{"id":13393,"date":"2024-03-10T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=13393"},"modified":"2024-03-11T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:44:30","slug":"3-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=13393","title":{"rendered":"3.10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Damn right! How does rule of law and press freedom help all those starving kids in Canada, Sweden or New Zealand? See how North Koreans all worship the Kim Dynasty for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HKBigLychee\/status\/1763850362166124878\">&#8216;delivering full stomachs<\/a>&#8216;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the spokesperson for the Elkanns said \u201cthere are <a href=\"https:\/\/on.ft.com\/49TrZc0\">categorically no missing paintings<\/a>, these artworks were the personal property of Marella Caracciolo Agnelli and at her passing they were all fully accounted for in her estate by the Swiss court-appointed administrator\u201d, adding that Margherita seemed \u201cdetermined to inflict emotional pain on her three eldest children\u201d. With seven legal cases under way that will take years to conclude, friends and relatives say the chances of a settlement are slim and the family is \u201cunlikely to find peace\u201d soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) The Left feels barring Trump from the presidency is worth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vdhanson\/status\/1764360285803118671?s=12\">destroying 235 years of American jurisprudence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$4,335 at \u201cNathan\u2019s Luxlifestyle\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/villgecrazylady\/status\/1762545059822510439?s=12\">Martha\u2019s Vineyard<\/a> last August? Mmm hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the story of Osborne\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/every.to\/the-crazy-ones\/the-rise-and-fall-of-steve-jobs-s-greatest-rival\">spectacular rise and fall<\/a>. It is based on contemporary articles in publications such as the<em>&nbsp;New York Times,&nbsp;<\/em>Business Insider,&nbsp;<em>Infoworld, Dr. Dobbs Journal<\/em>,and&nbsp;<em>Byte;<\/em>&nbsp;published accounts from those who were there; books such as&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson\/dp\/1451648537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Jobs<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;by Walter Isaacson and&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fire-Valley-Birth-Personal-Computer\/dp\/1937785769\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11M5GN8KETZWJ&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l3_M63AnMShvLZV3Tz-1kO6SNsJrYPSZ5g-9BkvByqtQ2P7bdJM1c1Y0yMaNPJUkVN2MbHMr8rP5bajXNxrtgNlfmA3LlvSdQoLSsbZ9hnTz7EWlQunLzjGnOsEb1BUA_GXJz4kOPbImU_aVTpD912fMwvQccyGDnDZ-xZiywdxhFWl2fTaR_ObbuGD0mh6djL7G0Ovg0cFJaaijlF9Uef7epMS4GGg5upHQUwYRsDQ.pM28brrz2NvZGFPFr-kTke5ycDSMCpxejoKXMj-GuHo&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=fire+in+the+valley&amp;qid=1708625873&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=fire+in+the+valley%2Cstripbooks%2C97&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fire in the Valley<\/a><\/em>by Michael Swaine and Paul Frieberger; and, finally, on the words of Adam Osborne himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spend \u00a38,500 a year to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/03\/03\/spend-8-500-a-year-live-a-train-20388001\/?ico=mosaic_home\">live on a train<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now while you\u2019re doing your taxes online, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/03\/04\/ai-taxes-turbotax-hrblock-chatbot\/\">AI chatbots on the right side<\/a> of the screen to answer your burning questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High efficiency raw\u2014is because the still side is using a <a href=\"https:\/\/bythom.com\/newsviews\/dont-poo-poo-video.html\">compression algorithm<\/a> originally intended for the video side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hear firsthand how 5 FBI assets\u2014Dan, Steve, Jenny, Mark, and Red\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1765146289686151639?s=12\">accelerate the vague plot in Sept 2020 and push their targets to do something before the election<\/a>. As I\u2019ve written many times, straight up election interference again by the FBI. Also more confirmation Whitmer and her team were aware of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affiliate claimed BlackCat\/ALPHV took the $22 million payment but never paid him his <a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2024\/03\/blackcat-ransomware-group-implodes-after-apparent-22m-ransom-payment-by-change-healthcare\/\">percentage of the ransom<\/a>. BlackCat is known as a \u201cransomware-as-service\u201d collective, meaning they rely on freelancers or affiliates to infect new networks with their ransomware. And those affiliates in turn earn commissions ranging from 60 to 90 percent of any ransom amount paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese marque blames the phasing out of the UK&#8217;s 2G network as the main reason for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/vehicle-tech\/hybrid-electric-vehicles\/nissan-drops-app-support-for-the-original-leaf-are-evs-now-as-disposable-as-iphones\">dropping its Android and iOS NissanConnect EV app services<\/a>, with some 3,000 Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 commercial vehicles manufactured before 2016 affected in the UK, according to the&nbsp;<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-68426263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC<\/a>. Much of the disappointment from owners surrounds the sudden loss of key functionality, such as the ability to remotely heat or cool the vehicle, as well as the option to set up charging schedules that allow batteries to be brimmed when energy tariffs are at their cheapest&#8230; all from the convenience of a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stevesi\/status\/1765272888830013659?s=12\">wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verizon says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/money\/real-estate\/commercial\/2024\/03\/06\/milwaukee-bucks-want-deer-district-plaza-control-blocking-verizon\/72786950007\/\">cell phone poles<\/a> are needed to boost its Deer District signal. That&#8217;s especially important with Fiserv Forum hosting the&nbsp;<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/money\/real-estate\/commercial\/2024\/02\/09\/heres-how-the-rnc-ranks-among-other-big-milwaukee-events\/72269409007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican National Convention<\/a>&nbsp;in July. Meanwhile, the Bucks are adding cell equipment for the same reason. The basketball club says Verizon can use its system ? for a $10 million upfront fee and additional monthly payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe City Council affirms remaining a Non-Sanctuary City and asserts the City does <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2024\/03\/non-sanctuary-city-aurora-co-rejects-illegal-immigrants-from-denver\/\">not currently have the financial capacity to fund new services<\/a> related to this crisis and demands that other municipalities and entities do not systematically transport migrants or people experiencing homelessness to the City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be noted that Milwaukee is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/03\/06\/eric-hovdes-campaign-trolls-tammy-baldwin-with-bobbleheads\/72856958007\/\">National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum<\/a>, which has produced bobbleheads of Biden, Harris, Trump and Republican former Vice President Mike Pence. Baldwin and Hovde have yet to make the cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Kaplan, a major Dem donor, had no gov&#8217;t experience before <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kenvogel\/status\/1764016130891386883?s=12\">Biden tapped him as US Ambassador to Singapore<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One nugget on a key swing state not voting today: @JoeBiden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gardnerakayla\/status\/1765141104066695654?s=12\">campaign is launching an effort to open 31 offices in Wisconsin<\/a> by April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"js-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/16467d92-aef7-43f1-a843-d3de1b94c59f\">PwC\u2019s&nbsp;<\/a>US election rules set <a href=\"https:\/\/on.ft.com\/3IqpX7x\">limits on using partner meetings and electronic communications to campaign<\/a> so that the race would not distract from the normal operations of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe aviation sector is <a href=\"https:\/\/on.ft.com\/438DHNC\">massively undertaxed<\/a>, and this long overdue change?.?.?.?it is the tax equivalent to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,\u201d said Matt Finch, UK policy manager at Transport &amp; Environment UK, a non-government organisation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cthe reason why <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2024\/03\/what-can-be-learned-from-singaporean-health-care-institutions.html\">Singapore spends so much less on health than other developed countries<\/a> is its low hospital utilisation.\u201d Instead, Singapore has invested in highly productive polyclinics and low-cost telemedicine. The result is that Singaporeans can visit their GP more often than English patients. In their polyclinics they also improve productivity by separating chronic and acute care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge with LLM-based code generation as described below is that it starts from a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stevesi\/status\/1765464075189010594?s=12\">poorly defined natural language input<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wp-X3oVJZcc?si=TQ2NpgFByNvX7lji\">Judgement<\/a> day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll also hear Nilay try to convince me that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24087834\/hank-green-decoder-podcast-google-youtube-web-media-platforms-distribution-future\">fediverse<\/a> isn\u2019t just happening but that it\u2019s also going to be important and that we should be paying attention to it and that it is going to make the internet better. And I think I maybe even got a fediverse-related&nbsp;<em>Verge<\/em>&nbsp;scoop in here.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was also a failure, at the highest levels of the company, to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/22XAp#selection-1977.0-1989.75\">settle on one thing and do it<\/a>. \u201cThere are a lot of roads you can take when you have a lot of really smart people and a very big budget,\u201d says Reilly Brennan, a partner at the transportation technology venture fund Trucks VC. \u201cBut Apple never had the ability to make a bunch of specific decisions to lead them one way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. military risks <a href=\"https:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2024\/03\/outgunned-in-the-drone-fight-the-u-s-military-is-failing-to-adopt-the-next-machine-gun\/\">repeating history unless bureaucratic impediments are removed<\/a> and the right organizations are empowered to make significant changes regarding the acquisition and distribution of small drones for infantry units \u2014 drones need to be proliferated, decentralized, and familiar to the units employing them. To do this, it must be made easier for infantry units to acquire and train with them. Failure to do so leaves the U.S. military unprepared for the modern battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday the FL Senate passed HB 1365 with DeSantis expected to sign. The main takeaway is that IF municipalities want to allow camping on public property, they have to follow certain rules, like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frailskeleton\/status\/1765753259484954670?s=12\">providing 24 hr security and bathrooms<\/a>. But it gets better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Trump raised the idea of using the National Guard, they called it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vivekgramaswamy\/status\/1765771682302546172?s=12\">tyrannical<\/a>. When a Democratic governor now uses it, they call it a \u201cpublic safety measure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/entertainment\/in-nakoma-the-show-must-go-on-for-100-years\/article_8211f74e-dca9-11ee-afe1-5f0e73d72a93.html\">For 100 years<\/a>, the Nakoma League has put on an annual musical comedy revue for the neighborhood. This Saturday\u2019s hour-long show at Nakoma Golf Club (sorry, it\u2019s sold out) is the culmination of months of hard work and inspiration from over two dozen participants, most of whom haven\u2019t sung or performed live since high school (and sometimes not even then).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTap the fuck in,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/how-hackers-dox-doctors-to-order-mountains-of-oxy-and-adderall\/\">message posted<\/a> to a large crime-focused Telegram group chat in October read. The user included a photo of a Macbook Pro in a darkened room with a hand hovering above the keyboard. On the screen were blue and white boxes; a dashboard used by doctors and other medical industry professionals to order prescriptions. The panel displayed various pieces of information, such as the prescribing physician, the patient\u2019s required dose, and the patient\u2019s name.&nbsp; In the middle of the screen read the text \u201coxyCODONE (oxyCODONE 5 mg oral tablet).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boeing isn\u2019t an American company. They are a globalized, finance driven company <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnrobb\/status\/1766282898330509319?s=12\">focused on management team payouts and short term profits<\/a>. That\u2019s why they can\u2019t make products that work anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/wellness\/doctor-medical-bills-email-37005e32\">Replied to Your Email<\/a>. That\u2019ll Cost $25.<br \/>More doctors are charging fees to respond to patient messages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This site explains how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seat61.com\/index-mobile.htm\">travel comfortably &amp; affordably by train<\/a> or ferry where you might think air was now the only option. Select an option below\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock: If you&#8217;re in a country where you&#8217;re fearful of your government and maybe this is one of the reasons China has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newstart_2024\/status\/1766434032424727025?s=12\">banned<\/a> it, if you&#8217;re in a country where you&#8217;re fearful of your future, fearful of your government of you&#8217;re frightened that your government is devaluing its currency by too much deficits, you can say this is a great potential long term store of value. And as I said its like a digital gold\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s a good lesson for everybody: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-68479836\">never use hotel internet if you want to do a secure call<\/a>,&#8221; Germany&#8217;s ambassador to the UK, Miguel Berger, told the BBC this week. Some may feel the advice came a little too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we move to Kansas? What stuff should we throw away? Are we too <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/personal-finance\/savings\/retirement-planning-advice-reader-feedback-c066ef66?mod=hp_featst_pos4\">worried<\/a> about money? Readers have plenty to say about our monthly concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not just Affirmative Action. It can&#8217;t get off the ground without being <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arctotherium42\/status\/1766522994174677452?s=12\">specifically exempted from environmental regs<\/a> (which is effectively command-economy-by-stealth; can&#8217;t build things without explicit political favor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California calls electric cars \u201czero emissions vehicles\u201d because they don\u2019t have tailpipes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/electric-cars-emit-more-soot-california-ban-gas-powered-vehicles-521b29e3?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s\">That is deceptive<\/a>. Generating the electricity that powers those cars creates particulate pollution, and of course electric cars still use tires, which are made from petroleum. Electric cars weigh far more than gasoline-powered ones, so their tires degrade faster, as electric car buyers&nbsp;<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rubbernews.com\/automotive\/jd-power-survey-ev-owners-say-oe-tires-wearing-out-too-soon?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are learning<\/a>. The same analytics firm cited earlier&nbsp;<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emissionsanalytics.com\/news\/do-no-harm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared two cars<\/a>\u2014a plug-in electric and a hybrid. The electric car weighed about one-third more than the hybrid and emitted roughly one-quarter more particulate matter because of tire wear. Total direct emissions went up, not down, when the electric car was driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of that success lies in Porsche&#8217;s quality standards. 911s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadandtrack.com\/car-culture\/classic-cars\/a10206846\/meet-the-man-who-daily-drives-a-725000-mile-1976-porsche-911-turbo\/\">don&#8217;t break too often<\/a>, and when they finally do, it usually doesn&#8217;t take a rocket scientist to fix them. That&#8217;s why 70 percent of all 911s ever built are still on the road, and that&#8217;s why you can find unicorns like this 930 with more than 725,000 miles on the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsidies intended to boost our semiconductor production come with a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/commentary\/social-policy-side-chips\">tangled web of strings<\/a> attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With the opening of China in 1972, a young John Kamm embarked on his China venture, starting in Macau and then Hong Kong. In 1976, he began attending trade fairs in mainland China in the waning days of the Cultural Revolution. A journalist and <a href=\"https:\/\/duihua.org\/guangzhou-in-the-waning-days-of-the-cultural-revolution\/\">trade promoter during a period of political upheaval<\/a>, Kamm\u2019s work took him throughout the largest cities and surrounding countryside, including Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta. Kamm saw aspects of Chinese life largely unknown to those living in the West. This instalment of&nbsp;<\/em>John Kamm Remembers<em>&nbsp;details some of Kamm\u2019s experiences during this period. In early March, we will release a companion piece, \u201cNothing Starts Without a Sale: Learning to Sell in Cultural Revolution China,\u201d focusing on the bi-annual Chinese Export Commodities Fair held in Guangzhou.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadsimplesites.com\/\">https:\/\/deadsimplesites.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damn right! How does rule of law and press freedom help all those starving kids in Canada, Sweden or New Zealand? See how North Koreans all worship the Kim Dynasty for &#8216;delivering full stomachs&#8216;. 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