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 · 11/09/2026...the robot from "Forbidden Planet", which has much of the knowledge of the Krell, and bring it back to the present! The human manages to commit suicide before the robot is reassembled. Such a typical AI solution! 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026...use it to answer tough questions world leaders come up with. But the computer decides it would be more useful if it had more direct agency. So it hypnotizes a brilliant operator with blinkenlights, and has him build a time machine. Which it uses to jump forward in time and retrieve... 100
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I am reminded once again about the movie, "The Invisible Boy". While the movie itself is one of the worst I've ever watched, the hardcore science fiction premise inside it is that humans built a very powerful computer, and filled it with all of human knowledge, then... 111
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I actually bought that book, and left it lying around for a while, but observed no appreciable change. Now I can't find it. It's in one of these piles somewhere, I'm sure. 100
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 · 14/02/2026erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...erictopol.substack.comSpotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit 110
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I'll bet sales of Lithia water are going through the roof. 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Never been to a breakfast place that had *both* on the table! 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Liverwurst and onion on rye -- is there a better sandwich? 100
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Finally a predator to control the herds of SUVs! 030
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 · 04/02/2025There's a story about Stalin at Yalta/Teheran/Potsdam that goes something like this: Churchill remarks that some plan for postwar Poland would not be popular with the Pope, and Stalin twirls his mustache and says, "The Pope? How many divisions does the Pope have?" 010
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 18/01/20255 cents? I'll be happy to explain how wrong the idea is (any idea) for free! 120
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Mine is that the guy I'm sharing an arm rest with doesn't order a bloody Mary or even tomato juice. 010
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 · 16/12/2024"There is no reason to think that nearly all lab tests would have setpoints like our electrolytes, liver function tests, kidney function tests, lipid panels, and on and on." Do you mean "no reason not to think that", or even better "It is possible that"? 110
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
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 20/10/2024I might pick this one: townsquare.media/site/622/fil... 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 · 08/10/2024At least one of those commas, should, be, called, the "Christopher Walken" comma. 1140
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 · 24/09/2024This seems to be an evergreen story. I've been reading variants of it for 50 years. The only thing that changes are the specific career choices. 110
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 05/09/2024"Gluttons and Libertines", by Marston Bates. Discussion of the issues humans struggle with while attempting to be natural. 010
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 05/09/2024I think it was because he couldn't source horse fat reliably in the US, to cook them in. 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 05/09/2024"The Man Who Ate Everything", by Jeffrey Steingarten. From 1997. A retired lawyer who took on the task of food critic for Vogue magazine. One of the funnier books I've read. Beautiful writing. 100
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 · 06/07/2024Sorry, whoever you are. What you think is a "grill" on the front is actually a sealed speaking diaphragm. This is a mask designed for medical professionals. MSA Advantage 900. 100
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 06/07/2024us.msasafety.comAdvantage 900 Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirator | MSA Safety | United StatesThe MSA Advantage 900 Elastomeric half-mask respirator provides healthcare professionals, essential workers and first responders a secure protection solution. 020
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 06/07/2024Me getting another shot of the COVID vaccine at CVS today (yes, actually): 3140
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
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 29/02/2024This seems to be all about calories. I note that the only study with a better-than-low GRADE and convincing evidence is a link between UPF and type 2 diabetes. Correlation, but causation? The classification system also seems wacky. Coffee isn't UPF because it doesn't have additives? 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 27/02/2024Living in an area which actually has factories that make paper, and paper goods, it took me a minute to grok "paper mills". 🤣 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 27/02/2024Most of the experiments seemed to have been already done in transit. And the list of commercial payloads is almost a comedy routine. Jeff Koons sculptures? Fabric samples from Columbia Sportswear? A "secure lunar repository"? 000
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 27/02/2024A waste? What science was to be conducted that had to be abandoned? Seems like most of the experiments were about the process of getting there, not landing properly. So, embarrassing, surely. Blameworth, of course. Checklists should be taken seriously. But a waste? 100
Bill Janssen @billjanssen.bsky.social · 21/02/2024This seems like an astonishing important result. Wonder what it does for long COVID? 000
