The fall of StackOverflow. Yes, A.I. is partly to blame, but anyone that has used StackOverflow is familiar with another important reason. The forum structure eventually breaks down over time. I can't count how many times I did a search and got results that were out of date. I got responses that described solutions based on older operating system versions, where the options were no longer there. Or on outdated libraries where the solutions were deprecated. Over time, S.O. became useless. Eventually I went to Perplexity or Claude 3.5 for answers. I've noticed that in other software platforms, a forum is set up, and that's all the tech support they provide. You search for answers and scan an endless series of irrelevant posts, looking for something remote addressing your concerns.
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Canary in the coal mine. Dollar General warns poorer US consumers are running out of money. And who wants four more years of the same governance. (Oh, but there must be national access to abortion up to full-term, right?)
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This new paper says "a daily cup of lightly roasted coffee could tip the scales in favor of better body composition for those struggling with weight, with slight yet promising reductions in fat and boosts in muscle mass". But look at the graphs: the first red flag is that the y-axis doesn't start at zero. If it did, you wouldn't notice any difference. The second red flag is that the error bar confidence intervals overlap. The third red flag is that regular roasted coffee didn't do consistently as well as light-roasted coffee. Now a dose-effect relationship doesn't always hold, but when it doesn't, it increases the likelihood that what you're observing is just random fluctuations. I suspect it's the latter. Fourth red flag is that they used 2 scoops of regular roast and 4 scoops of lightly-roasted coffee without explaining why. And if you look at Table 5, regular roasted coffee seems to be the winner. That's what I'd rather drink.
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Maybe the guys can go to college for reasons Elon Musk recommended.When asked whether “my schoolwork challenges me in a good way,” just under half of middle and high school students agree, with only 14% agreeing strongly.
What’s concerning is that students say they feel much less engaged in school than they did just last year, compared to Gallup’s 2023 Gen Z survey.
...about half of Gen Z students say they plan to go to college, their K-12 schools spend a lot of time talking about it — way more than they talk about alternatives.
Be careful if you have apps on your phone from Google, Amazon or Facebook. They may be actively listening to your conversations to sell you ads. I don't have an Android phone for that reason.
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