Datacenters in Hillsboro are getting a great deal on energy costs. Their electricity bill is a quarter of what consumers pay.
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Rabbits in Colorado are developing nasty facial tumors as a result of the Shope papilloma virus. Hope it doesn't spread to the Pacific Northwest.
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Real estate brokers are marketing downtown property as a great deal. Occupancy rates are a paltry 30% – Wow. These buildings will just lose money for whoever buys it, and Portland lawmakers will tax you to oblivion.
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Portland depends on illegal aliens. 7% of all city workers are illegal. 11% in construction and 23% in agriculture and mining. Well, it's reckoning time. I'm sure it's worse in LA. This has been going on for too long. Glad things are being corrected now.
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All those advanced AI models using chain-of-thought reasoning look like they comprehend what they say. But it turns out that the illusion of comprehension is brittle. When given queries outside of what they have been trained on, the sense of comprehension goes away.
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When doctors used AI to assist them with colonoscopy, they missed 20% of the lesions. What happened? No explanation was given.
By the way, this was conducted in Poland, and of course, American doctors wouldn't fall prey to this, right?
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Yay. The FDA may not renew recommendations for the mRNA COVID vax to be given in those under 5 years old. It's about time.
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Another win. The H-1B visa selection process has been revised, and will be merit-based instead on lottery.
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Not a good look. In Canada, death-by-physician is so popular that there's a backlog. Unlike how it's done in Oregon, Canadian doctors actually kill the patient, instead of just dispensing drugs that the patient takes at home.
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Working after retirement is associated with higher life-satisfaction, especially for men. Better than sitting around, I guess. But you don't have to work. You can learn. Take classes.
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