Mark Mounts @markmounts@qoto.org

A bunch of additions to the Modern Tools list today, including sq and xq, - jq-inspired tools for structured data and XML respectively - as well as the Kitty terminal, axe-cli, a new collection of Wayland tools and some other odds and ends.

As always, suggestions are welcome.

https://github.com/mhoye/moderntools/

Researchers from Apple have published a paper showing that what LLMs do is sophisticated pattern matching not reasoning.

This is a problem for anyone who belueves they can build autonomous AI agents on this foundation since it means anytime the “agent” sees a pattern it doesn’t recognize, it will fail hilariously or even catastrophically.

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and

Rather surprised at the very limited press coverage of Trump's years as President--his achievements, missteps, and failures. For ex: foreign policy; trade; previous promises and whether he delivered; and so forth. Not just J6 + COVID. Amnesia ab. those years seems common.

He has a record 4 years long. Shouldn't it be reported and contrasted with his claims and promises today? Summarized by major newspapers.

Voters might like to read it before Nov. 5.

#USpol #USpolitics #Election2024 #Trump

Welcome to motherfucking Costco we have graham crackers the size of a sheet of drywall we have vitamins fit for a goddamn Clydesdale we have a value pack of 256 blueberry muffins fresh out of the son of a bitching oven we have caskets for some reason in case you're fixing to get buried it's Saturday get in your fat ass SUV and drive on over here you bastards it's fucking Costco we will punch your face with bargains fuck yeah Costco

Here is excellent reporting and analysis by @nytmike on the stakes of an authoritarian presidency now all the more empowered by his Supreme Court. This is the journalism we need. #GoodTimes.
As President, Trump Demanded Investigations of Foes. He Often Got Them.
Here is a gift link to Schmidt's reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/trump-investigations-enemies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU4.aemx.o4cu_iUb-wxt&smid=url-share

If you are having a bad/silly/stupid day...
Recall that Tim Berners-Lee's 1991 paper on the World Wide Web was rejected so he showed a poster instead

“‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman”

https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023

> Regions where people most often reach 100-110 years old are the ones where there’s the most pressure to commit pension fraud, and they also have the worst records.

I'm surprised. This is my surprised face.

🔢 « ´This place has a history that’s bigger than me,’ he says, his voice softened by smoking » 🧮♾️

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/31/alexander-grothendieck-huawei-ai-artificial-intelligence #Mathematics #genius

@futurebird @dangillmor @MotherJones

The reality is that Twitter would have shriveled up into irrelevance by now if it weren't for all the journalists, academics, politicians, activists, celebrities, and other ostensible "liberals" or "progressives" who choose to remain active on that site. Sadly, they are more concerned with vanity and self-aggrandizement than they are all the harm they're actively causing by financially propping up and legitimizing Shit-for-Brains' nazi disinformation mill