jpster
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Comment · 1 month ago
The in-demand domains are Slovenian, just like the First Lady. What a funny coincidence!
Comment · 1 month ago
I thought force majeure is for weather catastrophes, natural disasters, terrorism, “acts of God”. Not for “we didn’t get the permits”.
Comment · 5 months ago
What does “has more weight” mean in this context?
Comment · 5 months ago
> Imfura had his little group moving constantly, an understandable method to avoid other groups and the possible transfer of his females.
> [emphasis added] But this apparently weakened their trust,
> which is essential for social cohesion.
How do the researchers know their trust was weakened by constant moving?
Comment · 7 months ago
> The defiant rapper testified Tuesday and said that he exercised free speech when he released music videos featuring images of Ohio deputies raiding his home, saying any suffering they claimed in their lawsuit was due to “their mistake.”
The deputies filed the civil lawsuit against Afroman in 2023, accusing him of defamation and invasion of privacy and saying they were needlessly harmed by music videos, most notably "Lemon Pound Cake," which included security camera footage taken in 2022, when they served a search warrant looking for drugs and evidence of a kidnapping at the performer's home.
The music video: https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo
Comment · 8 months ago
> the likelihood of attempted terror attacks against the US has increased significantly.
And one wonders if a terror attack on US soil would be the justification POTUS uses to cancel elections
Comment · 9 months ago
These type of stories are typically attributed to anonymous sources. So it’s impossible for a reader to conclude anything about the sources’ own credibility. So they usually rely on the credibility of the reporter or media org who’s published about it.
The Information is also reporting on this, but paywalled. IMO The Information does solid reporting.
https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/applied-ai/openai...
Editing to add some of the Information’s reporting: > Speaking at a panel at Davos moderated by The Information CEO Jessica Lessin, Friar suggested that in the field of drug discovery, her company could, for instance, take a “license to the drug that is discovered” using OpenAI’s technology. In other words, OpenAI would take a profit-sharing stake in the financial upside its AI creates for customers.
> Friar is no doubt familiar with older AI drug discovery firms such as Recursion that struck deals with pharmaceutical firms to give them big bounties for successful drugs identified by their tech. There aren’t many, if any, examples of such successes yet, though.
> OpenAI isn’t the only firm eyeing this opportunity. Its rivals Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary focusing on using AI for drug discovery, have also held discussions with early-stage biotechnology startups about data licensing or partnerships.
Comment · 9 months ago
Disagree
Comment · 9 months ago
> International sanctions are restrictions on international transactions imposed by governments in pursuit of foreign policy objectives.
Imposing a restriction where one did not previously exist is quite obviously a commission.
Comment · 9 months ago
US Treasury Secretary in Davos this week:
When asked, “Do sanctions actually work (on Iran)?”, Bessent replied:
If you look at a speech I gave at the economic club of New York last March, I said that I believe the Iranian currency was on the verge of collapse, that if I were an Iranain citizen, I would take my money out.
President Trump ordered treasury and our OFAC division, (Office of Foreign Asset Control) to put maximum pressure on Iran, and it’s worked because in December, their economy collapsed, we saw a major bank go under, the central bank has started to print money, there is a dollar shortage, they are not able to get imports and this is why the people took to the streets.
He added, “This is economic statecraft, no shots fired, and things are moving in a very positive way here.” https://the307.substack.com/p/at-the-wef-scott-bessent-says-...
Comment · 9 months ago
If I blockade you in your house, is that failure to aid? Or something else? Sanctions occur via commission, not omission. They’re not a failure to render aid or to be maximally charitable. They’re active harm.
Comment · 9 months ago
I am saying that sanctions are weapon of sorts and have worse effects than people realize, and you seem to be saying their effects are not as bad as those of kinetic weapons. Despite Lancet concluding their tolls are comparable.