Dan Goodman"If you want to minimize the possibility of unexpected breakthroughs, tell [scientists] they will receive no resources at all unless they spend the bulk of their time competing against each other to convince you they already know what they are going to discover." - David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules.
@Ursine
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Engineer, (disorganized) writer, inventor, prepper. Seeker of lost humanity. If found *please* help revive it. Another Twitter refugee, West Coast, USA.
Sean KellyME: We have a color named after you
SALMON: Really? Is it silvery-blue like my scales?
ME: No, uh …
SALMON: Wait why is it pink?
ME: …
SALMON: WHY IS IT PINK?!?
Robert ReichAlmost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or simply sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. The GOP is desperate for you to forget this. Do not.
Benno 
if AI companies get access to all copyrighted works for free because "it isn't possible to train an AI without it", should we not give free access to all copyrighted works to children because it is not possible to train one without it?
Nick PooleName brand MeanWell power supplies aren't usually that expensive so I rarely reach for a knockoff, but I do love the hustle of a company calling themselves "NVVV" because it looks like "MW"
Lauren WeinsteinBefore you fly your next SAC nuclear bombing sortie, you are required to view this training film. Thank you. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfpFcMY96Q
Nuclear Effects During SAC Delivery Missions
Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀
Doomer Girl NewsSixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association's official manual of psychiatric disorders (DSM-5-TR) received payments from industry totaling $14.24m
Well that explains why the DSM is flawed
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-panel-members-psychiatric-bible-14m.html
Panel members for new psychiatric 'bible' received more than $14M from industry, analysis finds
Sixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association's official manual of psychiatric disorders received payments from industry totaling $14.24m, finds a study published by The BMJ.
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was the most successful minicomputer firm in history. At its high point, it had multiple large campuses and amazing facilities, and even ran helicopters between them and to Logan Airport in Boston where they had their own gate. (I rode them. Very cool.) Their PDP and VAX series computers were crucial to the development of ARPANET and its evolution into the Internet.
It seemed impossible for DEC to vanish. But due to a series of market changes and poor decisions by management, they are now only a memory. Their productive period was about 30 years, from 1960 to 1990. This 30 year period is a not uncommon one for corporate arcs.
#Google is now 25 years old.
GaryRLundbergWhat a fabulous goal, create a 73 mile long hiking and biking path along the Columbia River.
Historic Columbia Gorge highway is one step nearer completion, with world-class aspirations
