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bookofjoe

112,713 karma · joined May 8, 2016

• Retired (38 years in practice) neurosurgical anesthesiologist

• References: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5DdrMc8AAAAJ&hl=en

• Blog: https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/

• GitHub: https://github.com/bookofjoe/bookofjoe-github

• X: https://x.com/bookofjoe

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bookofjoe

• Interview (2017): https://everything.typepad.com/blog/2017/07/interview-with-joe-from-the-bookofjoe-blog.html

• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s? i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJoseph+Stirt&s=relevancerank&text=Joseph+Stirt&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bookofjoe/

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bookofjoe··on China Stockpiled Oil, and Now It Could Dominate the Energy Landscape
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/business/energy-environme...
bookofjoe··on New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb
https://archive.ph/Iw0JJ
bookofjoe··on Rare Gene Drastically Raises Lung Cancer Risk in People Who Never Smoked
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/science/lung-cancer-gene-...
bookofjoe··on In the Age of AI, Some in China Wonder If Learning English Is Worth the Trouble
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/world/asia/china-english-...
bookofjoe··on The Mic Is On. So Is Live Auto-Tune.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/arts/music/live-auto-tune...
bookofjoe··on Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas from You?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/science/chatbot-stealing-...
bookofjoe··on How electric cars took hold in Australia
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/world/australia/electric-...
bookofjoe··on Scientists Fuse Human Neurons into the Brains of Mice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/science/human-mouse-brain...
bookofjoe··on Amazon Prime Video Uses A.I. For Lip-Synced Translations
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/arts/television/amazon-pr...
bookofjoe··on Woman's rare genetic mutations make her unable to feel physical pain or anxiety
https://unwall.app/www.popularmechanics.com/science/a7372108...
bookofjoe··on Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/science/space/is-there-al...
bookofjoe··on OpenAI Considers Pre-IPO Funding Round at More Than $1.2T Valuation
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-considers-pre-ipo-funding...
bookofjoe··on Why Cheap Used Cars Are So Hard to Find
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/your-money/buying-used-ca...
bookofjoe··on How A.D.H.D. Changes as You Age
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/well/mind/adhd-symptoms-c...
bookofjoe··on A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/opinion/ai-software-codin...
bookofjoe··on Factory – AI Coding Startup More Than Triples Valuation to $5B
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-coding-startup-factory-more-t...
bookofjoe··on I'm a doctor. Here's why I wouldn't get a full-body MRI scan
https://wapo.st/4reItFt
bookofjoe··on China mulls building nuclear-powered tank with 450km-range railgun in 2 decades
https://unwall.app/www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3...
bookofjoe··on OpenAI Buys Startup Developing Smartphone Camera
https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-buys-startup-developing-smar...
bookofjoe··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
You own something if you can sell it.
bookofjoe··on America's Everywhere Millionaires
https://archive.ph/9LbYO
bookofjoe··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
Here you go:

https://imgur.com/a/AR2iLjw

bookofjoe··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
>aluminium foil tape

uh-oh

bookofjoe··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
"Resistance is futile." See also: LG TVs, etc.
bookofjoe··on Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO 2 days after getting booted
>My wife hates that but her boyfriend likes it

?

bookofjoe··on The economic folly of free buses
https://archive.ph/LGhAc
bookofjoe··on Apple iPod Engraver (2019)
>There is no such thing as a good decision

https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/2026/09/there-is-no-such-thi...

bookofjoe··on Urban life rests on invisible, extraordinary technology
https://unwall.app/www.economist.com/culture/2026/09/10/urba...
bookofjoe··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
If so, the writer is grossly overestimating my techie skilz. WAY longer than 30 seconds for each action. More like 5 minutes. Consider that I had to ask for help to decode "30s."
bookofjoe··on OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
>... they aren't going to build their own data centers.

Not yet.

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