Lowell Vaughn
@lvaughn
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Nerd and dad living in Washington, late of Austin, Grinnell, and Indy. Also at https://t.co/4uE1p1R2SO and @lowellvaughn.com on Bluesky
Bellevue, WA
Joined July 2007
Trump warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d have higher prices and a government-run economy at home and new wars abroad, and I voted for Harris and that’s exactly what we got.
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One down. God knows how many to go
Epstein files claims its first politician Slovak National Security Advisor Miroslav Lajčák resigned after Epstein files revealed a Russian government connection and requests for girls. https://t.co/A1X9LLrvJo
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Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
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Ya know, I thought a sunset past 5pm would fix everything...yet here we are...
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Tried a new board game this week and was not impressed. Lots of flaws. 1. Only one scenario - Most games these days have dozens of scenarios you can play. This game starts the same every time. Very low replayability. Will probably get old fast. 2. No campaign mode - Every game
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Your longest-running EC2 instance was launched in 2017. It's called "temp-test-delete-me." It processes payroll.
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It’s deeply disturbing to hear from a researcher who is more worried about his and his colleagues feelings of satisfaction than my life.
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My kids are in middle school. My best hope living long enough to see them into adulthood is that the science moves faster than my cancer. Every treatment decision I’ve made has been driven by the goal of living that long.
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For context: I have stage 4 prostate cancer (Gleason score 5+5 that has spread to my bones). For now, it’s in remission thanks to a mix of chemotherapy, radiation, and a couple of other drugs. This is a temporary condition, given time it *will* come back.
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As a cancer patient, this is so unsettling. The difference of AI driven research curing cancer or a human “eventually” doing it later is the difference in me living long enough to finish raising my kids and not living that long. And all of that so they feel better?
I was at an event on AI for science yesterday, a panel discussion here at NeurIPS. The panelists discussed how they plan to replace humans at all levels in the scientific process. So I stood up and protested that what they are doing is evil. Look around you, I said. The room is
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It seems like there is not enough of a policy response to the fact that, with 57M miles of data, Waymo’s autonomous vehicles experience 85% less serious injuries & 79% less injuries overall than cars with human drivers. 2.4 million are injured & 40k killed in US accidents a year
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So like, the 10 countries with the largest populations. No very informative
Top 10 countries with the highest death rates. [🎞️ metaballstudios_official] https://t.co/knkt2XnmI5
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This is a great act of transparency, not unlike showing sales tax on a bill, another arbitrary assessment imposed by the state.
WH @PressSec on Amazon's decision to display how much of an item's cost comes from tariffs: "This is a hostile and political act by Amazon."
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And on the 11th day Trump gave everyone a tax increase.
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If you haven't decided yet who to vote for, here's why I think you should vote for Harris.
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