1 January 2024

Happy New Year!

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The Navajo Nation is appealing to Biden to have NASA delay the upcoming moon launch. The reason?  Some human remains may be on board, and since the Navajo considers the moon sacred to them.

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How not to be stupid with A.I. By Yann LeCun. Yann's a smart guy, especially w/r to A.I., but this is a bit arrogant, no? Especially when there are people on the other side like Geoff Hinton and the late Stephen Hawking. Calling them stupid? Maybe it's WIRED magazine trying out a catchy title.

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Print Gallery was one of my favorite Escher prints, but the version I saw always had a blank in the center. I didn't realize that there was version that was filled in.
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The World Bank wants to manage a Climate Reparations fund, to pay poor countries who they claim suffer climate change damage. This is such a dumb idea, and of course, there are a zillion ideas as to who gets the money. Did someone from Portland come up with this idea? Or California? Or Seattle? Geez.

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Assessing the risk vs rewardHalf of high school seniors won’t apply to colleges costing more than $40,000. Smart. The way many colleges are these days, it's not worth it. 

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Portland woman arrested in Chicago for hate crime, such as putting swastikas on Jewish school.

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