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At this point in history barcodes had never been used commercially – though the idea had been brewing for decades following a patent filed on 20 October 1949 by one of the engineers who was now part of McEnroe’s team. The IBM engineers were trying to bring barcodes to life. They had a vision of the future where shoppers whizzed through the checkout with lasers scanning every item they wanted to purchase. But IBM’s lawyers had a problem with the future.
The lawfare against @elonmusk, as gleefully described by the New York Times:
These are the increases in population of Illegal Immigrants in Swing States under the policies of the Biden/Harris Administration.
A billion dollars will have been wasted on losing voters by condemnation versus winning them by invitation.
Anonymous FBI officials had already leaked to the media the official FBI position falsely claiming the agents kneeled for “de-escalation” to minimize potential confrontation. But here’s the truth about what happened…
Because they know what happens when they do something.
This paper, though primarily philosophical, will draw extensively on empirical literature. The seriousness of many concerns relating to surveillance capitalism depend on empirical facts, which philosophical discussions need to engage with. In some areas, the empirical literature is extensive, such as on echo chambers, filter bubbles, polarization, and mental health issues. Here, particular attention will be given to studies that offer a summary overview of existing research (review studies, meta-analyses, umbrella reviews). In other areas, such as whether algorithms exhibit political bias, the empirical literature is still scarce, and we must do without review studies. Limitations, ambiguities or contradictions within the empirical literature will be highlighted throughout.
According to attorney R. Trent McCotter, who represents Bannon, “Those credits mean that Mr. Bannon could have been released to home confinement two days ago on October 19, 2024 (i.e., 10 days before the end of his sentence) – yet the BOP declined to do so, citing its view that there is ‘insufficient time’ remaining on Mr. Bannon’s sentence ‘to process’ the referral to home confinement.”
Soros’s kid is collecting Democratic politicians like they’re rare Pokemon cards, but go on about how Elon Musk is the problem.
Following a @HouseAdmin report, we filed a bar complaint on behalf of Stefan Passantino against former Rep. Liz Cheney for allegedly violating professional ethics obligations by secretly messaging Cassidy Hutchinson prior to her testimony before the J6 Committee:
There is a bona fide scandal here. Since these reports appeared on a Telegram channel which is, at a minimum, very friendly to the mullah regime, and is quite possibly controlled by Iranian intelligence, it’s reasonable to conclude that the intent of the leak was to curtail any Israeli attack on Iran, while causing trouble for Israel’s friends in Washington, DC. The current Biden-Harris administration doesn’t count among those friends, at least not in Israeli eyes.
I asked about that, and Sasan disagreed with me, and we went back and forth for a few minutes on it. It’s Decoder; we have exchanges like this all the time, and I didn’t think anything of it. But then I got a note from Rick Heineman, the chief communications officer at Intuit, who called the line of questioning and my tone “inappropriate,” “egregious,” and “disappointing” and demanded that we delete that entire section of the recording. I mean, literally — he wrote a long email that ended with “at the very least the end portion of your interview should be deleted.”
The environment in which we have been competing will be quite different in the future. The changes ahead will force us and athletic departments across the country to make difficult decisions given the financial impact of the settlement. We will adjust to the changing dynamics with our values and goals of academic achievement and a competitive athletic experience as our guide. More.
The Lutheran Tradition is home to some of the best church music in all Christendom. This is due to numerous great composers from our tradition, some of whom I would like to introduce (There are many many more and I am not a church musician, just as a disclaimer)
This administration has surpassed George W Bush in squandering US power.
At the start of 2024, the industry began declaring the end of Peak TV, a term coined by FX Networks Chairman John Landgraf that refers to an era of rampant content spending that gave us shows like The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. For streaming services, the Peak TV era meant trying to lure subscribers with original content that was often buoyed by critical acclaim and/or top-tier actors, writers, and/or directors. However, as streaming services struggle to reach or maintain profitability, 2024 saw a drop in the number of new scripted shows for the first time in at least 10 years, FX Research found.
He also recalled how his warning about election fraud posted on YouTube was taken down, possibly violating his First Amendment rights. In it, he fought the process of sending out ballots, possibly 90 million, to those who didn’t ask for one or weren’t interested in mail-in voting.
Woodward reports in his new book that Biden donors began expressing concern about Biden’s mental fitness in June of 2023. At a Los Gatos event: Biden was “frightening awful” and like your 87-year-old senile grandfather.” “He could not wait to sit down and only took 2 pre-arranged questions.”
Meet Wanda Kagan, Harris’s high school classmate and longtime girlfriend, whom the Times described as “a close friend of Ms. Harris’s when they attended high school together in Montreal.” Kagan, per the Times, “said that Ms. Harris’s mother, who died in 2009, had told Ms. Kagan about the summer job years ago.” What the Times did not tell its readers is that Kagan is a full-throated Harris supporter who has appeared alongside the vice president at several campaign events. She also served as a surrogate for her old friend on television during the Democratic National Convention.
I’d highly recommend, when you have free time, perusing the Richard Nixon Foundation on YouTube, which contains fascinating Nixon interviews as VP, President and after.
I post images from Obama and Walz event this happens… #Censorship
“lesson in two of the most important tactics in propaganda”
Network tribal governance in action.
McQuown left Wells Fargo in 1974, exhausted by all the battles with the bank’s new management. Wells Fargo Investment Advisors — the unit set up to house the new quantitative investment strategies — later became Barclays Global Investors once it was acquired by the British bank.
“Technically now it’s legal for the US military under this directive to shoot and k*** Americans who engage in political protest because they disagree with policies in the White House.” “This did not come from Donald Trump. It came from the Democratic party, and that’s why I left the Democratic party.”
Still, the fact that Tesla has been testing its ridehailing function with employees proves the company is still dead set on eventually launching the long-promised Tesla Network. First announced in Musk’s Master Plan Part Deux, the Tesla Network claims to allow regular Tesla owners to send their vehicles out autonomously to function as robotaxis while their owners stay at home.
A ProPublica and Capitol Forum investigation found that EviCore uses an algorithm backed by artificial intelligence, which some insiders call “the dial,” that it can adjust to lead to higher denials. Some contracts ensure the company makes more money the more it cuts health spending. And it issues medical guidelines that doctors have said delay and deny care for patients.
Soon, based solely on your effortless knowledge of Gibberish, you were being fast-tracked into influential positions in government. When, at last, you found yourself primed to inherit the most powerful position in the entire world, your inner circle was filled with people who had long since forgotten how to speak any other language but Gibberish.
If you know someone who says the Overton Window has not shifted radically to the Left, show them the DNC Platform of 1992:
Do you think that he wants to go to trial here in the United States of America? Do you think maybe that’s one of the reasons he chose to give $50 million to Kamala Harris?”
Mrs. USOGA: “Why are you watching football. You should be doing yard work. Mr. USOGA: “There was a lot that was done but there’s more to do but I’m pointing out things that need to be done that haven’t been done but need to be done…”
The Atto 3 teardown in Japan revealed one of the ways BYD manages to keep costs down and pass the savings down to the person who buys the car. It’s all about producing as many of the components as possible in-house and integrating them. The source article highlights the so-called “E-Axle” used by BYD, which is comprised of eight different components. It includes not only the motor, inverter, transmission and controller but also the onboard AC charger, the DC-to-DC converter and the battery monitoring system (BMS). This approach, combined with the economies of scale (the larger the number of cars you build, the cheaper you can build them) goes a long way toward explaining how these highly competent Chinese EVs can be sold at such low prices.
Angela Merkel’s memoirs are out next month. This week’s Charlemagne revisits her legacy. She led Germany – and thus Europe – as if in a make-believe world, letting it enjoy an extended geopolitical and economic nap from which it still needs to wake up.
Calling your opponent a fascist when slipping in the polls is irresponsible after 2 assassination attempts. You can’t complain about January 6th and then recreate it It’s wrong for the campaign and for the country.
The Houthi have put an unbreakable chokehold on the Red Sea and all Red Sea shipping. There is no way to break this chokehold. The USN and all other Western navies have tried for almost 12 months and failed utterly. Attempts to conduct strikes on the Houthi, including massive strikes on core infrastructure in Hodeida have yielded ZERO results over a period of almost a year. The Israelis are to thank for this achievement.
I spoke w/ WPR for the audio version of this story. WI is unique among non-expansion states bc we have no coverage gap. Expansion could bring more federal $, but at the cost of higher prices for private payers & forcing low-income people onto Medicaid.
This is hilarious. CNN every day pretends they and the Dem Party are the sole defenders of democratic values. When an intruder points out that Kamala received zero votes to become the Dem nominee (other than Obama and Pelosi’s), they all go wild about how it doesn’t matter:
Hundreds of truckles of cheddar worth more than £300,000 have been stolen from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy.
Why it matters: Biden aides and allies privately have trash-talked the vice president during the past 3½ years — and Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and others in her inner circle know it. Harris and Emhoff — along with Harris’ sister Maya and her husband, Tony West — have taken note of Biden advisers and big-dollar donors they suspect of knifing the vice president to reporters or fellow Democrats, two people familiar with the matter tell Axios. B. Beyond those grudges, Harris has a dim view of some members of Biden’s team and would want her own people in place, the sources said.
Bay Area bridges made a $198 million profit last year, and tolls are already going up $1 on 1/1/25. But that is not enough for MTC, which wants to raise tolls to as high as $11.50 in 2030 to funnel more $ to housing and transit.
The study found some questionable word choices but no widespread pattern, according to a senior intelligence official, one of five who requested anonymity to discuss the review. (None would disclose the words flagged by Ms. Harris because the reports were classified.)
The greatest Hymns in Christendom are found in the Lutheran Church. As the Church commemorates some of our great Hymnists today, I want to introduce you to them and share their amazing biografies.
How the largest pine tree in the world was discovered in Yosemite
Bob Lutz, 5 years ago today: “The Model Y, I think, is terminally ugly. I don’t know who’s going to buy that. “The (Tesla) Smi is certainly never going to be built.”
I’ve been warning you the nastiest fish in the Senate side of the censorship industry septic tank is Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner. Do Not take this new threat lightly: this guy oversees the CIA in Congress, pushing to censor speech at infrastructure level.
Did Musk ask the government if it was legal to give away a million a day in his constitutional sweepstakes? OF COURSE NOT! He’s already given away money, meanwhile the lawmakers and the enforcers aren’t sure if it’s legal and aren’t sure what to do and. Yes, move fast and break things. Those damn techies. But that’s why they became heroes to the youth to begin with, that’s why they usurped the power from the musicians and other entertainers. They acted like they owned the world, like there were no limits. Like rock stars used to. We all need something to believe in.
Example: The Democratic Secretary of State in PA issued a memorandum in September 2020 to all the counties that the statute requiring matching of signatures on absentee ballots was being “waived” because of COVID. And when the PAGOP sued to ask the court to uphold this black letter law, the lower court agreed but the Democrat-controlled PA Supreme Court overruled and said that no signature matching was necessary, notwithstanding the statutory requirement to the contrary.