𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann
Writer of 1491, 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. Also @charlescmann.bsky.social. Seized Nipmuc land Joined August 2011-
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This is an fine thing (assuming it is accurate, I mean). I sometimes think that all people who profit from the attention generated by making a lot of bold predictions should have a scoreboard like this. galloway-index.webflow.io
Yet another sign of how Things Have Changed. At the local, very big hardware chain store you can't buy packages of this relatively common size nut with more than 4 nuts in them because (per the store manager, whom I asked) "people don't do that kind of project any more."
Impressive that this AI-generated "quick facts" box Google threw up when I searched for "the 7 Years War" says that the UK lost the war, which is both wrong and not in the Britannica article that is its apparent source. Hope kids don't rely on this junk for their homework!
The FTC banning non-competes is a huge win for America and is one of the best pro-labor policy changes in decades
Amazing that a chip bricked in 46-yr-old Voyager I, preventing it from sending data, and NASA figured out how to split up and reallocate its functions to other hardware, sending code 15 billion miles away (45 hours round trip!)--and Voyager's back online. blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/0…
The trajectory from Person Who Becomes Famous for Debunking Pundits Who Pull Predictions Out of their Ass to Pundit Who Pulls Predictions Out of their Ass seems unstoppable.
The trajectory from Person Who Becomes Famous for Debunking Pundits Who Pull Predictions Out of their Ass to Pundit Who Pulls Predictions Out of their Ass seems unstoppable.
Love the idea of embedding copper inductive charging coils in roads to charge EVs, esp. in cities where ppl can't charge in garages--tho the practicalities seem daunting. Would urban parking lots be a more plausible target for this tech than actual roads? ev.aaa.com/articles/take-…
Clearly a go-to move we're seeing here.
It's a profound indictment of American political discourse that we're more obsessed with wealthy schools that educate a tiny fraction of the population than the health of public, taxpayer-funded universities.
It's a profound indictment of American political discourse that we're more obsessed with wealthy schools that educate a tiny fraction of the population than the health of public, taxpayer-funded universities.
I just went to the undergrad research conference at my local university where seniors present poster sessions about their thesis research and I am here to tell you I am excited about the future. This coming generation is full of incredible kids doing great things.
How does liability work if someone acts on advice from ChatGPT that proves lethally bad? Question prompted by learning that asking it how to fight a chemical fire would produce a catastrophically bad answer. funraniumlabs.com/2024/04/phil-v…
Not sure why this test of an AI assistant that "helps" doctors write to patients downplays that the AI was offering medical advice, which it was explicitly not supposed to do, and which seems like a real negative. (They did note that AI didn't save time.) jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
Looks amazing. Please, God, let it be great, and I promise you I will not judge it by its fidelity to the book.
Looks amazing. Please, God, let it be great, and I promise you I will not judge it by its fidelity to the book.
First signs of the new season in my bit of New England--first peach-blossom buds, first crop of walking onions, first tomato sprouts, first aposematic mimic of a monarch butterfly (not a butterfly person, but I *think* it's a painted lady [Vanessa cardui]).
Is there a "stories of where my foods originated" kid's book? Would make a great 12-14 book for a certain type of kid (my son as an example).
Is there a "stories of where my foods originated" kid's book? Would make a great 12-14 book for a certain type of kid (my son as an example).
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@drvolts I think most normal people understand the right opposes all climate change policies regardless of the policy of the day. Only the too smart political nerds actually give much credence to these kinds of specific objections. But yes it’s funny to see the right reap what they sow
@CharlesCMann From talk first done inside Bell Labs ~1977. Space probe falls at extreme left: long lifetime, zero change to hardware, have to get right, including reliability & routes for fixing even with low bandwidth & high latency. usenix.org/legacy/events/…
@CharlesCMann 🙏 i have learnt so much from 1491 & 1493! 🙏
@CharlesCMann incredible tale. shocking to see what NASA feeds its brightest minds
@CharlesCMann Reading Dos Passos' 'USA' right now, and it's resonating!
@CharlesCMann And there’s also the Gypsy-Romani-India connotation.
@CharlesCMann Agree 100%. Lots of privileges being a prof, but the constant reassurance my students give me about the future is one that I'm most grateful for.
These universities—in what is a truly hilarious Ponzi scheme—have managed to convince students that elite academia is the vanguard of social justice. Universities thought their front-of-house “radicalism” was compatible with back-of-house courtship of the country club set. 4/
@CharlesCMann I doubt it - the "reasonable person" that the law references would do a little investigation and quickly find out about hallucinations etc. Where I think it gets interesting is 10 years from now and the results are highly reliable, but then it gives one piece of bad advice.
@CharlesCMann @IceEmperorof Same here in Blighty. We were tantalized for a day or two but now all gray again.
@CharlesCMann > Heck, *I* would love a book like that written for adults, perhaps by Simon Winchester, Bill Bryson, or -- just spitballing here -- someone who may know a thing or two about the Columbian Exchange...
@CharlesCMann @jasoncrawford I really liked this one: goodreads.com/en/book/show/4…
@CharlesCMann Furthermore, it was a cross between a wild strawberry from America’ east coast and a wild beach strawberry from chile. Amazing stuff in the produce department.
@CharlesCMann I loved Waverley Root's encyclopedia _Food_ when I was younger! It's more than just fruits and vegetables, but short and crisp. There's a book called The Fruit Hunters that looks good.
@CharlesCMann Not exactly, but where fruits and vegetables are grown How To Pick A Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table
@CharlesCMann The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Young Readers Edition The Secrets Behind What You Eat michaelpollan.com/books/the-omni… by @michaelpollan
@CharlesCMann Certainly a great book for a certain type of Dad (you as an example).
@CharlesCMann It happened more gradually, but like, all brassicas being the same species always blows my mind.