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@BenWP- my spellchecker can't even distinguish between a homophone and a telephone.
Yes, some of the stainless steel versions have a double-shell with a vacuum between them, much like metal thermos bottles.
Check out this Amazon link.
If the increases in property tax were based upon increases in property value, your complaint would seem to be without merit. Since we have no information regarding the justification (if any) for the tax increase it's not possible to make any sort of…
Hey there @Derf- good grief! I had no idea it was so complicated until I followed your lead and took a look at Wikipedia.
No sir, not even close. We just buy freshly ground coffee, throw in a couple of scoops, add boiling water, wait a few minutes …
David and Chip-
Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving, and many thanks for this marvelous site which I frequently use, and with your tolerance, occasionally abuse.
An additional report from the Guardian has been added to the previous post:
OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’
Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before C…
Following is an excerpt from a report from the Guardian:
OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’
Reports say new model Q* fuelled safety fears, with workers airing their concerns to the board before CEO Sam Altman’s sac…
"Lot of it are flows out of banks"
If this continues it may well cause additional bank failure problems, at least for some marginal banking operations.
My take on the fundamental question of "safe" AI is simply this: It makes absolutely no difference how much we (the US) monitor, control, or limit the development of AI to keep it within "safe" limits.
No difference. None.
Regardless of what we m…
I've always felt that insurance is almost impossible to evaluate because cost is the easiest, but only one of the important variables. How does one evaluate an insurance company's track record of responsiveness to customer problems or of handling cl…
Instant dreck. Only the real thing is the real thing. I was going to post this yesterday, but I didn't want to be seen as the grouch that I really am. However- since others have broken the dike...
I really wanted that bottle of Scotch but I'm a little short after acquiring that 1962 Ferrari a week ago. MJG was right- I should have run a few more Monte Carlo(s).
I'm pretty sure that the Senate will go along- at this point no one wants the blame for shutting down the US, and the White House has indicated that they will accept the deal, grudgingly.
I do agree with you, but at least today he managed to get a gov't financing bill through the House, which will likely get signed by the president. Looks like we're safe for a couple of months, anyway.
And here I thought that we lived in the irregular galaxy, especially the way that it's been operating for the last few years.
Yes, stunningly beautiful for sure! I have a couple hundred similar type pics which constantly shuffle as the background o…
@David_Snowball-
"Samhain"... OK, showoff, we know that you've just sampled many things Scottish. :)
Being almost desperate to find anything to bring home from Scotland that wasn't made in China, I got really lucky in visiting the Inverewe Garde…
Not multiple choice... Level5 is just briefly describing an involuntary thought process that many of us experience when we actually make some quick money on something. A quick rush of satisfaction.
And he then warns of the actual reality of what i…
Yes, 8.5% and 8% respectively for us, back in the 70s. We also survived. The rates for the last ten years or so were so low that everyone now seems to think that that was "normal".
@larryB- Over in the OT section you asked "Where can I find the rules for this place?".
There actually is no specific set of rules for "this place". From the very beginning of MFO David Snowball has relied on us, the posters, to maintain a reasona…
