Updated: Found the link! It does exist. https://www.science.org/doi/10...

Sources that I can find cite PNNL as the lab and August edition of Science as the pub... but I'm not seeing it on the PNNL site and the recent issue of Science doesn't seem to have it. Searching for the supposed quotes doesn't bring the actual paper up anywhere. https://www.science.org/toc/sc... It all seems *too* convenient. PVC solution into useful hydrocarbons and hydrochloric acid at room temp and standard pressure? Really? I'm not certain we're not being had.

More relevant: Apple doing the *exact* same thing with the pulse-ox tech lifted from Masimo.

Can't get a job with your specialized knowledge? Why not spend your time trying to create your replacement? They're just going to turn around and drop it into services as a way to prevent the need for actual expertise.

Austin's pretty fond of the turn signal and tends to respect it. It's Houston and Dallas where you take your life into your own hands. Houstonites take a blinker as a challenge to protect the lane. Consequently, 3 of the 5 most dangerous stretches of highway are in Dallas and Houston.

Ah, yes, Uber's claimed a ridiculous number in their earnings report. If I were to publish such a claim on a paper, I'd be gone over with a fine-toothed comb. Actual data and analysis or we're just looking at more marketing "puffery." It's important to remember that Uber's only stated business strategy to become profitable is to obtain a monopoly on all ride-sharing and taxi service the world over so they can juice the prices. They're... not exactly reliable.

We're going to discuss population, but not the sheer volume of travel and consumption at the top? Look at who's contributing the greatest volume of the carbon footprint, even in the US, and it's top-heavy as hell. We're discussing this like 8 people don't control more than half of GDP. One of the fundamental problems is that these folks are in monopoly levels of influence but can't be bothered to prioritize the changes needed to actually clean up their value streams.

One of my ongoing questions is: When will they finally produce a mechanical version? If ergo's supposed to protect against RSI for heavy use, then strictly having rubber dome versions just ignores the customer's need.

Labeling it "Full Self Driving" and hiding behind the legalese in the confirmation screen? Absolutely moving fast and breaking things. Selling to the public like it's L5 when it's L2.

Prime's already under FTC consideration for its effects on the market. Adding this might very well be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Obligatory addition: we'd get more replication studies if 1.) replications were funded and 2.) replications had any affect on the market. I know people who've clearly, roundly failed to replicate studies, but get less support and attention than the study they're critiquing, which continues to be cited.

Psychology's really hard research. The problem is that people want acclaim and easy answers, but it's one of the most imprecise fields because people keep moving around and don't behave as you'd expect. Never trust a psych researcher whose priors always conveniently match their outputs.

Musk was a founder of OpenAI. He's not exactly lacking a spot for leverage, but, weirdly, stuff like this gets taken as a demonstration of expertise in a field as demanding as AI. "We're going to pursue truth" as defined by what? That's a pretty nebulous definition that will require operationalization.

... and for some reason the Fed just can't seem to get to the bottom of this mystery. It must be bank rates.

Yet, we're not seeing increased housing accessibility with all those "inflated wages." There's a concentration on real estate leverage and rents, however. Following that big injection of funds into the investment sector, we've got 1/7 of the stock moved into rent portfolios and increased large-scale land-lording. The problem isn't that more 'mid to upper' people have money; we have a pile of middle-men rent-seeking in every damned thing. Mid hasn't functionally had a significant cost of living increase in decades up to this point, and suddenly shifting a couple of points ain't what's killing affordability. Those price increases are rising along with profitability at the top. It's a squeeze racket from increasing consolidation.