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Be Realistic
Swiss Miss,
Be realistic, expect a miracle. – Osho
Did Someone Order an André 3000 Flute Album?
Vulture,
New Blue Sun has “no bars” and is out this Friday.
Stackable Bed
Yep, I am on a minimal guest bed hunt. Turns out the ones I am into are not available in the US. Like this one from Manufaktum. Love the minimal aesthetic of this brand so much.
Minimal Guest Bed
I have fallen in love with this very minimal expandable guest bed by Bautier. Wish I could get it here in the US.
FBoy Island is like douchebag Agatha Christie (and we're hooked)
AV Club,
“Every murderer is somebody’s old friend.”—Agatha Christie Read more...
Google's New AI Weatherman Will Leave Forecasters in the Dust
Gizmodo,
Finally, a robot to tell you which jacket you should wear to the function. Google DeepMind, the search giant’s AI-centric brain trust, just announced a new weather forecasting model that beats traditional systems more than 90% of the time. Named GraphCast, the machine learning model promises 10-day predictions that… Read more...
Hospitals illegally refusing to provide itemized bills
Boing Boing,
Hospitals are required by law to send an itemized bill on request within 30 days. When Mike Masnick received an $8,455 bill for getting a minor cut stitched in the emergency room, though, Dignity Health/CommonSpirit refused to do so. Masnick reports that it repeatedly ignored verbal requests after promising to fulfill them, sent inappropriate forms with no instructions on how to file them, gave him fake addresses to send it to when he asked, and refused to speak on the record when it learned he was a journalist. — Read the rest
YouTube Cracks Down on Future 'AI Drakes' With Updated Policies
YouTube released new policy updates on Tuesday to combat AI-generated content that resembles the voice and style of music artists. Earlier this year, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song that sounds like a track made by Drake and The Weeknd, created with generative AI, garnered over 600,000 plays and was even considered for a … Read more...