Shopping for an inexpensive keyboard? This one looks cool but is not a good fit for me. https://amzn.to/3UC5l2C

ICYMI, NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief pause https://scitechdaily.com/15-billion-miles-away-nasas-voyager-1-breaks-its-silence/

"Historical dance teacher Lottie Adcock told BBC Radio York that she has seen a rise in the number of students wanting to learn the style of dances seen in Bridgerton, any number of Jane Austen adaptations and other period dramas set in the Regency era of the early 1800s." https://deadline.com/2024/03/bridgerton-pride-and-prejudice-inspires-fans-demand-for-regency-era-dancing-lessons-1235860275/

We all need a moment of zen, today.

A new study says we’re getting closer to a universal anti-venom for snake bites. https://theconversation.com/were-a-step-closer-to-having-a-universal-antivenom-for-snake-bites-new-study-224664

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." ~ Susan B. Anthony

Real-time map of every Starlink satellite in orbit. Worth peeking at just for the #WoahDude visual. https://www.starlinkmap.org/

Selling 700,000 copies in its first year, the 1999 theme park strategy game RollerCoaster Tycoon helped keep its publisher Atari alive and kicking. Today [March 2024] is its 25th anniversary.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/mar/22/rollercoaster-tycoon-at-25-its-mind-blowing-how-it-inspired-me

Finally (?): A flame thrower for your drone https://throwflame.com/products/flamethrower-drone-kit/

Meatball lovers, rejoice – IKEA has announced the opening of its first restaurant on the UK high street
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ikea-uk-high-street-restaurant-swedish-meatballs-b2639380.html

The man who, as president and CEO of SCO, attempted to sue Linux out of existence died a month and a half ago with little notice by the Linux and open: Once Linux’s Biggest Enemy: Darl McBride Dies and Nobody Notices https://fossforce.com/2024/11/once-linuxs-biggest-enemy-darl-mcbride-dies-and-nobody-notices/

TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/02/food/tgi-fridays-bankruptcy/index.html

@MidnightRider What an excellent expression! It captures the attitude.

AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
> The UW researchers tested three open-source, large language models (LLMs) and found they favored resumes from white-associated names 85% of the time, and female-associated names 11% of the time. Over the 3 million job, race and gender combinations tested, Black men fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwhelmingly-prefers-white-and-male-job-candidates-in-new-test-of-resume-screening-bias/

Presidential Campaign Pins 1860–1956
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/10/presidential-campaign-pins-1860-1956/

Listening In on the Mysterious Marbled Murrelet
Applying machine learning to forest soundscapes helps researchers pinpoint rare and threatened birds.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/listening-in-on-the-mysterious-marbled-murrelet/

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More than 22 metric tons of luxury cheddar cheese was stolen from Neals Yard Dairy in London. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/63-year-old-man-arrested-after-allegedly-stealing-400k-worth-of-cheese-2969708/

If Dolly Parton was Welsh, this is what Jolene would sound like. https://www.tiktok.com/@bronwenlewismusic/video/7341028081940860193

"Researchers have discovered a new way to hack AI assistants that uses a surprisingly old-school method: ASCII art. It turns out that chat-based large language models such as GPT-4 get so distracted trying to process these representations that they forget to enforce rules blocking harmful responses, such as those providing instructions for building bombs." https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/researchers-use-ascii-art-to-elicit-harmful-responses-from-5-major-ai-chatbots/#gsc.tab=0