Feels like this would be exactly the kind of thing they would get wrong. Fur exactly, the training set isn't trained to know the context of execution (FreeBSD vs macos vs Linux), right?

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-currency-killer-part...

Did you know Tether (cryptocurrency company) is in the top 20 USD treasury holders, more than most countries?

And Lutnick is the manager of those funds, or his sons are (silly mistake!) because he divested completely.

I would really like to take a playwright driven script, then use a similar pipeline to create explainer videos. Then I can add my own voiceover. It will really reduce production time but keep it flexible so I can tweak the script but not need to record over and over.

Does something like this exist? Would be a great open source project.

Could you produce similar effects using pure CSS and/or JavaScript? Maybe it would be less deterministic and maybe the rendering would be slower, but could you do it this way?

Adams was "indicted in September 2024 on federal charges including bribery and wire fraud, accused of accepting over $100,000" from Turkey. He's now an Albanian citizen, because "he loves travel."

I don't really agree that this judgement would have happened with anyone as mayor. That road is long and paved with gold distractions.

If you look at the name, sure. But, the ENTIRE premise of MacGyver was that Richard Dean Anderson would ALWAYS come up with some strange scientifically accurate combination to get out of a hairy situation. MacGruber is about an elite strike force guy whose wife is killed on their wedding day, and then this pain drives the entirety of the movie. The characters have no origin story in common, and no references to MacGruber can be derived from MacGyver.

From MacGyver: "Resourceful and possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of the physical sciences, he solves complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects, along with his ever-present Swiss Army knife, duct tape, and occasionally matches."

SPOILER ALERT: I suppose the carrot in the ass COULD be considered a clever approach to a problem. But, I just thought it was evidence of MacGruber doing somthing ridiculous. And, clearly he used this often in the past, and it is not an ad-hoc clever assessment of something in the moment. Maybe he could have picked weeds in one scene, stuck them in his butt, then Ryan Phillipe could have used fake flowers, or something. Otherwise, you get no points for that one.

MacGyver has none of the rage that is SO important to MacGruber. His origin story: "The show follows Angus MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson, who works as a troubleshooter for the fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent for a fictional United States government agency, the Department of External Services (DXS)." NOTHING in there to indicate he is using emotional pain to drive an episode.

The only real satire I see is this: "He favors non-violent resolutions and prefers not to handle firearms due to the accidental shooting death of one of his friends when he was 12." Clearly, MacGruber does not have any such qualms about violence, and he also hates guns. But, you can't parody one characteristic by taking the exact opposite (violence), and then parody another characteristic (guns) by making that characteristic identical to the original. It ISN'T RIGHT!

Also, let's talk about Jack Dalton. He's the womanizer, and his eye twitches. And, his get rich quick schemes. That could have been mined for gold in this "parody."

If it is a parody, then Will Forte is insanely lazy. I'm willing to accept that might be the case, but then you need to refer to it as a lazy parody.

Bring it on, wredcoll. I'm waiting like a ninja and wolverine combined.

I know it is silly and the jokes are juvenile. But, he is so fully in the character for the entire movie, and it is a joy to watch.

I loved it (52 y/o dad). I've been fascinated by it since hearing a few years ago about the tax write off situation.

A bit of extra context: since seeing MacGruber, I want to see anything with Will Forte (I know that's misguided, but I can't help it).

But, it feels like there were attempts by government to regulate and penalize bad actors. Watered down and neutered by lobbyists, of course. FINRA and Rohit Chopra and Lina Khan had some power in the last administration.

But, this seems like the top down government is actively engineering a looting of the treasury for private interests.

Am I wrong that this feels at a totally different scale and audacity?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599909

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So, if there are five translation layers, why not run a Linux VM using UTM and play there? Is there a technical reason that does not work?

Is this someone that only wants to run Linux and wants to use their GPU on Linux? Seems like this is not the case, yet.

Or, is this for someone that wants to dual boot and use Linux sometimes, and then reboot into MacOS when they want to use the GPU?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586197

Points: 8

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If serving time in prison isn't sufficient, what else should he have done?

He has a child who was born in the US. What should be done about that?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49490107

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I have a theory that all printers are made by predatory companies that want to sell you planned obsolescence devices with cryptographically motivated expensive cartridges.

Am I not fully correct? Is there a good option outside of this realm? Should I buy an old used laser printer?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476981

Points: 10

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