| OS | Linux |
| Internet Currency | Monero |
| Occupation | Software |
| Corporation | Big One |
My wife has an advanced degree in a non-STEM subject. It was not immediately obvious to her that, left in a closed room, a nice cooling fan will *heat it up* while you're out.
I whipped out my phone and asked Claude to diagram. It did a bang-up job and she groked immediately.
Unplug the fan for a cooler room. Then return and re-start the fan that blows on us moisture-covered meatbags to cool *us* down -- at the expense of heating the rest of the room.
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Today in Labor History May 31, 1927: Fred Trump, father Donald Trump, was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, New York. The Long Island Daily Press reported that all the arrestees, including Trump, were wearing Klan robes. During his presidential campaign, Journalists asked Donald Trump about his father's arrest. He claimed "it never happened."
The proposed policy changes by the Office of Management and Budget to the administration and awarding of grants by federal science agencies is extremely concerning in scale and impact: https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6018767
Among the proposed changes are to have political appointees, rather than scientific panels and experts, be in charge of the approval process, and to require pre-approval for routine scientific tasks such as attending conferences, inviting speakers from abroad, or publishing in journals with publication charges.
EDIT: See also this post by Karen Saxe, Senior Vice President of the American Mathematical Society for Government Relations: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karen-saxe-5015038a_regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance-share-7467308767613763585-3xKJ/
Excellent breakdown of the extremity of this fuckery
https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed
H/t #twiv
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Russ Vought, the #Epstein-entangled, #Trump-Appointmented Office of Management and Budget, wants political appointees instead of scientists to decide what science to fund -- and to intentionally put roadblocks in front of promising young scientists.
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Late to the party, I just read up on #paperclip #ai and played with it a bit. Very impressive.
We're going to see an explosion of 1-2 person companies that each do tens of millions of dollars' worth of business.
You still need to think about how your company will work -- and more importantly, you need to document clearly and concisely every aspect of the business.
Which any world-class company needs to do anyway.
Good news:
For now, an attacker needs your gait data to identify you.
More good news!
For now, your gait data is *probably* not being recorded by municipal CCTVs, IoT cams, Ring-style cameras.
Bad news:
I see no technical reason why both those won't change in the 2-5 year horizon. If so, you will almost certainly *not* be notified -- until several major governments and possibly some hackers are already using the data.
> In a typical WiFi scenario, clients send Beamforming Feedback Information (BFI) back to the access point [...]
> We show that individuals can be recognized with very high accuracy (99.5% ± 0.38) with our BFI-based attack
Our desire for a #God comes partly from our desire to be loved a little more than we really deserve.
(paraphrasing #ChristopherHitchens)
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