Author Archives: Greg

There is nothing like watching the recorded address of the Japanese prime Minister to the Congress

Posted on 2024-04-11 by Greg
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Help! “No Scientist Left Behind”

Posted on 2023-06-12 by Greg

“Now, AI is affecting office workers,and even affecting scientists. If you look at protein folding, the problem that I had, people were working on this. They have an established discipline, they have an annual conference, they have a competition every … Continue reading →

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Do you Trust the NYT?

Posted on 2023-05-30 by Greg
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The Number One Reason for Choosing Apple for Smartphones

Posted on 2023-05-20 by Greg

I have a history of buying Android smartphones but several years ago switched to Apple. The reason has to do with Operating System software updates. Apple supports iOS updates for several years, but Google only supports Android updates for a … Continue reading →

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Chinese Refugees: People Who Are Fleeing the Chinese Communist Party and Their Journey

Posted on 2023-04-16 by Greg

The Wall Street Journal has an article tracing the journey of refugees from China. A couple of notable quotes: The United Nations refugee agency counted 116,868 Chinese seeking asylum around the world at a point measured in mid-2022, up from … Continue reading →

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Here’s a New Way to Live Forever

Posted on 2023-04-10 by Greg

The OpenAI user guide(Opens in a new window) warns users: “We are not able to delete specific prompts from your history. Please don’t share any sensitive information in your conversations.” It says the system uses all questions and text submitted to it … Continue reading →

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New Article in Nature Photonics about Reducing Noise in Quantum Computing

Posted on 2023-04-07 by Greg

Researchers Ludovico Lami (QuSoft, University of Amsterdam) and Mark M. Wilde (Cornell) have made significant progress in quantum computing by deriving a formula that predicts the effects of environmental noise. This is crucial for designing and building quantum computers capable … Continue reading →

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Bard thinks Google will host ChatGPT Plugins

Posted on 2023-03-28 by Greg

Bard also thought that I might be referring to WordPress Plugins. That’s a little weird because I made no reference to WordPress.

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The Worst Schools in the U.S.

Posted on 2023-03-27 by Greg

Herald Weekly gives us a list of the worst colleges in the US. They get low marks for cost versus median salary, for high crime exposure, and for abridgement of free speech. Warning: there are surprises given the criteria used … Continue reading →

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Comparing Bing and Bard on the Question of Roofing Shingle Underlayments

Posted on 2023-03-22 by Greg

I asked Bing and Bard various questions about Roofing Shingle Underlayments. You can see that each response has advantages and disadvantages. Bing uses ChatGPT version 4. Google Bard v1 is based on the long running internal “Project Bard.” Note the … Continue reading →

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