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That event happened in 2022. It keeps being tagged as "AI" when it was nothing more than a dumb front end for a document search. Yes, it still screwed up. And yes, Air Canada tried…

In that case, you will probably also be happy to learn about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary_Mountain

It previously was on Teams and Enterprise. There's a little 'update' blob to say now (Oct 23) 'Expanding to Pro and Max plans' It is confusing though. Why not a separate post?

I was taken aback recently when a Gen-ish Z person told me AI was 'destroying all the water'. I've done data center work, and while I know it is used for cooling, I don't think I'v…

From the article: People are also more likely to click into web content that helps them learn more — such as an in-depth review, an original post, a unique perspective or a thought…

Even though Varnish may not be in fashion any more, there were many companies happily using it for free and still demanding security updates. I like their transparency about who ac…

Private equity would like a word...

Someone is probably already making the most brutal Factorio mod of all time.

My math may be off, but it seems like 2000 joules to cool the volume of air 1 degree C vs 6,000,000 for the same volume of water. It's the stuff in the fridge that takes the initia…

The Cochrane Library ( https://www.cochranelibrary.com/ ) generally has good meta-analysis on various topics. I often prefer that to any one paper.

Given that Factorio has logic gates and people have built various programs (including Doom, iirc) how long will it take before someone runs an LLM inside the game?

I once had a (older) Russian colleague tell me about how he learned to program. He would write it out longhand, because access to compilers was limited to certain time slots in Uni…

If you enjoy surreal movies then definitely Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. Just don't watch them with your kids. (Or parents...) They are not 'normal', which is something I always …

I've always wondered if there is an accounting benefit for them. Can the free tier be charged as 'marketing'? No idea how you would internally break up the costs, but it could make…

The tone of this sounds like it was written by non-bureaucrats trying to score political points. I get that it's a press release, but it sounds like a stump speech. "Today’s plan m…

Also worth listening to this excellent podcast about the two competing pizza-animatronic chains. The history is bizarre -- they were meant to make an 'arcade' feel less like a plac…

I like to reread this every year, and every year a different part seems especially prescient. e.g. We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellec…

People make the argument that is a giant datacenter is consuming 50% of some local hydro installation, everyone else is town is buying something else that is less green. It opens u…

Great, they identified differences in gut bacteria. Their control group was usually the spouses, so they were geographically similar. Wonderful. People with PD are on very differen…

I agree with very little of this, but good to know what Palantir thinks we should be spending our effort on.