A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
As a horse when he has run, a dog when he has tackled the game, a bee when it has made the honey, so a man when he has done a good act does not call out for others to come and see, but he goes on to another act, as a vine goes on to produce again the grapes in season.[ἵππος δραμών, κύων ἰχνεύσας, μέλισσα μέλι ποιήσασα, ἄνθρωπος δ̓ εὖ ποιήσας οὐκ ἐπιβοᾶται, ἀλλὰ μεταβαίνει ἐφ̓ ἕτερον, ὡς ἄμπελος ἐπὶ τὸ πάλιν ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ τὸν βότρυν ἐνεγκεῖν.]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 5, ch. 6 (5.6) (AD 161-180) [tr. Long (1862)]
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The Hidden Advantages of Not Pushing AI on Customers
Many customers distrust AI products. Focus on benefits, not buzzwords. Market what solves problems AI or not unless your audience values AI specifically.Huma Siraj (Being Guru)
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L'industrie militaro-industrielle Thalès va investir 55 millions d'euros à Valence et Châtellerault
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L'industrie militaro-industrielle Thalès va investir 55 millions d'euros à Valence et Châtellerault – Ricochets
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UK Coalition revealed as comic-book villains.
Farage’s immigration rhetoric is fool’s gold—shiny but worthless. Labour’s silence hands him the win. It's time to fight lies with facts.Mike Sivier (Vox Political)
'Profile in Cowardice' Award Seeks to Identify Leaders Enabling Rise of Fascist Trump
Former intelligence, military, and national security officials have launched the Profiles in Cowardice Award, calling out leaders who remain silent as the country descends into fascism under Trump.
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'Profile in Cowardice' Award Seeks to Identify Leaders Enabling Rise of Fascist Trump
The nominees "took an oath to 'support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,'" said retired Maj. Gen. Dennis Laich. "Through their actions, or inaction, they are violating that oath."jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
Samsung Launches Three New Foldable Smartphones As It Fends Off Chinese Rivals - Slashdot
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled three new foldable smartphones at a time when the company is facing increased competition from Chinese rivals such as Honor and Oppo, reports CNBC.mobile.slashdot.org
Former Tesla President Weighs In on Musk's Leadership
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Apple Names Sabih Khan COO in Major Changing of Guard
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Former Tesla President on the rise of autonomous
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"An evolution of the UCP game is that this panel's surveys are designed to block the embarrassing flood of disagreements and complaints we usually find in the results. This time around, before you take the survey you're shown a video arguing for the government's preferred positions—and then once you get in there, it's all multiple choice and none of the choices let you disagree with the government. Great stuff."
This is an absolute truth. I literally got to the end of the FIRST page of the UCP's survey to ban books from school libraries before I had to quit because I couldn't truthfully answer their multiple-choice question, which had me choose when "children should be allowed access to sexually-explicit material", which they had already determined to be queer perspectives which had nothing to do with sex, nevermind "explicit sexual content".
I noted in my long answer that we already have laws against access of pornography to minors, and if there was actual "explicit sexual content" it would already be illegal to place in a school library. But the long answer wouldn't be seen by anyone, only their loaded multiple-choice results.
More Price Hikes Coming Soon for US Consumers as Trump Preps ‘Extraordinarily High’ Tariffs
Americans will get hit with historic tariffs started next month under President Donald Trump's trade policies.
More Price Hikes Coming Soon for US Consumers as Trump Preps ‘Extraordinarily High’ Tariffs
"It is very likely that these historically high tariffs will damage the economy," writes the Tax Policy Center.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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lol - forest management.
Clearly from a few people who have never been in an airplane over Canada. There is a lot of forest – we're going to need more rakes, and about a billion more people.
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From Molly Ivins in 1997: Three strikes and you’re out? Watch #Texas spend more on prisons than it does on schools. Thinking of making your tax structure more regressive? Come to the Lone Star State and see how it’s done. texasobserver.org/molly-ivins-…
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“In an article for the Sun, Berry said he was leaving the Conservative party after 25 years as a member and 14 as an MP. He said his former party shared responsibility with Labour for the state of the UK.”
So, having helped to fuck everything up as a Tory MP for 14 years, he wants to try to fuck everything up even more as a Reform MP.
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Former Conservative party chair Jake Berry defects to Reform UK
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Trump New Batch of Tariffs, Optimistic on Gaza Ceasefire, More
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Apple adds Firefox support to iCloud Passwords on Windows
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Apple adds Firefox support to iCloud Passwords on Windows - 9to5Mac
Apple has rolled out official support for Firefox in the latest update to its iCloud for Windows app. Here are the details.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
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Apple’s iPad mini 7 just dropped to the best prices ever for Prime Day from $380 ($120 off)
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Still, if I were making this again, instead of one 25 Ah powerbank, I'd use two smaller ones, since this one powerbank cannot power the two devices and be charged at the same time.
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Strangely, the WIFI SSID and passkey settings were retained, but the IP settings were reverted to the factory default.
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