4 October 2024

Glassholes again. Now Meta has their own version of Google Glass, and concerns about security/privacy dangers arise once more.

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Glucose in the brain is necessary to have, but it can suppress activity of older neurons.  The key gene is Slc2a4, which codes for the glucose transporter protein GLUT4. But promoting growth of older neurons is more complicated than just decreasing glucose intake, as the article suggests. But at least this discovery is hypothesis-generating.

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The huge toll on PhDs. It's the pressure to publish. Finding jobs. Especially when all around you, folks are starting families and having comfortable lifestyles. It can be tough being an academic.
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So, will we finally find out who Satoshi Nakamoto is?  I'm skeptical. Satoshi has proven that he's not dumb. (And I hate the trend of modern journalists to use they/them as a singular pronoun. It's not. Stop it.

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