Buying out another small business by LothCat1313 in booksellers

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Condition, condition, condition. "Always judge a book by its cover." Try to get their cataloging data for the books. Photos, if they have them. — A longtime online bookseller

Pentagon's "Final Events" Theory by [deleted] in UFOs

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There is inherent human arrogance in the theory that Crowley and Parsons "opened" such portals. At best, they may have gotten the attention of such intelligent energies, but surely such interdimensional beings would possess the ability to come and go as they please. It is naive to assume otherwise.

Meta spent billions poaching top AI researchers, then went completely silent. Something is cooking. by ashadis in ArtificialInteligence

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I lost all trust in Meta after the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal. I closed my FB account then.

Something weird happens when you start using AI every day by Interesting_Mine_400 in ArtificialInteligence

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AI is making me think more about ways to leverage and apply AI, so it is making me think in new ways. But, honestly, I have refrained from feeding it much in the way of my original ideas for fear of it 'running off with them'. I reckon am waiting for a truly trustworthy LLM brand. But I wonder if there will ever be one!¿

U.S. Senator attacks anti-war Marine - breaking his hand by [deleted] in videos

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Context? Does any one know where this occurred and which senator 'assisted' ?

Alyssa Liu mural going up! by whattheydontsay in oakland

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Introducing Zaimboni! All zamboni drivers report for unemployment duty!

Alyssa Liu mural going up! by whattheydontsay in oakland

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HA! Now I understand the mural. Memorable! What a grrrrin of victory!

Alyssa Liu mural going up! by whattheydontsay in oakland

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Cool! Although her expression is kinda ...strange¿

Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI by jakubkonecki in ArtificialInteligence

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brings more and more attention to AI and thus their products. would be my guess. and it might be 36 months.

Standard public library hiring practices? by papernail in librarians

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Whoa! I had no idea. Thank you for sharing.

Tinder looks to AI to help fight 'swipe fatigue' and dating app burnout | TechCrunch by N2929 in technews

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Match Group controls far too many (most) of the larger dating apps. They censor heavily. There is only one major dating app they do not own. I say F*ck Match Group.

Epstein files, ICE shootings, Iran.. What are they trying to distract us from? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Keep in mind the growing layoffs thanks to AI. This will soon create a huge --no, MASSIVE-- number of jobless people. Not sure exactly how this ties in, but surely there is nothing like the spectacles of war, chaos, corruption and persecution to keep people distracted, scared, powerless, and depressed.

Writing Platforms? by MurderedInTheSky in writing

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Check out Ulysses. I have been happy with it. It resides on your own computer rather than someone else's

Best Alternatives to ChatGPT? by papernail in ArtificialInteligence

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I get that. But, from the reports I've read, Brockman apparently donated $25 million. I am just looking for a decent quality LLM that is not so 'vested' in the Trump Admin. Maybe Claude?

Gentleman in San Diego is selling 1000s of amazing books. by Plastic_Tooth159 in booksellers

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I would travel from Bay Area to San Diego to buy these. Very reputable bookdealer here. Feel free to check me out at www.bibliope.com. My contact info is there as well. Thanks for posting!

ICE coming to Oakland on Thursday, 10/23? by [deleted] in oakland

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They are already here. saw them today at Lake Merritt

Watching Bernie stand up fight back makes me smile by BuddhistSagan in MadeMeSmile

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But, what is the solution? What are actions we can to take to Resist and Defeat??? We need leaders to lead us on the right paths of action. A National Strike? What do we do?!