Where do you go for news? US coverage does tend to deprioritize international news, but CNN has dedicated section of coverage of the story on their home page at the moment.

I have developed this competing system, which I will sell for only $75!

If true, I foresee a problem.

Niche spaces can be a way to grow, but Bluesky is not, in fact, growing.

On the other hand, Nate Silver's tracker shows him at only -7.9, higher than his firm term and roughly on par with Bill Clinton and Joe Biden at this point. High enough and stable enough that disapproval seems unlikely to slow him down.

"The antidote to arsenic is cyanide."

6/8 Biggest bottlenecks to full automation are unlikely to be technological; rather, they are around energy, compute availability, supply-chain constraints, and human adaptability (re-skilling, reorganizing society & workplaces). Here's a predicted trajectory:

Taco Bell has brought back 80's favorite Meximelt, which as a Gen X fan of consumerism I appreciate… but one thing they did not bring back: these were $0.59 apiece when I was living on them just out of college. Current price is about twice that adjusting for inflation. Cash in on that nostalgia!

And a Happy 99th birthday to Dick Van Dyke! I'll be smiling too if I'm still dancing at 99.

I can't say how much smarter ChatGPT o1 is than 4o, but o1 at least gets this question right, and 4o didn't.

Committed Mac user.

"C" is for cookie, and that's good enough for him.

I like to think these headlines are related.