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\n\nI have made a living from web-related technologies in some form since 1995. My work now supports biological research in ways that I hope will make the world and the web a better place.

\n\nPronouns: he/him. (The beard gives it away in person.) I am a radical feminist, so would not be offended to have my writing mistaken for a woman’s.

\n\nI live in Hanover, New Hampshire. Most days I can be found flitting around Lyme and other parts of the Upper Valley. Occasionally visit Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Saint Louis.

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@danielpunkass I laughed out loud at this. Then, I went 🧐 as I realized the Dems are going to need more unity than they have mustered in a long time. I hope our majority leader has nerves of steel!

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@bradenslen 💯 Keep in mind that they should last around 10x longer than incandescent and that would be a reasonable price point. The only problem with this calculation is that capitalists are happy to charge more for the cheap stuff and call it profit, so check reviews carefully!

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@danielpunkass Yes, it is possibly the nicest thing anyone could say while still being true.

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@bradenslen I think the problem is we’ve been trained to think of light bulbs as inexpensive and disposable. High quality LED lighting is out there, but very hard to put into a bulb form with Edison screw and the good ones cost more. Mass-produced disposable economy doesn’t know how to sell these.

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@manton 💯

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It’s a fad in MBA thinking to extract value from company resources (including intangibles like reputation) in any way possible. Like it’s some kind of mission. But that quick buck is like a sugar rush that leads to a crash. Lost in the frenzy are the fibrous elements of community, culture and ecosystem responsible for creating value in the first place.

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@manton The API mess is a very solid signal that developers are not the priority at Apple. Also not priorities: customers of developers (see App Store), suppliers, anyone making something Apple might someday sell, customers of Apple (see iOS26, bugs in all OS versions, confusing product offerings, adoption of ads, etc.). All hail the Mighty Investor.

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@manton I think you and I are on the same page on this except in the definition of “bubble.” It seems like you’re looking at the long-term potential of AI and seeing that it’s going to be incredibly valuable. I agree.

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It’s also true that right now the capabilities are being oversold. Dramatically so. People are acting on that with investments and that is the bubble in the financial marketplace. There will definitely be companies that go bust before we hit that long-term potential.

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@manton That is utterly depraved. Remind me why we are comparing computer systems with guns and considering military standards? How about full liability for anything more than $50 in damage? Death or injury to any human should not even be on the table. Unacceptable.

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@bradenslen Yes, the pre-Trump status quo has been rightly blamed for creating the conditions that allowed Trump to be voted in. Everyone needs representation. Two parties are not enough. Fixing that is a harder structural problem we also need to solve.

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@bradenslen If left unchecked, the Trump administration will march us all into World War III. This is way beyond party politics now. It doesn’t matter how you used to vote in the past. Vote for anyone who plans to stop this nightmare from getting worse.

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@jamesthomson I ♥️ this! Always scrolling in the current version. This looks way faster.

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@kimberlykg 😅👰🏻🤵🏼‍♂️

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@isaacgreene @kimberlykg I have never made a bed frame myself but I have inherited maintenance on three that my father in law made. He got better with each one. Getting the shape right is not so tricky. Getting it to stay that shape and not creak is the hard part. Even harder if you have kids who like jumping on the bed. Choose a simple design, then use both glue and screws to hold it together.

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@manton Interesting point. To the computer, extruded text is the same game as extruded images. It’s all numbers from the inside. But for some reason we humans like to conjure up intelligence when reading text.

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@Miraz ♥️ We are losing our view of mountains to some very fast-growing trees. I’ve been thinking a lot about disappearing views!

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@Miraz It might be a long shot but you could convince developers and neighbors that preserving that view is worthwhile. Maybe turn some lots into a park or limit building heights in certain places. It would be easier to do before anything is built. Thoughtful planning is frustratingly rare.

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@cheesemaker As a dot com refugee, this smells exactly on target. We are in the stage of new technology development where we don’t really know how it will be used. It’s really odd to remember that Amazon once only sold books, and now it owns almost all e-commerce. Nobody would have guessed.

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@isaacgreene I love this reflection. Genes don’t control us; we draw from them as a resource to live. I highly recommend this book:

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How Life Works, by Philip Ball

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We’ve all been thinking about genetics the wrong way. This book describes a shift in thinking driven by how biology actually works.

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@manton This is what results from the trap of “producing content” rather than trying to actually communicate something others might find important, useful or interesting. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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@manton Apple could achieve the same benefits by creating this lockdown capability and giving the people who buy their computers the power to choose what data can be accessed by what software. Empowering people in this way used to be a core part of the company’s mission. It is notable that I now wonder if they will choose to keep that power for themselves out of a desire to profit even more in some way.

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@manton The subtext is deafening. 😆

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@mwl This. 1000 times yes. Somebody please boost this.

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@bradenslen @gnaddrig This bugs me too, although it occurs to me that such planning is a bit premature… I expect to hear much more after the midterm elections.

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@manton Maybe a surprising take from me but, as long as humans are in charge and AI remains in a helping mode, I think this is an excellent use for the technology. (As usual, the term “AI” is being stretched to encompass so much that it’s meaningless. Not likely any LLMs involved in this use case.)

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@peternlewis This is exactly one of the scenarios that people in charge of “AI safety” are supposed to handle. It is perhaps one of the more likely doomsday possibilities.

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If the vision is an “AGI in every pocket” then what sort of monitoring or filtering do we need to prevent assisting such an idiotic request? That’s not something a government regulator could be expected to build. I propose holding each AI company liable for the actions of its technology. That should help incentivize them to build the safeguards themselves.

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It is rare to see opinions on AI as well-informed as Dr. Tufekci’s. This article sweeps away the hype and captures the reality of today’s LLMs exceptionally well:

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The One Very Simple Reason A.I. Won’t Steal All Our Jobs

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Testing…

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The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

\nbleepingcomputer.com\n
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I am very happy to see the Python Software Foundation standing up for its principles. Please consider donating to support them if you are able.

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Patrick Rhone writes with timely thoughts about trust:

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a loss of trust in society — trust in government, trust in institutions, trust in each other — is the cause of a break down and, if left uncorrected, end to that society.

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Well put.

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What would you call a curriculum that combines math and science topics to play off of and enhance each other rather than separating them along traditional boundaries? Would it be scmathience class? Or mascienthce?

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When LLMs are used in ways that are a poor match for their pattern-finding skills they produce results that many have labeled “hallucinations.” These models are not so good with facts.

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What if we turned those hallucinations into a benefit? That’s the idea behind this approach:

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New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search

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This is the right way to use AI.

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cooking up a little something

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Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 7:29pm today

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Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 3:28pm today

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