Others to blame, beyond Russia, and our fellow Americans:
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/chi...
"...democracy prevention is very much at the heart of Chinese strategy today..."
I agree. From the Wikipedia article:
"Grotius has been called the 'father of international law.'"
"SQLite is ~156,000 lines of C. ... It has 100% branch coverage and 100% MC/DC (Modified Condition/Decision Coverage the standard required for Level A aviation software under DO-178C). ...
**Its test suite is 590 times larger than the library**".
Wow. Donald Knuth is currently 88. Born in 1938, before Colossus (1944), ENIAC (1945/1946), etc..
America is clearly filled with geniuses...
OK, I had to Google that:
"The measles vaccine was first introduced and licensed in the United States in 1963. The mumps vaccine was first licensed shortly after in 1967. A combined MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine was subsequently introduced and licensed in 1971." All sounds very woke 😉.
It's like we have our own Oskar Dirlewanger as "Secretary of War": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirlewa...
I just had a Zoom call with both God and Jesus (no really)! They say they're too busy having a good time in heaven, and we'll have to figure this out ourselves. Apparently Armageddon has been delayed indefinitely, and they just don't care anymore. They claim to be "working on" a YouTube channel.
Summary graphic titled "His Best Work vs. His Worst", shown successes and failures of the predictions Gary Marcus has made about AI.
Is there an AI summary of it somewhere I can read? I'll get my coat...
OK, enough of this strongman, Orbán-style nonsense. I want the real, democratic America back!
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
I had to Google.
Google: "On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a flash fire inside the Apollo 1 Command Module during a pre-launch test on the launchpad at Cape Kennedy."
www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/...
Image of soccer players at 1938 World Cup doing nazi salute.
Collaborators
Heh. And in the brave new world of polymarket...
Google: "Polymarket removed the market betting on whether the Artemis II crewed moon rocket would explode. The platform took down this specific market because it created a potential financial incentive for sabotage, according to The Economist."
Probably will be removed for promoting "DEI" 😂.
I'm afraid someone like the straight-arm-saluting, Musk might take it even further than that, if you get my drift.
How many people are still driving Swasticars?
We don't care about the Supreme Court or Congress. It's the dear-leader's will that must be followed.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
"By replacing “Constitution” with “Hitler,” the oath was meant to convey that Hitler's will was the same as that of the nation"
Similar Atlantic article "The New Authoritarianism" from the Atlantic, but without paywall:
kettering.org/the-new-auth...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...
"Competitive-authoritarianism": You still have elections, but "serious incumbent abuse yields electoral competition that is real but unfair". Welcome comrades to the North American version of Orbán's Hungary.
I share your skepticism about how useful humaniod robots are (at least "short" term).
But, come on, building the hardware and software to get robots to dance like that is still hella impressive!
It's like computers playing chess. Not so useful, but it points where things are going, long term.
On the other hand, I'm willing to bet that Elon's Optimus team, Boston-Dynamics/Hyundai and the Pentagon were all quite impressed and concerned. Given the Chinese progress from last year.
Well, on one level, you make a valid point. The WSJ-sourced article you recently posted does a good job of listing all the big qualifiers: (Here without the WSJ paywall:)
"Even the companies making humanoid robots think they’re overhyped" www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
See also:
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/30/e...
"Tesla is yet to sell its ... humanoid robot Optimus.
Instead, it's likely a slew of Chinese companies that will beat Tesla to the punch and begin ramping up production of robots in 2026, as Beijing puts the technology at the center of its strategic plans."
On the other hand, China seems to be doing pretty good with their robots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRI...
Copied from Wikipedia: Richard Walther Darré addressing a meeting of the farming community in Goslar on 13 December 1937 standing in front of a Reichsadler and Swastika crossed with a sword and wheat sheaf labelled Blood and Soil (from the German Federal Archive)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_a...
Blood and soil (German: Blut und Boden, pronounced [ˈbluːt ʊnt ˈboːdn̩] ⓘ) is a nationalist phrase and concept of a racially defined national body ("Blood") united with a settlement area ("Soil").
Also skeptical of the "Something Big..." post: :
First comment:
"It is AI hype disguised as an insider spilling the beans on an impending jobs apocalypse. These AI companies are in a bubble and they need doom and gloom pessimism to get investor money. ..."
www.reddit.com/r/Artificial...
