tech, startups, internet

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy celebrates Amazon Q.

This is their GenAI assistant for software development. “The average time to upgrade an application to Java 17 plummeted from what’s typically 50 developer-days to just a few hours. We estimate this has saved us the equivalent of 4,500 developer-years […]

fun facts

Gelatinous balls in Minnesota lakes and rivers.

“What folks are likely seeing are colonies of bryozoans, says DNR aquatic invertebrate biologist Gary Montz. These microscopic animals, sometimes referred to as moss animals, make jellylike tubes and attach themselves to sticks, rocks, and other submerged objects. They connect […]

fun facts

Did you know SodaStream bottles expire?

It’s because they’re not just bottles, they are also pressure vessels. I tried to put our old SodaStream back into service this week only to discover that the bottles expired almost a decade ago and no longer work right. ~ […]

under the microscope

Inside the laboratory for extraordinary microbes.

“Cultivarium builds tools to grow, transform, and engineer “extraordinary” microbes: the salt lovers, heat tolerators, and geyser growers that have long been inaccessible to scientists. Studying such organisms might lead to better gene-editing tools or medicines. And regardless of whether […]

to your health

Dermatology’s disastrous war against the sun.

This is anonymously published by “a midwestern doctor” so who knows just how much of this is bs. Informed readers, please write to me! “Skin cancers are by far the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, so to […]

better doing

Even the powerful are powerless.

“Mark Twain was once invited to give a toast to a gathering of the great Civil War heroes in New York. He could have chosen any topic, but Twain, always looking for the unexpected and the humorous, chose babies. When […]