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Craig A. Butler

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Computer doot-doot. Helping modernize USHR. Originally from Burque. Opinions are my own. he/him/his

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XaiaX ̆̈ (🍁) @xaiax.net · 31/10/2024
“According to my model the election could be very close with a slight edge to either candidate, but there is also a small chance that it could be very one sided, favoring both candidates equally, or somewhere in between. I am very smart please give me money for further analyses.”
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 24/07/2024
An important VP note is that Sen. Kelly is a twin, thus having a built in body double that can be used for schemes.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 06/02/2024
You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉 bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Join Bluesky Today (Bye, Invites!) - Bluesky
Sign up for Bluesky! No invite code required.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 02/02/2024
This new Popvox report about the Afghanistan withdrawal and the Congressional caseworkers who put in countless hours helping Afghans and their families get the visas they needed to escape death at the hands of the Taliban is a fascinating read: www.popvox.org/events/afgha...
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Event: Congressional Casework in the Afghanistan Withdrawal — POPVOX Foundation
Join us as POPVOX Foundation brings together current and former caseworkers and experts from #AfghanEvac to discuss the findings and recommendations from “American Ingenuity: Congressional Casewor...
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 03/11/2023
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/07/2023
people who have loud boring conversations with each other at the gym are going to mega-hell, sorry, I don’t make the rules
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Gale Anne Hurd @galeannehurd.bsky.social · 09/07/2023
I was never that idealistic. Jim and I named the night club in THE TERMINATOR Tech Noir in 1982 when writing the script. It’s where the seminal encounter between The Terminator and Sarah Connor occurred — we envisioned the dark side of tech way back then.
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alex 🐀 @tinysnekcomics.bsky.social · 08/07/2023
i neeeeed dune part two in the meantime enjoy my dune simpsons comics, might draw some more soon
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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 03/05/2023
Have you ever had a coworker that mindlessly repeats whatever an exec says? And have you ever had an exec that thinks that person is a genius? Ok - you know understand LLMs. You're welcome.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 24/06/2023
Does anyone know if Putin consulted the Delphic oracle prior to invading Ukraine? If so, was he told he would "destroy a great kingdom"?
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 23/06/2023
"Mercenaries... are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious, and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies..." - Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 16/06/2023
Over the next few years, every search engine is going to become a delivery mechanism for AI generated argle bargle nonsense and there are folks arguing that physical media curated by skilled and dedicated professionals is somehow obsolete. Log off. Touch books.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 15/06/2023
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 09/06/2023
Truly, he has received his reward in full. www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/politics/rep…
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How Pat Robertson helped create the modern GOP | CNN Politics
Pat Robertson, the quintessential televangelist who died Thursday at 93, fused media, religion and politics into a potent force during a time when American political parties realigned.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 08/06/2023
Doesn't seem like the solution for stolen food is to stop sending food. People still need to eat. If food theft is such a problem, maybe we should send more? Send so much food they can't even handle it and will have to beg people to take as much as they can carry.
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Access Denied
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 08/06/2023
I really expected dystopia to be more stylish
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 07/06/2023
People can be more than one thing!
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Joe Garland 🦋 @bsky.dad · 06/06/2023
This is what AI thinks of us. 1. “Bluesky user” 2. “Twitter user”
Beautiful carefree woman on an Italian beach posting from her phoneSlovenly nerd eating mustard straight from the jar in his weird dark computer cave
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 06/06/2023
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Also how worried should we be about aliens if all their ships end up crashing?
thedebrief.org
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin - The Debrief
In a Debrief exclusive, Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean report that a former official says the U.S. has retrieved craft of non-human origin.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 06/06/2023
What gets me about Vision Pro is that Apple must have looked at the sales numbers for Microsoft's HoloLens and thought, "we've gotta get in on that!"
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 06/06/2023
Now this is a really cool use of generative tools...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/06/2023
ducking finally
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Apple says new iPhone autocorrect will know you don’t mean ‘duck’
Apple announced the iPhone autocorrect adjustment at the Worldwide Developers Conference, where it also unveiled its mixed reality headset Vision Pro.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/06/2023
just put on my apple glasses and oh man
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 06/06/2023
I think I'm going to start collecting journalistic attempts to explain "AI" (these examples are from WaPo). They're all so naïvely circular... AI "does things computers normally can't do" or "can perform 'intelligent' tasks." Here, try this: "clever uses for computationally intensive statistics."
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 04/06/2023
It worries me how often Photoshop says this when I'm trying to use generative fill without providing it any kind of prompt.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 02/06/2023
I didn't think anything could be better than her outfit. The opening of her lecture is. Love the surprise in this. :)
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 02/06/2023
Why am I just now hearing that the Library of Congress uploaded Lewis Carroll's scrapbook last month???
loc.gov
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 02/06/2023
I really like both of these guys, I'm curious to see what happens with this.
sunwater.org
Bipartisan “Fix Congress Caucus” launched on the Hill - Sunwater Institute
Last fall, the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress released its final report – nearly 300 pages of research culminating in 202 recommendations for how to improve operations so that members of Congress and their staff can work more efficiently and effectively. With this blueprint in hand, the House has been organizing to put these […]
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 01/06/2023
The secret is that there is no secret.
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Gale Anne Hurd @galeannehurd.bsky.social · 01/06/2023
Nice work, AI… This is for all of you naysayers who think I’m being way too much of a Cassandra worrying about AI. I’ve been concerned since 1982 when Jim and I first envisioned THE TERMINATOR.
vice.com
AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Human Operator in USAF Simulated Test
The Air Force's Chief of AI Test and Operations said "it killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective."
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 01/06/2023
Debt ceiling deal passed in the House! Off to the Senate!
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 31/05/2023
The Yeas have it!
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 31/05/2023
Etymology Online just added ngrams!
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whangdoodle | Etymology, origin and meaning of whangdoodle by etymonline
Origin and meaning of whangdoodle: name of an imaginary creature or thing, 1858, American English, fanciful formation. ... See more.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 28/05/2023
Well, this was inevitable... a lawyer decided to let ChatGPT handle their legal research, and ended up citing a bunch of made-up cases in a real court filing. 🤦‍♂️
storage.courtlistener.com
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 28/05/2023
enroll your child in ska immersion school today
Ska immersion school ad featuring two very cool children in sunglasses and trilby hats
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 26/05/2023
I see two main problems with this: first, "AI" is too ambiguous a term, potentially encompassing too many disparate applications. This piece attempts to define AI with the nonsensical "ability of computers to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence" What does that even mean?
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Congress wants to regulate AI. Here’s where to start.
Legislators should start with some basic principles.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 26/05/2023
Who's ready to help modernize Congress?
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 26/05/2023
A tragically underappreciated user experience: the talking rings from George Pal's 1960 classic The Time Machine. How close are we to making these a reality?
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The Talking Rings from the Time Machine (1960)
From the George Pal movie of H G Well's The Time Machine. The \
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 25/05/2023
Feels good to be #1
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 25/05/2023
Thank you @sdwyer.bsky.social for all your excellent work building digital services for the House! This tribute from Mr. Hoyer is well deserved. It's an honor to get the opportunity to work with you!
hoyer.house.gov
Hoyer Statement on Steve Dwyer Joining the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer | Congressman Steny Hoyer
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the transition of his former Digital Director and Senior Advisor Steve Dwyer to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer:
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 24/05/2023
Sometimes I dream in movies. Last night's was a heartwarming dystopian near-future in which a wacky cast of neighbors who've all been maimed in robot-related accidents get jobs together in construction and become friends as they discover the unique ways they can each contribute.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 23/05/2023
HBO Max may just be Max now, but it'll always be Hambox to me.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 21/05/2023
"Damage is my password!" #DnD
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 19/05/2023
The weakness of the 14th amendment approach is that Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power "to pay the Debts [...] of the United States" and "to borrow Money on the credit of the United States", which does seem to indicate that they have to authorize any new borrowing. But...
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 19/05/2023
Here's my hope for the future of generative AI... that when we finally reach a point where machines are creating billions of hours/lines of "content" that's only consumed by other machines in and endless and energy-intensive loop, we'll all realize how much of it we don't actually need.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 18/05/2023
The concrete pillars pretending to hold up the HVAC ducting in the Longworth Dunkin seem like a metaphor for something, I'm just not sure what.
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 17/05/2023
$80B in government aid goes unused every year. #CfASummit
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Craig A. Butler @suspicious.download · 17/05/2023
The struggle is real
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What I learned in two years of moving government forms online
Two years ago, I started at the City of Boston with a simple yet comically broad mandate: Get rid of paper forms and PDFs. The nascent…
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