FWIW, I had the OnStar system as it existed around 2000. A few years later I went to cancel it, and somehow it took *months* of repeated phone calls to get it cancelled.

I keep thinking that it's time for me to try some of this AI stuff from one of the most-known companies in the field. And then both OpenAI and Anthropic will do something sketchy enough that I want to stay far away from both of them. I don't trust them as far as I could throw a mega datacenter.

While I'm not going to praise Trump, I have trouble believing he's manipulated by Netanyahu. I think *this* war was triggered by the IRGC signing a deal with Trump in 2025, and then within weeks were openly mocking him for being stupid. So now (IMO) he has a personal vendetta against them.

Sherlock Holmes: The Pearl of Death “Twenty men die for it!” exclaims the poster for The Pearl of Death. What it doesn’t say, is that they all died way before the start of the movie. Still, the body count in this one is pretty high;

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Here's a post which might bring some optimism wrt the Strait of Hormuz. Twitter tells me it was posted on Tuesday at 1:16pm ET. Hopefully it's real and not AI!! 🙂

x.com/_A_khalifa/s...

Peanuts panel, Lucy holds a piece of paper next to Snoopy with his typewriter. She says “that’s the dumbest thing ever written!”

Snoopy smiling “another first!”

My approach to posting.

I've seen posts that some ships are coming through the strait, although none of them are going to Iranian ports. Not a *lot* of ships, but more than zero.
That's it. I've seen posts. I have no idea if those posts are accurate. Maybe some stock traders are in the same position as I am.

... and that will be painful.

There's a song "Generation Landslide" from Alice Cooper with the line "stopped at full speed at 100 miles per hour".
I can't help but think these major AI-only companies are driving at full speed, and filing an official S1 will be the event where they hit an unmovable wall and are forced to stop.

I noticed this on the FridayCheckout channel on Youtube: A cool interactive map of the moon which you can zoom in on and spin around.

quickmap.lroc.im-ldi.com

A long wait, but still pretty cool!

Why did Jesus need to cross the Valley of Death to the Cross? YouTube video by Israel MyChannel

Here's a nice detailed 40-minute video on the last week or so of the ministry of Jesus as he traveled to Jerusalem:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cExP...

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So it looks like Captain Jaclyn is nearly caught up on the Babylon 5 Books orders that weren't able to be processed while the system was down for 54 days. So if there are any last minute stragglers out there, now's the time to get in before the door shuts for good.

view.flodesk.com/emails/69a65...

Okay, here's some insanity: It's not until just now that I realized your name is "Thomason" and not "Thompson"!

Ouch! I'm very sorry to hear that!

Forget AGI: We Can't Even Get Agents Right YouTube video by Kiraa

Some interesting thoughts/observations about the hype around AI, from someone who's optimistic about future uses of AI, but not the current hype around it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5_d...

Well, here's some extra unexpected news for fans of the origins of MST3k!

I was there! and connected to many others who were monitoring the situation. There actually were a few failures around the US networks, but luckily all were boxes which weren't critical and could be turned off.

It's guaranteed to *citizens* of the US, not to everyone who manages to show up at a US voting booth.

We wholeheartedly agree. Irion and Egli breached the trust that we must have in the lawyers appearing before us. They have brought the profession into disrepute. Irion's and Egli's failure to comply with the basic rules of our profession has forced us and the City to unnecessarily expend time and resources on a case that should have been litigated and resolved straightforwardly but was not. More importantly, by breaching our trust, we can no longer rely on the representations in Irion's and Egli's briefs, harming both their clients (whose cases are now viewed with skepticism and this court who must now independently verify everything Irion and Egli write. Finally, Irion and Egli have sullied the reputation of our bar, which now must litigate under the cloud of their conduct. We therefore issue these sanctions to Irion and Egli, the rationales for which we will explain below: 1. Irion and Egli must jointly and severally reimburse appellees in full for their reasonable attorneys' fees on appeal in all three appeals. 2. Irion and Egli must jointly and severally pay double costs to appellees for costs incurred under 28 U.S.C. § 1920 on appeal in all three appeals. 3. Appellees must file an accounting of their costs and attorneys' fees on appeal, with supporting documentation, no later than seven days from the date of this

order. Irion and Egli shall file any responses or objections to appellees' requests for costs and attorneys' fees on appeal no later than seven days thereafter. There will be no replies. 4. Irion and Egli must each separately and individually pay $15,000 to the registry of this court as punitive sanctions for the proceedings in this court in all three appeals. 5. The clerk will forward a copy of this order to the chief judge to consider disciplinary proceedings under Sixth Circuit Local Rule 46. 6. If Irion and Egli are financially unable to comply with some or all of the requirements of this order, they must file an affidavit under seal describing their financial situation along with their objections to appellees' fee requests.

Everyone stfu the Sixth Circuit issued *gigantic* AI sanctions

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

... with a "feels like" temperature of 21ºF. Seems to be that St Patrick's day should be warmer than this!

I'm near Albany NY, and it's 32ºF here. We even had a little snow this morning.

It'll be really embarrassing if the experiments run out of money before the 4th episode is done!

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More Conspiracy Theories I Want To Believe YouTube video by Ryan George Extra Plus!

The truth (about the movie "Frozen") is out there!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpG...

Probably my biggest blind-spot in the macOS universe is that I've never dived into AppleScript. I've written a half-dozen applescripts, and all of them were just short hacks. Too much of my life is on Linux and FreeBSD, so I've never taken the time to figure out AppleScript.

Definitely Only for Dogs: Ring's Superbowl Commercial (Parody) YouTube video by Wyze

I think it'll always fun to repost this video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROFb...

Will the IRANIANS succeed where the ARABS failed? YouTube video by travelingisrael.com

Interesting video about Iran and the history of Iran from a tour guide in Israel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssx9...

I think it's a win every time we see price drops in prescription drugs, even if it's a drug I've never needed to buy. For the people who do need it, price drops like this are a big help.