How to keep AI from turning into the Terminator
Mark Surman writes that unless we can begin to build artificial intelligence more responsibly and ethically, we open ourselves and our democracies up to risk.edition-m.cnn.com
Interesting how they arranged this by common compounds observed...never saw one with carbon, silicon, and titanium in the same group!
#StAndrews find may be #oldest surviving wall #chart of #PeriodicTable | #Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/17/st-andrews-mldest-surviving-wall-chart-of-periodic-table-university
#HistorySt Andrews find may be oldest surviving wall chart of periodic table
Chart appears to date from 1885, and was found under lecture hall during clean-outwww.theguardian.com
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"essentially crystal spheres in the sky"
Nature is so cool...
Nature is so cool...
#space #astronomy #universe #physics #astrophysicsAstronomers discover first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals
The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered by astronomers at the University of Warwick, and our skies are filled with them.phys.org
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And we're back.
Server went down, of course while I was away. Gonna be catching up on a loootttt of posts now...
Hi @JB Carroll. Oh, that doesn't sound like much fun! Well hopefully the recovery will go smoothly. Cheers, -Randy
Thanks guys! The workers are still cranking away on getting posts. Don't know what caused the shutdown, all I had to do was restart!
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Welp.
Facebook Employees Are So Paranoid They’re Using Burner Phones to Talk to Each Other http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/facebook-employees-unhappy-at-company-amid-scandal.html
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Please, just #deletefacebook
So I wrote a thread on birdsite on the #Six4Three Facebook files confiscated and released by UK Parliament. Enjoy + feel free to RT the crap out of it:
https://mobile.twitter.com/aral/status/1070537560244580352
#SurveillanceCapitalism #Facebook
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Sorry for the radio silence. With the family on a trip to #SanFrancisco . Got to see the #muirwoods first time in person. Quite a humbling experience.
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Gives me more motivation to finish up my server and make a node to invite my friends to #deletefacebook
Still plenty of time left US friends
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It's happening...
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I think I could feel my pupils dilate at the chocolate mint. That stuff is so good, but so bad for you. 
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Bryan Meloy 1 day ago
Shows how far we have come with understanding and the importance of understanding chemistry to how our medicine and technology has moved on
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