I'll try to get the courage to make one for my birthday. No filling but custard, and nothing on top besides whipped cream, bananas, or strawberries (or both), and maybe chopped walnuts.
Holy crap! I ordered some stuff from Amazon - don't judge, Discover is giving 5% cash back - on Saturday, free shipping, non Prime, and it's already being delivered today!
Well, let's see, I'm hoping I scheduled my AC repair for this afternoon and not tomorrow because it it scheduled to get up to the 80s here today. The air is dry and crisp, but it's going to get stuffy in here and smell like a cat no matter now much I clean. Nights are still plenty cool in the 50s, so it hasn't been too bad yet. Glad it waited until fall to go out.
Not much going on work-wise this week. Perhaps another review of the online software for a test on nonverbal intelligence with the authors and then working on the scoring rubric for the oldest IQ test used in the western world (ahem, it's kind of a big deal for me to get to work on this, definitely a career highlight). Volunteer work Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Thursday AM is my annual checkup where I will hear that I'm doing great! Aside from the migraines and fibromyalgia, I am in tip top condition where you can take care of yourself: cholesterol, AIC, etc. My doctor will be pleased. Having cut out sugar, my weight NEVER varies from 203, so I am happy with that.
Just a brag, when I set out the #4 and #8 candles for my muffins, the waitress said, "There's no way you are 48," which maybe she was just hustling for a tip, but I think I believe her. I look and feel awesome for nearly 50 with fibromyalgia! And on that note, it's almost time for my first nap. Yay!
Doom related: Went and paid my bills last night, as I do. I get paid once a month so, the beginning of the month I pay everything. It is a nice system seeing as most things are due the middle or the end of the month, so I am always ahead.
Anyway, my credit card peeps ALL were offering me "free help if you are affected by the shutdown"
That is where we are right now. When Credit card companies, not precisely known for their empathy, are more willing to help than an entire political party that controls our entire government.
"In the poll, which was conducted between October 24 to 28, 59 percent of U.S. adults said they disapproved of Trumpโs handling of the presidency, while 41 percent approved."
How the hell are they framing this question where that many people approve of this shit? How are we ever going to get the stain out if that many people are okay with it?
Itโs said that about 25 - 30% of any given population is nuts; America is exceptional, as usual. I chalk it up to religion and rampant disinfotainment.
They lump things. They don't ask "Do you approve?" they ask "Do you approve of x? Do you approve of y?" and then they lump all the yesses into an over all approve
Yeah ... Senator Marsha hasn't had sexxy times in decades, so ....
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ; ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ โ Google says it has removed Gemma from its AI Studio after a U.S. senator accused the AI model of fabricating accusations of sexual misconduct against her.
We can't have clean energy because it will destroy the oil industry. We can't have healthcare because it will destroy the health insurance industry. We can't have peace because it will destroy the weapon industry. Capitalism built a system we can't afford to do the right thing.
I'm sure we'll hear about it today. CBS did actually post the unedited interview on YouTube apparently. Probably won't be there after Bari Weiss gets into the office this morning.
Can we pick a goddamn time and stay there? I have to be at work at 6 a.m. in the mountain zone. I woke up at fucking midnight and finally at around 3:30 said; "well, fuck, just get up then." Coffee is helping.
Good morning Wonkets. I am being a bum since I took the day off (using up leave before the end of the year) it was raining out when I got up to go do stupid human tricks so I decided to laze about and do them mid-morning. I will assault the eyes of my fellow citizens in the broad light of day.
I do not change my pets' feed schedule for they time change. Tuna-Boy gets fed by a digital auto feeder and I never change those times, and in the evening, I just give them their dinners an hour earlier or later depending on the season so now they have their dinners at 6 instead of 7. It's just easier that way.
The coming on of the coffee pot seems to be the trigger for breakfast times so this morning was cool. Evenings are a bit more of a challenge but I suspect my little weirdo will adjust to our routine.
Hazards of being an AZ resident: I came here at 0400 MST expecting a Tabs to show up. Then I realized that because of the DST change, it's at 0500 MST. This happens to me twice a year as the time shifts for the civilized world.
Breakfast done, clothes ready for the 2nd oral surgery this year, another molar pulled. Shower time.
I have to somehow persuade this guy to take it slower at first with the anesthetic shots into the muscles in the back, and the gums. He doesn't fuck around. I forgot that part when I made the appt, until too late on Friday to find someone else. The extraction is fine, with plenty of gas (and those shots, I guess), but the lead up is fucking brutal. He needs to be a lot more careful.
I hope every one of his sports cars' tires goes flat every day, and all their transmissions fail. Weekly.
Really? A few years back, I was lucky that I found a dentist who was very careful about anesthetics. I needed a broken tooth removed from the upper part of my mouth where novocaine sometimes does not work. But the doc was very careful and determined that I could not be deadened sufficiently. So he referred me to an oral surgeon who did the job while I was knocked out. I had to pay $1K more but I was satisfied with the result.
I'm going to be asking questions while I look for a new one, and this shit will be top of the list of priorities.
*I had a dentist in N. Phx once, twin brothers, who had a larger-than-life size painting of the Angel Moroni filling a whole wall in the waiting room. They had races to see if they could go faster than the other in procedures. And their instruments looked so old, they looked almost like they were RUSTY.
The last time I went to one, he did that. I told him it was not in effect yet, it needs more time, and instead he used these clamp things that hurt like hell being put on. Like I was sobbing.
My plan now is for all of them to fall out on their own accord.
I'll try to get the courage to make one for my birthday. No filling but custard, and nothing on top besides whipped cream, bananas, or strawberries (or both), and maybe chopped walnuts.
Holy crap! I ordered some stuff from Amazon - don't judge, Discover is giving 5% cash back - on Saturday, free shipping, non Prime, and it's already being delivered today!
๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐ด' ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ, [๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ข] ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ
Taking belief in LLMs very literally indeed
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/from_intel_to_the_infinite/?td=rt-3a
There's several hallucination jokes in there ...
lol
These the same Christians who say it is ok to lie for Jesus tho, the register?
You know, like Haitians eating cats and dogs?
...๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ด.
lol
Bets on this computer program suddenly claiming that it's Jesus or God?
MechaJesus!
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
One bout only!
MechaJesus versus MechaShiva!
Ancient (Eisenhower Era) joke:
Scientists had built the ultimate computer, and one asked it, "Is there a God?"
The computer replied, "There is now."
Well, let's see, I'm hoping I scheduled my AC repair for this afternoon and not tomorrow because it it scheduled to get up to the 80s here today. The air is dry and crisp, but it's going to get stuffy in here and smell like a cat no matter now much I clean. Nights are still plenty cool in the 50s, so it hasn't been too bad yet. Glad it waited until fall to go out.
Not much going on work-wise this week. Perhaps another review of the online software for a test on nonverbal intelligence with the authors and then working on the scoring rubric for the oldest IQ test used in the western world (ahem, it's kind of a big deal for me to get to work on this, definitely a career highlight). Volunteer work Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Thursday AM is my annual checkup where I will hear that I'm doing great! Aside from the migraines and fibromyalgia, I am in tip top condition where you can take care of yourself: cholesterol, AIC, etc. My doctor will be pleased. Having cut out sugar, my weight NEVER varies from 203, so I am happy with that.
Just a brag, when I set out the #4 and #8 candles for my muffins, the waitress said, "There's no way you are 48," which maybe she was just hustling for a tip, but I think I believe her. I look and feel awesome for nearly 50 with fibromyalgia! And on that note, it's almost time for my first nap. Yay!
I can see why this became open thread.
Doom related: Went and paid my bills last night, as I do. I get paid once a month so, the beginning of the month I pay everything. It is a nice system seeing as most things are due the middle or the end of the month, so I am always ahead.
Anyway, my credit card peeps ALL were offering me "free help if you are affected by the shutdown"
That is where we are right now. When Credit card companies, not precisely known for their empathy, are more willing to help than an entire political party that controls our entire government.
One of my credit cards kept a similar banner prominently displayed on their website during Covid.
"In the poll, which was conducted between October 24 to 28, 59 percent of U.S. adults said they disapproved of Trumpโs handling of the presidency, while 41 percent approved."
How the hell are they framing this question where that many people approve of this shit? How are we ever going to get the stain out if that many people are okay with it?
The 41% are the 1% who has all the money and he keeps capitalism working for them
Itโs said that about 25 - 30% of any given population is nuts; America is exceptional, as usual. I chalk it up to religion and rampant disinfotainment.
The cult/crazy polls all hover around those ranges ... 25 to 30% of the electorate. It's the other 10-15% that worry me ...
We are the shithole country.
They lump things. They don't ask "Do you approve?" they ask "Do you approve of x? Do you approve of y?" and then they lump all the yesses into an over all approve
Yeah ... Senator Marsha hasn't had sexxy times in decades, so ....
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ; ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ โ Google says it has removed Gemma from its AI Studio after a U.S. senator accused the AI model of fabricating accusations of sexual misconduct against her.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/google-pulls-gemma-from-ai-studio-after-senator-blackburn-accuses-model-of-defamation/
LOL
Sure Jan...
We can't have clean energy because it will destroy the oil industry. We can't have healthcare because it will destroy the health insurance industry. We can't have peace because it will destroy the weapon industry. Capitalism built a system we can't afford to do the right thing.
https://xcancel.com/mhdksafa/status/1984706400442876410#m
The ScamCoinโข dude who admitted his crimes in court and bought $70 million in Donnie ScamCoinโข
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ โ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ โ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐๐ป๐โ โ In a rare interview, Trump said he was told Changpeng Zhao was the victim of the Biden administration's โwitch huntโ against crypto.
https://decrypt.co/347140/trump-downplays-knowledge-binance-chief-pardon-familys-crypto
"rare interview"? He is always being interviewed.
He pleaded guilty.
Sounds like grounds for invalidating that pardon to me.
he does not know who it is, but it was ALSO a witch hunt
We did not watch that interview. Obvs.
Willing to pretend they asked some hard hitting questions, like the one on the commercial "What are you as president doing to end the shutdown"
Betting though it was a bunch of soft balls and the responses were edited to make him sound sane
What don't we know already? And pushback, baaahhhh...that's for democrats only!
omg one of the talking heads had Newsom on Sunday and /only asked him about Biden being old.
I was about to go into a rage stroke from the other room
That would have been a perfect moment to go off about how it's all Biden's fault, for Merrick Garland.
Wow. Holy shit.
I'm sure we'll hear about it today. CBS did actually post the unedited interview on YouTube apparently. Probably won't be there after Bari Weiss gets into the office this morning.
heh make good trouble, staffers who have not been canned yet
Can we pick a goddamn time and stay there? I have to be at work at 6 a.m. in the mountain zone. I woke up at fucking midnight and finally at around 3:30 said; "well, fuck, just get up then." Coffee is helping.
Oh, damn. [Non Sequitor]
https://featureassets.gocomics.com/assets/f0d163b08ff2013eb772005056a9545d
Not the first time the USGov did business with Da Mob.
We need you to take care of that thing with that guy over there.
Which guy?
Won't be the last
Good morning Wonkets. I am being a bum since I took the day off (using up leave before the end of the year) it was raining out when I got up to go do stupid human tricks so I decided to laze about and do them mid-morning. I will assault the eyes of my fellow citizens in the broad light of day.
Good for you taking a day off!
I do not change my pets' feed schedule for they time change. Tuna-Boy gets fed by a digital auto feeder and I never change those times, and in the evening, I just give them their dinners an hour earlier or later depending on the season so now they have their dinners at 6 instead of 7. It's just easier that way.
The coming on of the coffee pot seems to be the trigger for breakfast times so this morning was cool. Evenings are a bit more of a challenge but I suspect my little weirdo will adjust to our routine.
Both my boys were ZONKED when I went to bed at 8:30. That's about when I normally dozed off.
Intelligent critters DGAF about that silly Hoomun DST nonsense.
It's their world, I just live in it. Time is nothing but a construct man imposes on us all.
Exactly! That's why time can suck so badly sometimes. It's decided by hoomun committee.
Hazards of being an AZ resident: I came here at 0400 MST expecting a Tabs to show up. Then I realized that because of the DST change, it's at 0500 MST. This happens to me twice a year as the time shifts for the civilized world.
Simba looks at me like "Haha, Hammy! You doof!"
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Hvbj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2Fcecae584-475c-4ea7-8d02-07e8652275e8%2F5f15507e-73b7-4041-9f28-83ca718b93d8.jpeg
Morning all. โ๏ธ
#Worldle #1382 (03.11.2025) 2/6 (100%)
๐ฅ Current Win Streak: 3 days
๐ฉ๐จโฌโฌโฌโฌ ๏ธ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
Good morning, all.
#Worldle #1382 (03.11.2025) 2/6 (100%)
๐ฅ Current Win Streak: 8 days
๐ฉโฌโฌโฌโฌโก๏ธ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
Good morning, Diane!
Breakfast done, clothes ready for the 2nd oral surgery this year, another molar pulled. Shower time.
I have to somehow persuade this guy to take it slower at first with the anesthetic shots into the muscles in the back, and the gums. He doesn't fuck around. I forgot that part when I made the appt, until too late on Friday to find someone else. The extraction is fine, with plenty of gas (and those shots, I guess), but the lead up is fucking brutal. He needs to be a lot more careful.
I hope every one of his sports cars' tires goes flat every day, and all their transmissions fail. Weekly.
OMG, I absolutely hate it when the doc jumps the gun on the anesthetic.
I said, while in the shower: YEAH, NO, FUCK THIS SHIT AND FUCK HIM.
I CANCELLED!!!
Really? A few years back, I was lucky that I found a dentist who was very careful about anesthetics. I needed a broken tooth removed from the upper part of my mouth where novocaine sometimes does not work. But the doc was very careful and determined that I could not be deadened sufficiently. So he referred me to an oral surgeon who did the job while I was knocked out. I had to pay $1K more but I was satisfied with the result.
Oh heck yeah, Hammy!!! Heck YEAH.
I'm going to be asking questions while I look for a new one, and this shit will be top of the list of priorities.
*I had a dentist in N. Phx once, twin brothers, who had a larger-than-life size painting of the Angel Moroni filling a whole wall in the waiting room. They had races to see if they could go faster than the other in procedures. And their instruments looked so old, they looked almost like they were RUSTY.
That was a single visit, never repeated. YIKES.
The last time I went to one, he did that. I told him it was not in effect yet, it needs more time, and instead he used these clamp things that hurt like hell being put on. Like I was sobbing.
My plan now is for all of them to fall out on their own accord.
I wish you had my dentist. He's super conscientious about the pain. Good luck!