Hiroshi Bowman
@hightechhasbeen.bsky.social
Huimos de EEUU para vivir en Gales. 🏴
Ex ingeniero, ex abogado, ex camionero, ex cocinero. Ya no hago mucho.
Ex ingeniero, ex abogado, ex camionero, ex cocinero. Ya no hago mucho.
Odd behaviour from DeepSeek. First it makes a typo, and then it blames autocorrect. Must be programmed to be "human" in its small talk.
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Shared Conversation - DeepSeek
Of course! Your understanding is an excellent and largely accurate summary of a pivotal shift in human history. Let's add some historical detail and nuance to that story. ### Part 1: The "Abacus Cultu...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Odd behaviour from DeepSeek. First it makes a typo, and then it blames autocorrect. Must be programmed to be "human" in its small talk.
chat.deepseek.com/share/lsi222...
chat.deepseek.com/share/lsi222...
Caerffili said 'dim diolch' to Reform
Plaid Cymru wins Caerphilly by-election as Labour loses seat for first time ever
Reform UK comes second in the race to represent Caerphilly in the Welsh Parliament - with Labour a distant third.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Caerffili said 'dim diolch' to Reform
Reposted by Hiroshi Bowman
Fungi coat the eggs of stinkbugs, creating a shield that protects the embryos from parasitic wasps, researchers report. https://scim.ag/43kl3np
These stinkbugs coat their eggs in fungi to protect them from parasitic wasps
An unusual relationship could shed light on how insects choose their partners
scim.ag
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fungi coat the eggs of stinkbugs, creating a shield that protects the embryos from parasitic wasps, researchers report. https://scim.ag/43kl3np
"El problema es que las personas no pueden vivir como si tuvieran una 'utilidad'. Uno solo importa en la medida en que puede desempeñar un papel constructivo en la economía. ... Para mucha gente, ya no se trata de cuestiones económicas, sino de cuestiones de identidad, de pertenencia."
Entrevista a Rob Riemen: “La inteligencia artificial no te dará buenos consejos” | Letras Libres
A partir de las biografías de Thomas Mann o Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, el libro más reciente del filósofo holandés reflexiona sobre un humanismo en quiebra.
letraslibres.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"El problema es que las personas no pueden vivir como si tuvieran una 'utilidad'. Uno solo importa en la medida en que puede desempeñar un papel constructivo en la economía. ... Para mucha gente, ya no se trata de cuestiones económicas, sino de cuestiones de identidad, de pertenencia."
Si no hay Estado, y el Estado es muy débil, entonces lo que sucede es que algunos individuos poderosos, digamos élites privadas, emergen y se encargan de manejar las cosas en su propio interés, y eso no necesariamente es un mejor resultado...
Simon Johnson: “Si no hay Estado, emergen individuos poderosos y se encargan de manejar las cosas en su propio interés”
El especialista alertó sobre el riesgo de elites privadas manejando el poder; en diálogo con LA NACION, trazó paralelismos entre Javier Milei, Donald Trump y Elon Musk
www.lanacion.com.ar
August 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Si no hay Estado, y el Estado es muy débil, entonces lo que sucede es que algunos individuos poderosos, digamos élites privadas, emergen y se encargan de manejar las cosas en su propio interés, y eso no necesariamente es un mejor resultado...
"Las cosas no son peores; en gran medida, son tal como las queremos o como nos las han hecho querer. Dicho de otro modo: quienes somos de peor calidad somos nosotros."
El asombroso fenómeno de la calidad menguante
Asientos de avión cada vez más pequeños, prendas irreconocibles al segundo lavado, máquinas que te atienden por teléfono para cualquier trámite. El cuidado por las cosas bien hechas parece haber dejad...
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July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Las cosas no son peores; en gran medida, son tal como las queremos o como nos las han hecho querer. Dicho de otro modo: quienes somos de peor calidad somos nosotros."
Reposted by Hiroshi Bowman
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
“Los principales mecanismos mediante los cuales las hembras ganan poder parecen estar relacionados con su capacidad para elegir con qué machos asociarse y con cuáles aparearse”
El mito del dominio de los ‘machos alfa’: un estudio desmonta la idea de que ellos siempre se imponen en las sociedades de primates
En el 70% de las poblaciones analizadas en un estudio las relaciones de poder entre machos y hembras son poco claras y ninguno de los sexos domina sobre el otro
elpais.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“Los principales mecanismos mediante los cuales las hembras ganan poder parecen estar relacionados con su capacidad para elegir con qué machos asociarse y con cuáles aparearse”
Reposted by Hiroshi Bowman
Llandudno, Wales is known for its aggressive seagulls and some fiber artists have commemorated them
June 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Llandudno, Wales is known for its aggressive seagulls and some fiber artists have commemorated them
Reposted by Hiroshi Bowman
I just watched the 2011 film "Captain America: The First Avenger", and it struck me that only 14 years ago it was still part of American mythology to cheer the underdog and revile the bully.
June 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I just watched the 2011 film "Captain America: The First Avenger", and it struck me that only 14 years ago it was still part of American mythology to cheer the underdog and revile the bully.
Preliminary -- and perhaps not surprising -- results, but they are important to everyone in education today.
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
www.brainonllm.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Preliminary -- and perhaps not surprising -- results, but they are important to everyone in education today.
"Si los agentes federales son capaces de lanzar al suelo, golpear, zarandear, esposar y detener a representantes públicos demócratas a plena luz del día y con las cámaras grabando... ¿Qué no serán capaces de hacer cuando nadie les mira?"
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Detenciones arbitrarias, deshumanización del rival y atentados políticos: el cada vez más oscuro país de Trump
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June 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"Si los agentes federales son capaces de lanzar al suelo, golpear, zarandear, esposar y detener a representantes públicos demócratas a plena luz del día y con las cámaras grabando... ¿Qué no serán capaces de hacer cuando nadie les mira?"
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www.eldiario.es/autores/andr...
The IEEE have recognised Shigeichi Negishi's invention of the karaoke machine in 1967 as a technological "milestone" that has driven subsequent innovation and development. The ceremony (installation of a plaque in his home city) was June 12, 2025.
Milestone-Proposal:First Karaoke Machine, 1967
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June 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The IEEE have recognised Shigeichi Negishi's invention of the karaoke machine in 1967 as a technological "milestone" that has driven subsequent innovation and development. The ceremony (installation of a plaque in his home city) was June 12, 2025.
"Boys and girls exhibited very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys became highly significant after 4 months of schooling... These findings were repeated each year and varied only slightly across family, class or school type and socio-economic level."
Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade - Nature
Boys and girls exhibit very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys becomes highly significant after 4 months of schooling, which increases with years of schooling,&...
www.nature.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Boys and girls exhibited very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys became highly significant after 4 months of schooling... These findings were repeated each year and varied only slightly across family, class or school type and socio-economic level."
[M]e pregunto cómo se ve esta Europa indiferente desde un campamento palestino... o desde el otro lado de las fronteras de alambre espinoso electrificado que impiden el paso a los perseguidos del mundo. No hace tanto éramos nosotros los que miraban desde fuera.
Dentro y fuera de Europa
Igual que nos toca defender lo ganado tenemos la responsabilidad de denunciar lo injusto y lo que desmiente nuestros propios ideales
elpais.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
[M]e pregunto cómo se ve esta Europa indiferente desde un campamento palestino... o desde el otro lado de las fronteras de alambre espinoso electrificado que impiden el paso a los perseguidos del mundo. No hace tanto éramos nosotros los que miraban desde fuera.
Reposted by Hiroshi Bowman
So much of this presidency is “what if everything we’ve learned since the Crusades were wrong?”
April 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So much of this presidency is “what if everything we’ve learned since the Crusades were wrong?”
UK (2024): 144.7 TWh of renewables generation!
"Renewable’s share of electricity generation was 50.8 per cent in 2024, the first time that more than half of generation has come from renewables. This was the result of growth in renewable generation and a fall in non-renewable generation."
"Renewable’s share of electricity generation was 50.8 per cent in 2024, the first time that more than half of generation has come from renewables. This was the result of growth in renewable generation and a fall in non-renewable generation."
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April 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
UK (2024): 144.7 TWh of renewables generation!
"Renewable’s share of electricity generation was 50.8 per cent in 2024, the first time that more than half of generation has come from renewables. This was the result of growth in renewable generation and a fall in non-renewable generation."
"Renewable’s share of electricity generation was 50.8 per cent in 2024, the first time that more than half of generation has come from renewables. This was the result of growth in renewable generation and a fall in non-renewable generation."
Oguma is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, a centre-left and leading opposition party.
Japan Minister Speech | Japanese Leaders Attack Trump's Tariffs: 'US Tariffs Change Like Daily Menu'
YouTube video by NDTV
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April 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Oguma is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, a centre-left and leading opposition party.
Where is this type of coverage in the English-language press?
Trump empuja a EEUU al autoritarismo con una declaración de guerra a toda disidencia
El presidente de EEUU libra una batalla ideológica contra instituciones culturales como universidades, museos, medios de comunicación, colegios e incluso el poder judicial, por las que la Administraci...
www.eldiario.es
April 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Where is this type of coverage in the English-language press?
Ya he leído ofertas electorales que decían que iban a automatizar para ahorrar 15.000 millones de euros. ... Es muy atractivo decir que vas a evitar a esos vagos funcionarios. Pero vamos a intentar evitar distopías.
Juli Ponce, jurista: “El 100% de las máquinas de IA son psicópatas, los humanos solo un 1%”
Este catedrático de Derecho Administrativo explica en su nuevo libro cuáles son las mejores vías para que la inteligencia artificial se implante en los trabajos que realizan funcionarios
elpais.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ya he leído ofertas electorales que decían que iban a automatizar para ahorrar 15.000 millones de euros. ... Es muy atractivo decir que vas a evitar a esos vagos funcionarios. Pero vamos a intentar evitar distopías.
This articulates it well.
Can tariffs actually bring back American manufacturing jobs, or is that just wishful thinking?
Chuck Rikli's answer: As someone who makes my living consulting for some of the best manufacturers in the world, the tariffs can absolutely bring back American manufacturing jobs.
But here’s the thin...
qr.ae
April 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This articulates it well.
Not new, but an interesting and informative read for non-biologists: what exactly is a species?
Hybridization, ecological races and the nature of species: empirical evidence for the ease of speciation | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Species are generally viewed by evolutionists as ‘real’ distinct entities in nature,
making speciation appear difficult. Charles Darwin had originally promoted a very
different uniformitarian view tha...
royalsocietypublishing.org
April 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Not new, but an interesting and informative read for non-biologists: what exactly is a species?