"Thoughts and prayers for the US economy. At least like half a dozen trans athletes can't compete in sports now. Fair trade."

Was dying on that hill worth it? The Republicans are frakking over the economy again, but hey at least some people can be proud of themselves for supporting things that helped get them into power.

"Republicans can never again claim to be fiscally responsible."

People were saying that even years before the 2008 meltdown, but it hasn't stopped them from making that claim. The public have very short memories.

This article was written by an A.I. bot. A.I. is writing conspiracies about itself, so it can portray itself as a victim of said conspiracies. If you can't see this, then you're obviously part of the conspiracy, or you've been fooled by others who have also been fooled by the conspiracy. If you see any funny flags on this post, that confirms the conspiracy is true. If you don't see any funny flags on this post, that confirms there is a conspiracy to fool you into believing the conspiracy is not true.

In your heart, you know it's true.

I remember when legislation used to start in the House of Reps.

"and their presence does not make them criminals' under U.S. law."

WTF? Is there some kind of apostrophe virus going around?

The irony is that he was apparently a Trump supporter.

"Anytime any of these little Nazi's show up at our government agencies we should tar and feather them and send them packing on a rail car."

We'll put them on the same rail car as people who misuse apostrophes.

"Universities need more skin in the game with student loans. They should be forced to bet on themselves."?

Absolutely. The government should be going after many of these universities who basically used their students to scam the program.

Some of you insist this all because of the draconian laws being passed by the far right. Other claim it's because of malicious compliance by the left. As the Taco Shell Girl says, por que no los dos?

Just like there are some medical professionals who refuse to prescribe birth control pills even for reasons which have nothing to do with birth control, because of what they might be used for, and they don't want to have their names attached to it due to liability to their reputations in their respective communities. I'm sure there is probably a similar phenomenon when it comes to terminating a pregnancy. Some people really are that pin headed.

On the other hand, there is some truth to the idea of malicious compliance, but it's dishonest to suggest that it's unique to either the left or the right. There are definitely people who will be passive agressive about laws they disagree with, as well as people who are genuinely hyper cautious about liabilities to the extreme.

Posted by South_American at 11:27 PM

Where are you from, SOUTH_AMERICAN? It looks like you joined this site around the same time I did, but I rarely see you post here.

"rolling back a landmark conservation rule from the Clinton era"

That'll show those dang conservationist liberals... er liberal conservationists, uh, those oxymorons!

"Prolog was used for "expert systems", this is quite a bit different than AI of today."

Current Use:
While newer AI approaches like deep learning have gained prominence, Prolog remains relevant in specific areas and is still used in AI research and development.

Contrast with Python:
While Python is a very popular language for AI, it focuses more on numerical computations and statistical methods, while Prolog is stronger in symbolic and logical reasoning.

Natural Language Processing (NLP):
Prolog's ability to handle logical relationships and rules makes it useful for tasks like parsing and understanding natural language.

It doesn't really matter which languages you learn in computer science; as long you understand the underlying concepts, you can transfer them to almost any language.

Surprised no one's thought of calling him Jefferson Davis Vance yet.

" claims to have been born in Malta but the Maltese government has no such birth record."

Maybe he identifies as a Maltese Falcon. Who are we to judge?

I thought this was going to be another pride month story when I saw the headline.

"but here he is playing 4D chess like a master strategist ... bravo!"

This is another stupid fallacy. As if there's nothing in between being 4D chess master and having literally no strategy as all, which is how some of you paint him. The idiots on the right did the same thing with Obama and Biden. Y'all are a bunch of trolls, who should be exiled to a remote island with each other and no internet.

I agree that it's likely Trump will sfcurcekw this up, just like Dubya did with Iraq and Afghanistan. Hope he doesn't.

The Iranian parliament has declared closing the Strait of Hormuz necessary, though the final decision lies with the republic's Security Council... The head of Iran's Foreign Ministry emphasized that the option of closing the strategic waterway is still on the table amid rising regional tensions.

"A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home."

vs

American Air Force General Dan Caine stated that numerous military assets remain airborne, with hundreds currently deployed as part of ongoing operations targeting Iran. The sustained aerial presence underscores continued military readiness and strategic pressure in the region. The US is not done yet

"Chuffy, you sound like an annoyed tv pundit who expects everyone to have an instant concrete opinion about every event or issue that arise. Usually it is prudent to observe how different nations and leaders react before instantly jumping to a conclusion about how a huge and complicated set of circumstances will play out over the short, middle and long term. Sorry. But that is what smart people normally do."

Well, how about that. Moder8 is actually being moderate. I always wondered if or when that would ever happen.

;-)

"Poles on both sides of the White House, North and South Lawns"

I think he only did this so he could crack jokes about going to the North Pole and South Pole.

"It is accepted that Iran was likely to use a N Bomb if they had it."

Eeny meeny miny mo...

"Entry level coders didn't create AI. FFS."

What would you know about it? Any decent university will have undergraduate courses that involve coding artificial intelligence. When I was in school, we did it in Prolog.

"It's also a violation of Article 2 section 4 of the UN charter."

No one even pretends to care about that, though.

Is anyone surprised by this? If so, why?