kalkulat

How many hundreds of millions of people have died, and will continue to die, over invisible 'truths' cooked up by liars looking for power?

The bible peddles the 10 commandments. My favorite example is a very simple rule 'from God': Thou shalt not kill. How many have died at the hands of 'protectors of the faith'?

Any ideology may be dangerous. People who are convinced they're tuned into a privileged view on reality may be willing to kill others to protect it. Human history is full of proofs of that.

"On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology." — Kenneth Clark

Some more stats on private prisons

" Of the 1.2 million people in federal and state prisons, 8%, or 90,873 people, were in private prisons as of year end 2022."

" Under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there is an average of 28,289 people held daily in immigrant detention, and it is estimated 79% of this population is held in privately run facilities. "

( source: Feb 2024: https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/ Many of source's internal stats are older. )

In 2021 WA ( with 11 open state prisons now) passed a law banning private prisons; Looks like Tacoma, the last one, is supposed to be shut down this year ...

"when the GEO Group’s contract comes to an end in 2025. Crucially, the law will also prevent any other private facilities from opening in the future." -- www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2021/may/1/washington-state-governor-signs-bill-banning-private-prisons-statewide/ [2021]

Looks like that old expected closure date is part of a battle by GEO to keep it open:

May 12, 2025 news - https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/05/12/tacoma-ice-facility-washington-oversight-law

Depends. Looked today into why there's no ready-made DuckDuckGo browser for Linux (but there is for Mac,Windows,Android). There's source code for LInux in a .deb. Rahtha confusing methinks.

Trouble is that 'quick answers' mean the LLM took no time to do a thorough search. Could be right or wrong - just by luck.

When you need the details to be verified by trustworthy sources, it's still do-it-yourself time. If you -don't- verify, and repeat a wrong answer to someone else, -you- are untrustworthy.

A couple months back I asked GPT a math question (about primes) and it gave me the -completely wrong- answer ... 'none' ... answered as if it had no doubt. It was -so- wrong it hadn't even tried. I pointed it to the right answer ('an infinite number') and to the proof. It then verified that.

A couple of days ago, I asked it the same question ... and it was completely wrong again. It hadn't learned a thing. After some conversation, it told me it couldn't learn. I'd already figured that out.

Jansport, yep have a green, leather-bottomed one 20 years old still used weekly. One zipper is sometimes a bit sticky.

A Mackie mixer and two nearfield speakers I bought 25 years ago still see hours-daily usage. When the fancy Kenwood tuner died 2-3 years later, I replaced it with a Boss 50w/chan 12vdc transistor amp that still never even gets warm.

Speaking of Casios, I have an F-105 [1572] 'Illuminator' that's 20 years old and still using the same battery. It gains about 1 minute per year.

Partly, yep. Seems like every time I try to pin down an AI on a detail of a question worth asking - a math question, or a date in history, it'll confidently reply with the first answer it finds ... right or wrong.

From your description 'too low to the ground' sounds like it was probably ball lightning ... which can do all kinds of goofy shit depending on the weather or how it was created. I've never seen any good videos of BL on Youtube, but there might be newer ones.

Don't know D.C. at all but if you were anywhere near a marsh, maybe 'swamp gas'?

Hmmm. You might have a look at the Arch Linux wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page Those guys are more likely to up on the latest hardware & problems. ('Powercolor's a new name to me.) You could also try their forums. https://bbs.archlinux.org/

The best have usually been around a longer time and have a reputation. Which ones do the pros cite?