Happy Anniversary! đ This is the third anniversary of this little blog.
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AI fatigue. One coder is experiencing AI fatigue. It's easy to generate code with the use of AI. But then you have to review it make sure it's valid and with no vulnerabilities, etc. Maybe this is why less than half of AI-generated code gets reviewed, and most AI engineers don't trust it. And in healthcare AI, this can have serious consequences: As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts. Looks like the tech industry has stumbled into AI too fast, instead in a controlled carefully considered manner. The fear of being left behind can be crazy.Â
Hollywood is losing audiences due to AI fatigue. Yeah, I was disappointed at the last Mission Impossible movie, too. I can suspend disbelief, but not that much. Here's a Chinese video streamer who's surprised that the latest AI tools have trained on the material he puts out. Imagine that, a Chinese guy surprised that Chinese tech companies will copy and use his intellectual property without his permission! Who coulda thunk it?
And even Waymo admitted that its AI depends on their being Filipino backup workers to drive their "autonomous" vehicles when the AI fails. Not the first time this has happened.
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This is how the X algorithm works. How you get boosted. Or shadowbanned. It's a gameshow.Â
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That paper that came out showing that time of day matters a lot on the survival outcome of chemotherapy has gotten intense scrutiny. There's some reasonable criticism. It doesn't seem to make sense that just by giving chemotherapy in the afternoon, you lose all the survival benefit of treatment when the antibody itself lasts a long time. Some question the flow cytometry and I don't have expertise to critique that. But the reviewer seems to think that the latest paper is actually on the same population as the earlier 2025 paper, which doesn't make sense because the 2025 paper went out to 44 months, whereas the recent paper only went out to 34 months.
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Vermont EV buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter. I think EVs really only make sense for sunny climes like the Bay Area where you have working charging stations everywhere.
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Loyalty Is Dead in Silicon Valley. Work culture is changing in the Bay Area.
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Blood omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia. Although not explicitly stated, it seems that the most important components in this are the non-DHA components, namely Alpha-linolenic acid [ALA], Eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA], and Docosapentaenoic acid [DPA]). So look for products that have more of these.
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Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known. So many people were entangled by the lure of money and underage sex. Even scientists were not immune. But what is this thing with jerky?
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A chill brain-music interface for enhancing music chills with personalized playlists. It's unusual to see an article on how to experience music that gives you chills in the journal Cell. This tech uses EEG information to neurofeedback system that uses an in-ear electroencephalogram (EEG) to create personalized playlistsneurofeedback system that uses an in-ear electroencephalogram (EEG) to create personalized playlistsneurofeedback system that uses an in-ear electroencephalogram (EEG) to create personalized playlists