Bill Statler

ROFL. But I notice in that image, the AI detector is offering to "Humanize Text -- Make Your Text Human With Undetectible AI". So this is probably spam for a scam service. Probably it always reports "100% AI/GPT". (But AI checkers are a bad thing.)

Scroll down in that thread -- Frontiers has replied, saying that it's not so, and that "the communication or system workflow fell short in this case." I'm dubious.

Sympathy, from the State of #Washington .

"Warrior Takes Armored Cat For Walk", by Noguchi Tetsuya, 2014.

It's on the agenda for the Senate Business, Labor, & Technology committee next Tuesday, Feb 24, at 2 PM. This might be a good time for Colorado folks to contact members of that committee, as well as the bill sponsors. SB26-051 Age Attestation on Computing Devices | Colorado General Assembly

Perfect gift for my mom's 100th birthday.

The Zen of Mom: Let caregiver make the bed, then re-make it after she leaves. I'm trying to imagine Mom trying to train the robot.

An alternative proposal that makes more sense: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html

I'm trying to figure out who Jamie Thain is, and whether he's qualified to invent IPv8. Having a bit of fun doxxing him. Is he a Famous Computer Guy of Olden Days? It does look like he has put a lot of work into this, but I'm definitely not qualified to judge his proposal. draft-thain-ipv8: 0                   1                   2                   3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |Version|  IHL  |Type of Service|          Total Length         | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |         Identification        |Flags|      Fragment Offset    | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |  Time to Live |    Protocol   |         Header Checksum       | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                    Source ASN Prefix (r.r.r.r)                | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                    Source Host Address (n.n.n.n)              | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                 Destination ASN Prefix (r.r.r.r)              | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                 Destination Host Address (n.n.n.n)            | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ draft-meow-mrrp: 0                   1                   2                   3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |           Meow Mrrp           |           Moew Mrrp           | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                        Meeeeow Nyaaaa~                        | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                    Mrrrreeaowwww Mrrp :3                      | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |  Meow |       |M|E|O|W|M|R|R|P|                               | | Mrrrrp| Purrr |N|Y|A|A|A|A|A|A|            Mraoww             | |       |       |M|I|A|O|W|I|N|G|                               | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |           Mrrrowww            |         Urgent Meowing        | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                           [Meeeowo]                           | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |                                                               : :                             Meow                              : :                                                               | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 😹

I dont think its a bubble and i dont think its going away I think it's a bubble in the same sense that the "dotcom bubble" was a bubble. There is way too much hype, everyone is getting into it even if they have no clue what they're doing, and a LOT of the current attempts will be failures. And then after that, we'll find out what AI is actually good for. I'm hoping that humanity will benefit, but I know the Bad Guys will also be using AI to increase their control over us, and increase their profits. But right now, the problem is unknowledgeable people trusting 2026-era LLM AIs to produce reliable results.

That article covered some very complicated stuff and I almost understood a lot of it. Good writing style.

The group rules seem simple enough.

Vandalism is a terrible crime and I would never condone it. Not related, but here is a quote from Gilbert and Sullivan:

Wait, I'll just fold my iPad and save a lot of money. That's a strange article. Is there anything in it that isn't a guess? Current rumors suggest The iPhone Fold could be According to one leaker reportedly Apple could use Apple may also use

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Another reason to get vaccinated against, well, pretty much everything:

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

More and more routine vaccines are being linked to lower risks of dementia. Shots against seasonal flu, RSV, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap), pneumococcal infections, hepatitis A and B, and typhoid have all been linked to lower risks. And one of the strongest connections is from vaccination against shingles, with more data supporting the link still coming in. But as the evidence mounts, scientists continue to puzzle over the pleasant surprise—how are vaccines that target specific pathogens inadvertently shielding our minds from deterioration?

A burgeoning hypothesis offers a brow-raising possibility: The shots may be protecting our noggins by training the part of our immune system that had long been considered untrainable. If the idea holds up, it could generate a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of our immune systems while opening new avenues to treating or preventing dementia. It could also add another dimension to the benefits of vaccines, which already save millions of lives worldwide. ...

cc:news

Okay, which very important software has a huge vulnerability today? Ah, it's Microsoft Windows 11 BitLocker.

Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released

A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation flaw.

No, you should not expect ivermectin to have any effect on hantavirus. There's no evidence, and a widely-shared explanation of how it might work is just wrong.

Science Feedback, 2026-05-07: Doctor misleads with post claiming ivermectin works on hantavirus infection

Darn, I'm almost out!




(Those things were expensive! I haven't used that camera since around 1982, so that $4.39 price tag adjusted for inflation comes out to ~$1.30 per bulb in 2026 dollars.)

Some developers have started putting AI-breaking instructions in their code.

Two current examples:

https://jqwik.net/docs/1.10.0/user-guide.html#note-to-coding-agents-and-alike

https://github.com/kdl-org/kdl-rs/blob/main/AGENTS.md

Somewhere, there is a Linux tool that shows a picture of the storage space used by directories. I know I've seen this, but I don't remember the name (or names, because there are probably several).

Anyone remember?

Meet our last aquarium fish, Methuselina, a probably-female Corydoras splendens catfish. Despite appearances, she is not dead. She's just resting.




We bought her on July 13, 2002. That is not a misprint. She was a small adult fish at that time, so she must be at least 24½ years old.

I assume she doesn't have much longer to live -- but with her history, I don't know if that means days or years!

"The Producers" updated for 2026.

Happy Anniversary, and thank you!

regole chiare e precise Ma quando sono gli idioti a fare le regole... ecco gli Stati Uniti.