People outside of DC don’t realize what a transformation this is. Union Station used to be packed with drugged out zombies shambling around screaming at passersby, and barefoot, piss-soaked homeless people passed out on the floor. Columbus Circle right outside used to be a gross dead fountain surrounded by dirt and tents. That is what used to greet you when you stepped off the train. Now we have an entrance to our capital city befitting an empire.

APPLE JUST GOT HUMILIATED BY AN $8 JACKET BADGEA random Japanese maker saw Apple's $3,499 Vision Pro Persona and decided to build the same thing for the price of a pizza.Same real-time face mirroring. Same natural expressions and blinks. Same low latency reaction when you smile.Apple needed a full headset with M2 chip, R1 processor, 12 cameras and LiDAR.He did it with one ESP32, a tiny camera and MediaPipe running 468 landmarks on-device.Total cost: eight dollars.This is what happens when one we