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El Pais interview about the Ig Nobel Prizes moving to Europe
Marc Abrahams
Patricia Fernndez de Lis of the Spanish newspaper El Pas interviewed me about the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony moving to Europe. Here is the interview machine-translated into English. The original versi ...[Continue Reading]
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Monitor arms are a cheap desk upgrade that go well beyond uplifting the aesthetics, they change how you work
Chandraveer Mathur
I've always been a staunch advocate of heavy expense on the display in your workstation, gaming PC, or home office setup for the simple reason that it gets more use than other expensive parts like th ...[Continue Reading]
XDA Developers
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Hopes for new ulcerative colitis treatments after gene mutation identified
Janelle Miles
Three generations of one Australian family have helped scientists identify a new gene linked to a debilitating inflammatory bowel condition, offering hope of new treatments for the disease. Five mem ...[Continue Reading]
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon
from the and-we're-back dept This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Nimrod with a comment about the lack of checks and balances for RFK Jr.: Observation If a member of organiz ...[Continue Reading]
Techdirt
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The "are you sure?" Problem: Why AI keeps changing its mind
Dr. Randal S. Olson
Try this experiment. Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and ask a complex question. Something with real nuance, like whether you should take a new job offer or stay where you are, or whether it's worth ...[Continue Reading]
Randalolson.com
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Asylum journey of Iran's footballers reflects larger refugee crisis
Patricia Karvelas
It was just over 10 years ago that the Abbott government intervened in what was an international humanitarian disaster of epic proportions and offered to permanently resettle 12,000 refugees from Syr ...[Continue Reading]
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