22 November 2024

Ugh. Google is thinking about putting ads in your AI.  Google sure has morphed since its inception. No longer a search company, it's an ad company. Google is also supposedly letting users delete their location history on Google Maps, but I agree with one commenter that it is likely that Google is only deleting your access to the data. I can't believe that they would throw away something of great value to them. Now the DOJ wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser, the tool it uses to harvest user data, and here is Google's response to that.

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Which is the best LLM for coding?  I like Claude 3.5 Sonnet – so polite and eager to help, but it can go down rabbit holes and lead you astray with bizarre suggestions that go nowhere. So many times, it has to apologize for a bad recommendation. I've found o1-preview to be the best, but it is not as user-friendly, and assumes you can follow along when it recommends a variety of options to try to fix your problem. But I hate that you have to wait 30 seconds to get a response, whereas Claude responds almost immediately. GPT4 is OK as an assistant, neither super-friendly, but more competent than Claude.

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nearly all jobs that are being created in California are government jobs. Between January 2022 and June 2024, total California jobs grew by about 156,000, with government jobs accounting for 96.5 percent of that growth. 
What a sick state.  And Newsom, if he ever became president, would likely turn the U.S. into California. The illusion of wealth and prosperity, but in reality, a potemkin country.

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Gliocidin is a small molecule that kills glioblastoma cells while sparing non-tumour replicative cells. Gliocidin targets inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase 2 (IMPDH2), which leads to purine synthesis inhibition, leading to cell death. 

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Apparently for 40 years scientists have known about a chemical in drinking water, but only now have they identified it. Whaaat? It's called chloronitramide anion and it's a degradation by-product of chloramine, which is used to treat drinking water.

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