Elon Must is offering voters $100 to sign his pro-Trump petition
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 17h ago 100%

    It's legal because they're paying for registrations not votes, you can't see who someone voted for just that they voted and if they registered as a party member or independent.

    8
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearAT
    Atlanta News 19h ago
    Jump
    Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 18h ago 100%

    Demanding evidence to support the soundness of an argument is good skepticism, but if after investigating if the evidence doesn't support your argument but you refuse to change then you're being dishonest and unreasonable.

    3
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearWR
    Jump
    Why do so many car makers have subscription fees on the cars they sell?
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 18h ago 100%

    The god of cars demands sacrifice according to the clergy of dealerships, 10% of drivers earnings per year. Tything is paid by subscription for your car's soul's convenience.

    2
  • Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 21h ago 100%

    Ah yes carrying on the illustrious tradition of presidents commenting on famous people's genitals. I think it was Jefferson who liked to start speeches with the classic "Did you guys see the sausage roll Washington is packing?"

    8
  • Linux and your family
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 2d ago 100%

    Saved an old desktop and laptop from the trash by installing mint and Firefox with ublock. The desktop lasted them for years without any problems, and I think the only problem I supported on the laptop over years was the boot mount filled itself up during updates and needed to be cleaned up.

    1
  • Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at first Pennsylvania appearance
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 3d ago 100%

    "The last thing I would do is trust a computer program," says the owner of a car company developing self driving & rocket company building automation into rocket launches.

    128
  • Fruit Flies
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 4d ago 100%

    A time, B time, and lunch time.

    2
  • ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 4d ago 100%

    If we were the aliens and came across two worlds inhabited by intelligent life I would probably be more weirded out by the one where nobody uses any mind altering substance like caffeine that are poisonous to other animals.

    5
  • What was the worst book you’ve ever read?
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 5d ago 100%

    I wonder how many just check out when they get to the list of begats

    4
  • Badgers
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 5d ago 100%

    No, this is a wolverine:

    8
  • Hospital patients burned alive in Israeli attack as genocidal campaign intensifies in northern Gaza
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 6d ago 100%

    The headline is heavily biased towards reality, here's a few more sources supporting the headline

    Israel attacks hospital in northern Gaza: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c80r2y47rz4t

    intensifies attacks, Jabalia has been intensely targeted over the last couple weeks: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-kills-least-40-gaza-tanks-deepen-raid-north-2024-10-15/

    People at the hospital were burning alive: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hospital-bombing-rcna175237

    And genocide intent: https://law4palestine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Database-of-Israeli-Incitement-to-Genocide-DECISION-MAKERS.pdf

    9
  • Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 6d ago 94%

    Here's the cycle we've gone through multiple times and are currently in:

    AI winter (low research funding) -> incremental scientific advancement -> breakthrough for new capabilities from multiple incremental advancements to the scientific models over time building on each other (expert systems, LLMs, neutral networks, etc) -> engineering creates new tech products/frameworks/services based on new science -> hype for new tech creates sales and economic activity, research funding, subsidies etc -> (for LLMs we're here) people become familiar with new tech capabilities and limitations through use -> hype spending bubble bursts when overspend doesn't keep up with infinite money line goes up or new research breakthroughs -> AI winter -> etc...

    17
  • "20 talents of silver? Raise my ransom to, say... 50!"
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 6d ago 100%

    Also may just be a story and told that way because it grows the legend of Cesar

    4
  • Scientific Method
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 7d ago 100%

    The first one

    3
  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearCO
    Jump
    It's Been 27 Years: Someone Needs To Remake Event Horizon
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 7d ago 100%

    While I agree I still would be interested to see what someone like Guillermo del Toro or James Wan could do with the event horizon setting.

    3
  • Which great actor is overdue for a career defining role?
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 7d ago 100%

    Ben Foster was great in 30 days of night and the 3:10 to Yuma remake and leading in medieval, I just think medieval historic dramatization isn't popular lately but he could be a headliner.

    1
  • Amazon wants to be everything to everyone.
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 1w ago 100%

    I mostly had it for streaming video but cancelled once they started offering a sub + ads tier for their videos, I don't want to support companies that do that greasy shit like cable TV did.

    3
  • Johnson: Additional hurricane aid ‘can wait’ until Congress is back in session
  • whotookkarl whotookkarl 1w ago 100%

    The Republican party continues to eat its own tail, and as usual the citizens are the only ones to suffer any consequences.

    46
  • Been listening to a few lately, a few John Carpenter's, Mayhem was pretty out there, looking for more that are interesting or wildly off topic or entertaining.

    28
    13
    www.cbsnews.com

    "In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals.

    190
    1

    Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods. I can't really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won't subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they're separate free with ads or sub no ads I'll support it. Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.

    92
    46