5 November 2023

Super-melanin cream developed to protect against skin damage and lower cancer risk? This is a nanoscale Synthetic Melanin Particle (SMP), and yes, from the pictures, it looks like it will make the applied area more darkley pigmented. But it's non-toxic, so it may be better than those orange fake tans.

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Marvel/Disney is really desperate.  No one wants to see their superhero movies anymore.

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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hisen Loong just released a C++ coded Sudoku solver.  He's also a former Senior Wrangler and a former Brigadier General. A real badass!  Since he has IQ points to spare, could he donate some to our president? 

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The site 12ft.io, which promised to bypass paywalls, was taken down.  Now a replacement site, 1ft.io, has taken its place. I don't see anything suspicious in its source code. Might give it a try.

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Bruce Reed is the guy who is behind the Administrations A.I. Executive Order. So it's probably a good idea to find out how he thinks. The article is pretty bland and nothing stands out, but it's good to see a face connected to the policy.

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ODOT is going to remove parking spaces and convert them to charging stations which hardly anyone will use. Bad idea.  Let those EV owners go to charging stations and let us park.

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Here we go again.  There's talk again about having a permanent DST.  Twice every year.  And nothing happens.  There should be permanent standard time, by the way.  Makes more sense. People didn't like permanent DST when it was passed in the past.

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Strike Nation! Now Providence Everett nurses are striking. Will more hospitals close?

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A.I. is being weaponized by the military. Mainly computer vision applications, but this will allow the military to make sense of what they are seeing. 

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