To help visualize this: Imagine a perfectly hemispherical basin with a small amount of water in the bottom. Now imagine a hemispherical shell, just a bit smaller than the basin, with a tiny but very heavy stone in it. When you put the shell with the rock into the basin, the water rises just about to the brim of the…

Also worth noting: The murder rate has gone pretty steadily downward over the past 30 years, from around 10 murders per 100,000 people in 1990 to about half that today.

Say, “I’m Batman,” and you’ll feel better.  I do.

Finally, a point of agreement between us and the fascists.

Dick PIC.

What a cool list. Thanks for putting together this article.

Waymo say they have a 15 minute ‘emergency response team’ which is unacceptably slow in my book.

It’s “hyper text” as opposed to plain old “text” because you can use all sorts of cool colors and fonts and add videos and pictures.

Personally, I oppose police brutality. But the former President himself seems to have a different opinion:

What a great story! Thanks for telling it, Tim Stevens.

Chase Merrill is a 24-year-old living in the snowy Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. He figured the $85,626 SUV would make a perfect replacement for his 2015 Ford Edge...

According to Automotive News, the rule was hidden in the depths of President Biden’s $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act from late 2021, but by next year a final rule must be issued on the new regulation.

You’re correct. 64% of fatal accidents involved no alcohol. (Table 4, p. 8)

This article presents a solid argument, the first clear explanation I’ve seen for the affirmative vote. Thanks for that.

Wow.

Shame that more than 21,000 employees who were or are set to be fired won’t be there to see it through.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has apparently invented a new game called Sumplete that has the potential to dethrone Wordle.

Excellent summary.

Fair complaints.

I think it would be interesting to ask the AI folks whether they’d be willing to pay royalties to the artists who created the material they used for training. Rewarding people who did the actual work.