Silicon Valley Is Starting to Pick Sides in Musk and Trump’s Breakup. Yesterday's acrimony between Trump and Elon was unfortunate and revealing. Many predicted this would happen some day. I think that the event has made Trump realize that he cannot put all the nation's eggs in the Elon basket. The U.S. needs to revitalize NASA and develop its own satellite Internet system. We cannot be subject to the whims of an unpredictable guy like Elon. This is now a matter of national security.
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A man on a NY subway was caught using ChatGPT as an online girlfriend. He was foolish to do so in public, and to use a public chat system. But the availability of online companionship is alluring, no doubt. Reading the commentary is revealing.
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What do you do with a kid who loves math? The author says there are three ways: math olympiad training, standard curriculum but faster, or do it your own way. Although the latter is the least stressful, I'm not sure you advance as far that way. There's so much to learn, and most kids won't realize this, and proceed at a slow pace. The ideal way would be to do the standard curriculum but faster, and be able to stop and take a break when you want to. This is like exercise. Math Olympiad training is like martial arts. (Martial Math, I like to say.)
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What Apple is predicted to reveal at the upcoming WWDC. Not much stuff that I would actually use. We still won't have Tony Stark's phone. Looks like the overall "look" will change. We'll see.
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OHSU has one candidate for the President's position, since the other candidate decided to withdraw. He's a Harvard man, and worked for Biden, so he's got those going against him 😁. Maybe he'll bring an East Coast work ethic to Oregon. I wonder why a guy like this would want to leave a good position and take on a struggling Oregon hospital. Does he love challenges that much? I also wonder why the other person dropped out. I guess Dr. Elnahal will get the job by default.
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Make power-hungry data centers pay for their own power. Sounds reasonable to me. Why shouldn't they?
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Parking in downtown Portland is going to increase from $2.20 to $3.60. More fees and taxes, despite getting less for your money.
Portland Metro told the City Council that they can't just raise taxes without voter approval. And Steve Novick just laughs. "Voter approval?? We don't need no steenkin' voter approval." Or something like that.
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How's' Obamacare working out for you? More Oregonians are skipping medical care because of costs.
Someone wisely said that for healthcare, there is affordability, quality and availability. But you can only pick two. I agree.
The ACA prioritized availability and thought affordability and that quality would remain the same. Alas, over time, quality deteriorated.
Before the ACA, insurance companies were seeing the high costs, which they didn't like. But with Obamacare, they are happier because less people are using the system, because it's no longer affordable. And they can deny care, because they are now the gatekeepers, not the doctors or the hospitals.
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The ACA prioritized availability and thought affordability and that quality would remain the same. Alas, over time, quality deteriorated.
Before the ACA, insurance companies were seeing the high costs, which they didn't like. But with Obamacare, they are happier because less people are using the system, because it's no longer affordable. And they can deny care, because they are now the gatekeepers, not the doctors or the hospitals.