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pmdulaney··on Cult of the Emperor Augustus Might Have Created the Template for Christianity
Did Augustus live before Isaiah 9:6-7 was written?
pmdulaney··on Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks
It's forward-looking brown nosing.
pmdulaney··on Women increasingly see AI for what it is: mansplaining on a global scale
It really is amusing the extent to which progressive ideologues will attribute injustice/harm/transgression to inanimate objects and processes. Last year the Altadena fire consumed more houses belonging to people of color, so it was deemed racist. If it is found that female polevaulters suffer more per capita injuries than male, gravity itself will be declared sexist.
pmdulaney··on Nothing Is Boring in America
I'm from California, but I appreciate the love!
pmdulaney··on Efficacy of Ibuprofen versus Acetaminophen for Acute Fever in Febrile Children
I had always read that acetaminophen/Tylenol was the gold standard for fever reduction, so this result (ibuprofen/Advil marginally better than acetaminophen/Tylenol) is mildly surprising to me.
pmdulaney··on Katie Zacharia Is Fired After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary
Chaque à son goût.
pmdulaney··on Katie Zacharia Is Fired After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary
Call it a dumb post if you like, but I've never used AI to write for me.
pmdulaney··on [dead]
Some people's brains semi turn off when they speak in front of a crowd. I would say that there was some hubris involved -- not on her part but on Trump's. Ten hours of training probably would have made all the difference. There is perhaps an unconscious sense that exceptionally attractive people are also exceptional in their skills.
pmdulaney··on Hiking the world in search of rare cheeses
Maybe the Marin French Cheese Company in Petaluma could help them out if it comes to that.
pmdulaney··on Hiking the world in search of rare cheeses
I guess what I like about Camembert (relative to Brie) is its saltiness.
pmdulaney··on AI Reflections of a New Grad Engineer
A thoughtful, well-spoken young engineer. She does a good job of sharing what it feels like to be the human-in-the-loop of an AI system.
pmdulaney··on Hiking the world in search of rare cheeses
Me? I'd love to travel to the home of Camembert, even though I've never been to France. A pretty mundane life goal. But it brings joy to my heart knowing people like this exist.
pmdulaney··on EC users should be afraid of a US kill switch – not some new software
Can't we all just get along?
pmdulaney··on The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind
This is really a meaningless distinction. It would speak more strongly to equity to point out that people from South Dakota are being left behind or that people who attended under-performing elementary schools are being left behind.
pmdulaney··on GLP-1 drugs put $73B in global food value at risk, report finds
This is like lamenting (if it were the case) that Johnson & Johnson is facing a shortfall in its bandage business because men aren't battering their wives and girlfriends as much as they did before.
pmdulaney··on The Paradox of Free Time
It is related to one of the seven deadly sins: sloth. But the English word that transliterates the original Greek word is acedia.
pmdulaney··on 100 Objects #11: Brannock Device
My dad used to like to tell the story of how, when he was a boy in the 1930s, shoe stores would measure your foot with an X-ray machine!
pmdulaney··on The Book Your Tech Boss Doesn't Want You to Read
This book has received the imprimatur of Mayor Mamdani.
pmdulaney··on Why Tokyo transit gates process contactless cards in under 100ms
The question is not why -- which is trivial -- but how.
pmdulaney··on A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward
I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.
pmdulaney··on Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries
yeah
pmdulaney··on Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries
I like it: a philosophical take.

What I would say is: "I assume that people who don't put the same value on the principle of self-sufficiency that I do would support a scheme to allow people of lesser means to buy groceries on the open market at a lower price than is permitted to me."

pmdulaney··on New satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
Is AI going to put smokejumpers out of business?
pmdulaney··on Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland now all have nationalist first ministers
Donald Trump would like to see Ireland reunited. I can't tell from this article if Northern Ireland wants reunification or simply wants to be severed from the UK.
pmdulaney··on Grigori Perelman
A fascinating and brilliant man! I personally would say, however, that he suffers from an overly scrupulous conscience. He should allow himself to be an advocate for himself rather than taking on the role of arbiter of what is fair in the world of mathematics.
pmdulaney··on André Weil and the Hodge Conjecture
Two factoids of interest:

1. André was the older brother of philosopher Simone Weil.

2. "Weil" is a jumbled version of "Levi" adopted by some so as to be less conspicuously Jewish, and thus be less likely to be persecuted or discriminated against.

pmdulaney··on A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right‑wing
Nobody can make you feel conservative without your consent.

     -- Eleanor Roosevelt *mutatis mutandis*
pmdulaney··on The Ancient Greek Water Clock That Kept the Most Accurate Time for 1,800 Years
If you are a tinkerer you will be impressed by the video.
pmdulaney··on A faster way to convert a timestamp to hour, min, SEC
Nuts and bolts geekiness. I love it
pmdulaney··on My new favourite habit tracker is vibecoded and I don't know what to do about it
Well, it's not like AI discovered a cure for your child's terminal illness...
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