September, 2024 archive
Deficiency on Display 0
Lawrence O’Donnell points out that “net worth” does not equal “IQ.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sabrina B. Little makes a strong case that students’ use of ChatGPT and similar “tools” to complete assignments is ipso facto counterproductive. Here’s a tiny excerpt from her article (emphasis added):
DJT and DEI 0
David makes a strong case that, if there is a DEI (In this case, Discrimination, Exclusion, and Inequality) candidate running for president, that candidate is Donald Trump. Along the way, he eviscerates Republicans’ claims that Kamala Harris is somehow a “DEI hire.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code.
Republican Establishmentarian Thought Police 0
Thom notes that some public schools are starting to resist Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters’s orders to “teach the Bible.”
The Sure Thing 0
Read the full story for the details.
Aside:
The reason you are seeing so many commercials urging you to install gambling apps on your “device” is simple.
In the long run, you lose.
Gambling* is a mug’s game, and they’re hoping you volunteer to be the mug.
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*I’ll make exceptions for friendly wagers between friends (he said redundantly) and for playing the ponies. If you know what you are doing, you can do okay playing the ponies. My late ex-father-in-law certainly did very nicely at the OTB. Indeed, thanks to his tutelage on how to read the racing forms, I once hit an exacta at Delaware Park.
Come to think of it, that’s the last time I went to the horse races.
All the News that Fits 0
Dick Polman looks at the recent coverage of Donald Trump’s public appearances and asks a (rhetorical) question:
Follow the link for his answer.
QOTD 0
David Jason, in the voice of Inspector Frost:
The more you know about people, the more you appreciate dogs.
Russian Impulses 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
