The Myth of AI Omniscience
L: https://cpwalker.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-ai-omniscience-ais-epistemological
Norton’s Dome: A simple violation of determinism in Newtonian mechanics
L: https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2023/08/05/nortons-dome/
Mortality Patterns for Patients Hospitalized During National Cardiology Meetings
Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data
L: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/05/letmespy-spyware-shuts-down-wiped-server/
Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts
Espresso Coffee Mitigates the Aggregation of Alzheimer′s Associated Tau Protein
They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral
L: https://www.wired.com/story/social-media-privacy-consent/
EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient That Has a Lifetime Cancer Risk
Excessive meat and dairy consumption signficant contributor to global warming
WASI: WebAssembly System Interface
Carbon–cement supercapacitors as a scalable bulk energy storage solution
Science Fiction vs. Science Fantasy
L: https://warfantasy.wordpress.com/2023/08/05/soft-science-fiction-or-science-fantasy/
Will Browsers Be Required by Law to Stop You from Visiting Infringing Sites?
Vegan diets cause far less climate pollution, study shows
[video] Fully levitating LK-99 sample claimed replicated
Green vs. Brown Programming Languages
Bram Moolenaar Passed Away
Ask HN: Why is Subreply banned on HN?
He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He’s Won a Fields Medal (2022)
L: https://www.quantamagazine.org/june-huh-high-school-dropout-wins-the-fields-medal-20220705/#repost
GitHub Actions and Vanity Metrics
L: https://jamesconroyfinn.com/github-actions-and-vanity-metrics