We might have laptops that are better suited to run LLMs and other AI models. That would be cool. Apple could make a killing by selling outboard GPU boxes, connectable through Thunderbolt 5. I'd get one.
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Should You Trust Your VPN Location? So many VPNs fake their server locations. This is why I sometimes can't access stuff because they think I'm in another country. I use NordVPN but used to use IVPN. I switched because I thought IVPN was too slow, but maybe they've improved. And everyone was touting NordVPN as the best. Maybe I should take a second look.
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Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products. One major problem with Microsoft products is that so much is tied into their stupid Live portal, where you have to login in for just about anything. Even if you just wanted to use Excel or Word. And they always want me to use Azure. Their system is getting bloated and complex, just like Amazon's cloud service. It's hard to figure out how to get to where you want to go. Links go to unhelpful places. (If you find what you want, bookmark it fast so you can go back to it when you need it.)
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Remember when China tried to reverse-engineer an UV lithography platform from ASML because they couldn't obtain one? Well, now ASML sold one to their military. Just great.
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It seems some scientists at Texas A&M University created mini mitochondria factories by adding microscopic flower-shaped particles called nanoflowers to a lab dish containing stem cells.
...nanoflowers are made from an inorganic compound called molybdenum disulfide, which is able to trigger the process cells use to make more mitochondria. However, nanoflowers enable the stem cells to produce double the normal amount of mitochondria, which they then transfer to ordinary aging or damaged cells.
Not sure if this is going to go anywhere. But it sounds interesting.
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A professor in Yunnan recounted how one evening during dinner, he began seeing swirling shapes and colors after eating stir-fried mushrooms. Since the psychoactive effects are familiar to most locals, he began looking for xiao ren ren but was disappointed to find none—until he lifted the tablecloth and peeked underneath, seeing “hundreds of xiao ren ren, marching like soldiers.”
Even more curious, he said, “when I lifted the tablecloth higher, the heads came off and stuck to the bottom of the cloth and the bodies kept marching in place…I did this many times, at two-minute intervals, and each time they were there, marching and grinning… I measured them, too…they were 2 cm high.” According to records at Yunnan Hospital, 96% of patients affected by this mushroom report seeing an abundance of “little people” or “elves,” often dancing, jumping, or marching around their real-world environment.
The mushroom is Lanmaoa asiatica, and the hallucinogen is apparently still unknown. Seems to be harmless but it can trigger some pretty wild visions.
Speaking of mushroom, Portland's psilocybin gathering place, The Sacred Mushroom, is shutting down. The owners are moving to crypto.
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Tragic. “The Matilda Effect”: How Pioneering Women Scientists Have Been Written Out of Science History. Especially hurtful when male colleagues get the awards and glory, the promotions and the scientific support, off of your own hard work.
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Nice try, FBI. Here's a website where you can "say what's on your mind without fear of judgment". I wouldn't trust this. You have to provide your email address, so you're not really anonymous. This is bait for the naïve and gullible.
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Most of the food people donate to feed the homeless goes to feeding the rats. Liberals are so naïve.
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Oregon has lost its mojo.
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