Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Anti-Legalization GOP Congressmen Push Biden Admin To Study Marijuana Cultivation's Environmental Impacts - Marijuana Moment

Anti-Legalization GOP Congressmen Push Biden Admin To Study Marijuana Cultivation's Environmental Impacts - Marijuana Moment: "A pair of GOP congressmen is asking key cabinet officials in the Biden administration to study the environmental impacts of marijuana cultivation—acknowledging both the intensive electrical demand that growing cannabis can involve as well as the role that legalization can play in setting regulations for the plant."

Monday, September 26, 2022

Post Office scandal inquiry chair intervenes in slow compensation progress

Post Office scandal inquiry chair intervenes in slow compensation progress: "Almost three years after a High Court judge ruled against the Post Office and stated that computer errors had caused the unexplained losses for which subpostmasters were blamed, many of those affected have still not received any compensation."

Liz Truss plans more immigration in effort to fill vacancies and drive growth

Liz Truss plans more immigration in effort to fill vacancies and drive growth | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/25/liz-truss-plans-more-immigration-in-effort-to-fill-vacancies-and-drive-growth

Monday, September 19, 2022

What is ethics? - Canada.ca

What is ethics? - Canada.ca: "It can be said that in general, ethics is concerned with human independence when it focuses on the relationship that exists between humans and the world. This independence is the primary condition in ethical decision-making and in any objective analysis of the facts. Individuals demonstrate independence when, in a decision-making process, they choose to free themselves as much as possible from their conditioning. Insofar as this operation assumes a degree of lucidity that allows us to judge objectively and to decide what direction to take, it will be understood that making ethical decisions is difficult."

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

Having a precancerous skin lesion, such as actinic keratosis or Bowen's disease
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/squamous-cell-carcinoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20352480 

Against moral advocacy, Rational Altruist, Paul Christiano

Against moral advocacy | Rational Altruist: "Sometimes people talk about changing long-term social values as an altruistic intervention; for example, trying to make people care more about animals, or God, or other people, or ancestors, etc., in the hopes that these changes might propagate forward (say because altruistic people work to create a more altruistic world) and eventually have a direct effect on how society uses available resources. I think this is unlikely to be a reasonable goal, not necessarily because it is not possible (though it does seem far-fetched), but because even if it were possible it would not be particularly desirable." https://paulfchristiano.com/ea/

Friday, September 16, 2022

AI safety technical research - Career review

AI safety technical research - Career review: "As we’ve argued, in the next few decades, we might see the development of powerful machine learning algorithms with the potential to transform society. This could have major upsides and downsides, including the possibility of catastrophic risks."

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Gaba for Sleep | Sleep Foundation

Gaba for Sleep | Sleep Foundation: "A small-scale study found that taking a 300 milligram (mg) dose of GABA before bed for several weeks was well-tolerated and reduced the time required to fall asleep. Evidence points to a need to take GABA supplements for at least one week to influence stress levels or sleep."

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

4 Free Methods to Rip Audio From DVD Discs on Windows/Mac

4 Free Methods to Rip Audio From DVD Discs on Windows/Mac: "As a cross-platform and multiple purposed media player, VLC media player helps many people view movies or audios that won't open on another program or device."

Monday, September 12, 2022

Rebecca Solnit - Wikipedia

Rebecca Solnit - Wikipedia: Rebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art

Bare Link Alert and Ref Tools in Wikipedia

Jim Knight - Wikipedia: "This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as Reflinks (documentation), reFill (documentation) and Citation bot (documentation)."

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Online Converter - Convert Image, Video, Audio, & Document Files

Online Converter - Convert Image, Video, Audio, & Document Files: 'Converted files are automatically deleted after 4 hours to protect your privacy. Please download files before they are deleted."

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Information security vs cyber security: distinguishing the expertise

Information security vs cyber security: distinguishing the expertise: "Cyber security is about ensuring that all data in cyberspace is kept safe. A solid cyber security strategy will look at network security; application security; cloud security; as well as critical security infrastructure."

Sunday, September 4, 2022

The Black mothers finding freedom in mushrooms: ‘They give us our power back’

EFF on Fog Data Science Surveillance

Data%20Broker%20Helps%20Police: "Millions of Americans’ everyday movements can be traced by police with the click of a mouse and possibly without a warrant, thanks to a data broker that’s selling phone geolocation data to state and local law enforcement, an Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation has found."

Friday, September 2, 2022

MS Prevalence With Sociodemographic, Health Systems, and Lifestyle Factors on a National and Regional Level | Neurology

Association of Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence With Sociodemographic, Health Systems, and Lifestyle Factors on a National and Regional Level | Neurology: "Healthcare access significantly contributes to the global variations in MS prevalence, especially since national wealth rises with latitude and likely results in significant underestimation of MS prevalence in countries with lower health expenditure."

Thursday, September 1, 2022

What happened to the Japanese man who 'married' virtual character Hatsune Miku? - The Mainichi

What happened to the Japanese man who 'married' virtual character Hatsune Miku? - The Mainichi: "What has changed for Kondo since his wedding ceremony is that he can no longer enjoy conversations with the character, as the company that developed the service terminated it in March 2020, saying the limited production model had run its course."

'Fictosexual man' who married a HOLOGRAM

'Fictosexual man' who married a HOLOGRAM can no longer speak with his wife due to a software glitch | Daily Mail Online: '"Fictosexual man' who married a HOLOGRAM can no longer speak with his wife after her software expires"