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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
The interesting tidbit, IMO, is that "... Sir Roger Penrose ... started off with a brief discussion of artificial intelligence; he doesn’t believe there is such a thing, and dubbed it “artificial cleverness”."
Comment · 3 years ago
Sabine Hossenfelder: All power plants create waste heat that contributes to global warming. At the moment, the contribution is fairly small, but if mankind flourishes it is bound to increase and eventually it will become a problem. The only thing we an do about it is to build an air condition for the planet.
Comment · 3 years ago
The European Union warns that pirate sites can lead users to malware and other unwanted content. Unfortunately, the EU also has its own piracy problem; its official website continues to be exploited by bad actors to advertise piracy-related scams.
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Comment · 3 years ago
From the article: "A report in the July 2020 issue of The Lancet listed the variety of known risk factors for dementia, ranging from air pollution to repetitive head trauma to systemic infections." The article doesn't mention diabetes or sugar.
Comment · 4 years ago
I've used purelymail for two years and almost without problems.
Comment · 4 years ago
purelymail (https://purelymail.com/) is great! Can't recommend it enough.

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