Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Super intelligence? Wouldn't "American intelligence" be more typical and preserve the acronym? 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Nice line. Should be uttered by the ghost of Roy Batty in the next Bladerunner movie. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/nosta... 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Liverwurst and onion on rye -- is there a better sandwich? 100
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025"Nice little congressional seat ya got there. Be a real shame if someone challenged you in the next primary, wouldn't it?" 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 01/01/2025I always find a few things to like on Kaplan's lists. slate.com/culture/2024...slate.comThe 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2024Plus a few recently unearthed treasures from the archives. 010
Reposted by Bill JanssenJane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 01/01/2025Fantastic overview. For those without much time to read (or desire to read), just read the brief ending parts, starting with "knowledge is incredibly unevenly distributed." 2142
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I love that Paul Krugman calls Seattle "sort of a secondary technology cluster". Take that, Redmond! paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-u...paulkrugman.substack.comWhy Does U.S. Technology Rule?Maybe it's just in the right place 031
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 28/10/2024Spent a little time hacking elisp today to bring code to Emacs 29 standards. Immensely satisfying! 000
Reposted by Bill JanssenJPWeiland @jpweiland.bsky.social · 19/10/2024If you can, please help spread the word that I joined this site by reposting or sharing this post! Here is my 4 month winter outlook from September. We are still in line to have a significantly lower peak than last winter! 98059
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2024"And the race is still essentially tied." Calling it a "race" is part of the problem. This is not a sporting event or an entertainment of any sort. It's an impending disaster, and the element of suspense is whether we can avoid it or not. 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 19/08/2024A bit alarming to know that your TV is watching what you watch, and reporting back to the big data aggregators. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...arstechnica.comYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set. 010
Reposted by Bill JanssenEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/07/2024We have no clinical test to assess our immune system status. The case for an immunome erictopol.substack.com/p/why-we-nee...erictopol.substack.comWhy We Need an ImmunomeHow can we know the primacy of our immune response for health yet be unable to measure it? 07722
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 12/04/2024Wow! wapo.st/43XOcnBwapo.stFrescoes buried by volcano uncovered in ancient dining room in PompeiiArcheologists in Pompeii, Italy, found a banquet hall with stunning frescoes showing mythological figures including Helen of Troy and Apollo. Here are photos. 011
Reposted by Bill JanssenDr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 06/02/2024This is such a fantastically composed and historically meaningful final photo of Ingenuity, taken by Perseverence before it drove away, that I want to make it my phone background but also I don't want to cry every time I look at my phone screen. 🥺 321920471
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 23/12/2023Movies for this weekend: The 23rd: Either "Rare Exports" or "Die Hard 2". Christmas Eve: Either "The Shop Around the Corner" or the 1951 "Scrooge". Christmas Day: "A Christmas Story". 000
