Link. “He said he was not sure why he had embarked on the journey of nearly 4,000 miles”

Link. Real number is about 1.5 million dead. That’s a state secret.

Link. Over 65 did leave and stay out though.

Link. Bigger problem than Rupert Murdoch? This article rebuts NEPA defenders.

Link. It was for me.

Link. A fix would be nice.

Link. I’ve been having some odd disconnects and Mojave refusing to remember my network password. I found two keychain entries, one system and one iCloud.

Link. In this case it’s a lifelong cognitive disability, but it’s similar for elders with acquired cognitive issues. Apps continually grow in complexity but it’s often possible to reverse the complexity of Apple products in Settings. #special_needs #CognitiveDisability

Link. Classic Biden arm twisting. Do it now voluntarily or risk legislation. They will still try to hide this feature like Airbnb hides it’s “true cost” option.

Link. A helpful explainer.

Link. The drop didn’t exist, studies all fake. But meta analysis included then and influenced guideline.

Nature is very reluctant to say which countries have the highest percent of fake publications. (Hint: either China or India – or maybe Egypt?)

Link. “The amount of food needed is close to the body’s maximum capacity for digestion, so failure to keep up with the enormous calorie intake can spell disaster, because playing catch-up is near impossible.”

Link. “Researchers encourage the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app.”

I figured I’d be good at this and I am (19/20 correct). I missed one because I thought exam was harder than it is.

Link. This is a great article. All humans are weird but Americans are the weirdest.

Link. Google so will be abandoned in 6m and killed in 3 years. Remember Charlie Brown.

Link. Core economics principal: risk can be insured, uncertainty cannot.

Link. The state of access to medical journals has broken me. I’ve added Sci-Hub to my core bookmarks.

Link. The article describes neither cause nor fix; Canada and the US have less severe but similar issues. I think it’s a combination of demographics, Baumol’s Cost Disease, the complexity of modern medicine, and the failure of medical informatics to deliver on its promises.

Link. “It allows the AI to do math (very complex math) and do more accurate work with words (like actually counting words in a paragraph), since it can write Python code to address the natural weaknesses of Large Language Models in math and language.”

Link. XKCD really likes fireflies.

Link. “I have been putting together a Getting Started Guide to AI for my students (and interested readers) every few months, and each time, it requires major modifications. The last couple of months have been particularly insane.”

Link. Trump and abortion limited GOP gains.

Link. My Brooks Professional has a tear. It’s only 47 years old!

Link. But 9% drop! in boys. Often suicidal ideation.

Link. He has multiple epiphyseal dysplasia. Great essay.

Link. “Anthropic’s new Claude 2 model is available to use online, and it has a 100k token context window and the ability to upload files to it”

Link. A great explainer.

Link. I used to think 2080. By which time I’d be long dead. I hope this turns out like autonomous vehicles or nuclear fusion; always 5y away.

Caveat: Anthropic has an effective altruism heritage.

Link. Putin’s purge is underway.

Link. Remote learning failed for many. Probably most.

Link. Maybe Biden is good at his job.

Link. We were never going to contain COVID.

Link. Bluesky irritates me because I don’t rank enough to be invited. Like most of us he notes Mastodon’s culture and technology challenges.

Link. The most thorough and most concise review I have read. Overall Biden’s CHIPS act looks solid.

Link. I’d forgotten he was the suspect.

Link. “Urology, ophthalmology, cardiology, oncology, radiology, and orthopedics have also been major targets for such deals.”

Doesn’t mention ED groups but I think them too.

Link. I’ve never been able to get Siri to play my playlists, but this precise phrasing actually worked. Siri mostly works for me but too often I need an incantation.

Link. Airbnb ensures a world of relentless positivity. You need to read verrrrryyyy carefully to get a hint of issues.

Link. Nothing new except for the weirdness of northern Italy being the global epicenter. I well remember the Twitter (remember Twitter?) reports from northern Italy.

Link. Today I see I have an appointment schedule page allowing people to set times with me. I pay for Google storage so I get some extra features. It’s the first new Google Calendar feature in some time.

Link. Preferential abortion of female fetus and marriage sucking for women means Chinese men must excel to mate.

Link. There was kind of a product, and the first tax scams were legal, but then they followed a familiar path. There is so much money looking for a quick return …

Link. Reducing drownings of Black children will take a big push on multiple fronts.

Link. A well connected expat reinforces perceptions that this time is different – China is in deep economic trouble.

Link. Canada has been feasting on China’s finest since the 1960s. I think it’s why Xi hates Canada so much.

Link. Open source, free. Many forks, active dev. EXIFTool for keyword edits. Author runs on Synology DS1520.

“The goal of Damselfly is to index an extremely large collection of images, and allow easy search and retrieval of those images, using metadata such as the IPTC keyword tags, as well as the folder and file names.“

Link. Keeping Putin around as a fall-guy.

Link. Lots like this in human history. Note: “About half of self-identified evangelicals now attend church monthly or less often.”

Link. Korea did a lot better.

Link. Krugman on whacko billionaires. This is a true and important statement. Contrarianism is essential but do remember Linus Pauling.