18 November 2023

A million dollar net worth isn't what it used to be. Those with $1 million net worth don't think of themselves as rich, just upper middle class.  In today's world, you can't retire with only $1 million invested. Unless you want to really live like a monk.  To have a  "rich" lifestyle, you need to have at least a $10 million net worth, I think.

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Neuroscientists engineer a protein that enhances memory. It's a modified LIMK1 protein, involved in the formation of dendritic spines in neurons.  I don't understand why they chose rapamycin as a switch to turn it on.

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Big Business doesn't want to come to Seattle now.  There's no demand for Seattle office space.  No surprises, eh?

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Nice summary of what's going with the firing of Sam Altman at OpenAI. Now I hear, investors are demanding that he be re-instated and they are in negotiations to bring him back.  I think Ilya Sutskever is too young to have heard of what happened to Fairchild Semiconductor, when Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left to from their own company – Intel.

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American men are dying more quickly than American women. Why is that?

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California students will now be programmed to recognize and reject any news that goes against whatever the accepted narrative is.

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UK is the first to approve using CRISPR technology for the treatment of sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.

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Lessons learned along the way in trying to create an A.I. girlfriend. Remember, every good idea turns to crap when you release it to the world. Same here.  You knew people would turn it into a porn factory. Or the developer is crazy.

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Payroll taxes are increasing, because of all those disabled and unemployed people. Great way to hurt struggling businesses. And at the same time, they're actually bragging that they can lower taxes that unemployed people pay when getting their unemployed benefits. 

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And speaking of Portland, you gotta watch this: