Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Sucking you down the rabbit hole? Per El Reg, to Google’s Hotel California of AI.
Afterthought:
For you whippersnappers who don’t ken the reference to “Hotel California,” well, just Yahoo! it.
Republican Thought Police 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh G. discusses the Smithsonian’s struggle to resist the Trump maladministration’s attempt to erase history.
Aside:
Early my career, I lived in Northern Virginia and worked in downtown D. C. The commute was not pleasant (I’m sure it’s much worse now), but being able to visit the Smithsonian on a regular basis was one of the great pleasures of living in the D. C. area.
To see Donald Trump attempt to spread his taint over the Smithsonian disgusts me beyond words.
American Stasi 0
Retired ATF agent David Ziegler contrasts the behavior of Donald Trump’s secretive police with the standards he was expected to comply with when he was on active duty and issues a warning:
For those who believed, “It can’t happen here,” it already has.
Follow the link for his reasoing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner.”
Another exposed portable phallus.
Another child’s life ended early.
Another day in NRA Paradise.
Stray Thought 0
If you want me to contribute to your cause, ask me honestly.
Don’t try to con me with a pretend opinion poll.
If you do, I’ll contribute nothing but my contempt.
The Cost of Kleptocracy 0
Mona Charen asks, then answers, a question. Here’s the question; follow the link for her answer.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The NAACP has suggested that black student athletes to unite against the New Secesh, refusing to attend sports powerhouses (such as UGa., Alabama, FSU, etc.) in states that are attempting to gerrymander minority voters out of existence. Rick Stron discusses this.
(In the first two minutes, you can watch the New Secesh come out from under their hoods and show themselves. It’s pretty scary.)
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A panderer to prurience? Why, it panders to prurience with picture-perfect perfection.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Lydia Polgreen hears a rhyme from ancient Greece, when Athens embarked on a reckless war of choice, certain of victory. Here’s tiny bit of her article; follow the link for the rest.
But strength was not enough.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Constitution may protect freedom of speech, but, in Texas, freedom of speech is apparently not street-legal.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
I’m certain that, as regards the three-year-old, it was accidental. But, as regards the “responsible gun owner,” it was negligent.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.