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Grant
Darwin NT

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Grant
Darwin NT

Maybe this article explains why wife/girlfriend is mad so long...
Boffins ponder paltry brain data rate of 10 bits per second

Caltech researchers have estimated the speed of human thought to be a mere 10 bits per second, a data rate so leisurely that it underscores the need for further research into brain function and calls into question claims about brain-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence.
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Why, they ask, does the inner brain process thought at about 10 bits per second while the outer brain – which handles sensory information – operates 100 million times faster, at about 10^9 bits per second.

The authors muse, "The stark contrast between these numbers remains unexplained and touches on fundamental aspects of brain function: What neural substrate sets this speed limit on the pace of our existence? Why does the brain need billions of neurons to process 10 bits/s? Why can we only think about one thing at a time?"

Seen on Youtube.

I grew up with Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Now there's no jobs, no cash, and no hope.
Please don't let anything happen to Kevin Bacon.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p7x12Hhkukc

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Range anxiety sucks. You can’t top off the battery as fast as unleaded. Makes you wish you had a Tesla fast charger in your driveway.

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Ozempic partly to blame for wine bar closure, says owner

... Last year db revealed that a report by financial services company Moody’s Ratings indicated that by 2023 as many as 30 million Americans could be on a GLP-1 drug such as Ozempic.

The report suggested that the growing use of Ozempic could end up impacting the drinks trade, as those taking the drug report experiencing a decreased appetite for both food and alcohol.

... In more than 12 published studies, Jerlhag found that taking the drugs significantly decreased the rats’ consumption of alcohol.

“We see a reduction by over 50%, which is quite dramatic,” she said.

... The answer to why taking a GLP-1 drug such as Ozempic might lead someone to drink less seems to point towards suppressed dopamine release.

Studies using both animals and humans as test subjects have found that GLP-1 drugs reduce the release of dopamine when alcohol is consumed.

Dopamine is associated with the brain’s reward centre, leading to feelings of pleasure and a desire to repeat a certain behaviour in order to experience those good feelings again. If dopamine is no longer triggered when someone drinks alcohol, there is little or no motivation to take another sip of beer or buy another glass of wine.

Sound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell camera

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And not what you want to see over a nuclear power plant



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m5rpmxy9xo

Two articles, neither one was linked to the other.

A Meteor in one, and Steam in the other, neither has anything to do with the other...

So!

Role model articulated bus: Boeing presents first articulated aircraft

The successful articulated model is literally 'taking off': Boeing is the first aircraft manufacturer to present a so-called articulated aircraft [...] whose fuselage can be bent at the rear. This is intended to ensure flexible curved flight with higher passenger numbers.

The Boeing 777 HINGE is a new variant of the popular long-haul aircraft. Thanks to the hinge, its fuselage can now accommodate up to 800 passengers - without just 550. Despite its extra length, the aircraft is as maneuverable and easy to handle as previous models, [...] particularly important for narrow airports and bendy approach paths.

ROFL :-)

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Oooer!!!

Don't give 'em the idea!!

Especially, RyanAir will shout for that!


Fly safe?!
Martin

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I can see a Chinese Dragon motif painted on the plane. Lol.

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Air New Zealand already took off with that idea.

Looks like a movie promotion deal. Fly with Smaug.
This dragonair looks pretty good.

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Here we go again - A.I. been sniffing too much Ethernet or maybe we should take it as something to bet on?
Siri's new AI smarts fail at sports trivia, claims Philadelphia Eagles won 33 Super Bowls

Facepalm: Apple's much-hyped Siri integration with ChatGPT may have added a ton of useful functionality, but it's apparently done little to improve the digital assistant's knowledge of sports. A damning report highlights just how abysmally Siri performs at recalling simple facts like past Super Bowl winners.

According to the report from One Foot Tsunami's Paul Kafasis, when asked "Who won Super Bowl?" for each number from 1 through 60, Siri correctly provided the winner for only 20 out of the 58 Super Bowls that have been played so far. That translates to a success rate of just 34%.

That translates to a success rate of just 34%.

For a fiction generator that may be too high a success rate.

I get the name but it is cringe worthy.
What if the United States, Mexico and Canada joined together?

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I get the name but it is cringe worthy.
What if the United States, Mexico and Canada joined together?

Languages can be learned. But there can only be one understanding of "The law". Which one?

• Constitutional law, e.g. Mexico's 'Codigo Civil' (like all continental European constitutional laws, based on Napoleon's "Code civil") or
  
• Anglo-American case law
  

A diametrically, irreconcilable difference. It is easier to form a common federal state out of the EU 'federation' of 26 nations, now that Brits have left.

On the other hand, the Canadians somehow must have handled this in the past (French influenced Quebec vs. British states). But, I remember that British appeasement of Frenchmen's interests (religion, laws, regions with different legal practice, etc.: Quebec Act) was one of the many reasons which ignited the American Revolution.

So, if the Americans are eager to lay the seeds for another Civil War in the future... then go ahead...

Quite McDuck. But America has that now. Louisiana uses French common law as its basis, while the other 49 states use English common law.

Writing down the rules of common law is the only way to resolve such conflicts, so everyone agrees.