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Interesting. I didn't realize the Seminoles were in Oklahoma too. Must have been trail of tears origin. I only recently found out that the Seminole nation owns Hard Rock Cafe.

@AdagioM Sorry, I run into this problem all the time. File too large. I’ll try again tomorrow.

My wife and I took a bike tour through Vermont circa 1977, mostly up Rt. 100, with an organized tour group. Then we continued by ourselves through New Hampshire and Maine. Those were the days…ah, youth! Vermont was really beautiful.

@wtg said: His entire presidency is a huge branding and money-making exercise. Anyone who thinks he gives a damn about the country is deluding themselves. Exactly.

@CHAS said: Somehow that is not comforting. Let’s see if this makes you feel better: Now that human has figured this out, eventually AI will learn it and improve on it.

Antiquities FTW.

Noticed something was amiss when I turned into the apartment complex in my student days. Did not realize what was missing until I turned on the evening news. The house on the corner was gone due to a gas leak. No one was home.

She should sell perfume. Name it Tulsi. The bottle could have her head twist off with her signature gray streaks. I'm not serious. I'm just joking. She's something of a mystery. She's always been somewhat of one. My time isn't that valuable except to me but even I don't have the energy to fall down this rabbit hole now.

Happy Father's Day to the WTF dads!

@wtg that was a great read, thank you for posting it! My step father was a huge fan of comics in general (and he loved all that merch, the coffee mugs, the t-shirts etc) and he was a pretty big fan of Calvin and Hobbes. I always looked at the Sunday comics growing up and then whenever I had access to a paper. I can't remember when I stopped following Calvin and Hobbes closely (probably when I started studying Japanese and basically stopped consuming English language media of almost all kinds). But I have a vague memory of people talking about the comic ending. I googled and I do remember seeing this last strip. [image: CH.jpg]

@jon-nyc It is ok folks. Consider the source. Mr. Purity lol

Nice trick with good potentials. Still need to solve the sound/audio issue. Also brings along use cases for wireless integrated sensing and communication ("ISAC", where you use the wireless communications networks to "detect" objects and motions).

Not sure there's a "science" behind this. There's mathematics, sure. We know the exact mathematical operations performed to train the LLMs and to make use of the LLMs (perform inferences). But I hesitate to say there is "science" behind it because the mathematical operations performed do not attempt to simulate or approximate any physical system. It's like you execute a series of mathematical operations and plot the output of each step onto a canvas using some coordinate system, then you step back and notice some "interesting patterns." Doesn't mean there is a "science" behind your series of mathematical operations, the output just happen to resemble something you deem interesting when mapped using a certain coordinate system.

These are my people!

Sigh, I am just not a bourbon fan. Now, I am interested in American attempts at Scotch-style whisky, but haven’t tasted any yet.

Immigration and tariffs affecting the Senate race in Texas. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/trumps-deportation-drive-tests-gop-gains-in-texas-00993955

@wtg Thanks for this! My mother is with Xfinity, I'll let her know! ATT has a PIN and also requires the account holder to get a special transfer pin that comes with an expiration date, so anyone with ATT should be ok.

Blanche referred to his state bar for possible disciplinary action.

Fake news! Everybody knows that it's not a real Thai restaurant if it doesn't display a portrait of the King of Thailand.

Blueberries, raspberries, and the yellow plums are now ripe in a friend’s yard. There will be JAM.