that's not so certain. it also seems that he was supposed to be next supreme leader of iran, and crosssection of competent, fundamentalist enough to current big boss taste and having enough authority in irgc is almost empty now
and on top of that foreign minister that was also onboard was supposed to be next president. expect some power struggles
well Raisi specifically was a serious candidate. Ahmadinejad fell out of favours with Khamenei as he was deemed too nationalist, and Rouhani apparently was too weak on foreign policy
The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...
bits of ballistic missiles with NK markings and there's some complaining by russians about low accuracy of NK 152mm propellant charges (variable amount of propellant, sometimes missing decoppering wire, decomposition etc)
NK manufactures and stores empty artillery shells and fills them as needed, because scaling up manufacture of filling plant is easy but scaling up steelworks is hard. This way shell forged in 70s but filled in 2023 is still pretty useful
You'd be surprised how much metallurgy advanced. Western shells from 50s and from 90s are completely different beasts, but difference is less in NK ammo, which means lower range and lethality out of comparable calibre. This way NK 180mm shell is less lethal and maybe shorter ranged than western 155mm, it's closer to modern 105mm
that's a load bearing if, and if that was doing of someone else in his party, then they'd need to do all that organizing and such, all covertly. or maybe it's italian mafia coming back for their debts, or some random dude
i've seen report that he has internal bleeding in abdomen that couldn't be stopped for 3h, so kinda, sorta this starts looking bleak. we'll see, for now slovak media is embargoed on this issue
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that "it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn't know what it's talking about" is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
it's a spicy autocomplete. it doesn't know anything, does not understand anything, it does not reason, and it won't stop until your boss thinks it's good enough at your job for "restructuring" (it's not). any illusion of knowledge comes from the fact that its source material mostly is factual. when you're drifting off into niche topics or something that was missing out of training data entirely, spicy autocomplete does what it does best, it makes shit up. some people call this hallucination, but it's closer to making shit up confidently while not knowing any better. humans do that too, but at least they know when they do that
by now i suspect there's plenty enough of these sleazes that were given an offer that they can't refuse. not like crypto was supposed to last forever anyway
do you even get back energy used up on making that plasma in the first place? how badly does it get fucked up by HCl? these trucks are still infrastructure, just mobile and not even real. it has a hint of hyperloop trying to eliminate new railway projects
also trucking waste to waste energy extraction plant would probably still use up less energy than trucking around entire facility. this all makes it sound like badly thought out nonsense
after wagner was dismantled in all but name (prigozhin was taken out eight months ago, can you believe that? time flies) the same deal was offered by russian army in form of Storm-Z battalions (it's a real name, i couldn't make it up if i tried). another low-quality type of units are BARS which is kinda, sorta like territorial defense units but it seems to me that they're mostly football ultras and other menace that society at large wouldn't miss
A $61bn package of military aid for Ukraine could be signed off within days. So what weapons might it receive and what difference could they make in trying to stem Russian advances?...
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let's goooooo ( sh.itjust.works )
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at 63 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Online Content Is Disappearing ( www.pewresearch.org )
Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals ( www.theguardian.com )
The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...
Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia ( apnews.com )
Slovak PM Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after being shot 5 times ( www.politico.eu )
Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting ( apnews.com )
https://i.imgur.com/5mJe9WY.mp4...
How Chinese AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian ( www.bbc.com )
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What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?
I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that "it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn't know what it's talking about" is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....
Tether and sanctions: what’s coming for Paolo’s beautiful launderette ( amycastor.com )
Nice gloves ( jlai.lu )
A Ukrainian sport plane drone just flew 800 miles (1300 km) into Russia to blow up an oil refinery ( www.forbes.com )
It’s the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war, so far...
Report: Facebook Parent Company Meta has been Censoring and Shadow Banning Pro-Palestinian Accounts ( medium.com )
JDAM-ER Winged Bombs With Seekers That Home In On GPS Jammers Headed To Ukraine ( www.twz.com )
sweet dreams ( mander.xyz )
(Non)CredibleDefense™ moment ( sh.itjust.works )
r*ddit
Is it greener to just burn plastic?
Just thinking in terms of compared to microplastics and toxins in recycled plastic.
Drone maker DJI facing U.S. FCC ban — the national security risk and part China-state ownership are key issues ( www.tomshardware.com )
US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says ( www.businessinsider.com )
The US has purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, the Kyiv Post reports....
Russian soldier murder rate soars 900% on return from Ukraine war ( www.independent.co.uk )
Up to 113 active Russian servicemen were convicted in 2023 - a near 900 per cent increase on just 13 in 2022...
unfortunately he was caught ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too ( www.bbc.com )
Wriggling critters armed with enzymes can break down plastics that would otherwise take decades, or even centuries to degrade....
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it ( www.theverge.com )
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Promoting products on reddit by blatantly advertising in the comment section? Who would do such a thing?
Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs ( arstechnica.com )
What $61bn US aid boost could mean for Ukraine ( www.bbc.com )
A $61bn package of military aid for Ukraine could be signed off within days. So what weapons might it receive and what difference could they make in trying to stem Russian advances?...
What ever happened to nanotechnology? Seems like it disappeared. ( kbin.social )
Most are probably too young to remember but nanotechnology was supposed to be the most super amazing thing ever.
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt ( infosec.exchange )