In the world of A.I. Khan Academy's A.I. math tutor chatbot fails at basic arithmetic. And in China, women are turning to A.I. boyfriends. Because they are supposedly better than real men. They're turning Japanese, I really think so.
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Interesting miscellanea I came across. Someone has a business building factories that build houses. And this woman, who was badly burned as a child, has a cosmetic tattoo business to help others who have skin discolorations that they might like to conceal. Very nice.
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Tax strategies in retirement. Could be helpful for this ronin.
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Some interesting science publications regarding LongCOVID that compel some to call LongVAX.
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The Oregonian notices that Oregon education has not bounced back from COVID, like all the other states. Meanwhile the Oregonian is putting more articles behind their paywall. They are losing their function as the city's media.
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Are they really? WSJ says that tech leaders are moving back to San Francisco. But why would they?
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Oregon exports plunge by 20%. Are we surprised?
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Interesting miscellanea I came across. Someone has a business building factories that build houses. And this woman, who was badly burned as a child, has a cosmetic tattoo business to help others who have skin discolorations that they might like to conceal. Very nice.
Tax strategies in retirement. Could be helpful for this ronin.
Some interesting science publications regarding LongCOVID that compel some to call LongVAX.
- Spike protein hangs around for at least 2 months
- Spike protein was detected in blood as long as 187 days after vax.
- Spike protein hung around in exosomes for at least 4 months.
- Spike protein hung around at least 28 days.
- The vax doesn't work against newer omicron strains. Only natural immunity.
The Oregonian notices that Oregon education has not bounced back from COVID, like all the other states. Meanwhile the Oregonian is putting more articles behind their paywall. They are losing their function as the city's media.
Are they really? WSJ says that tech leaders are moving back to San Francisco. But why would they?
Oregon in the News again. The US News & World Report notices that Oregon has a problem with Measure 110. Yes we do.
And Portland has a Homeless Industrial Complex just like Seattle.
Oregon exports plunge by 20%. Are we surprised?
I saw this post on Reddit, stating that when it comes to saving auto manufacturing jobs, Biden delivers and Trump only talks. Anyone who pays attention knows that can't possibly be true, so I decided to look into the details. The video creator was referring to the time Trump attempted to save jobs in Lordstown, OH, when GM decided to close their plant. Many workers would soon be unemployed, but It seemed to have been saved by Lordstown Motors, a startup company, coming in and buying the plant and starting the manufacture of new electric trucks. Trump praised them, and for a while things looked favorable. But as you know, electric vehicle tech was still inadequate, and the owners got involved with SPACs, who wanted to take the company public before it was ready. There were overstated reports of how well the company was doing, and eventually they ran out of money and were not able to produce vehicles. Very sad outcome, but not really Trump's fault.
Then the Biden example involves the Stellantis deal, where Biden shilled for the union (UAW) and it appeared that things went in the union's favor. This is different, because we are not talking about an iffy startup playing around with shaky technology. This is just putting influence and pressure to score a union victory. One auto worker even stated
When he heard about the reopening, Robert Stacy, another laid-off worker, said he felt “shock, happiness, and then a little disappointed finding out that it was going to take so long.” He is grateful for the g plant’s revival but said he felt the economy was better under Trump.
And Foxconn later bought the failing company and is continuing to manufacture EVs there on a Taiwanese platform, so all is not lost in Lordstown.
Meanwhile, Biden and Kamala tried to nurture Proterra, the electric bus company, but it failed utterly. So Biden ain't doing so hot with electric vehicles either.
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