28 November 2023

You get what you pay for.  All you need is a swipe of your phone, a few taps, and voila, you're diagnosing your ailments with AI.  All of this magic happens under the watchful eyes of a remote doctor (yes, they're still there in the mix), who writes up your prescription post-instant diagnosis. The best part? All you pay is a $99 monthly subscription fee.  Might be a way for a hungry doc to make side money.

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AI faces look more real than actual human face. For white faces, especially. And it's not just the face. The whole body, too, and advances in video simulation make it more realistic. These AI influencers are apparently making good money.

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More Bay Area craziness. Ghost kitchens are a thing.  Uber creator Travis Kalanick has created sites where you can pick up the Uber eats food you ordered.  But it's causing traffic jams and hazards, as the locales are not suitable for high traffic.  Neighbors are rankled, as suddenly the area becomes congested with cars. How did this get past the regulators?

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Is wisdom tooth extraction a racket? This paper says that only 12% of the time are wisdom teeth problematic.

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Fingerprint readers are not secure on Windows. The problem is that some computers don't utilize Microsoft's Secure Device Connection Protocol, so it's possible to bypass security and enroll a new fingerprint. 

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As I've said before, the Internet is not for kidsHow Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life. Oh yeah. This isn't 1999, Dorothy.

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The planned iPhone 16 is so boring. New metal battery casings. 60Hz displays.  Still a 48 megapixel camera. New kinds of buttons.  Yawn.

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Portland is no longer the cool city.  Yeah, we knew. It doesn't help that that progressives are taking over and ruining Christmas for everyone else.

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Vaccinated People More Likely to Suffer Blood Disorders, Ear Disease.  I have never regretted not getting the mRNA product.  Never. And now Dr. Robert Kedlac is spilling the beans about the origins of SARS-CoV2

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It's hard to believe that once air travel was pleasant and luxurious. Back when people had manners and behaved themselves.
But now commercial air travel has been opened up to everyone, and now we have this.  Say what you will, but I'll take life back in the old days, when we could have nice things.

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