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American AI May Not Survive Chinese Open-Source

Chinese companies’ AI strategy can economically cripple American labs unless the U.S. government competently counters. The post American AI May Not Survive Chinese Open-Source appeared first on Pal...

Gamifying Snacking with Snacker Tracker

So one of the things I've been trying to do as part of my journey to lose weight and get fit is sort my diet out. As the saying goes, "you can't out-train a poor diet". And the worst part of my die...

Paul the Deacon's Writings

Paul the Deacon (c.720s – 13 April c.796-799) has many writing attributed to him (some probably erroneously, like a life of Gregory the Great, that was written much earlier than Paul). He was in th...

From Using AI to Delegating Work to AI: Some Thoughts

From Q&A, code generation, to letting Agent take on more complete work,不知不觉间，我已经使用 AI 好几年了。这些年里，变化的不只是模型能力，人与 AI 的协作方式也一直在变。我也在一边使用，一边调整自己的方法。我关心的已经不只是“AI 能不能完成这项工作”，而是另外几个问题：执行范围是否稳定，结果能否被信任，投入是否可...

When wildfire smoke hits home

With a son on the fire line, what I’ve learned about protecting the air we breathe.

Book Review: The Ultimate AI Guide for Linux Engineers

A book specifically written for seasoned Linux professionals so that they can use AI effectively and safely in their workflow.

Google's Gemini assistant has finally arrived in Chrome for all Android users in the U.S.

Google has rolled out Gemini in Chrome for all Android users in the U.S., expanding the reach of its AI-powered browsing assistant. This release allows users to quickly summarize lengthy articles, ...

Beijing Internationalizes Its Cultural Security

James Jennion

A Roman Sanctuary Built Over a Bronze Age Burial Mound Discovered in Suffolk That Later Became a Place of Execution in the Middle Ages

A team of archaeologists from Archaeology South-East, part of University College London, has unearthed at Red Lodge, Suffolk, a fascinating site spanning from the Neolithic to the medieval period, ...

Trying Out Garuda Linux

Early this year, I set up Linux Mint dual boot with Windows 11, coming back to desktop Linux after so many years: Return to Linux While my time with Linux Mint has generally been good, I have been ...

My writing is not 100% organic anymore

What I write is not 100% human-written anymore. I started using LLMs to help me write better and they do wonders.

Outbursts

Man, the page really does feel like it's on fire today, so I better write fast. I felt myself getting manic again, which is typical just after a depressive slump. Thankfully the slumps have gotten ...

Perseids

Expert Has ChatGPT Write Report. That Was A… Poor Decision — See Also

The Defense Calls ChatGPT: An expert used ChatGPT to draft "90 to 85" percent of his report. The plaintiffs' attorney had a deposition for the ages on that one. The Most Closely Guarded Secret In T...

Driving On Sundaes

Read Driving On Sundaes Customer: "You got any flavors that are 'high octane'?" Me: "You're gonna have to tell me what you mean by that" Customer: "You know… 'high octane'!" Read Driving On Sundaes

A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing

When it comes to 3D printing in the FDM world, you can go a long way just relying on standard settings that ship with your 3D printer and/or slicer. If …read more

Voter Ignorance and the Problem of Confusion Caused by Candidates With Similar Names

Voter confusion caused by candidates with similar names - as in the current Alaska Senate race - is part of the much larger problem of political ignorance.

OpenAI launches new ChatGPT for Teens mode with stricter safety controls & study features

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT for Teens, a new dedicated mode for users aged 13 to 17 that applies automatically to those who report their age or are identified as under 18 by OpenAI’s age predicti...

The Powerful Chinese AI Model Experts Warned About Is Here

The “best” model is not always the “best” model for you. Why I say this, is because Z.ai’s model is still outperformed in some dimensions by proprietary models from Anthropic for example. But can y...

Flugzeug-Kabinendruckmessung mit Phyphox

Wir haben mit einem Smartphone während eines Flugzeugstarts den Kabinendruck gemessen.