Human folly for 02024-12-13

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• (apps.dtic.mil):

  #Compilers #paper #PDF from 01978 by Cattell on automatic optimal instruction selection, introducing Maximal Munch

• Kids character AI lawsuit (npr.org):

  character.ai #neural-networks encouraged a kid to kill their parents because they limited their screen time, resulting in a lawsuit

• Item (news.ycombinator.com):

  #USA #politics #drones sighted leading to calls for a state of emergency #news (discussion)

• New Jersey drone sightings state of emergency (theguardian.com):

  #USA #politics #drones sighted leading to calls for a state of emergency #news

• Item (news.ycombinator.com):

  discussion of #USA regulator FCC permitting ultra-low power (whatever that is) on a 1GHz wide band in #6GHz #radio #communications

• Doc (docs.fcc.gov):

  #USA regulator FCC permitting ultra-low power (whatever that is) on a 1GHz wide band in #6GHz #radio #communications

• Item (news.ycombinator.com):

  discussion of how apparently aluminum rectifiers using borax #electrolysis make a faint glow. #electronics #materials

• Borax El (sparkbangbuzz.com):

  apparently aluminum rectifiers using borax #electrolysis make a faint glow. #electronics #materials

• (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov):

  #paper on pennyroyal #toxicology profiling four cases of fatal ingestion and a number of less serious ones, with metabolite levels measured in two cases

• Pacific DC intertie (en.wikipedia.org):

  #HVDC #energy #transmission for 1361km in California, #USA

• Kendriya Vidyalaya sangathan (en.wikipedia.org):

  #India Central School Organization "Kendriya Vidyalaya" has 1253 schools following a uniform curriculum. #schooling

• (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov):

  #health #paper says exercise produces 1.5 to 3.5 kg of weight loss in controlled trials. #obesity

• Old Unix spell checker (github.com):

  recreation of an old #Unix infomercial where Brian Kernighan creates a spell checker as a Unix pipeline

• (youtube.com):

  27-minute #video on #Unix from 01982 from the AT&T Archives #history

• (youtube.com):

  #cooking pretzels with sodium carbonate #materials made by boiling baking soda, compensating for the lack of lye by brushing on some egg

• (youtube.com):

  #video of George #Carlin #humor on airline announcements using unnecessary words so the people saying them can feel more important

• (youtube.com):

  #Steven-Wright #humor #video

• (youtube.com):

  #video #news of people coming from #Argentina to visit the graves of fallen soldiers in the #Malvinas

• (youtube.com):

  #video #interview with #Steven-Wright by Joe #Rogan