Today is Beltane, and the first traditional day of summer.
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I wondered when this was going to happen. 60 year man dies because of shortage of chemotherapy (cisplatin). Really sad, but a fact of like in the Biden era. Build Back Better, right? The guy can't even fund his Cancer Moonshot anymore.
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Ugly. Feds ready to launch auction for offshore wind farms leases off the Oregon Coast. So ugly and a blight to the coastlines.
There's a new mental illness now. It seems a few people can get to experience permanent hallucinations that last way too long after taking mind-altering drugs. It's called hallucinogen persisting perception disorder, or HPPD, and can occur after using MDMA or even just cannabis. Great, just what society needs – more people high as kites. When are we going to get drugs that make people think more clearly, or make them smarter? Is that too much to ask?
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We may soon have enzymes that digest away blood group determinants, so that everyone can accept more blood donors, maybe even have universal donors. Progress!
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"Moral injury". This is what some healthcare professionals are calling it, when they are forced to practice against their personal morals due to external pressures. Wow, we didn't have this when physicians were able to practice independently, instead of being employees to hospitals and private equity groups like today. Hospitals loved Obamacare. Doctors? Not so much.
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ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it. Maybe Gary Marcus was right?
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So the Rabbit R1 is just an Android app. Meaning that it can run on a phone, and you don't need to run it on that ugly plastic toy. They apparently don't want you to know that.
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Some octogenarians have the memory of 30 year olds. These super-agers don't seem to have any particular lifestyle secrets. Their advantage is probably genetic, as most things are. (Are we allowed to say this?)
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Companies are now retaining their current employees and are investing in upgrading them, instead of firing them and replacing them with younger folks. Good for older employees. Not so for younger job-seekers.
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People are still impressed with thorium reactors, but I'm still not seeing that they are being built commercially. Now I read that data centers are wanting their own nuclear reactors, because of the steep energy requirements. Wouldn't that be the call for thorium?
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AI Alan Turing is an interesting concept. He looks like he could be the next Superman, which the real life Alan Turing did not. Of course, there will be complainers. There always are.
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Scientists have discovered how to get cartilage to heal in mice. This could translate into human cartilage healing, which would be great.
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More Americans are open to driving cheap Chinese cars. 73% of Americans were open to this. Not so good for American car makers.
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