rcjordan
@rcjordan.bsky.social
In the 70s I sold mainframes door-to-door. My first 4 domains were free. There were no registrars, or ICAAN, or hosting vendors. My nick was pre-banned from SEO forums. Claude AI just rejected me. All my program languages are dead.
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In response to our investigation, Instacart is no longer allowing retailers to use its AI tech to charge shoppers different prices for the same groceries, at the same time on its platform.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In response to our investigation, Instacart is no longer allowing retailers to use its AI tech to charge shoppers different prices for the same groceries, at the same time on its platform.
Maryland Advances Chesapeake Bay Bridge Replacement Plan | Engineering News-Record
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Maryland Advances Chesapeake Bay Bridge Replacement Plan
Officials approve recommended preferred design for replacement span, but the estimated $14.8B to $16B project is likely years away from construction.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Maryland Advances Chesapeake Bay Bridge Replacement Plan | Engineering News-Record
www.enr.com/articles/622...
www.enr.com/articles/622...
There are no solutions, only trade-offs....
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. | MIT Technology Review
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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. | MIT Technology Review
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China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to deal with their aging batteries.
As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There are no solutions, only trade-offs....
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. | MIT Technology Review
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/18/1...
China figured out how to sell EVs. Now it has to bury their batteries. | MIT Technology Review
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Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits • The Register
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December 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits • The Register
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Brits are now trauma-dumping on AI, government confirms - Digital Trends
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December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Brits are now trauma-dumping on AI, government confirms - Digital Trends
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Gemini has slashed free API limits, here's what to use instead
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December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gemini has slashed free API limits, here's what to use instead
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I moderate the Firehose with Tampermonkey. After THE speech, I reduced the firehose by 30-40% by adding this to the array.
' liar',' lying',' lies ','insane','old man',
' liar',' lying',' lies ','insane','old man',
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I moderate the Firehose with Tampermonkey. After THE speech, I reduced the firehose by 30-40% by adding this to the array.
' liar',' lying',' lies ','insane','old man',
' liar',' lying',' lies ','insane','old man',
Bruh you're account is barely as old as the milk in my fridge.
h/t /u/1Check1Mate7
h/t /u/1Check1Mate7
December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bruh you're account is barely as old as the milk in my fridge.
h/t /u/1Check1Mate7
h/t /u/1Check1Mate7
With my group's observations re Gemini's November improvements, I just switched to Gemini Pro 3 on 1min.ai for fairly deep medical research. Nope. GPT-5 wins out with accuracy of 96.3%
Scroll down to General-purpose LLMs in healthcare
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#SciSky #MedSky
Scroll down to General-purpose LLMs in healthcare
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#SciSky #MedSky
Compare 9 Large Language Models in Healthcare
Examples and use cases of large language models in healthcare. Discover top open source and commercial LLMs in healthcare: OpenBioLLM-Llama3-70B, Polaris 3.0,MEDITRON-70B
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December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With my group's observations re Gemini's November improvements, I just switched to Gemini Pro 3 on 1min.ai for fairly deep medical research. Nope. GPT-5 wins out with accuracy of 96.3%
Scroll down to General-purpose LLMs in healthcare
research.aimultiple.com/large-langua...
#SciSky #MedSky
Scroll down to General-purpose LLMs in healthcare
research.aimultiple.com/large-langua...
#SciSky #MedSky
The great AI hype correction of 2025 | MIT Technology Review
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The great AI hype correction of 2025
Four ways to think about this year's reckoning
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December 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The great AI hype correction of 2025 | MIT Technology Review
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
meirl
"While the generative AI boom had tons of impact on all sorts of companies, it immediately upended everything about Stack Overflow in an existential way."
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway | The Verge
www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
"While the generative AI boom had tons of impact on all sorts of companies, it immediately upended everything about Stack Overflow in an existential way."
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway | The Verge
www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
meirl
"While the generative AI boom had tons of impact on all sorts of companies, it immediately upended everything about Stack Overflow in an existential way."
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway | The Verge
www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
"While the generative AI boom had tons of impact on all sorts of companies, it immediately upended everything about Stack Overflow in an existential way."
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway | The Verge
www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
The arid US midwest just crept 140 miles east thanks to climate change
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Climate change and the aridification of North America | PNAS
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"There are no solutions, only trade-offs" --Thomas Sowell
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Climate change and the aridification of North America | PNAS
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"There are no solutions, only trade-offs" --Thomas Sowell
The arid US midwest just crept 140 miles east thanks to climate change
There’s a line that stretches down North America, singeing into the continent a border that separates an arid west from a humid east. And it’s on the move.
qz.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The arid US midwest just crept 140 miles east thanks to climate change
qz.com/1252248/clim...
Climate change and the aridification of North America | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"There are no solutions, only trade-offs" --Thomas Sowell
qz.com/1252248/clim...
Climate change and the aridification of North America | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"There are no solutions, only trade-offs" --Thomas Sowell
Research Links Extreme Cold Weather in the United States to Arctic Warming - NOAA Climate Program Office
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How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex : Rutgers
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How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex : Rutgers
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Research Links Extreme Cold Weather in the United States to Arctic Warming - Climate Program Office
The study provides insights that could potentially extend the warning lead time of cold extremes in the United States, Canada, and Asia.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Research Links Extreme Cold Weather in the United States to Arctic Warming - NOAA Climate Program Office
cpo.noaa.gov/research-lin...
How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex : Rutgers
sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2024/02/how-...
cpo.noaa.gov/research-lin...
How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex : Rutgers
sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2024/02/how-...
Mine water energy scheme at Gateshead: The Mining Remediation Authority
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Mine water energy scheme at Gateshead: The Mining Remediation Authority
Gateshead Council has been awarded a grant of almost £6m, which will target utilisation of warm water from the extensive network of old mine workings 150m below the town.
www.miningremediation.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Mine water energy scheme at Gateshead: The Mining Remediation Authority
www.miningremediation.co.uk/major-grant-...
www.miningremediation.co.uk/major-grant-...
Massive Study Reveals Where Gout Comes From, And It's Not What We Thought : ScienceAlert
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Massive Study Reveals Where Gout Comes From, And It's Not What We Thought
Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger role in the painful arthritic condition than previously thought.
www.sciencealert.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Massive Study Reveals Where Gout Comes From, And It's Not What We Thought : ScienceAlert
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www.sciencealert.com/massive-stud...
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Dirksen: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Doesn't seem to apply nowadays:
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion (hollywoodreporter.com)
#usEconomy #WallSt
Doesn't seem to apply nowadays:
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion (hollywoodreporter.com)
#usEconomy #WallSt
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dirksen: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Doesn't seem to apply nowadays:
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion (hollywoodreporter.com)
#usEconomy #WallSt
Doesn't seem to apply nowadays:
It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion (hollywoodreporter.com)
#usEconomy #WallSt
YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique - Dexerto
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#SciSky
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#SciSky
YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique - Dexerto
YouTuber ‘Plants in Jars’ explained how she was a driving force in accidentally crashing the rare plant market with one specific method.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
YouTuber accidentally crashes the rare plant market with a viral cloning technique - Dexerto
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#SciSky
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#SciSky
#MedSky
San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food – DW – 12/03/2025
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San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food – DW – 12/03/2025
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San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food – DW – 12/03/2025
The Californian city is suing makers of ultraprocessed foods that health experts link to obesity and other diseases.
www.dw.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#MedSky
San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food – DW – 12/03/2025
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San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food – DW – 12/03/2025
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MIT study: AI can already do the work of 12% of America's workforce
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#Jobs #Employment
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#Jobs #Employment
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
MIT study: AI can already do the work of 12% of America's workforce
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#Jobs #Employment
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#Jobs #Employment
#SciSky #MedSky
70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention - Home Dialysis Central
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70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention - Home Dialysis Central
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70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention
“We stand at the beginning of a future where organ shortages may no longer dictate patient outcomes.”
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November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#SciSky #MedSky
70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention - Home Dialysis Central
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70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention - Home Dialysis Central
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#Privacy #Security #Tech #JSON
Code-formatters expose thousands of secrets from banks, govt, tech orgs
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Code-formatters expose thousands of secrets from banks, govt, tech orgs
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Code-formatters expose thousands of secrets from banks, govt, tech orgs
Thousands of credentials, authentication keys, and configuration data impacting organizations in sensitive sectors have been sitting in publicly accessible JSON snippets submitted to the JSONFormatter...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#Privacy #Security #Tech #JSON
Code-formatters expose thousands of secrets from banks, govt, tech orgs
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Code-formatters expose thousands of secrets from banks, govt, tech orgs
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#3dprinting
Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware
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Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware
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Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware
A Russian-linked campaign delivers the StealC V2 information stealer malware through malicious Blender files uploaded to 3D model marketplaces like CGTrader.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#3dprinting
Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware
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Malicious Blender model files deliver StealC infostealing malware
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