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Spoke too soon. Argentina scored three goals in the last 15 min. Their last goal is a little controversial, due to fouling in the build up ( which similarly denied Egypt's 3rd goal ), so there have been some 'confrontations' and complaints, after and during the last few minutes of play. Luck seems to still be with Argentina.

So now we have 'quarters' ? I guess the hydration ( commercial ) breaks have forced it on us. Capitalism and corruption; each enables the other.

Not this year. Brazil is gone, and Argentina is behind 1 - 0 to Egypt after 60 min. with an Egyptian second goal just disallowed due to a foul in the build-up. And now Egypt up 2 - 0 over Argentina at 67 min !

Cheating never pays off. So actually, a huge victory, as D Trump will find out in November.

AI has finally found a purpose ... ( I hope this doesn't merge with the LLM thread )

Maybe England should petition FIFA to postpone J Quansah's suspension for his carding. They would have to, otherwise D Trump's, and G Infantino's, corruption would be fully exposed. Apologies for going off topic and causing thread splitting. But now that we're on the topic of D Trump's corruption ... NYT reports that D Trump's Cryptocurrency 'meme coin' lost an estimated 3.8 Billion ( ! ! ) for the one million suckers, er ... MAGA supporting investors, that bought them. D Trump's return on investment, however, is almost 700 Million, of the estimated 2.2 Billion he made last year ( by his admission, so it must be much, much more ). P T Barnum was wrong. Its not 'a sucker born every minute'. Rather 'a million suckers to be fleeced every time D Trump is elected'.

I'm glad you realize that you are using one fantasy to support another fantasy.

Both Norway and Argentina can be beaten ( as well as Portugal, the US or Belgium ) Spain and France may pose bigger challenges, and England should worry about having to face them.

Holy crap ! England 3 - 2 Mexico. That was a tense 2nd half. One man down, it was ugly, but they did it. Is it finally coming home ?

Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for F Balogun, and he should be proud of his efforts so far , in this World Cup. But incidents do happen, and he could have broken the other player's ankle through a careless, if unintentional, challenge. The red was deserved, as per VAR, and the second review a day later. The team has gotten where they have through hard work and skill, but D Trump is making the team look bad, because he is used to cheating to get his 'wins', and now the USMNT is perceived the same ( there were already 'fix' rumors ). Besides, the USMNT will be facing Belgium, and from what I've seen so far, they shouldn't have a problem dispatching the Belgians. D Trump didn't need to meddle, and make every one look bad. But it's halftime for the England - Mexico game, and, thanks to J Bellingham, England lead 2 - 1. The last 15 min. have been very exciting. With Italy MiA for the last three World Cups, and Canada having exited already, all I have left to wear is my white jersey with the St. George's cross on the shoulder. Go England !

Maybe if he stopped micro-managing everything and paid attention to his briefings, instead of getting his corrupt friends involved in vanity projects, so they can fleece millions from American taxpayers ... In breaking news, the American football ( soccer ) player, F Balogun, was red carded during his last game. The ref was originally going to dismiss the infraction, saying it wasn't intentional, but VAR disagreed. Stepping on someone's ankle can result in serious injury; so he was given a red and a one game suspension. Now, the Canadian midfielder I Kone had his leg broken in two places during their game against Qatar, and no one would argue that was intentional, yet the qatari player received a red card and a 5 game suspension. F Balogun's carding/suspension was subsequently reviewed again by FIFA, and the suspension upheld. Yet the latest news indicate that D Trump personally called his corrupt buddy, G Infantino, and as if by magic, F Balogun's suspension has been lifted and he will be playing. No explanation given, other than FIFA has the right to do it. I have nothing against the players, as I'm sure they are doing their best, but this stinks to high heaven, and makes them look bad; as if they need to 'cheat' to get results, instead of hard work and skill. But I guess that's how D Trump operates ( witness all the cheating involving mid-terms ). It's official then. D Trump and his gang of corrupt degenerates ( including G Infantino ) have fu*ked up everything he's involved with, including the World Cup.

Why does every thread about Trump and his Presidency turn into a 'Political Humor' topic ? This whole Administration has been a ( bad ) joke.

Can't we just avoid all the drama by saying All facts are truths; not all truths are facts. Due to the vicissitudes of the English language, it seems 'truth' can have several interpretations, and as we see in this discussion, makes the communication of the idea somewhat difficult. Facts, on the other hand, are 'self defined', and all are forced ( by the definition ) to agree on interpretation.

In the case of any disagreement between a speaker and a listener as to whether a statement is true, or not, verification is usually established by fact.

The ref calls his truth. VAR establishes the facts. ( although I object to the disallowed Croatia goal against Portugal, last night )

Sorry CharonY. I didn't mean to start the slide of your OP into the gutter ...

I don't find chickadees 'sexy' at all. ( what're you, a weirdo ? ) 😄 😄

Versatile ? Don't you mean frustrating ?

I guess Socrates and Einstein were right ... "The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know" -Socrates "The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know" -Einstein

Thank you for that @KJW . I figure, if I'm going to get news on upcoming semiconductor technologies, I may as well enjoy watching the presenter.

Both are linguistic tools to convey ideas. So let's examine the ideas they attempt to convey. The word 'fact' indicates to your listener that they can independently verify what you have stated, and they will find agreement. The word 'truth' is usually stated as 'my truth' or 'I believe to be true', indicating a personal belief, which might not be verified by other's. No offense, Eise, but there is nothing Philosophical about it; the two terms, much like a hammer and a screwdriver, are defined by their intended purposes. ( although people do use hammers to drive in screws, and screwdriver handles to bash things )

I cannot make any recommendations as the field, and literature, are mostly beyond my level, but you've made me curious. Is this, in any way, related to the non-linearity of the EFEs, and the fact that they are extremely difficult to solve, usually employing linear approximations, which restrict their validity to a limited range of input values, and omit some other interesting results ?

Did you still have any faith in your Government ?

I understand that. Isn't this mechanism, then, equivalent to 'eyeglasses' and 'hearing aids' for humans with bad eyesight or hearing loss ? Or the equivalent of heated/air conditioned dwellings, for humans, as a response to environmental temperature changes. In effect, 'nature' has evolved, in certain species, the ability to ignore, or work around, certain environmental forcings, just as we have learned to do with 'tools'. How does this fit in with the premise of the OP ?

Processors are already putting up to 300 Billion transistors on a single die ( NVidia Rubin GPU ). The biggest issue at these scales is electron migration ( e- going places you don't want them to go ) through mechanisms like tunneling, and the only current solution is massive redundancy, and error correction, making a lot of those transistors un-useable for the actual task. I think the next big change to keep Moore's Law going, has to be a materials change and/or power consumption reduction to enable massively vertical transistor manufacturing as a bonus, if you watch this video, Anastasi has to be the hottest chip design engineer, with a sexy accent that I can't quite place.