Good: Scotland face Haiti in their World Cup opener in Foxboro, MA, and I might be in Boston that week.
Bad: Tickets on StubHub are *starting* at about $2,000 each.
Good seats for the Brazil game are about $25,000.
WTAF?
Walked into the local credit union today, and Should I Stay or Should I Go was playing over the speakers. When did The Clash become customer service music? #old
Also, "Let's add daily standups"
New Teslabot video dropped.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZy7...
Favorite tiki bar in LA? Does the Bamboo House of Dolls exist in some form?
Economic loss from the White House's NSF FY 2026 Proposed Budget
New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.
Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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Always go to the gig...
90 minutes each way to Portland for Sleater-Kinney last Wednesday,
[invite open to @scalzi.com amd anyone else reading this]
Can't wait! Also, Oregon State University (and me and my students) will be there with a booth full of real robots. Stop by on Sat or Sun if you want a guided tour and group complaining session about large language models
Love it! Will you be selling prints on your Etsy?
Wow! This takes me back to grad school. Can you still buy these somewhere?
Tell me you don't understand how machine learning works without telling me you don't understand how machine learning works.
This is what happens when you just use the thing, rather than taking the time to understand how the thing works first. Said old guy who did comp. learning theory last century
And, for those with a whole work day to burn, Yasi Salek's Bandspain on Pulp the band, in two parts:
www.theringer.com/podcasts/ban...
[part 2 doesn't seem to be up on The Ringer yet]
No, no. Memorial day, not April Fools' Day.
I'll take this opportunity to flag the awesome @harvilla.bsky.social and his 60 Songs episode on Common People: www.theringer.com/2021/03/24/m...
0.00007174 bitcoin. You'll be a millionaire by the end of the month!
Loved it
He's now on Kill the Dead, on his own time
My 15-year-old son had to pick a book, read it, and report on it for his high school lit class. No restrictions. His choice? The awesome Sandman Slim by the awesome @richardkadrey.bsky.social
My job here is done.
At least with NSF awards, they're also paying for graduate students to learn the craft. In some sense, all NSF awards are (effectively) training awards, and the training is often as important as the science. No research grants means no new scientists, in addition to no new science.
So, all of the other comments about the design, but I also can't help thinking about the level of dumb in interpreting "oyster catchers". Surely that's a bird reference (with great logo potential), not about literally catching oysters.
Cinder (and her older brother Khalif)
We do, indeed, have an orange one in Corvallis. Never seen it on the road, but often pass it parked on Circle.
