I don’t know much about Nate Silver, read his stuff from time to time — but just heard him on Pesca’s show. He should stick to writing .. talking is not his bag.

Does anyone happen to know if the findanyfile.app searches inside mail apps?

Can you even imagine …

There’s a new Pat Metheny album that I was listening to at the start of yesterday.

At the end of the day watching Stéphane Grappelli and Django from their hey day.

Listening seperation - 12 hours.

Performing seperation - 90 years.

We can’t wait to see what you will come up with …

My gut says that phrase emerged from Apple and now everyone uses it … Today’s Craft announcement for example.

It’s use is as ubiquitous as

Let’s get to it

The English language is vast - and the ‘vastnesss’ affords occasional variation.

I am boycotting Twitter .. sorry, that other name is just stupid. Wondering if I too am going to to be sued .. like Mars et al ..

Medhi Hasan ..

Filed in the #ThingsYouShouldntDoubleDownOnBucket

JD Vance’s Wife: My Husband Only Meant to Insult People Who Actively Choose Not to Have Kids, Not People Who Are Trying but Are Unsuccessful

‘Riots and Protests’ - all bundled together as one .. shouldn’t we expect better from The Grauniad. They are substantially different.

What incentive is there for a business to focus on process, quality and ‘getting it right’ if even something as big as this has zero financial impact?

Notably, both analysts aren’t predicting a big loss from irate customers asking for compensation, in part because many likely have insurance against these risks. J.P. Morgan guessed CrowdStrike might have to put aside $500 million for potential legal action and related costs. As a bullish sign, noted Morgan Stanley, CrowdStrike doesn’t appear to have granted concessions or credits to its customers.

Sorry - as I post can’t recall where this quote comes from, but it is definitely ‘real’.

She is the first female vice president in U.S. history and also the first Black woman to hold the office. If you are the first female vice president, aren’t you by definition the first black woman to hold the office?

Trying out a second mechanism for newsletter, blog, podcast and YouTube follows. It’s not binary … more like three strikes you’re out ..

The first I introduced a few months ago … centering around introductions … “blah blah blah, I really don’t care what you are saying, and more often than not … when that opener ends with …

ok .. let’s get too it.

Strike 1.

The new one is that somewhere in the body, there is a ramble of context setting and then a version of these 4 words

I’m starting to believe

Followed by something that is obvious or been in worthwhile places for a long while ..

Unfollow.

I know I know .. he’s gone .. he’s useless .. he’s too old .. and yet …

At today’s White House announcement, a reporter noted that former president Trump “has said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything in exchange,” and asked President Biden: “What do you say to that?” “Why didn’t he do it when he was president?” Biden answered.  

Our country should move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling toward freedom.

So that’s all right then …

We all believe Zuck about the importance of Open when it comes to LLMs - right?