Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately(uwaterloo.ca)

358 points by ndrwnaguib 1 year ago | 145 comments

University of Waterloo news release about researchers developing a needle-free wrist-worn device that tracks blood glucose levels more accurately.

Research shows that people who BS are more likely to fall for BS (2021)(uwaterloo.ca)

118 points by mgh2 2 years ago | 75 comments

A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content(niemanlab.org)

504 points by giuliomagnifico 8 months ago | 210 comments

Nieman Lab article about a proposed New York bill requiring disclaimers on news content generated by AI.

AI may be making us think and write more alike(dornsife.usc.edu)

190 points by giuliomagnifico 6 months ago | 186 comments

Iowa official finds dead fish in 50 miles of fertilizer-contaminated river(desmoinesregister.com)

5 points by perihelions 2 years ago | 0 comments

A Knife Forged in Fire(chicagomag.com)

96 points by hentrep 1 year ago | 98 comments

Stop Using Ollama(sleepingrobots.com)

471 points by Zetaphor 6 months ago | 122 comments

Opinion blog post arguing against using Ollama, recounting its history as a llama.cpp wrapper, attribution disputes, cloud pivot, and recommending alternatives.

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law(montananewsroom.com)

509 points by bilsbie 11 months ago | 294 comments

Montana Newsroom article reporting that Montana became the first U.S. state to enshrine a 'right to compute' into law.

Limited Liability In Historical Perspective (1997) [pdf](scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu)

12 points by gradus_ad 24 days ago | 3 comments

A 1997 Washington and Lee Law Review article by Robert W. Hillman examining the history of limited liability for business owners.

Lant – The Forgotten Resource(sites.udel.edu)

19 points by kreyenborgi 10 days ago | 3 comments

A blog post from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture's Material Matters site about lant, stale urine historically used as an industrial resource.

Miscellanea: The War in Iran(acoup.blog)

508 points by decimalenough 7 months ago | 718 comments

A blog post on A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (ACOUP) by historian Bret Devereaux discussing the war in Iran.

IDRs as Records of Intent(wrla.ch)

13 points by evakhoury 14 days ago | 1 comments

Blog post on the wlach log arguing that implementation decision records (IDRs) serve as records of intent in software development.