On the list of problems caused by LLM AI, I hadn't considered "it makes people think they are the messiah"
5.5.2025 12:46On the list of problems caused by LLM AI, I hadn't considered "it makes people think they are the...The economics of #coal power is so bad that Trump (probably) can't stop its decline, at least in New England. #solar #energy #PV #solarPV
17.4.2025 19:21The economics of #coal power is so bad that Trump (probably) can't stop its decline, at least in New England. #solar #energy #PV...There's science, and then there's SCIENCE!
"We propose novel urinal designs that were generated by solving differential equations derived from the isogonal curve problem to ensure the urine stream impacts at or below this critical angle. Experiments validate that these designs can substantially reduce splashback."
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/4/pgaf087/8098745
8.4.2025 19:48There's science, and then there's SCIENCE!"We propose novel urinal designs that were generated by solving differential...Fossil fuels accounting for 49.2% of #electricity generated in the United States in March - the first time the figure has fallen below one-half. Spring is the very best time for #solar so this won't be repeated easily but it's still amazing. #renewables
https://electrek.co/2025/04/04/first-month-on-record-fossil-fuels-drop-below-50-of-us-power-mix/
5.4.2025 12:23Fossil fuels accounting for 49.2% of #electricity generated in the United States in March - the first time the figure has fallen below...It's impossible to be Chicken Little (American children's story about exaggerated fears of disaster) when it comes to the climate emergency. The sky really is falling.
#climate #climatechange
Snow on the ground makes it seem wet but the Northeast is in a real drought.
6.3.2025 20:50Snow on the ground makes it seem wet but the Northeast is in a real...The (free!) Granite Geek email newsletter goes out tomorrow, so there's still time to sign up and be ready to bury your nose in such tidbits as the relative gap between each state's geographic and population center. ("We're No. 4! We're No. 4!")
19.2.2025 19:33The (free!) Granite Geek email newsletter goes out tomorrow, so there's still time to sign up and be ready to bury your nose in such...In the opposite of "move fast, break things," biofabrication is thinking about ethical practices before the field even really exists.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/saint-anselm-biofabrication-armi-ethics-new-hampshire-59419817
19.2.2025 14:42In the opposite of "move fast, break things," biofabrication is thinking about ethical practices before the field even really...TIL: During the famine in Ukraine and parts of Russia of 1932-33 ("holodomor") following collectivization of farms. Joseph Stalin forbid use of the word "famine" as at least 4 million starved to death.
Forbidding the use of words to describe a dire situation, as if that will solve it? Tyrant behavior.
6.2.2025 14:20TIL: During the famine in Ukraine and parts of Russia of 1932-33 ("holodomor") following collectivization of farms. Joseph Stalin...The most #NewHampshire political debate this time of year is: What form of town meeting is best?
Traditional is inconvenient but SB2 makes it harder to get folks involved. Pick your poison.
#NH #NewEngland
There are reasons to be leery of Bluesky because of ownership - it'll probably get enshittified eventually - but I for one am delighted to see a resurrection of Science Twitter, which was the best part IMHO of twitter.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00177-1?linkId=12635521
24.1.2025 13:01There are reasons to be leery of Bluesky because of ownership - it'll probably get enshittified eventually - but I for one am delighted...One of the minor pleasures in life is volunteering to do an annoying thing to help a friend, then at the last minute they don't need the help. Maximum brownie points with minimum effort!
14.1.2025 21:06One of the minor pleasures in life is volunteering to do an annoying thing to help a friend, then at the last minute they don't need the...I'm sure I have several age-related habits that stand out amid the mostly youthful newsroom, but I suspect that texting with one index finger seems the most ridiculous.
13.1.2025 19:40I'm sure I have several age-related habits that stand out amid the mostly youthful newsroom, but I suspect that texting with one index...An AI startup will send you transcripts of local government meetings "to either save local journalism, expand local journalism or destroy local journalism, I can’t decide which."
https://www.concordmonitor.com/artifical-intelligence-local-news-58410686
30.12.2024 19:49An AI startup will send you transcripts of local government meetings "to either save local journalism, expand local journalism or...My 20-month-old granddaughter just said her first complete sentence. She walked into the room I use for a home office, came back out, looked at me and said, clear as day, "Clean up your mess."
For this I had children?
22.12.2024 15:17My 20-month-old granddaughter just said her first complete sentence. She walked into the room I use for a home office, came back out, looked...TIL that Texas - Texas! - has a mountain that's higher than our Mt. Washington.
https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=12004
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On the edge of my yard. Tomorrow's rain (ugh) will probably ruin it.
10.12.2024 23:31On the edge of my yard. Tomorrow's rain (ugh) will probably ruin it.What's the over-under on "private equity" (as non-equitable as it gets) destroying this #Vermont institution?
Private equity firm acquires stake in Simon Pearce
https://www.vnews.com/Private-equity-firm-acquires-stake-in-Simon-Pearce-58284150
5.12.2024 13:26What's the over-under on "private equity" (as non-equitable as it gets) destroying this #Vermont institution? Private equity...The "markets good, government bad" mindset will never pay for long-term studies that underpin our ability to understand and exist in the world, because they can't be monetized (ugh, what an ugly word).
https://www.concordmonitor.com/UNH-water-research-center-new-hampshire-57597174
3.12.2024 14:24The "markets good, government bad" mindset will never pay for long-term studies that underpin our ability to understand and exist...⬆️
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