Ted Herman @tedherman@social.cleverlibre.org

I keep hoping to hear the gavel strike with "the abstains have it" but it never happens.

"Scientists were aghast last month when Patrick Brown, climate director at the Breakthrough Institute in Berkeley, Calif., acknowledged that he’d censored one of his studies to increase his odds of getting published."

way back in a kinder, gentler time, there was Congressman Bob Forehead

many are texted but few are texted back

The Economist notes that a single day—September 29th, 1923— is when the British Empire reached its maximum territorial extent. One hundred years ago today.

It's disappointing to see the Pi 5 has lowered the (already low) power it will supply to USB ports. For my applications, it will mean needing yet another gizmo (powered USB hub) with another cord and power supply.

@counternotions Cyber...

The housing supply problem is just a matter of poor distribution.

"Thiel — a libertarian who has said he doesn't view democracy and freedom as compatible"

Good analogy by Brian Hayes "Just as a model of the atmosphere predicts tomorrow’s weather, a language model predicts the next word in a sentence." http://bit-player.org/

U.S. spending on medications is up 16% since 2016.

Critters seen on 20 mi bike ride today: deer, geese, sandhill cranes, freerange peacock straying onto the road, and most unusual, a mink.

Some lyrics to match the tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHi7rTtxgx8

@carnage4life I have a prediction (which is completely uninformed since I know none of the details of these products). I predict that such tools will enhance productivity, speed up many tasks, and improve quality on average. Yet as it becomes sort of mandatory to use the tools, it will be shown they actually slow down work for the top 10% of knowledge workers.

@mitexleo Love Story, no?

Posit: there are infinitely many prime directives.

AI in a box: translation, Llama2, transcription, conversation - without Internet. https://www.crowdsupply.com/useful-sensors/ai-in-a-box/

@funhouseradio DId the artist at least sign the blank canvases?

crypto-scam? https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/09/13/crypto-scam-social-science-thoughts-the-role-of-the-elite-news-media-and-academia/ I love that he calls out Tyler Cowen!

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