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Freed from Gubment, Slaves to Gawd
Libertarianism is a form of anarchism. As an anarchocynic, I am fine with certain forms of American libertarianism. I’ve had very productive dialogs with more than a few very thoughtful folk who have deep libertarian convictions. Unfortunately, that is a… Continue reading
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It’s Really Hard to Be a Good Guy With a Gun
My wife and I got into an argument last night over a dead man. His name was Joseph Robert Wilcox. He was 31 on Sunday, the day he tried to stop cop-killer Jerad Miller in a Las Vegas Walmart and… Continue reading
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Does Fox News Cause Ignorance, or Do Ignorant Viewers Prefer Fox News?
Fox News viewers are not moderate Republicans. They’re right wingers. See on www.newrepublic.com Continue reading
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No, A ‘Supercomputer’ Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better | Techdirt
So, this weekend’s news in the tech world was flooded with a “story” about how a “chatbot” passed the Turing Test for “the first time,” with lots of publications buying every point in the story and talking about what… Keith… Continue reading
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A Computer Program Has Passed the Turing Test For the First Time
This is big. A computer program has successfully managed to fool a bunch of researchers into thinking that it was a 13-year-old boy named Eugene Goostman. In doing so, it has become the first in the world to have successfully… Continue reading
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College: Class Warfare 101
It seems most are looking at this from the perspective of folks who are in the university rather than those who “need” the university. The piece is not an economic piece. It is a sociological piece. This is the crux… Continue reading
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▶ gradualmente, el hermoso universo by Daniel Grantham
A new piece from a dear friend. Continue reading
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Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Artist
Dorothea Margaret Tanning August 25, 1910 – January 31, 2012 was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by Surrealism. She was also married to fellow Surrealist Max Ernst. via Dorothea Tanning – Wikipedia,… Continue reading
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Welcome to Night Vale
Listen to episodes of Welcome to Night Vale on podbay.fm. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: If you have not given yourself the pleasure, go listen to some podcasts from “Welcome to Night Vale.” From Wikipedia: Welcome to Night Vale is a… Continue reading
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New Report Documents How Privatization Steals Wages, Harms Communities
A new report from the nonprofit research group In the Public Interest shows that outsourcing public services hurts middle and working class communities as well as workers. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Habibi noted that there was a growing body of… Continue reading
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