Training robots pays

https://youtu.be/yfZhpEupz5M?is=9BWaAP3yxoZ7n1zC

Smart startup - have your home cleaned for free by people wearing headsets that train robots for everyday tasks. 

You just have to ignore the privacy concerns. 

Crushed basalt helps trees grow.

https://youtu.be/3toYxpP_S2w?is=SFLv3cGYLMCtVCiU

@1:49 Crushed basalt encourages 85% more growth and 27% more carbon sequestered in 4 years. 

Why? 

Crushed volcanic basalt slowly dissolves in soil water, releasing vital trace elements like magnesium, calcium, potassium, and iron over several years. - ref

This also supports soil bacteria and fungi, which build a healthier living network around tree roots.

Luckily, it's getting a boost from companies needing to pay for carbon offset, like Microsoft. And a large-scale project is underway in Brazil. 

Nuclear common sense, at last

https://youtu.be/YyXCWMwlCPw?is=kSV4mpt3V3z_vfHV

Phonesthemes

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18BKQ2cECu/

sway/sweep/swerve/swing/swirl/swish/swoop

(closing motion)

clam/clamp/clap/clasp/clench/cling/clip/clop/close/ clutch (clump together)

lump/rump/hump/bump (heavy protrusion) 

Changing our mental maps

https://www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/changing-our-mental-maps/

25:45 the "default mode network" in our brains is constantly working to pass off mental tasks to an automated pattern. This simplifies "what am I doing in every given moment" but it also features blind spots as to "what other possibilities in this moment" which has big implications in our ability to change. The default mode network is like a "groove" that our mind falls into. 

Thinking about "the self" takes the highest priority because that's important for our survival. 

33:37 we saw that in depressed patients, the brain showed decreased activity in the areas related to 

 -Tom

Increasing the electricity grid capacity with superconducting cables

https://youtu.be/8KOYyfZbPzo?is=RkawiLkJO7Itljfa

8:40 superconducting power transmission lines

10:35 but they have to be kept cold, very cold

Marks Marine Pharmacy (CanShipMeds)

Marks Marine Pharmacy (CanShipMeds) https://share.google/cHPpwkCXNGQpfKkDr

Ships prescription drugs for less from Canada

Nuclear battery - radioactive nickel encased in diamond

https://youtu.be/Onk0FRuA4XU?is=EJ8oE_3YliwGQ8Pg

Lasts for decades. Weak radiation needs no shielding. Byproduct is copper. 

Weird sandwich

This combination sounds wild, but peanut butter, Miracle Whip, pickles, and bacon makes the ultimate sweet, salty, tangy, and crunchy bite.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fw7H5ArPy/

Automated mosquito-killer drone - no chemicals, no by-catch of helpful insects.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18wfvSKwre/

Tiny 40g drone finds and kills mosquitoes using ultrasound, self-charges, and flies autonomously. 

https://youtu.be/dDa9pFzeJvE?is=ZeIpfSg9WsxXzpGF

A startup developing autonomous micro-drones designed to hunt and eliminate mosquitoes in mid-air using artificial intelligence and ultrasonic sonar...acoustic detection and kinetic interception: Using a spectrogram analysis, the drone's system can listen for the specific acoustic "fingerprint" of mosquito wings flapping, to differentiate between a dangerous mosquito and beneficial insects like flies or wasps. Once ID'd, the drone's intelligent control algorithms guide it to intercept the pest in mid-air and knock it down using its propellers.

Earth erosion

https://youtu.be/BnYjRtos6L8?is=5IzuhXnVhQ07rDat

Very clear animation of the earth erosion formations at Omak near the Grand Coulee dam in WA State. 

Place sliced white mushrooms in the sun.

Exposing white button mushrooms to direct sunlight for 15 to 30 minutes significantly increases their Vitamin D content. This happens because they contain a plant sterol called ergosterol, which naturally converts into Vitamin D2 when hit by ultraviolet (UVB) rays—the exact same process our own skin uses to produce Vitamin D.

Place the mushrooms with the gills (the ribbed underside of the cap) facing upward directly toward the sun. Because Vitamin D is heat-stable, these "sunbathed" mushrooms will retain their enhanced nutritional value even after being cooked or dried for up to a year.

C. S. Lewis on love in marriage

It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by the grace which both partners ask, and receive from God.

https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/reflections-december-2005/

Voice like chocolate and nicotine

He has a wonderful sonorous speaking voice ("chocolate stained with nicotine" is how Rachelle's sister Naomi described it)

-London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe, p.13

How AI "thinks"

https://youtu.be/rKV5JcALQoQ?is=xuurxSp6FK869raH

Peeking under the hood of AI reasoning, words that the model is "thinking about" but not actually saying are important to achieving results; eliminating the ability to use such intermediate words in the process made some prompts impossible for it to answer. 

When AI was fabricating results, these inner words in the "J-space" indicated the model knew it was fabricating.