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Pessimism over artificial intelligence exists everywhere but it is particularly acute in the US. The country’s lack of social safety net is to blame, writes venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky in the New York Times:→ The New York Times
I realized recently that Halls cough drops do more than assist with a cold. They also assist with your mental health! These are some of the phrases I’ve captured on the wrappers than come with each lozenge: Lots of good encouragement...
So the heatwave continues. The forecast for Maynooth today has temperatures exceeding 30°C, and higher in the South. This kind of heat is very unusual for Ireland; the highest temperature ever recorded on the island is 33.3 °C, in...
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Interceptor, first fielded in 2008, is, along with Aegis SM-3, the exo-atmospheric ballistic missile defense “meat” in the layered air defense sandwich between the full-on ICBM-killing...
U.S. Pacific Fleet oiler USS Hassayampa (AO 145) refuels two ships simultaneously while underway at sea. To the right is the attack carrier USS Hancock (CVA 19), and on the left the destroyer USS McKean (DD 784) on Yankee Station during...
Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser Blücher on sea trials. Her career was short. The destruction of the Kriegsmarine’s Hipper-class superheavy cruiser Blucher before the dawn of the first day of Operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940 was,...
A varied collection of links some of which have been sitting in my notes for a while. Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’ve treated a generation of chil… They miss school? “School is where our kids feel secure. It’s where they’re fed. It’s their...
In this post we find all Pythagorean triples that contain consecutive numbers, all Pythagorean triples (a, b, c) such that a + 1 = b or b + 1 = c. a + 1 = b George Osborne wrote a paper [1] addressing the question of when the squares of...
Ever since I got my first mechanical keyboard, I’ve been able to turn caps lock, one of the most useless functions on a keyboard, into something actually useful. The keyboard came with a switch on the back that allowed it to act as...
I finished reading Mickey7. It was very entertaining and funny. At a certain part, I thought I guessed what was going to happen but I was wrong! There’s no filler nor fluff, I liked it.
Beware spending your time worrying about things — most of them will never happen. Our time is best spent improving what is.
Digital Dugnad Dump Big Tech Make the Switch Make the switch. The Digital Dugnad campaign highlights four actions you can take - Switch your browser. Switch your search engine. Move your email. Change where you store your files. I’d...
On June 1, 2026 the snowline is near the terminus of Argentiere Glacier at 2300 m, by June 24, 2026 the snowline has rise upglacier 3.3 km to 2700 m. The French Alps have expereienced a significant June heat wave that has driven a rapid...
Fable remains in limbo, with renewed hope that we will get it back soon (45% by tomorrow, 69% by July 1, nice.) The full capabilities post is now available. Alex Bores unfortunately lost narrowly in NY-12, and will not be heading to...
Some said that theft should be avoided even if the earned food was intentionally unsent. Some said that word had reached their ears that the entire island was ravaged by upheaval. Perhaps the missing food was a mere oversight due to...