Friday Links!
Leading off this week, an excellent story about the Odysseus lander: It turns out that Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data.
This is a fascinating approach: Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI.
This can come in handy: Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge.
From Wally, a story about publishing scams: Coping With Scams: Suggestions for Changing Your Mindset.
From David Gloier, and it's an amazing discovery: Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure' .
From C. Lee, and it's quite the oops: 'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal. Good: Air Canada's chatbot gave a B.C. man the wrong information. Now, the airline has to pay for the mistake. Florida, retreating to the 19th century at a rapid clip: Unvaccinated Florida kids exposed to measles can skip quarantine, officials say. This is also horrific: Ala. hospital halts IVF after state’s high court ruled embryos are “children”. Unusually bleak, but not without its merits: No focus, no fights, and a bad back – 16 ways technology has ruined my life. This is so bizarre: ‘Man I just want a dishwasher job’: Why are Olive Garden and FedEx forcing job applicants to endure a strange personality test that turns them into blue avatars? This is promising: New FDA-approved drug makes severe food allergies less life-threatening. This is both shameful and stupid: Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China. A thoughtful follow-up: Pluralistic: The majority of censorship is self-censorship. A fascinating leak: An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance. A brilliant design: Trying out the revolutionary adhesive bandages developed by a 10-year-old Japanese girl.
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