Comparing the development of AI to Oppenheimer is fascinating and apt. Sam is right to say that we have every right to be afraid of AI, …driving us to figure out how to best handle it.
theguardian.com/australia-news

“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon” Roskosmos

This description is surprisingly apt. The moon got in the way.

smh.com.au/world/asia/russia-s

The other big age-related Apollo fact is that no one born after 1935 has walked on the moon.

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A statistic I worked out five years ago, still waiting for a new global amazement:

I was curious when a majority of people hadn't been alive for Apollo. It was early January, 1999 when median global age and time since Apollo were both 26.08 years. Humanity has to do something amazing roughly every 20 years for a majority of people to remember it.

Ghost hoaxing was a thing in Ballarat in the late 1800s, especially around cemeteries. Defacing faces or vandalising graves with “glow in the dark paint”

It is ironic to read that those defacing the memorials and graves to scare others, became symbols of death by something that was going to kill them. Via @ABC

abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/

A four-day workweek trial has yielded positive findings, showing a decrease in burnout and an increase in productivity when combined with hybrid workplaces.

Could this achieve a better work-life balance in education and boost your job?

sbs.com.au/news/article/the-wo

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Can you believe I’ve been exploring Mars for almost two years? Join one of my science team members for a live talk with Q&A and hear what I’ve been up to. Watch online: go.nasa.gov/mars2020watchonlin

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My fellow Australians, Trove is a national research treasure and stopping government funding to it is bullshit. it will take you less than 30 seconds to sign (and confirm via email) this Parliament House petition to protest this move. Please consider aph.gov.au/e-petitions

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I spotted this gem, whilst reading a film column by Simon Ings in my @newscientist magazine this morning (23 January 2023, p36) .. nicely frames a question that we should be asking about the technology in our lives.

Achieving a harmonious is hard work to bridge different understandings about issues of culture and best practice. There were those that we click with and those that we clash with. The by Ali Walker outlines some interesting strategies to resolve this.

amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amppro

"God Talks To Mastodon Admin Byron Miller @supernovae About Massive Twitter Migration (Thanks To Elon Musk)"

1. Boost this so all of Mastodon can learn about this excellent conversation!

2. Watch on YouTube!
youtu.be/8Iiqe4ITMVQ

3, Or listen on your favorite podcast app!
thegodpodcast.com/god-intervie

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@philjamesson brings back many memories of the rainbow filled colours of past decades filled with lava lamps and disco. Here is a nice page that unpacks this spectrum juiceboxinteractive.com/blog/c

Reading this love letter to Australia's old school Chinese restaurants. I grew up with these places when eating out and later with our family holiday travels across the country. Via
@sbs_bot

sbs.com.au/news/article/a-love

@tony I had more luck staying on top of tasks using or bullet journaling, an delightful analogue approach

Authoritarian regimes love facial recognition. Important @kharijohnson story on how Iran wants to use it to identify and punish any woman not wearing their compulsory hijab

wired.com/story/iran-says-face

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