2025-10-26
Horseshit
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Young adult (18-24) parenthood fell sharply in every US state from 2010 to 2023
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Talent is directed by capital, not the collective will of citizens
Arguing that our collective talent is misdirected, as Van Teutem does, is as dangerously radical as it is exciting. It seemed for a moment that the salmon-coloured pages of my beloved FT Weekend flashed bright red. Alas, Van Teutem circles the contradiction without naming it. In a supposedly free society, the holders of capital are lawfully entitled to direct human talent on the free market via employment contracts. A job is, after all, just a problem that someone will pay you to solve. I suspect Van Teutem may share my indignation at the suggestion that the problems of my hometown are less deserving of human capital than are the problems of international real estate capital. But this is not a market failure. It is a social failure caused by the well-functioning market to which we have outsourced our collective duty to deploy our scarce resources (human talent among them) for the benefit of society.
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The Obscure Tech at the Heart of the Bombshell NBA Gambling Scandal
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Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures
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The vision for the Enhanced Games is more bleak than you initially thought
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When Everything Becomes Collectible: Gen Z Is Redefining Art Ownership
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Through the consultation process, it became clear that our member organizations do not feel that this year's Peace Prize winner is in line with the values of either the Norwegian Peace Council or our member organizations. As an umbrella organization, it is crucial that our events reflect these values.
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Faster, Higher, Stronger–and Full of Drugs. The Billionaire Quest to Hack Sports
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Bitter taste preferences are associated with antisocial personality traits
Electric / Self Driving cars
Religion / Tribal / Culture War and Re-Segregation
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck / Geek Bait
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The great ADS1115 pricing mystery, part two
Last week I talked about the peculiar pricing of the very popular TI ADC, the ADS1115. In a nutshell, you can buy it for either about $4 or for $0.50, depending on the supplier. US suppliers like Mouser and Digikey sell at the high price, Chinese LCSC sells at the lower. This definitely prompted a lot of discussion. This week the authentic ADS1115 arrived, and I have some new findings to report. This situation looks like price discrimination. TI is the monopoly supplier of ADS1115 chips — nobody else can make and sell an ADS1115. TI knows that US customers are much less price-sensitive than Chinese customers, so sets a higher price in the US.
There’s a clear difference in the performance of these parts. The Adafruit board was a lot better than claimed in the TI datasheet. The cheap boards were much worse. So that rules out price discrimination by TI. Looking at the pricing and gain accuracy, I’d say that the cheap ADS1115 parts in the breakouts are fails, either from TI (unlikely), from Analogy, or from some other nameless vendor selling fakes.
At the end of the day, if the imitation is so like the real thing you can’t tell the difference, then how much it does it matter if it’s real or not?
AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World
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Did the ChatGPT Erdos controversy obscure a real achievement?
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Teen in Love with a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?
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Sora makes slurfect deepfakes of celebs spewing racial epithets
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Behind the Curtain: The ever-growing AI inequality gap
Sanders agrees. "I don't often agree with Elon Musk, but I fear that he may be right when he says, 'AI and robots will replace all jobs,'" the senator wrote on X. "So what happens to workers who have no jobs and no income?"
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Bill Gates says a 2-day work week is coming in just 10 years, thanks to AI
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AI models may be developing their own 'survival drive', researchers say
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Amazon strategized about keeping its datacenters full water use secret
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The Dark Side of the AI Boom Is It’s Masking Weak Investment
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Sam Altman's next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
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New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant 'jet' shooting toward sun
New telescope images show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is shooting a giant jet of gas and dust toward the sun. This is normal behavior for comets, an expert told Live Science.
These and other peculiarities have led a small group of researchers to controversially claim that the object may be an alien spacecraft sent to spy on us. However, the vast majority of scientists maintain that 3I/ATLAS is a high-speed comet behaving exactly as comets should.
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Target cuts 1,800 corporate jobs in its first major layoffs in a decade
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Her 401(k) Contributions Vanished–and Her Company Had No Answers
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Dow rallies 400 points for first close above 47,000 ever following mild inflation report
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The Fed can't help America's young tech workers who are struggling to find a job
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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Bay Area Police Chief Facing Questions of Commuting to Work from Idaho
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USDA says it will not use emergency funds for November food benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use agency contingency funds to pay for food aid benefits set to lapse in November during the federal government shutdown, according to a memo seen by Reuters. More than 41 million people are set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as food stamps, at the end of this month as the shutdown keeps Congress from funding the program.
Left Angst
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The Tech CEO Campaign to Stop Trump from Sending Troops to San Francisco
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Bannon Claims 'There Is a Plan' for Trump to Run for a Third Term
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Tech billionaires are now shaping the militarization of American cities
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Many large outlets such as The Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, and CBS News were among those which refused to sign the Pentagon’s new media guidelines. At the same time, these outlets agreed to far more restrictive policies — including censorship — in order to cover Guantánamo Bay.
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
World
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Why a Chef in Brazil Couldn't Stomach a Menu Request for a Prince's Event
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Indonesia defiant after IOC calls for no events over Israeli gymnast ban
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Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl
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Plotting a Heist? This German Company Wants to Give You a Lift
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A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea's digital defenses
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China's Pokémon Craze Is Stirring an Anti-Foreigner Backlash in Japan
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Germany destroys two nuclear plant cooling towers as part of phaseout plan
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
China
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Nexperia China defies Dutch head office's order to remove veteran Chinese exec
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German Firms Hand over Secrets That China Could Use for Leverage
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China's Xiaomi says surging memory chip prices push up smartphone costs
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Ubios: China's Alternative to UEFI and the New Era of Firmware Standards
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China expands highway solar as provinces race to decarbonize transport