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Yep, this sounds like something you’d do. Nice grab. Not wrestling related, but bhen I got to talk to Ron Wayne (forgotten third Apple co-founder) earlier this year he talked about his time in the slot machine business. It was really amazing.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 04/10/2026

The post says Mark Stephens, who was the one associated with PBS. (Sorry, correcting his name, it was wrong in the post.)

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I really, really don't think people understand how outraged the public was about this at the time

DST
Repeal
To Save Kids,
Fla. Demands
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI)
Florida officials demanded
an end to Daylight Saving Time
yesterday to "stop the slaugh-
ter of children" going to school
in the pre-dawn darkness.
With the death toll since
last Jan. 6, when DST was or-
dered by Congress to save
energy, put at 8 by the state
Department of Education,
Gov. Reubin Askew and state
Education Chief Floyd Chris-
tian called on Congress to
"promptly repeal" DST nation-
wide.
And State Senate President
Mallory Horne proposed a
special session of the Legisla-
ture for next week to take
Florida off DST immediately.
ASKEW CALLED an emer-
gency meeting of the state
board of education for Mon-
day morning to discuss the
possibility of asking school
boards to open school even
later than 9 A. M. and deter-
mine what other steps can be
taken to insure youngsters'
safety. The governor said he
also would ask the officials to
petition Congress to roll back
the clock so that Florida
won't be out of step with the
rest of the nation.
In listing eight victims,
Christian included a 16-year-
old boy, killed last Jan. 21
while riding his bike to
school, and a 17-year-old girl,
whose car crashed last Jan.
15 in the pre-dawn darkness.

STATE
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THE TAMPA
TRIBUNE
SECTION B
FLORIDA EDITION
TAMPA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1974
DST Alarm Growing Louder
Florida Congressmen Plan Efforts
To Turn Back Clocks Across Nation
Rep. Robert Sikes
...the chances are slim
Gov. Reubin Askew
sworn to uphold the law
The Saving
Appears Small
Askew Asked To Act On Own
Local Adjustments
Urged For Schools
How They Died
Sen. Saunders
...act at home
Some Hours Changed
Tribune Wire
From Wire Files
County, and the city, "The Department of Transportation has a special legislative
program to deal with transportation matters at the state level.
"That program has been working with the executive branch on legisla-
tion dealing with transportation matters. It's the closest thing we have to
a statewide plan for transportation and I think it's work ing." He said that-

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(I have not confirmed this personally)

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Post on Hacker News says Robert Cringely has died. Rough 12 months for iconic tech journalists.

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Beyond being a great name for a supergroup made up of these three dudes, Flavor Dave’s sounds like the name of the best food truck ever.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 03/10/2026

If I buy a used product and it doesn’t work because of something the prior owner did that I was unaware of, and I have no recourse to fix it, that does not make me stupid. That’s the thing that should be illegal.

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18 U.S.C. §597

@realDonaldTrump

If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 Midterm Elections, I’m going to give all Adult Citizens in the United States of America, $5,000. Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to signing those checks! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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I don't want socialism. I want a handout

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Maybe Trump was getting payback for this? cbs12.com/news/local/w...

Woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago after claiming Sen. Tom Cotton invited her

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026

This is definitely karma playing out in public

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this is very funny

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My personality for the next month is saying “How many local models do you run?” over and over

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I hope this becomes a meme it's just too good

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I looked at other posts this guy sent and ugh, need a shower after that

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This guy's definitely going to hell

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This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026

AI has (incorrectly) identified me as the author of a smut book called “My Grumpy Billionaire Secret” and offered to replace my AI audiobooks with new AI audio the future is now

Hi Molly, My Grumpy Billionaire Secret is on Audible with a virtual voice edition, and that flat read is the first thing a listener hears. We'd remake it and get it onto 20+ audiobook platforms. Still a synthetic voice, but directed, with pacing and music, so it actually holds attention. Want the first chapter done free so you can hear it? Alek

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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Got a similar note a couple months ago, also for a book I didn't write.

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It's funny that Curtis Sliwa went from being a fringe lunatic to the most respectable and sane Republican in the country by staying as crazy as he was 15 years ago

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Stephen Wilson Jr. w/ Eddie Vedder "Hunger Strike" Ohana Festival, Dana Point, CA, 9.26.26

This performance of “Hunger Strike” by Stephen Wilson Jr. and Eddie Vedder is a truly special thing. Wilson is basically living out his dreams on stage rn youtu.be/zf_vOtM662Y

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YouTube video by csilver522

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 03/10/2026

literally no one asked for jalapeño ex-lax

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Was watching a video about a resurrected candy bar, featuring this conversation with the CEO. But then something drew my attention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJQ...

Guy doing an interview about a candy bar in front of a candy aisle

Zoomed in: He’s directly in front of the Flaming Anus candies.

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I’ve long said that Google search is a terrible place to put AI because it’s too broadly used to put a good model on cost-effectively. The result is that regular people are most likely to be exposed to the worst examples of it working.

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Yep. It is able to help fix nuanced problems that the average person might not be able to figure out on their own. (I used a cheap LLM just yesterday to fix issues with my eGPU in Linux, for example.)

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YouTube video by Spoon - Topic

Basically, Amazon got rid of the comfortable T-shirts because of some “trying-to-save-money” initiative. Counterpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITUg...

youtube.com

The Fitted Shirt

Goodbye, Fitted T-Shirts. It Was GOOD While It Lasted!

I was trying to figure out why Woot no longer sells fitted shirts, and today I learned the reason: Because Amazon said they had to stop. Booooooooooo forums.woot.com/t/goodbye-fi...

forums.woot.com

I have a question… I hate this.

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1898: I can’t make sense of this nickelodeon! How do pictures move even though all I’m doing is using a crank?

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1908: Whoa, wait a second, what is a piston and why does my engine need it to internally combust?

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1961: Why do I need rabbit ears attached to my TV set?

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1994: I keep hearing about this internet thing. What the hell is a “Winsock,” and why the hell do I need one?!?

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And to be clear, technical folks “get it” but may still hate it, and nontechnical folks may be getting carried along but still think it’s great. So much of the history of tech is a series of attempts to make Fetch happen without explaining what Fetch is.

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Folks are still asking “what does it do” in 2026. I think so much of the AI debate boils down to the fact that technical folks *really* get it, and regular folks just feel like they’re being carried along without being asked.

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Even for me, the last email I got was a little much

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In all cases but cheese, I’m sick of wedges. I will take every cheese wedge you have.

Stuff like this causes people to check out. As a society, we need fewer wedges, not more.

God, what a stupid idea. Glad folks came to their senses.

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Yep, just double-checked the sourcing on this. Clive Davis (quoted in this piece) says he basically was stuck with a great rendition that he couldn’t use Turner to promote because she wasn’t willing to do promotion or a music video for it. hlrecord.org/the-mogul-sp...

Davis then gave the audience a lesson on “what makes a star a star.” After Davis re-signed Santana ten years ago, they created a blueprint for his albums, where half the material would come from artists who had been influenced by Santana. For the album “Shaman,” Davis and Santana recorded four different versions of “The Game of Love,” one of Santana’s hit songs which ultimately won a Grammy for “Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals,” with Michelle Branch on vocals. Davis played three versions for the audience: the original demo version, the second version with Macy Gray, which Davis said simply didn’t provide the “edge,” and the Michelle Branch version that was ultimately released. Davis then said that the last version they recorded could not be released because the artist decided she was going into semi-retirement and could not do a music video or television promotion. While Davis said he always regretted this, he emphasized that “in this business, you’ve got to do a video.” He then played the unreleased version, with the unforgettable Tina Turner as vocalist. The song will be released October 16 as part of a compilation of Santana hits titled “Ultimate Santana.”

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Based on my research on this (I initially wrote about this like 6-7 years ago), the label mandate I believe was because Tina Turner didn’t want to do the music video.

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