comer calls Hunter Biden’s divestment of Chinese firm’s equity ‘suspicious’
Update: Bible banned in schools due to ‘vulgarity and violence’ …
‘Very, very false’: Dutch minister quashes Beijing’s view on Ukraine at top security forum
World’s spy chiefs meet in secret enclave in Singapore
ATF says marijuana users can’t own firearms, even in states where it’s legal
Tim Scott presents himself as ‘candidate of optimism’ …
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The world patiently awaits Ukraine’s Spring military counter-offensive. However, President Zelensky recently claimed that this operation should not take place during Pride month.
STAND UP FOR UKRAINE!
Moscow could return to nuclear arms treaty if U.S. gives up ‘hostile policy,’ Russian official says
Dow leaps 700 points on hot jobs report; Nasdaq notches sixth straight winning week
Comer scores major win in FBI fight — Director Wray agrees to show ‘Biden bribery’ memo to top House Oversight Committee members
Zuck loves Biden: Facebook prevents RFK Jr. from launching Instagram campaign account
Trump wants new judge in hush money case
India train crash death toll rises above 230 with 900 injured as rescuers comb through debris
Sen. Grassley reveals he’s seen bombshell whistleblower doc the FBI is hiding
Don down: Trump’s Fox town hall pulls fewer viewers than CNN appearance …
Fitch warns it could still cut U.S. credit rating even after deal
Elon Musk and Twitter face growing brand safety concerns after execs depart
Biden admin issues 20-year oil drilling ban near indigenous site despite opposition from tribe
Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states … racketeering charges?
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I recently published a blog wherein I listed possible problems with AI technology … Possible AI Problems … one of which was order of operations. To test this, I asked Google Bard the following question:
The average price earnings ratio for General Motors for the last 3 years?
And the answer I got was:
Average P/E ratio = (5.5x + 7.8x + 18.5x) / 3 = 8.8x
Now either this app can’t perform basic math … my answer is 10.6x … or it is taking the average by adding the 3 numerators and then dividing by the sum of the 3 denominators … standard practice for averaging ratios. But, in this case, I would prefer the average of the ratios.
Thus, this AI app has a problem with overriding assumed order of operations.
QED
Stay tuned for more such tests.
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RED - Advocating Marxism
ORANGE - Devotion to “organic” products
YELLOW - Unwilling to stand up for America
GREEN - Climate religion
BLUE - Disillusioned younger generations
PURPLE - Unfettered gender rage
Is this color meme somehow related to Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow?”
STAND UP FOR HIDDEN MEANINGS!
There is an interesting wrinkle to the bunching up of people announced or preparing to announce for their candancy for president on the Republican side.
Despite the fact that these aspirants realize that their hat in the ring increases the chance that Trump will win the brass ring … they must be counting on the possibility that The Don’s many legal problems will take him down.
Does this mean that they are all … in reality and secretly … pro deep state?
STAND UP AGAINST THE DEEP STATE!
How come, Pilgrim, that China suffers virtually no cyberattacks .. while, in America, it’s a daily scourge … huh?
STAND UP FOR AN ANSWER!
Those who can’t stand anyone who abides an egomaniacal leader who has produced real betterments for his people … have been perfectly comfortable supporting a demented sociopath who is selling his country out for thirty pieces of silver.
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Senate averts default, sends debt limit bill to Biden’s desk
Zelensky ramps up pressure for NATO membership; Russia says its border villages shelled
ATF ‘skeptical’ of charging Hunter Biden
Federal judge who ruled against DeSantis, will recuse himself from Disney case
OPEC+ prepares for weekend meeting after Saudi warns speculators to ‘watch out’
MTG: Holding Wray in contempt of Congress guaranteed
Arizona limits Phoenix construction as groundwater disappears …
Former Dodger all-star Steve Garvey weighs run to replace Feinstein in California
Boeing indefinitely postpones Starliner astronaut mission for NASA after discovering more issues
Biden falls during Air Force Acadamy graduation ceremony
Later bumps his head while exiting helicopter …
AI drone goes rogue,; kills human operator in Air Force test …
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Only voting for someone whose personality you like for president is like living exclusively on ice cream and Coca Cola. Casting your vote for Donald Trump would be like eating your spinach.
STAND UP FOR SPINACH!
When all you got left are scrub-team players!
“Put me in coach!”
Afterward: Gruesome Newsom?
STAND UP FOR DILEMMAS!
Pilgrim, are you old enough to remember when the Roller Derby was all the rage on that cherished B&W television? — Fletcher
Whatever happened to that female skater “Toughie?”
STAND UP FOR NOSTALGIA!
How Jim Jorden and Marjorie Taylor Greene helped McCarthy get his debt deal through
Euro Zone inflation falls more than expected to 6.1% as core pressures ease
House passes McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling bill
McCarthy wins wide majority with both parties
Climate-fueled insurance crisis hits California
Russian strike on Kyiv kills 3, including a child; NATO chief calls for Ukraine security guarantees
George Soros’s son has made at least 17 White House visits since Biden took office
World’s first openly-gay president elected in Latvia …
Virginia Dems fume over pipeline’s inclusion in debt deal
EV maker Lucid announces $3 billion raised from Saudi public wealth fund and stock offering
Teenagers arrested over brutal assault of U.S. Marines over the weekend
China hails ‘brother’ Musk …
STAND UP FOR AMERICA!
Having played in this sandbox before, I see the following potential problems with developing AI applications that are supposed to have an unfailing aptitude:
- Proper order of mathematical and logical operations
- Number type confusions
- Keeping track of significant digits after calculations … and rounding errors
- Chemistry and radiation math
- Pronoun confusions
- Currency conversions
- Fiscal vs. calander year reconciliations
- Physics calculations
- Gaming of AI algorithms
- Astronomical calculations
- Validity of referenced information
- Units conversions … particularly between different worldwide or historic units systems
- Even though the referenced knowledge base is huge … it is puny when compared to what it should be.
- Identifying semantic precedents — this, that, previous
- Words representing definite numbers — ream, bakers dozen, hertz, pair, home run, extra point touch, triad, quartet, octave, gold carats (but not diamond carats), marathon — being used in alien context
- Indefinite numbers or probabilities — some, many, parcel, teenager, tween, herd, handful, pinch, dose
- Infinity or infinite in mathematics
- Scaling mixups … particularly very large and very small ones … or scaling imbedded in unit’s names — megatons, kilograms, nanoseconds
- Sifting through thousands of possible answers
- Truly random numbers
- Sequencing of grammatical transformation rules
- Time and date calculations … including daylight savings time anomalies … and leap year and leap second specifics
- Geographic location calculations
- Mixing up people’s names
- Multiple synonym chains
- Keeping up-to-date with changing vernaculars — medical, political, hip-hop, etc.
- Fractured syntax rules … ala Yoda in Star Wars
- Unusual regional or professional idioms
I confidently predict that AI developers have not … and probably will not resolve all these … and many other … possible conundrums.
So, dear reader, take a deep breath before you swallow all the claims surrounding this meme. How do I know this? Pilgrim, I have dealt with many of theses real-life gremlins before.
Afterward:
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From Mostly Cajun blog |
STAND UP FOR INTELLIGENCE!
American media should be red-faces for their puny coverage of the Ukraine war … and I include both TV and print coverage. Here is an example of the kind of reporting we should be getting in this country: Sky News Reportage.
Instead, we get KJ-P reading pap from her binders!
Sky News is associated with the Rupert Murdoch organization … so why can’t such programming be repeated on FoxNews? Are Americans such dunderheads?
I hope I am not answering my own question!
(Thanks to the Common Cents blog for this input!)
Afterward: Here is the Sky News live feed … I intend to be a regular consumer.
STAND UP FOR SKY NEWS!
White House press shop adjusts to proliferation of AI deep fakes
ChatGPT cited ‘bogus’ cases in New York federal filing. Attorneys might be sanctioned
House Republicans taking steps to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt of Congress
Ex-First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia
Video: Chinese fighter jet buzzes U.S. Air Force plane in ‘unnecessarily aggressive’ maneuver
Mortgage demand drops to lowest level in three months
New messages seem to confirm Biden influence peddling scheme
Bud Light sales down 30% … Gays leaving Florida …
Utah Republican Chris Stewart plans to resign from House
Drones attack Russian oil refineries; Medvedev says British officials aiding Ukraine are targets
Chris Christie likely easing into 2024 presidential campaign with super PAC
Twitter now worth just 33% of Musk purchase price …
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I have requested answers from two AI applications … ChatGPT HERE and Google Bard HERE … and have concluded that these bots are more intere...