Opinion Dominion

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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...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Odd news from Japan

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 These headlines caught my eye: OK, let's take number 2 first: The study covered prefectural residents aged 40 or older who underwent a...
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Must be China week here

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Well, Paul Krugman's column (which I will generously gift link) is mainly about what happened to Japan, but it does refer to China too:...
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It's a worry

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Here's a very concerning post at Real Climate by Stefan Rahmstorf about the high uncertainty as to what is happening to Atlantic curren...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

I'm not who I think I am?

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I was just fooling around with Chat GTP, and asked it to tell me about Opinion Dominion blog.  This is most of the response: As of my last u...
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Why Singaporeans are oddly sympathetic to China

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Is it just a case of one virtual "one party" micro state admiring the biggest actual "one party" state of them all?  (So...
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