Opinion Dominion

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

So, this is how AI is planning to hurt humanity....

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From an article in the Washington Post: Artificial intelligence has an eating disorder problem. As an experiment, I recently asked ChatGPT ...
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Monday, August 07, 2023

Calm waters and big power

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I noticed this last week but forgot to post about it : Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide eff...
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Movie money talk

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Well, this is certainly a worry (from the point of view of how it will affect studio decisions):  “Barbie,” directed by Ms. Gerwig from a sc...
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Modern Pontius Pilates

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Don't you love the way the Trumpy Right is outraged about "gender ideology", attacking (with some justification, mind you) tha...
Saturday, August 05, 2023

Comedian gets it right

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Also agree with this take: By the way, I'm not at all concerned about Vivek winning over the Republican base and romping home against Bi...
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Thursday, August 03, 2023

Squat your way to lower blood pressure?

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This is somewhat surprising: It has become almost a cliché across doctor’s offices: One of the most trusted tools to lower blood pressure is...
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Oh, another rich smart/stupid man running for president

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I've noticed that old JC, at the blog run by arch Catholic crank dover"I💗Russia"beach (New Catallaxy), has been fanboy-ing Vi...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2023

As I suspected...

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From a NYT column about a guy who went on a short American mega-cruise: While cruises themselves follow the same formula as always, parachu...
Tuesday, August 01, 2023

The never ending conspiracy world spun by Devine and the dishonest Republicans

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Philip Bump details the disgustingly transparent conspiracy mongering (actually, lies) of Miranda Devine, who dumb Right wingers think is so...
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Monday, July 31, 2023

TV viewed

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*  I thought I would have a look at the Logies last night, but only because Sam Pang, whose dead pan style of humour I find quite funny, was...

Internal critic

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I don't recall reading about Dr Allan Frances before - but he turned up on Radio National yesterday morning talking about his views on o...
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Friday, July 28, 2023

Amateur science noted

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Quite a charming article here at Science on how a 75 year old Japanese guy is one of the most prolific discoverers of supernova.  It starts...

"Reading the room" is a concept unknown to her, apparently

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 Update:  oh, that screenshot doesn't mention the key point: The Republican congresswoman caused a firestorm when she mentioned snubbin...

Nuclear rocketry back on the cards?

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I'm pretty sure that Robert Heinlein's "juvenile" books (in particular Space Family Stone ) were explicitly about solar sy...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Underwhelming witness

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Do I have this right?  David Grusch says someone who knows and has first hand knowledge told him the government knows about lots of crashed...
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