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QRP portable ops including SOTA, Appalachian Trail Maintainer, NCS for ECARS 7.255. US Coast Guard veteran and trustee for NR3DT, USCGC WHEC-37 Museum Ship Radio Group . Retired Periodontist and PhD Microbiologist. Eclectic enough for ya?
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The Conversation U.S.Nobel Prize winner James Watson died at 97 having made monumental contributions to science while also leaving a legacy tarnished by sexism, racism and the erasure of colleagues like Rosalind Franklin. His life illustrates both the best and worst of the scientific establishment. https://theconversation.com/james-watson-exemplified-the-best-and-worst-of-science-from-monumental-discoveries-to-sexism-and-cutthroat-competition-204614
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should be credited highlights the challenges of scientific collaboration.
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Come On Giant Asteroid!
HeavenlyPossum> “Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers. On social media, which is increasingly clogged with low-quality AI-generated posts, this content is often referred to as “AI slop.” In the context of work, we refer to this phenomenon as “workslop.” We define workslop as AI generated work content that masquerades as good work, but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task.”
> “Based on participants’ estimates of time spent, as well as on their self-reported salary, we find that these workslop incidents carry an invisible tax of $186 per month. For an organization of 10,000 workers, given the estimated prevalence of workslop (41%), this yields over $9 million per year in lost productivity.”
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers. Research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford found that 41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and collaboration issues. Leaders need to consider how they may be encouraging indiscriminate organizational mandates and offering too little guidance on quality standards. To counteract workslop, leaders should model purposeful AI use, establish clear norms, and encourage a “pilot mindset” that combines high agency with optimism—promoting AI as a collaborative tool, not a shortcut.
Struggling with a cell provider who says they are becoming more "service friendly". Recently cell service in our area dropped from acceptable to poor and undependable. Their solution is to send a "network extender"... impression is that it connects to the mothership over my cable based internet. I have my doubts, but at least the agent said it is being provided without cost to me. Do I believe it? We will see.
Scott VE3QBZ@HopelessDemigod @N3VEM I was curious about standard chicken-per-acre density, and now I will leave you with an important fact:
"At a stocking density of 50 hens per acre, the hens will add 2.5 tons of manure per acre per year, equivalent to 106 pounds of nitrogen, 30 pounds of phosphorus, and 61 pounds of potassium. ... Fifty hens per acre has been considered to be the free-range sweet spot for over 100 years."
I shit you not:
https://www.plamondon.com/wp/how-many-chickens-per-acre/
#caturday - Chilling out on a hot day.
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only a Maine Coon Cat
