nVIDIA, OpenAI, Oracle all stand to benefit from the Stargate datacenter project. (I wish they picked a different name. I keep getting it confused with Elon Musk's Starbase.). But some think that it's all just a big circle-jerk. Five datacenters – none in Oregon or Washington. Probably just as well. Did you see how ugly those things are. Plus, it'll suck electricity and water and provide very few jobs. Yeah, America's top companies keep talking about AI but can't provide any upsides.
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Even light alcohol increases dementia risk. Protect your brain. It's the only one you have.
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Chinese workers are starting to abandon Silicon Valley and return to China. These Chinese "pioneers" will eventually make it difficult for anyone to trust Chinese workers. Why hire them, teach them, put them in positions of responsibility? When at the first sign of adversity, they will leave and take their training and knowledge with them? "Thanks for the experience, you dumb Americans!" Didn't the Japanese get put in internment camps for fear of this happening? So what should be done?
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Abandoning daylight saving time could prevent over 300,000 stroke cases a year in the US, study claims. Well. Let's do it, already.
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This is ridiculous. About 18% of U.S. medical residency positions in 2025 were filled by non-residents, which typically includes H-1B and J-1 visa holders. How crazy is that? This broken system needs to be fixed ASAP.
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A new study provides evidence that caffeine can increase how long people persist in trying to complete difficult or unsolvable tasks, and this effect is especially pronounced in people who have recently experienced stress. I can vouch for this.
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It looks like the vast majority of Oregonians aren't in favor of Tina Kotek's transportation tax. 60% find it hard to cover $400 (how they gonna pay Kotek’s $300 gas tax?)
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green issues emergency proclamation to protect COVID vaccine access. What is with Democrat governors that they think the COVID mRNA vax is so sacrosanct that access is to be secured at all costs? You would think that RFK Jr was going to take antibiotics off the market, or something. C'mon, it's estimated that 20% of the U.S. population (~ 66 million) have never been vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 (myself included), and we're doing just fine.
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The Bee nails it.
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