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    Great!
  • Word association thread

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    ShiroKuroS
    bullhorn
  • Short sleepers

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  • Well, Hello!

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    MikM
    Sounds wonderful and most of all peaceful. Modern conveniences as well, and you have control over your environment. Things are looking decidedly up.
  • Economics of AI

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/technology/ai-china-africa.html In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones. China’s A.I. is surging, especially in developing countries, as people look for the best possible system at the lowest possible cost. Unlike models made by the leading American A.I. companies OpenAI and Anthropic — which are closed and charge fees — the Chinese systems are publicly available to download and modify without payment or approval. In more than two dozen interviews across Kenya, Uganda and other countries, developers, policymakers and executives described a rapidly changing A.I. market where cost, computing resources, data control and customization mattered more than where a model was made. Often they were not looking for bleeding edge A.I. They just wanted something that worked well enough on limited resources.
  • Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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    Beautiful photos everyone! Some of you might remember that I was worried about something eating our black eyed susans before they had the chance to bloom... Well whatever it was decided that they didn't actually like the black eyed susans, so this is what it looks like now. [image: IMG-4770.jpg] [image: IMG-4769.jpg] They are actually trying to take over, so when fall comes, we're going to have to figure out how to rein them in. But for now, they look so cheery, right outside the front door.
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  • Pussy no more.

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    80 is a good age to reach. RIP
  • Churchill, aged 6

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    The Spencer ancestry is as clear as day to me when I look at pictures of him.
  • COVID revisited

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    Actually, all US intelligence services concluded some time ago that it came from the lab in China. Fauci is a psychopath hiding behind the mask of secular saint. Fauci aka as quote "I am science" has a preemptive pardon. He didn't deserve it (is this actually legal?) but certainly needs it. He arranged the funding for this research and then profited after the predictable result of it.
  • How is everyone's summer going?

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    MikM
    Went to Iowa, another first. Next week going to Erie, PA for a family gathering. All the garden spots.
  • My new toy

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  • The Guitar Story

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    ShiroKuroS
    @AdagioM oooh those are pretty!
  • New movie

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    His lack of consistency and repetitiveness are not confidence inspiring.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    [image: 1785908321332-7542.jpg]
  • This is real

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    AndyDA
    Fabulous. All it needed was Les Dawson accompanying on piano.
  • An amazing property

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    AndyDA
    Amazing, beautiful, simply lovely. Artists studio!
  • Continuing to redecorate Washington DC

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    This begs the question of why an executive would need to be convinced of reality but moving on...
  • Victor Borge plays it straight — Clair de Lune

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    wtgW
    I saw him at Ravinia in the late 1990s. It was a hot humid day and he was of course performing in the outdoor pavilion. He was sweating profusely and I was worried he would keel over mid-performance but he never missed a beat. Borge played his first major concert in 1926 Holy cow.
  • Young People Date Less Because They're Poor

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    @CHAS That can be even more expensive in the long run.