China's coal power on the rise again in 2026, reversing first-in-a-decade decline. For all that the Western world is doing to curb CO2 emissions, China is laughing at us. All the sacrifices that people are making. Most importantly, all the taxes that are collected to fund non-profits and NGOs to do...something. All negated by what China does. Why don't Al Gore and John Kerry go to China to protest? Even Greta doesn't care anymore – Palestine is her shtick now.
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Anthropic has hired an economist with . . . interesting views on human survival. His math is simplistic and slightly off. It's actually 0.99^40 that we'll survive AI in 40 years, not exp(−.01 × 40). Close enough, though. I think it's greater than 99% chance we'll survive AI each year, but it's likely not constant, but increasing over the years, as the technology improves. But we'll also probably run out of HBM and capacitors and not have enough datacenters, so that will change the dynamics.
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This is a good example of software creep. I liked earlier versions of Soulver, the calculator with a unique and intriguing UI. However, over time it has tried to do more and more, and now, it's got all kinds of crap that I will never use, including NLP. There are better tools for those other things. Why can't it just be an easy to use calculator? I love the RLM-15CX and use it so much. Fantastic tool.
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Mullvad founder Daniel Berntsson is behind a huge donation to the populist Örebro Party, which advocates “comprehensive remigration” from Sweden. I like Mullvad even more now. I've read other news reports calling the Örebro Party "extreme far-right" just for advocating common sense policy.
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AI Broke Software's Best Trick. It really is just limited to GenAI. Unlike regular software, where you just package multiple copies of software to sell for a profit, GenAI costs the same amount of money in terms of tokens that someone has to pay for. Training a model is only good for a short period of time, and then you have to train the next improve model. And people expect it all to be free. Or maybe you can get a minority who are willing to pay some money for your AI services, but it's not like selling Windows or Office.
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Delete Doesn't Mean Deleted. Just Ask OpenAI. You gotta be careful what you type into ChatGPT. It's different from what you type into Google search. Chat is more personal and incriminating. And it can be stored for a long time.
In the copyright case The New York Times brought against OpenAI, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang ordered the company in May 2025 to preserve and segregate chat logs it would otherwise have deleted, even the ones users had asked it to erase, and to keep doing so going forward. Then, in January 2026, District Judge Sidney Stein affirmed a separate order compelling OpenAI to hand over 20 million de-identified conversations, a sample drawn from years of ordinary logs, to the plaintiffs. Two different orders, one quiet lesson: the chats you thought were yours to delete are the company’s to keep, and a court’s to call for.
Is that enough to keep you up at night?
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I read this: M5 Ultra Mac Studio Could Launch in 2026 With Up to 768GB of RAM, which would be great but unlikely, because the world doesn't have enough consumer DRAM. And then this came out: Apple to Skip High-End M6 Mac Chips in Favor of AI-Focused M7 Line. So are they going to debut a M5 machine this year? Or an M6 machine? Or skip that and debut an M7 machine next year? And what good is a faster processor without enough unified memory to play around with?
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As SuperAgers age, they make at least twice as many new neurons as their peers. Dang, I hope I am a superager. It doesn't pay to live long if you're demented or forgetful. The mind is truly precious and it pains me to see so many people abuse their brains so much.
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...one result was very uncomfortable.
Frequent use of sun or UV protection was associated with increased risk of all four skin cancer types.
They showed that the risk for basal cell carcinoma is 2.4 times higher, 2.3 times higher for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, roughly 2 to 3.5 times higher for localized melanoma, and for invasive melanoma, the risk ranged from about 1.4 to nearly 4 times higher!
What?! This is likely because of avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, homosalate, octisalate, and octinoxate. You can still find this stuff in sunscreens and there is no warning. What really got me upset is that I ordered a Korean sunscreen that was supposed to be free of this stuff, and Amazon sent over the U.S. version, which contained all the ingredients above, which I purposefully wanted to avoid by ordering the Korean stuff.
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It just amazes me that even today, this PHP date bug still is unresolved. PHP is a good example of a language that, as it grew, became disorganized, and you have all these obscure functions that never got fixed or deleted. People just created more stuff on top of it. The language needs a good cleanout.
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OpenAI will initially only release ChatGPT 5.6 to government-approved customers. I wonder if OpenAI felt that it had to have a model like Mythos, that was so good it was dangerous and too hot to handle for regular people. Maybe Google will do the same with their next Gemini model. Because if your LLM is able to be released to the public without hesitation, why it can't be that powerful, right? This is the new prestige. So powerful that the Trump administration restricts its use. Ooooo....
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There’s a ‘Trump account’ hack that can unlock decades of wealth-building for your kid. How many families will take advantage of this? Or is hatred for Trump so great that they will pass this up. Missing out on a real opportunity to get ahead.
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And then there's the Democrat way of getting more money: A new bill calls for $25 minimum wage, would that be enough in Oregon? Holy crap, this is going to kill jobs and cause companies to flee. Who can pay this money for unskilled labor? This is such a business-unfriendly state. No doubt this bill is sponsored by ignorant Lefties unfamiliar with basic economics.
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Survey says Portland has one of the worst downtowns in the world. Here's the survey – check it out for yourself. In North America, Portland was in the bottom 9 in every category, usually in the bottom 5. Dead last in terms of vitality. Are you seeing this, Tom Dundon? Forget underpasses, here's a homeless person camping out right in the street.
4 of 5 voters reject near $1B for Moda – even If Blazers Leave. Portland leadership has to face facts. We can't afford the Blazers anymore. The city is too poor. It would have to skimp on other core services just to help a basketball team. Tom Dundon is right. Why should he have to be the only one to pay for Moda renovation, when it's being used by others – concert perfomers, WNBA, etc. Why not hit them up for some cash? Oh yeah, then they wouldn't want to come to Portland. As Robert Kiyosaki says, the rich make money using other people's money. And the best time to make money is when you buy an asset, not afterwards. I say that it's highly likely the Blazers are going to leave Portland.
Heh, not to worry, guy. Ya won't have to worry about billionaires coming to Portland anymore! No siree!
And here's Multnomah County, still giving out needles to the homeless. Just not doing it near schools. But continuing to support the drug-using homeless lifestyle. And we wonder why the numbers just won't go down.
Portland councilors share concerns over Mayor Wilson’s power over city budget. Gimme dats! say the socialists.
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Gov. Kotek’s prosperity council urges Oregon leaders to cut taxes, regulations to spur growth. Sure, sure.
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Portland Public Schools board passes painful $2.77 billion budget. I guess it's time to organize another strike again to get more money, right? Do it!
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