Betteridge’s law of headlines: No.
I had the ones mentioned off already, but just went and shut off all the ones that I don’t absolutely need notifications active. Good reminder.
Wow! This sifting AI can do, in conjunction with bench top experimentation makes for a whole new game in drug discovery. From approx 39,000 substances for training the model, to 12 million compounds screened, to reveal 280 likely compounds, then off to the lab, and they found 2 promising candidates. Talk about finding a (2) needles in a hundred acres of haystacks!!
Citation: Discovery of a structural class of antibiotics with explainable deep learning (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06887-8)
Within reach on my desk, Unisonic LC-384 Dual Power Solar and Battery Backup Pocket Calculator - I’ve not owned it the whole time, so I looked around and see it was produced on or around 1982. It works just fine.
It has a minimal listing in the Calcuseum (http://www.calcuseum.com/SCRAPBOOK/BONUS/32532/1.htm)
Only if the fire has been continuously running. Otherwise you started a new fire.
They are soooo delicious! Whenever I’m in the PacNW I try to find some to eat. Tho’ it seems like the locals just treat them like a nuisance.
Let’s not forget sink holes. :-D
I’m in a sitting position, one foot beyond my desk, with my feet about 10 inches off the ground, and my butt is about 16 inches off the ground. I fall on my ass comedically, amidst loud cursing.
I’ve been trying the subtle ‘send friends cool posts from the fediverse’, as I wasn’t having much luck explaining what the fediverse is/ why we should leave the corporate social media behind.
I left reddit, and pretty much stay away from it. I don’t want to give advertising revenue to reddit. And so I suggest federating with reddit is not a good idea. As you say, “it’s over there, if we need/want it”, to paraphrase.
I use DDG, tho’ it’s with a VPN. And it seems to work just fine. shrug
LoL, not yet. ;-) I guarantee it will be an antique in someone’s junk drawer in record time. I like good design, and this one strikes me as specious.
Things will degrade, it’s natural. Is this not about designing things that degrade functionally? Seemed related to me.
Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, USA, and Philippines. Interesting.
always gave me a heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I need a pair of jeans made out of this, or a nice shirt. Maybe work gloves? When will this hit the open market?
WAIT A MINUTE!!! You mean Douglas Adams was actually an LLM?