Mastodawn

iSpaceMonki Dec 18, 2023

Carl Zimmer Dec 18, 2023

Old familiar faces are not unique to us. Chimpanzees and bonobos show signs of recognizing ape acquaintances after more than 26 years. Here’s my story on the deep roots of long-term social memories. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/science/chimpanzee-memory-faces.html?mwgrp=a-mbar&unlocked_article_code=1.G00.fWsh.BnMzubb4ZJ9B&smid=url-share

Chimps Can Still Remember Faces After a Quarter Century

Long-term memories may have been vital to our own evolution, suggests a new study of chimpanzees and bonobos.

The New York Times

iSpaceMonki Nov 25, 2023

Gareth Halfacree Nov 24, 2023

Dear Microsoft. Here is a list of things I want the Start Menu to do:

* Show my installed programs
* Search my local files
* Provide access to system settings

Here is a list of things I do *not* want the Start Menu to do:

* Show the weather for a randomly-selected town near my network's public IP infrastructure
* Show tabloid headlines
* Show programs I *don't* have installed
* Search the web via Bing
* Show adverts(!)
* Attempt to engage me in conversation with a hallucinating LLM

Thanks.

iSpaceMonki Oct 6, 2023

A space jimmy haulin’ hogs.