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Not silly
Meme seen on Reddit: I don’t procrastinate. I wait till the last minute because then I will be older and wiser. Sounds silly but actually makes sense if you’re putting off a decision. It doesn’t make sense if you’re putting off a routine chore that has to be done whether you’re wise or not. Doris…
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More sanity from Lawyer Stevens
Lawyer Richard Stevens writes another splendidly clear article on AI and lawsuits. As I’ve noted before, it’s not mysterious. AI is a tool. When a tool is designed to cause damage or death, the MAKER of the tool is responsible. AI is designed to cause libel and damage and death. It’s advertised as a game-like…
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Speaking of delusional demons…
Sam Altman, the supermonstrous demon who is stealing all jobs and all skills through ChatGPT and Dall-E, is starting up a new world-destroying syndicate. He wants to own all of our eyeball identifying data, and he is paying with Magic Money Dust. So far this crime syndicate isn’t gaining nearly as much traction as the…
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Wonderful concept!
John Herrmann describes most of the tech tyranny as executive fantasies. = = = = = START QUOTE: Changing Facebook’s name to Meta was a bold attempt not just to rebrand a company but to set an industry agenda, and while it ultimately failed, it sort of worked, for a while. One question worth dwelling…
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Headline better than article
An interesting headline: Oral tradition is not corrupted over time. I tried reading the article, but it’s written like a catechism and seems to be splitting fine logical points. The headline itself is worth expanding. We’re accustomed to outsourcing our memory to written words. We don’t have the experience of maintaining a text through speech…
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One variable
For some reason I was thinking back to public school. Which years were tolerable and which years were hell? Exactly one variable. Gym class. In elementary school we had recess, which was only partial hell. The team leaders never chose me, and the teacher had to force them to take me on pain of detention.…
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So close yet so far
Brownstone continues to diagnose the problem perfectly, but misses badly on the prescription side. I appreciate the full Machiavellian diagnosis, focusing HEAVILY on the lockdowns and ballgags, less on the needles. As I’ve been tiresomely and pointlessly repeating, the needles were only a few moments of pain. The rest of it was two full years…
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Good news for nukes
Seen at ZeroHedge. Finland has just completed a new nuclear plant, which will help toward REAL energy independence. Poland secured $4 billion in loans from AMERICAN BANKS to help build 20 small modular reactors across the country by 2029. That’s the best and weirdest news. Best: Modular reactors are FINALLY achieving real production after 20…
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British losing θ?
θ is a weak sound, and weak sounds tend to slide down a gradient into silence or into stronger sounds. θ goes to f in many British dialects. Lately I’ve been noticing θ going toward t in some proper London types. This might be an old tendency but I haven’t noticed it before. It’s constantly…
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Better argument
I haven’t bothered to notice the moon-landing theories until now. I saw no convincing reasons to doubt the conventional story. Now the former head of Russia’s space agency asks several questions based on his own experience and knowledge. 1. He was thoroughly familiar with the condition of cosmonauts. When they returned from a long trip…
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1890 2.0
The SS admin has released the most popular baby names from last year. For males: Liam, Noah, Oliver, James, Elijah, William, Henry, Lucas, Benjamin and Theodore. For females: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, Sophia, Isabella, Ava, Mia, Evelyn and Luna. Except for Liam and Luna, these are 1890 names. Both of my grandfathers, William and Henry,…
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Brits don’t grok the Dry Line
DailyMail bemoans the number of counties without a grocery store. Most of them are in Texas and the Dry Line parts of the plains states. Most of them are nearly unpopulated. Texas is especially peculiar because it has something like 250 LITTLE counties, the same size as counties in Ohio or Virginia. Several of the…
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Can’t leave a cult
Ever since the 1980s days of BBS and Compuserve, the web has been a team sport. Every forum on every subject has Team A and Team B, and woe betide the unfortunate novice who tries to walk in the DMZ. After you figure out the gradients, you either slide quickly onto one team, or you…
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Good bad example
When making illustrations and animations for anatomy, I should be sure to avoid comparisons like this. EDITING is the most important part of creating. Later thought: The above ‘bad example’ is French. There’s a long French tradition of inserting sly double entendres and plain old silliness in technical illustrations. Maybe the example is continuing the…
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For clarity
After mentioning homeopathy in previous item, a footnote for clarity. I don’t know for sure if homeopathy is better or worse than establishment medicine. I know for DAMN SURE that homeopaths are better than establishment doctors. Re-re-repeating an old couplet: How do you know which side of a “debate” is good? “Scientists” jail you for…
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