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 Well guess what? We have a "blizzard watch" here ... maybe Al Gore is visiting LA. Brrr! Looks like more Zwifting ahead for me, and probably, no sailing this weekend :(
Following up on my recent note about "old technology", I was able to find a firewire charger and get my little classic iPod to power up. Yay. Love that scroll wheel, so smooth, so click-y. Unfortunately I don't have a computer which can load songs into it, that would require a computer firewire adapter. Firewire is sufficiently different from serial ports that you can't have a USB-to-firewire dongle. I think it would require a full-on desktop PC with an old PCI bus, and then an adapter. So be it.
 Are you excited about the Academy Awards? Do you even know when they are? Or what they were? My family used to make a big deal out of watching them - the red carpet was the big draw - but doesn't seem like anyone cares anymore. Jimmy Failla: The Oscars went from world's biggest party to world's biggest group therapy session. 
BTW, I am a red person in a blue family, so it's not the liberal bias that's turned them off, it's the specter of genetic lottery winners lecturing us.
 Well is that special: ChatGPT alters response on benefits of fossil fuels, now refuses to answer over climate concerns. Apparently we can't handle the truth. Let's ask it about nuclear power?
Meanwhile: Microsoft Trying To Rein In Bing Chat After AI-Powered Bot Called AP Reporter Ugly, A Liar, And Hitler. Wow. This whole thing is like bad science fiction movie about AI!
 I keep reading about Vivek Ramaswamy. No idea who he is or what he's done, but people I respect say I should pay attention to him. And what he says makes sense.
Oh: turns out he is running for President. Huh.
 Hmmm... that's funny: Astrophysicists Discover a Mysterious Perfect Explosion in Space - "It Makes No Sense". Yet.
 Also funny: James Webb telescope captures ancient galaxies that theoretically shouldn't exist. "It calls the whole picture of early galaxy formation into question." But are they really galaxies?
 The Lucid Air Touring, reviewed. I've fallen in and out of love with Lucids; love the range and technology, and after I saw one loved the interior, but owners report many software problems and the Electrify America chargers don't appear to deliver anywhere near the promised charging rates. I think I'll stay with my Model S for a while longer...
Jean-Louis Glassee takes a look at Intel. Oh yeah, them. Seems like the ARM architecture is winning, they have an uphill battle on their hands...
John Battelle: Is Google Truly F*cked? His answer: "The company is clearly at its peak in terms of its core search market, and it’s deeply vulnerable to a shift in consumer behavior, should one actually materialize. And yes, it’s frustratingly hemmed into a classic innovator’s dilemma." The Intel example shows it's possible to lose a massive leadership position over time.
 Study Finds Zero Loss of Antarctica Sea Ice – But BBC Spins as "New Record Low". This is so confusing to me; either there is a massive loss of sea ice, or there isn't; how can this be controversial? What is easy to spot is the difference between the content of the study and the content of the BBC's reporting...
My own admittedly confused and not-fully-informed view: there is some loss of sea ice, not catastrophic, and it's due to many factors, not all of them anthropocentric.
 This sounds like science fiction: Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers. Heh, I love it.
BTW: TeleHealth Odyssey was written without any use of AI :)
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