Link. I suspect the majority of American women believe biology matters but is not deterministic. Men remain boys, Women grow up.
Daily Archives: June 18, 2023
Anthropics Claude one of the three major foundational Large Language Models now has enough memory to hold a short book
Link. He tests Claude as author, editor, critic and more with very impressive results.
In Our Time: Once the rebellion had been suppressed the Shogun enforced a ban on Christianity and expelled nearly all foreigners from the country. Japan remained more or less completely sealed off from the rest of the world for the next 250 years.
Link. I want to listen to this one.
CDC depression survey: West Virginia where 26.4% of respondents reported suffering from depression Arkansas and Alabama (23.5% each) Kentucky (24.2%) and Tennessee (24.1%)
Link. Income and maybe education.
Betelgeuse might supernova in next thousand-million years. No risk to Earth.
Link. 500 ly distant, if it were 30ly we’d have problems. Not impossible that it blows tomorrow but more likely 1 millions years from now.
Industrial chemistry: The Ibuprofen story
Link. Failure is an orphan, but success has a thousand fathers. Never trust the story an ambitious executive tells of their success; I have seen similar narrative invention in my own career.