Patrick Rhone writes with timely thoughts about trust:
a loss of trust in society — trust in government, trust in institutions, trust in each other — is the cause of a break down and, if left uncorrected, end to that society.
Well put.
What would you call a curriculum that combines math and science topics to play off of and enhance each other rather than separating them along traditional boundaries? Would it be scmathience class? Or mascienthce?
When LLMs are used in ways that are a poor match for their pattern-finding skills they produce results that many have labeled “hallucinations.” These models are not so good with facts.
What if we turned those hallucinations into a benefit? That’s the idea behind this approach:
New battery material that uses less lithium found in AI-powered search
This is the right way to use AI.
cooking up a little something
Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 7:29pm today
Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT, 3:28pm today
The days of treating the opposition as well-meaning and thoughtful peers are over for Democrats. It’s hard to believe, but if the Washington Post is right that much of the GOP is on-board with the Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, I must conclude that the GOP are just gullible oafs and patsys.
iPhone headset plays music but calls revert to speakerphone
If you have ever experienced this strange headache, I finally found a solution that worked for my wife’s phone. I posted to the Apple community discussions where I first looked for a solution in hopes that someone else might benefit from my act of technology-repair love. I’m leaving a copy here on Valentine’s Day for posterity.
This just happened with my wife's phone (an iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 17.3.1). Searching Apple discussions here and elsewhere unearths lots of questions about this issue and few solutions. I tried everything suggested: restarting the phone, updating iOS, swapping adapters and headsets (she is using the USB-C to headphone adapter with a beloved wired headset) – and more – but nothing worked. She had to switch to another phone to be able to use her headset. The odd thing was that, as described above, music played in the headset just fine. This told me it had to be an obscure iOS system setting, so I started methodically trying anything that might work. I eventually found this: Settings -> Sounds & Haptics -> Headphone Safety -> Lightning Adapters The setting screen here contains a toggle labeled "Connected To Headphones," but only when the headphone adapter is plugged in and there is a headset plugged into that. On my wife's phone with this brand new adapter, this toggle was off. Switching it on fixed the problem.
I don’t usually talk about my family here but I need to say how proud I am that my son, Gabriel, has chosen to be a part of this incredible production. If you live near by, please come see the Hanover High School Footlighters’ performance of “I’m Fine,” the North American premiere of a 2022 play by Ukrainian playwright Nina Zakhozhenko. Tickets and details at footlighters.ludus.com.
Gift giving adventure of the day: Amazon just shipped an electronic gadget and a heavy stone mortar and pestle in the same box. Crossing my fingers… 🤞🏻