World Views

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... names.html

"Maine spends $132,000 of taxpayer cash on group who say state should be renamed DAWNLAND
to honor Native Americans, that its place names - including Norway, Paris, Nipple and Old Maid's Rock -
are racist or sexist"

The street sign's Naples is not the Nipple in her woke presentation -
I had to look! Where's this "small" Nipple? Somewhere in Maine.

Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/cop-charged- ... 04467.html
"Cop Charged With Sexual Assault Told Victim He 'Didn’t Intentionally Rape' "

"Hain is charged with one count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse ...
and one count of indecent assault without consent"

OMG! How legal definitions finesse the problem!
So, what would be "indecent assault with consent"?
Post dinner date/movie frolicking?

With this finesse, "her red towel incited this bull"
would be equally explanatory.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ealed.html
"Mystery of 'tiny aliens' that were discovered in Peru is finally revealed"

"The two objects, each around a foot long ... look like small grey humanoids with three fingers on each hand,
took the world by storm in October, with many claiming that they were the corpses of two aliens."

What happens next when AI, etc. is used to promote alien existence,
allegedly home-grown or from a distant planet?

Rod

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Re: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/rcna128248
"U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks"

"The companies working on drone countermeasures range from major defense contractors
such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to tech startups producing 'GPS spoofers' that convince
a drone it’s somewhere else. Other products rely on concentrated microwave bursts to fry
a drone’s electronics or hacking tools to take over a drone’s operation."

Apparently, some of this technology will be available to individuals
who prefer to confront drones however they choose, suggesting
a new Wild West in the skies until laws control drone usage.

Rod

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Re: https://slaynews.com/news/pfizer-invest ... -pandemic/

"The vaccine maker is making a big investment in treatment for heart failure
as cases of myocarditis and sudden cardiac deaths skyrocket."

Life is a bit stressful these recent days! Serious lifestyle/nutrition improvement
might compensate (but won't be mainstream advice, apparently).

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/a ... fting.html

"Underwear and socks are the latest items to be locked up in shoplifting crackdown -
as Walmart and Target both take action on theft of undies"

Gives new meaning to "panty raid" and suggests presence of these barriers
in local stores indicates their experience with and vulnerability to theft.

Rod

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Re: https://www.npr.org/2010/02/05/12337619 ... ro-degrees
"Scientists Keep Water Liquid Far Below Zero Degrees"

"Water, it turns out, is reluctant to freeze. Ice crystals prefer something to form on - a particle of dust will work, or a rough surface.
The scientific team found that dust-free water on a smooth, clean surface will drop well below 32 Fahrenheit (zero Celsius) before it freezes.
In this state, the water is called 'supercooled.' But once one crystal does form, the supercooled water will freeze rock-solid in an instant."

True story ...

My garage refrigerator's freezer (garage has been about 40 degrees these colder days) has five plastic, one-gallon bottles of water
kept frozen for extra refrigerator cooling on hot summer days. Two of the bottles, normally frozen*, were liquid! How does this happen?
The NPR link explains how. Apparently, the two bottles' contents were dust free and internal surfaces were smooth. As the article explains,
when I brought the bottles out into room temperature (40F), the water instantly froze.

* These bottles had thawed in another refrigerator (not freezer) but did not re-freeze
in the garage refrigerator freezer for several days (why I noticed the phenomenon).

By this time it was too late to sip the supercooled water to become a Super Cool Dude,
but I was becoming super cool standing there in my bedtime clothing.


True phenomenon ...

Re: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLQ9WMP2Es
"Ice Spikes Explained"


Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... g-bed.html
"Kate Moss's 30th birthday is famed as London's most decadent party"

Wordsmith woes: I was immediately curious if this article included pictures, but the word "writhing"
in the headline distracted me. I then thought of "writhing worms" and decided to skip any pictures

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayers.html

"Transgender golfer, Hailey Davidson, 30 has secured a spot on a prestigious tour
designed to offer 'growth opportunities' for female players."

"Her recent victory earns her access to the Epson Tour but it also takes away
one of the spots originally intended for a cisgender woman."

Considering that medical expertise has a long way to go before binary biological gender can be changed,
it's expected than perceived gender will keep being redefined. After all, the brain has millions (billions?)
of neurons that keep the biological anatomy functional during the evolution of a perception.

Rod

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Re: https://citizenwatchreport.com/evs-are- ... -the-cold/
"EVs are basically useless in the cold."

"As an electrical engineer, the most glaring problem with EVs is that
we simply do not have the grid capacity to power a national EV fleet."

Also, while EVs are intended to reduce air pollution (vs combustion engines),
most of the electricity they need (stored in batteries) is produced by fossil fuels
... not to mention the occasional problem of EV battery combustion.

Best guess: EVs are still the future of transportation.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... rypto.html

"(U.S.) Denver pastor who sold worthless crypto to his followers 'pocketed $1.3 MILLION
which he and his wife splashed on Range Rovers and designer goods' "

Suggests that if religious proselytizing is associated with monetary gain,
monetary loss will be the ultimate gain (memorable lessons).

Crypto "investment" oft seems related to greed.


Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... iment.html

"tale of scientist parents who adopted a chimpanzee to raise as their baby's SISTER -
but bitterly regretted bizarre 'nature versus nurture' experiment on their son"

"(1933) study concluded that 'there are definite limits to the degree of humanization that can be achieved
by non-human species regardless of the amount of socializing and humanizing effects'."

If evolution is a clue, "definite limits" should have been expected!
Humans are not animals and vice versa! Now AI is trying to be human.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... SHARP.html
"Get over it, UFOs DO exist… as the latest extraordinary sighting proves."

This video just proves that "UFOs" are not necessarily space ships,
with this one almost appearing as a bag of floating garbage (UFG).
Interestingly, these videos hint that many UFOs are visual
phenomena created by modern electronics (holograms?).

Most UFOs (regardless of shape) appear to be floating objects
intended only to entertain (frighten, etc.) believing humans.
Realistic new era phenomena created by humans?

Rod

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Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_diabetes
"History of diabetes"

"The Ebers Papyrus is among the oldest and most important medical papyri of Ancient Egypt ...
prescribed for treatment: 'A measuring glass filled with Water from the Bird pond, Elderberry,
Fibres of the asit plant, Fresh Milk, Beer-Swill, Flower of the Cucumber, and Green Dates'.

Urinary troubles in the adult were also corrected with 'rectal injections of olive oil, honey,
sweet beer, sea salt, and seeds of the wonderfruit'."

While ancient diet might have been related to diabetes then, modern food (over)processing
seems more explanatory for Type 2 diabetes now. That honey was part of treatment suggests
its curative components (despite the sugar). Incidentally, "you can bet your sweet a--"
is probably a medically-unrelated modern expression.


Re: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062586/
"Why were 'starvation diets' promoted for diabetes in the pre-insulin period?"

Even today, intermittent fasting is recommended to cure Type 2 diabetes.
The secret may be that insulin resistant cells stay resistant, with cure being their
eventual (natural) replacement by new cells. Rather than fasting, this hints that
a longer period of not stressing new cells with too many carbs (these maintain
excess insulin which begins to stress the new cells).

Best guess: Type 2 cure requires a low carb diet for a long period (year?),
with care not to let any meal stimulate too much insulin. Tips: a glucometer
is neccessary to learn one's glucose response to specific foods; heavily-advertised
snack foods promote more insulin; exercise causes muscles to burn glucose.


Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-popula ... 00262.html
"China’s population time bomb is about to explode"

"The number of retired CCP citizens will increase more than 30% in the next decade.
The current pension system simply cannot handle this."

This imbalance of retired citizens and insufficient pension system
(also characteristic of other societies) may explain strategies
to reduce population, including increased war mongering.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... story.html
"Japan allows 40 women to take part in 'naked man' festival"

"The event sees thousands of men strip down to loincloths and clash in a huge scrum
as they fight to touch a completely naked man who is designated the shin-otoko or 'god man',
in the hope that it will bring them good fortune for the new year."

The greater good fortune may be not contracting a virus,
regardless of successful contact with the shin-otoko.


Postscript (month later) ...

Re: https://www.cnn.com/travel/japan-last-n ... index.html
"Japan’s millennia-old ‘naked man festival’ ending because of population decline"

"the event, said to have run for over 1,000 years at the secluded Kokusekiji Temple,
was held for the last time on Saturday, becoming the latest Japanese tradition to fall victim
to the country’s aging population crisis ... organizers of the festival conceded they had been
unable to find enough willing young participants to alleviate the pressures placed on
aging locals who are unable to keep up with the demands of the ritual."

"Population decline" refers to fewer young men willing to participate, hinting that
even young men "are unable to keep up with the demands of the ritual"? First guess:
In such cold weather, bodies need a more "mature" layer of fat.


Rod

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Re: https://www.myhapyplace.com/en/scientis ... -ness-myth
"Scientists have finally solved the Loch Ness myth"

"Nessie makes a lot of money every year! The loch attracts around a million tourists each year,
and the myth of Nessie has made the area worth at least £25 million over the years. True or not,
Nessie is putting money in the till! She has become a diva who makes news, sells magazines ...
and puts children to sleep."

Apparently, Nessie will remain myth until a real Nessie occupies the lake
... but don't assume that an AI Nessie is this proof.

Rod

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Re: https://redstate.com/alexparker/2024/01 ... s-n2169228
"Pro-Trans Professor: Joseph's Colorful Coat Means He Was Transgender"

"No longer is 'sex' the most essential identifier; 'gender' has jumped ahead, and identity is everything"

Final sentence effectively explains today's reality (for many people),
confirming that 'sex' is biological identify - 'gender' perceived identity;
scientific identity vs sociological identity.

Thus, in today's world, perception is everything, apparently.
Hmmm ... AI already has significant perception influence.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception

Rod

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Re: https://www.rt.com/news/591295-genz-ame ... gbtq-poll/
"Nearly a third of Gen Z Americans are LGBTQ"

"Each successive US generation has seen larger numbers
of self-identified non-heterosexuals"

This many-letters term now suggests LGBTQZ (6 syllables)
is the identifier of this Gen Z third. However, young children
will need a simple term to comprehend such perceptions!
QZ comes to mind (meaning WYSIWYG or 'whatever').

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... n-one.html

"(U.S.) Alabama Attorney General stands by nitrogen hypoxia execution
... 'It is no longer a tested method - it is a proven one' "

Actually, many methods of execution are proven!
This one just proves "revenge killing" by the state.

Rod

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Re: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/busin ... 235807439/

"It’s among the first legal actions taken by the estate of a deceased celebrity for unlicensed use
of their work and likeness to manufacture a new, AI-generated creation and was filed as Hollywood
is sounding the alarm over utilization of AI to impersonate people without consent or compensation."

That AI can convincingly mimic humans and their intelligence, etc., is impressive,
but mimicking is not such original creativity ... apparently. This lawsuit should help
define the limits of AI mimicking.

Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/a ... telligence
"Harvard dropout builds wearable AI companion that hangs around neck"

"He's hoping his next project, Tab, reaches the masses ...
a combination of therapist, life coach and perhaps even God."

A later version of Tab might make a college degree unnecessary,
as well as replacing church guidance ... and parents?

Re: https://imgflip.com/memegenerator (tool to generate personal meme for your Tab?)
Tip: Star Wars characters, et al., may be protected by the "AI in court" resolution.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... ition.html
"NIH panel to launch urgent investigation amid evidence Alzheimer's can SPREAD between people"

"A bombshell UK study published Monday found evidence of at least five people 'caught' the memory-robbing disorder
from a now-banned hormone treatment. The growth hormones - harvested from the bodies of dead people - were riddled
with toxic amyloid-beta protein 'seeds', or prions, which were shown to cause early-onset dementia."

First thoughts ...

Re: "harvested from the bodies of dead people"
What could go wrong?

Re: "toxic amyloid-beta protein 'seeds', or prions"
Troublesome prions are now suspect in other injectables.

Rod

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Re: https://www.amazon.com/Chemtrails-are-n ... B09X49TGWB
"Chemtrails are not Contrails: The Face of Evil" (April, 2022)

"We have published more than thirty articles in the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature
disclosing the results of our forensic scientific investigations of chemtrails, including their devastating
consequences on our planet and on human and environmental health."

LOL (or not): The internet is still 99% certain that "chemtrails don't exist", apparently.
That contrails now spread for miles then distribute into long-lasting haze is amazing
(maybe it's new jet fuel with sun blocking chemicals).

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it ..." comes to mind.


Observation the next day ...

This North Texas area east of the DFW airport is great for observing
both contrails and chemtrails! This morning's cold sky was clear until
planes began spraying the typical crisscross patterns (which soon
diffuse into haze over a broad area).

Several times, it was easy to spot two similar jets at similar altitudes,
one spewing contrail (1/4 mile long), the other chemtrail (miles long).
The contrail did not (and never does) create long lasting haze!

This suggests that Chemtrails are definitely not Contrails but might
be renamed to SumTrails (sum of what people know are not Contrails)
... or "That's some trail up there that doesn't exist!"

Considering the equipment needed to spray chemtrails,
those planes would not be transporting passengers or cargo.
And they would have filed flight plans (in case investigators
wish to research what those planes are doing up there).

Best guess: That research will never be disclosed,
unless revealed by a new AI (like Neo?).


Rod

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Re: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/creepy-emb ... nteraction

"WEHEAD, an artificial intelligence device that transforms ChatGPT
into a lifelike avatar that can interact with you in real time."

Apparently, WEBODY will be next, then morf into humanoid.
An alter ego WEBODY (or humanoid) should be very popular!
Let it create the stories you don't dare write.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_ego

Rod (considering "Dor" for alter ego)