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TIL that two decades prior to Elizabeth Holmes (CEO of Theranos) being convicted of fraud in 2022, her father, Christian Holmes IV, had been one of the vice presidents of Enron.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that two decades prior to Elizabeth Holmes (CEO of Theranos) being convicted ofโฆ
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"In simple terms, the creators of AI incentivize them to guess rather than admit they donโt know the answer โ which might be a good strategy on an exam, but is outright dangerous when giving high-stakes advice about topics like medicine or law."
https://futurism.com/fixing-hallucinations-destroy-chatgpt
https://futurism.com/fixing-hallucinations-destroy-chatgpt
Futurism
Fixing Hallucinations Would Destroy ChatGPT, Expert Finds
University of Sheffield lecturer Wei Xing argued that the AI industry wouldn't be economically incentivized to fix hallucinations.
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He recalled how many Russians, including former Soviet officials, thought the fall of the USSR would lead to a civilizational reunion, โa family of nationsโ living in harmony despite differences. But โnothing of the sort,โ he says.
Even he, as former Soviet foreign intelligence, was caught off guard when he became FSB director.
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Forwarded from Disclose.tv
NEW - China to build a naval digital age "Great Wall" integrating satellites, AI-powered sensors, hypersonic missiles, lasers and microwave beams to detect, disrupt and destroy drone fleets before they reach their targets.
Read more: https://www.disclose.tv/id/ww7ek4yisx/
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China plans to build a naval 'Great Wall' to fend off thousand-drone swarm attack
Breaking news from around the world.
"For the average person, the Titanic and her Stygian tomb are out of reach in this lifetime, as are the heavens above.
"Stockton Rush was not an average man. He sought to make the depths commercially accessible. But like the builders of the tower of old, he sought to pass the impassable and touch the hallowed space not in Godโs name, but to make a name for himself. And in his haste to reach the decaying grail and anoint himself a god of industry, he suffered the wrath of the divine."
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnparce/p/the-inverted-tower?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false.
"Stockton Rush was not an average man. He sought to make the depths commercially accessible. But like the builders of the tower of old, he sought to pass the impassable and touch the hallowed space not in Godโs name, but to make a name for himself. And in his haste to reach the decaying grail and anoint himself a god of industry, he suffered the wrath of the divine."
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnparce/p/the-inverted-tower?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false.
Substack
The Inverted Tower
OceanGate's failed pilgrimage
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Forwarded from Brian Almon
Gondor calls for aid! https://x.com/MiddleearthMixr/status/1975294207490453767
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The Middle-earth Mixer (@MiddleearthMixr) on X
@jonesjay If this picture of the young Captain of Gondor absolutely rippin a heater gets more likes you have to drop out of the race for wishing death on normal Republicans and people you disagree with
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That's what the German High Command wants the French to think... https://redd.it/1llw0oo
Reddit
From the MapPorn community on Reddit: There is a road that goes between Luxembourg and France that is only accessible from Luxembourgโฆ
Explore this post and more from the MapPorn community
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Forwarded from Geopolitics & Empire
In four years, Reed said, he has seen graduate openings drop from 180,000 to 55,000, an astonishing and unprecedented collapse.
Reed is quite specific about the problem: AI. Artificial Intelligence is automating all the lower-level graduate jobs. These jobs are disappearing like snow in spring sun, meaning the entire career ladder is missing some bottom rungs. Reedโs advice? He says middle-class people should advise their kids to skip uni and look at learning manual labour. Plumbing, joinery, bricklaying.
AI is, in essence, mass-producing intelligence and universities specialise in expensive, artisanal, hand-crafted intelligence. That spells doom for the artisans, the way machine looms spelt doom for artisanal weavers in the early Industrial Revolution. It spells the end of the university.
Of course, not all universities will die. A few rich people will, I reckon, still send their kids somewhere at 18, simply for the social experience and networking โ posh places like Oxbridge and Harvard will survive via sheer prestige. But the vast majority of Higher Education institutions will close. https://web.archive.org/web/20250918104057/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/17/universities-are-doomed-but-there-is-one-silver-lining/
Reed is quite specific about the problem: AI. Artificial Intelligence is automating all the lower-level graduate jobs. These jobs are disappearing like snow in spring sun, meaning the entire career ladder is missing some bottom rungs. Reedโs advice? He says middle-class people should advise their kids to skip uni and look at learning manual labour. Plumbing, joinery, bricklaying.
AI is, in essence, mass-producing intelligence and universities specialise in expensive, artisanal, hand-crafted intelligence. That spells doom for the artisans, the way machine looms spelt doom for artisanal weavers in the early Industrial Revolution. It spells the end of the university.
Of course, not all universities will die. A few rich people will, I reckon, still send their kids somewhere at 18, simply for the social experience and networking โ posh places like Oxbridge and Harvard will survive via sheer prestige. But the vast majority of Higher Education institutions will close. https://web.archive.org/web/20250918104057/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/17/universities-are-doomed-but-there-is-one-silver-lining/
The Telegraph
Universities are doomed and itโs terrible. But there is one silver lining
Artificial intelligence could spell the end of higher education, but we may rather enjoy a world without it
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Book Discussion: The Mote in Godโs Eye and the Warhammer Solution
Unalterable Biological Imperative vs Unbreakable Imperial Will
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/book-discussion-the-mote-in-gods
Unalterable Biological Imperative vs Unbreakable Imperial Will
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/book-discussion-the-mote-in-gods
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For this reason it is now clear that methods of instruction in the fundamentals of mathematics and engineering above and beyond the standard university sequence must be developed. To this end, the Tom Swift Academy was created. It is now entering a more concrete phase of development, and learning modules in mathematics, science and engineering will be published through the coming months at weekly intervals.
A proper education consists of memorization, practice and periods of deeper study and reflection. Therefore, these modules will consist of articles, interactive training units, and recommended reading. While there is much online material covering the fundamentals of web development and other topics in computer science, there is surprisingly little relating to calculus and university physics. Therefore, the first lessons in Tom Swift will cover roughly the mathematical and scientific material encountered in the first two years of engineering school.
https://open.substack.com/pub/swiftenterprises/p/tom-swift-academy?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Substack
Tom Swift Academy
Education for a future worth living in.
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Candace Owens shared a screenshot of a group chat where Charlie Kirk said he was "leaving the pro-Israel cause" 48 hours before he was assassinated.
https://x.com/robinmonotti/status/1975457949909983538
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https://x.com/robinmonotti/status/1975457949909983538
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BREAKING:
๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ Candace Owens shared a screenshot of a group chat where Charlie Kirk says He was abandoning the pro-Israel cause and he lost a $2M per year donor because he refused to cancel Tucker Carlson at his events.
He was going to invite Candace back to TPUSA events as well.
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๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ Candace Owens shared a screenshot of a group chat where Charlie Kirk says He was abandoning the pro-Israel cause and he lost a $2M per year donor because he refused to cancel Tucker Carlson at his events.
He was going to invite Candace back to TPUSA events as well.
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Geomagnetic storms Now and future forecast.
#weather #storm #magneticstorm #geomagneticstorm #sun #sunactivity
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Forwarded from Vox Day
Women Don't Mind Your Politics
Attraction will always outweigh opinions
https://sigmagame.substack.com/p/women-dont-mind-your-politics
Attraction will always outweigh opinions
https://sigmagame.substack.com/p/women-dont-mind-your-politics
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"Tyson may be a great scientist, but what heโs selling at a price of $70 per ticket isnโt science. Heโs selling the self satisfaction that comes from moral preening. Neil Tyson is adored by people who want the sweet feeling of smug, intellectual superiority without all the baggage of actually being intellectually superior in any way."
https://thefederalist.com/2014/09/18/why-is-wikipedia-deleting-all-references-to-neil-tysons-fabrication/
https://thefederalist.com/2014/09/18/why-is-wikipedia-deleting-all-references-to-neil-tysons-fabrication/
The Federalist
Why Is Wikipedia Scrubbing All References To Neil Tyson's Fabrication?
For being devout followers of science, Neil Tyson's defenders sure don't like evidence that conflicts with their religious fanaticism.
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Forwarded from Xoaquin Flores - New Resistance
๐ข Trump Now Calling the Shots in Israel on Gaza, not Netanyahu - Proof is Trump's Gaza deal โ NYT
Netanyahu was โhumiliated in the eyes of many Israelisโ
ยซ it was abundantly clear to Israelis, and to Palestinians and others in the region, that the one calling the shots was President Trump.ยป
ยซIn a conversation on Saturday with a leading Israeli correspondent for Axios and for Israelโs most popular news channel, [Trump] suggested that he had strong-armed a somewhat reluctant Mr. Netanyahu into accepting the terms.
โI said, โBibi, this is your chance for victory,โโ Mr. Trump related, [...]. โHe was fine with it,โ Mr. Trump continued, adding, โHeโs got to be fine with it. He has no choice. With me, you got to be fine.โ
Trump put him on phone to Qatari PM, al-Thani, forcing him to apologize for Israelโs strike on Doha targeting Hamas officials. Trump then extended NATO-type protections to Qatar.
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Netanyahu was โhumiliated in the eyes of many Israelisโ
ยซ it was abundantly clear to Israelis, and to Palestinians and others in the region, that the one calling the shots was President Trump.ยป
ยซIn a conversation on Saturday with a leading Israeli correspondent for Axios and for Israelโs most popular news channel, [Trump] suggested that he had strong-armed a somewhat reluctant Mr. Netanyahu into accepting the terms.
โI said, โBibi, this is your chance for victory,โโ Mr. Trump related, [...]. โHe was fine with it,โ Mr. Trump continued, adding, โHeโs got to be fine with it. He has no choice. With me, you got to be fine.โ
Trump put him on phone to Qatari PM, al-Thani, forcing him to apologize for Israelโs strike on Doha targeting Hamas officials. Trump then extended NATO-type protections to Qatar.
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Geomagnetic storms Now and future forecast.
#weather #storm #magneticstorm #geomagneticstorm #sun #sunactivity
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"Substack seems to be resisting the โwinner takes allโ economics of other platforms. Only 1% of YouTube creators make any money from their work, but payouts from Substack are distributed more widely.
"This chart comes from Andrew Thompson, who believes Substack may be bringing back the โlong tailโ in cultureโboosting a wide range of offerings, and not just huge mass market voices (see link below).
"Itโs still challenging for many creators here, but itโs encouraging to see a meaningful number of people find a pathway to monetization."
https://substack.com/@tedgioia/note/c-161913608
"This chart comes from Andrew Thompson, who believes Substack may be bringing back the โlong tailโ in cultureโboosting a wide range of offerings, and not just huge mass market voices (see link below).
"Itโs still challenging for many creators here, but itโs encouraging to see a meaningful number of people find a pathway to monetization."
https://substack.com/@tedgioia/note/c-161913608
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Forwarded from Vox Day
Immigration is a Luxury
Eva is correct. Immigration is neither necessary nor is it โgood for the economyโ: Every non-Western immigrant that enters The Netherlands puts an average strain of โฌ600.000 on the Dutch national treasury. Yet many people still believe the diabolical lie that immigration is necessary to solve the aging population issue. The opposite is true. Immigration [โฆ]
https://voxday.net/2025/10/06/immigration-is-a-luxury/
Eva is correct. Immigration is neither necessary nor is it โgood for the economyโ: Every non-Western immigrant that enters The Netherlands puts an average strain of โฌ600.000 on the Dutch national treasury. Yet many people still believe the diabolical lie that immigration is necessary to solve the aging population issue. The opposite is true. Immigration [โฆ]
https://voxday.net/2025/10/06/immigration-is-a-luxury/
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