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Coltrane, the dog
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I worked there too, but with Jackson. I haven't kept in touch, though.
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Animal-loving, nature-appreciating, sports fan who loves to read. Current Coloradoan, former Philadelphian. E-bike enthusiast. Amateur photographer of my world.
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Coltrane, the dog
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I worked there too, but with Jackson. I haven't kept in touch, though.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Feel free to rest your face on the nearest surface.
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Coltrane, the dog
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With whom? The only voters who matter are suburban white people and never-Trumpers in a handful of states. Are you sure they would support Harris as much as/more than Biden? Sexism and racism are not solely right wing flaws.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Republicans control the house. Even if Harris became president, they won't confirm a vp. The decision is 100% Biden's to make.
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Coltrane, the dog
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But I don't think people can agree on "what they saw" at the debate. Everyone knows it was an awful performance. But was it fatal to the campaign? I mean, be alarmed, but don't pretend the next steps are SO OBVIOUS. It will unfold over the next month. Stakes are high, though, and people are scared.
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Coltrane, the dog
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No. You are embarrassing yourself on this issue.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Same here. Had barely finished my coffee before I got an absurd text from our idiot roofer. Not up for dealing with this already today.
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Coltrane, the dog
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The right wing has very effectively co-opted military symbols to perform their twisted version of patriotism.
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Coltrane, the dog
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This is what I've heard from people in a position to know. I have no first-hand experience. My uncle fought in Vietnam and I was reflexively anti-military. But things are rarely as simple as we'd like to think. I guess it comforts people to write groups off as evil, but it's actually not productive.
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Coltrane, the dog
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No, it's not. Call them killers. Murder requires a particular mental state/motivation/agency.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Because college isn't free and the military can open doors for intelligent young people? The trope about the military wanting all uneducated/poor kids is outdated. In my understanding, the skills to even be a grunt have elevated significantly w/technological advances.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Nobody's job makes them automatically a shitty person. We need feminist and anti-racist people to be inside sexist and racist institutions. How else will they be changed?
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Coltrane, the dog
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Along those lines, I became a prosecutor to fight for victims of DV, child sex abuse, rape, etc. But to the average (usually white male) leftist it's just ACAB and "you align w/racism" (as if any WM *hasn't* benefited from systemic racism and sexism, FFS).
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Coltrane, the dog
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I learned about this in elementary school in suburban Philly in the late 70s/early 80s. Weirdly, the kindest people at that time were the most devout Christians. The Xmas & Easter crowd were the overt bigots.
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Coltrane, the dog
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This is interesting - can you expand? My initial sense is that everyone is supposed to suffer in various ways to be validated/accepted. But I haven't really thought about this before.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Why do you need a "sounding board" when you can just read original sources you find from existing search engines? Why trust an auto-complete to summarize research for you that you later have to review for accuracy? Just do the f-ing work in the first place. That's what lawyers do, BTW.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Yeah, the problem is Biden is uncomfortable with that position and is unable to defend abortion as an issue of women's autonomy. He kept saying doctors should be in charge, FFS. He still wants the party line to be safe, legal, and rare. Fuck that. Women control their bodies. End of position.
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Coltrane, the dog
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They treat disingenuous, misleading right-wing talking points as credulous arguments. They always have. It's infuriating.
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Coltrane, the dog
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The human brain is still largely a mystery to science. We can use FMRI to see what cells light up during each function but we don't KNOW HOW brains accomplish thought, emotion, reasoning, etc. LLMs merely simulate what we can observe. Nobody understands it enough to build a machine to replicate it.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Cats don't know about debates. But they do know how to be cute and make humans feel good.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Tools of statutory construction are a LAST resort only if the plain meaning of the statute/regulation cannot be ascertained. And the agency is in the best position to explain what it's own rule means. Such BS.
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Coltrane, the dog
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It's good to have dreams!
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Coltrane, the dog
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If he was my Dad, then yes. But *all of this* was a known risk to every Dem operative and they still believed the path back to the presidency went thru Biden. We don't have all the info. But we do know that one night in June rarely or never determines the outcome.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Losing one evening is not the same is losing an election. What does your freakout accomplish? Time will tell. More things will happen. We are not voting tomorrow.
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Coltrane, the dog
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And their debate strategy was terrible. He sounded unnatural and was forcing policy minutiae into every answer like a student writing an exam in a panic, scribbling everything they can remember about each topic in the blue book. He needed to keep it simple and hammer a few critical things. Alas.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Sounds like it's more about you saying "I told you so" than realistically assessing damage 4 months before the election. Freaking out about a bad debate is pointless. It's not like the opponent looked good - he rambled conspiracy theories and outright lied every time he spoke!
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Coltrane, the dog
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Sure, but what is the alternative?
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Coltrane, the dog
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That is true for most Democrats and sane people. At this time, under these circumstances, the Democrats must keep the presidency. I don't care if Biden is enfeebled. Trump is the alternative and that's fatal to democracy.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Love this shot - his spots against the black and blue camo. So striking!
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At the end of the day, I don't need to be excited about the top of the ticket to be excited about this election. The presidential election is a root canal. Unfun but probably important not to avoid. DOWN BALLOT IS WHERE IT'S AT! Let's codify abortion! Let's kick these bitches off school boards!
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Coltrane, the dog
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You argue that, but have not yet defended that position with convincing evidence.
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Coltrane, the dog
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That's kind of my point - it's all marketing and the functionality of "A.I. Chat" is pure BS.
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Coltrane, the dog
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The one I went to last week had no baskets because allegedly people steal them. So I should put nail polish and mascara and other itty-bitty items in a freaking cart? It also took 10 minutes for the guy to ring up 2 customers. They just suck.
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Coltrane, the dog
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If you have to write pseudo-code to get it to answer accurately, what is the innovation here? It's being sold as "conversational" intelligence not "hey did you know you can program a computer to do a task?"
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Coltrane, the dog
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This is why I lie to myself on my calendar. Because I really am trying to be on time and I will obey what the calendar says. Brains are sometimes dumb/irrational and you can often trick them.
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Coltrane, the dog
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It just shows that so-called targeted advertising is utter BS. I'd love an episode debunking the capabilities of advertising and the house of cards that industry is built on.
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Coltrane, the dog
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And if they aren't blaming/judging you, they're avoiding you because you represent an unpleasant possibility.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Try asking it how many states' names have 2 words. My husband did it with appalling results. Even trying to help it was useless.
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Coltrane, the dog
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This is incoherent as an argument for why lawyers should use LLMs. You don't seem to understand how legal disputes arise, what parties are required to provide to the court and each other, or what legal or factual research is meant to accomplish. I don't think you're qualified to make this argument.
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Coltrane, the dog
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But they're objectively not useful. The nature of legal research is determining WITH PRECISION the significance of the information as it relates to a SPECIFIC legal standard. Getting the general idea does not "save time" because the general idea or an approximation is useless in this context.
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Coltrane, the dog
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The thing about LLMs and the practice of law is: They Don't Know What Words Mean. Law is 100% about facts IN CONTEXT applied to RELEVANT law. LLMs can't do context or meaning at all. More importantly, we have for 30 years had computer assisted legal research. We don't need these weak toys.
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Coltrane, the dog
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You do get info in order to run a title search. You get a detailed legal description of the property.
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Coltrane, the dog
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That was beautiful. Too bad it didn't lead to OT. But we do get another game!
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Coltrane, the dog
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But that's not "Gen AI" - it's a closed system with correct answers that calculates taxes. And we already have that. It just should be nationalized and pre-loaded with all the info the federal and state governments already have. Like most countries do.
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Coltrane, the dog
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That sounds awful. I hate dealing with mail order pharmacies. Re: same bottles - one tip I stole from my dad is to take a sharpie and write 2 or 3 letters of the Rx name on the caps. Way easier to read.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Coltrane, the dog
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These are fantastic! You are very talented.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Amen! I have neither ambition nor children. Frankly, they seem like a lot of work and I'm pretty sure it's bad to be half-assed about raising them.
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Coltrane, the dog
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There is a deep rabbit hole of scammy BS fake science athletes fall for/endorse. I'd love to see this stuff reported more widely.
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Coltrane, the dog
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Also, is she saying NYC could massively alleviate traffic by simply raising the price of a slice by 50 cents? Yes, Please!
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