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So I've dropped my car off at the nearby mechanic, and they say they'll call me once they've had a chance to triage things. Whee.
In the meantime, I'm finally on wifi at my aunt and uncle's house, so I have no excuses but to try and concentrate and maybe get some work done. The only time constraint I'm going to start running up against is that the ant queens are still in Tempe and I should really be checking on them soon. So maybe I'll hop some sort of shuttle back up there, maybe I'll ride my bike up (unlikely!!), who knows.
In the meantime, I should clear out some browser tabs and do my best to concentrate. These are fairly random things.
I appreciated this article less for the headline and more for the focus on how not all types of dietary fiber are created equal: https://www.sciencealert.com/one-type-of-fiber-could-have-weight-loss-benefits-similar-to-ozempic
And the real take-home message to me is that it's still best to maintain a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables. Easier said than done in many circumstances!
I've had this article open about AI scraping for a little while now:
https://www.404media.co/the-backlash-against-ai-scraping-is-real-and-measurable/
It has me wondering about what would be involved in preventing/minimizing AI scraping for my personal website, but I am not sure I can work up the motivation/energy to figure that out. This whole situation is also just general commentary on what humanity has and has not accomplished with the internet. There's a lot about the current AI situation that makes me extremely angry and I feel like it should come as no surprise that automated derivative work has its uses but they should be curtailed.
I appreciated this article about the consequences of vulture die-offs in India: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c28e2pvzn3lo
Part of this is because ants often also get overlooked for their important roles as scavengers. Respect the scavengers!
Why clean energy really can't solve everything by itself: the mining costs:
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-demand-metals-minerals-energy-transition.html
Here's an interesting suburb that went through roadway modifications to make more room for bikes without major impacts on traffic flow: https://youtu.be/_F6xKd7AGKs?si=XCfuONFxl_Geh1W1
I would not say this strategy will work everywhere. However, I will say I noticed that many of the towns in the French countryside employ roundabouts, and I appreciated them for the traffic flow.
And with that, time to get on to the next projects.
Except, while writing this the car news has come in, and it sounds like there's a knock sensor that will require further investigation...tomorrow. While I was sitting next to someone waiting for the mechanic to open, she told me she'd had her own packrat woes, and they've caused sensor damage costing hundreds of dollars to repair. Well, yet another reason why motor vehicles are an expensive hassle.
In the meantime, I'm finally on wifi at my aunt and uncle's house, so I have no excuses but to try and concentrate and maybe get some work done. The only time constraint I'm going to start running up against is that the ant queens are still in Tempe and I should really be checking on them soon. So maybe I'll hop some sort of shuttle back up there, maybe I'll ride my bike up (unlikely!!), who knows.
In the meantime, I should clear out some browser tabs and do my best to concentrate. These are fairly random things.
I appreciated this article less for the headline and more for the focus on how not all types of dietary fiber are created equal: https://www.sciencealert.com/one-type-of-fiber-could-have-weight-loss-benefits-similar-to-ozempic
And the real take-home message to me is that it's still best to maintain a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables. Easier said than done in many circumstances!
I've had this article open about AI scraping for a little while now:
https://www.404media.co/the-backlash-against-ai-scraping-is-real-and-measurable/
It has me wondering about what would be involved in preventing/minimizing AI scraping for my personal website, but I am not sure I can work up the motivation/energy to figure that out. This whole situation is also just general commentary on what humanity has and has not accomplished with the internet. There's a lot about the current AI situation that makes me extremely angry and I feel like it should come as no surprise that automated derivative work has its uses but they should be curtailed.
I appreciated this article about the consequences of vulture die-offs in India: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c28e2pvzn3lo
Part of this is because ants often also get overlooked for their important roles as scavengers. Respect the scavengers!
Why clean energy really can't solve everything by itself: the mining costs:
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-demand-metals-minerals-energy-transition.html
Here's an interesting suburb that went through roadway modifications to make more room for bikes without major impacts on traffic flow: https://youtu.be/_F6xKd7AGKs?si=XCfuONFxl_Geh1W1
I would not say this strategy will work everywhere. However, I will say I noticed that many of the towns in the French countryside employ roundabouts, and I appreciated them for the traffic flow.
And with that, time to get on to the next projects.
Except, while writing this the car news has come in, and it sounds like there's a knock sensor that will require further investigation...tomorrow. While I was sitting next to someone waiting for the mechanic to open, she told me she'd had her own packrat woes, and they've caused sensor damage costing hundreds of dollars to repair. Well, yet another reason why motor vehicles are an expensive hassle.
