Why is this better than the scripting environment in other CAD systems? I’m particular, I looked a bit at https://openscad.org/ previously, though didn’t make much headway modeling the thing I wanted.

Why is a language-level approach better than just an API in an existing, popular language?

Anyone know what the stuff headed NW is? Pyroclastic flow on the ground? Different altitude / wind direction carrying ash?

I am annoyed by Christmas before Thanksgiving, but the change doesn’t seem that egregious, just avoiding the case where it could be a week later than usual:

in 1863, during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln established the last Thursday of November as the official date for Thanksgiving to be celebrated each year. Following this tradition, every president thereafter declared a general day of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November. However, in 1939, during the Great Depression, November had five Thursdays, and the last one fell on November 30, which left little time for the Christmas shopping season. To address this concern, in August 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to break from tradition and issued an executive order declaring that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on November 23 instead of November 30.

Also it didn’t work:

A 1941 Commerce Department survey found no significant expansion of retail sales due to the change.

Yeah, maybe I’m being more particular about terminology than I should, given how loosely it’s used. I was saying the cars aren’t using genAI / LLMs, which seem to be the crux of the other (undesirable to me) advertised future developments.

But of course ML / computer vision are expected as major parts of self driving.

Article.

Come on people, this is why you make cloud enabled devices that can still function offline. And why I will never buy a range with wifi (or at least never connect it if there’s no dumb model available).

Does it? The article makes no claim the self-driving has any dependent on AI. Seems like GM is just hyping up their AI bloatware at the same time — though that would make me hesitate to get one of their cars.

For those not familiar (like myself), Voynich Manuscript:

So if your system is oscillating wildly, your P term is too large, right?

P = social media, 24h news cycle I = education D = regulation

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From the initial version of the investigation, the driver faced charges under Part 1 of Article 121 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional grievous bodily harm), but by court decision he was not taken into custody under this article. Soon after, he was detained in Bila Tserkva and another suspicion was announced – leaving a person in danger (Part 3 of Article 135 of the Criminal Code), which carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison.

And so many of them can’t stay on their side of the line. Glad nobody was opening doors.

Taken together, the study’s findings represent a crucial step forward in addressing many unresolved issues regarding Long COVID. The systemic increase in AMPARs provides a direct biological explanation for the cognitive symptoms, highlighting a target for potential treatments. For example, drugs that suppress AMPAR activity could be a viable approach to mitigate brain fog. Interestingly, the team’s analysis also demonstrated that imaging data can be used to distinguish patients from healthy controls with 100% sensitivity and 91% specificity.

The articles self summary pretty much covers the content:

A study out of Japan showed how targeting genes can regrow teeth in animals. Now, the team has turned to a human clinical trial. By targeting the USAG-1 gene, researchers believe that they can help people without a full set of teeth regrow teeth. The team says that humans have a third set of teeth available as buds, ready to grow as needed.

Sounds cool!

That’s horrible.

Also, why would anyone visit the US at this point?

Fun.

A kite surfer from West Sussex has set a new world record for the highest “tow up” after being pulled 1,587ft (487m) into the air by a paramotor then gliding back down.

Doesn’t quite match my intuition for the definition of “jump” though.

According to local news reports, all three victims were detainees. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed no law enforcement officers were injured, and suggested he believed the motive was political:

While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an idealogical (sic.) motive behind this attack … One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase ‘ANTI ICE.’

Huh, don’t know how to interpret that.

Following Wednesday’s shooting, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pointed blame for the incident on rhetoric from the far-left: “For months, we’ve been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed. These horrendous killings must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences. Comparing ICE Day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences.”

Or, you know, acting like the gestapo has consequences.

At least it enhances every day value for the customer!

Ugh.

100 coins in the clock was probably my toughest of the 120 stars.

And shooting them.

Better South Korea than a concentration camp, but all these headlines calling it “home” is misleading, their homes are presumably near their workplace.

Misleading title, “flown home” actually means taken “to South Korea on a chartered flight”.