a very lonely life
In Singapore, the right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn’t include the car.
male pattern baldness may be associated with increased risk of skin cancer, but the associations may only exist for those occurring at head and neck, particularly at scalp and “Balding men are more susceptible to sun damage and skin cancer because they have less hair protection.”
The Tollund Man is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC. The man’s physical features were so well preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim. The cause of death has been determined to be by hanging. Scholars believe the man was a human sacrifice, rather than an executed criminal, because of the arranged position of his body, and his eyes and mouth being closed. Scientists identified the man’s last meal as porridge or gruel made from grains and seeds, both cultivated and wild. Approximately 40 kinds of seeds were identified, but the porridge was primarily composed of four types: barley, flax, false flax (Camelina sativa), and knotgrass. […] Scientists identified the man’s last meal as porridge or gruel made from grains and seeds, both cultivated and wild. Approximately 40 kinds of seeds were identified, but the porridge was primarily composed of four types: barley, flax, false flax (Camelina sativa), and knotgrass. From the stage of digestion it was concluded that the man had eaten 12 to 24 hours prior to his death. Because neither meat nor fresh fruit was found in the last meal, it is suggested that the meal was eaten in winter or early spring, when these items were not available. In 1976, the Danish police made a fingerprint analysis, making Tollund Man’s thumbprint one of the oldest prints on record.
Where does my computer get the time from?
The ozone hole above Antarctica has grown to three times the size of Brazil
Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do
Meta’s new AI-generated stickers — child soldiers, nude politicians, and lots and lots of boobs.
Anyone who uses a chatbot like Bard or ChatGPT is participating in a massive training exercise. In fact, one reason that these bots are provided for free may be that a user’s data is more valuable than her money: everything you type into a chatbot’s text box is grist for its model. Moreover, we aren’t just typing but pasting—e-mails, documents, code, manuals, contracts, and so on. We’re often asking the bots to summarize this material and then asking pointed questions about it, conducting a kind of close-reading seminar.
Translate: “We got a call from Google’s PR team” Excerpt: How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet
Not only did Isaac Newton master physics and mathematics, but he was also a theologian. He was obsessed with eschatology (end-times prophecy), and he calculated — based on his interpretation of the Bible — that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 2060. […] later in life, Newton dabbled in economics […] As Master of the Mint, Newton was tasked with tracking down currency counterfeiters […] When notorious counterfeiter William Chaloner attacked Newton’s personal integrity, he doubled down his efforts to catch him. […] Newton bribed crooks for information. He started making threats. He leaned on the wives and mistresses of Chaloner’s crooked associates. […] what truly separates Newton from other luminaries was his unparalleled creativity. He created multiple tools that simply never existed before. […] Sadly, despite his fame, Isaac Newton led a very lonely life. His incomparable brilliance came at a hefty cost; his reclusive and anti-social nature strongly suggest that he was autistic, and his obsessive and disagreeable nature suggest mental illness, perhaps obsessive-compulsive disorder.
