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fhfjfk··on Clinical microbiologist explains why you should never kiss a baby
Unless she forced the infant to run themselves, taking them on a run sounds like good parenting.

My line for this topic depends on familiarity. If you see the baby once a week or more, kiss the stinker if you want to. Otherwise, don't.

That line exists somewhere for everyone, no one would suggest that a mother shouldn't kiss her child.

fhfjfk··on How to give a senior leader feedback without getting fired
I live in a US state that has at-will employment.

I once had an owner of a small business threaten to sue me for quitting because it would cause financial harm to the business. And that was with giving 4 weeks notice.

At-will employment laws protect employees that want to quit, not just employers that want to fire.

fhfjfk··on As Ozempic turns consumers off processed foods, junk food industry fights back
As a skinny guy in the US, is there a way that I can get an GLP-1 prescription?

I want to see if it will decrease compulsions - substance use and trichotillomania.

fhfjfk··on Why is Git not considered a "block chain"?
Is malicious data falsification feasible with git?
fhfjfk··on A programmable FPGA SoM in the tiny microSD form factor
I think it's to add logic to an existing COTS device.

Say you have a widget that both writes log files to an SD and reads a command script from that SD. With this FPGA card, you could implement logic that changes the command script based on the content of the logs.

fhfjfk··on Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn
Don't sit on the toilet. Period.

Resting squats fixed my knees.

fhfjfk··on Reports of Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Down More Than 50 Percent Since 2021
Anyone anywhere in the world can pay money to steal some of your attention.

Until that changes, we'll continue to decrease the duty cycle of personal agency in our lives.

fhfjfk··on Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human Please die."
So it's not hate speech if it's written by an LLM?

There's legal precedent to hold accountable people that encourage others to kill themselves.

fhfjfk··on Hertz's Tesla Fire Sale Continues as Depreciation Costs Mount
see pihole, et al.
fhfjfk··on Biological Miracle – Wood Frog
A live frozen frog has ice around it's cells. Inside the cells remains liquid because of extra glucose acting as anti-freeze.

A dead frozen frog will be frozen completely, with all the cells having ruptured walls from their insides freezing.

fhfjfk··on A neurology ICU nurse on AI in hospitals
What about increasing the supply of doctors rather than decreasing the time they spend with patients?

I question the underlying premise that efficiency needs to increase.

fhfjfk··on Chernobyl frogs exposed to radiation show no signs of stress or increased ageing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis
fhfjfk··on Atleast 1 Human Will Be Killed Deliberately by an Autonomous Robot Within 10 Yrs
That'll happen with self driving cars. It'll be interesting to see whether pedestrian or occupants are considered more valuable.
fhfjfk··on Mushroom Color Atlas
The logo is amazing. It's only 3 simple shapes - circle, elipse, & triangle - yet it feels like a 3D mushroom.
fhfjfk··on Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
There's cases where a peripheral could be a master.

The BLE wireless protocol separates roles into central/peripheral and server/client. Often, but not always, a peripheral is a server.

fhfjfk··on Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
It's Microsoft's computer, not yours.
fhfjfk··on Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
As a fearful anxious man - Don't presume to know what I fear.

I expect variation in the women I meet, some will be scared of me and some have much bigger balls than I do. If I calibrate my banter such that 1% of women are scared, am I in the wrong?

fhfjfk··on Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
This has more nuance than just whiners vs normal people.

Using verboten words as an example, I'm often willing to stop using words that others don't like. The harm to me is low (english is a big language, there's plenty of other words left), so if there's any harm at all to another it's reasonable for me to stop using the word. Assessment of harm will vary, as will harm to me from loss of words - which is why I stand my ground on some technical words.

My line is, n* - Not even going to type it pronouns - Whatever floats your boat master->main - Sure. Fine. I guess. Stop coming in my room and messing with my stuff. master/slave->controller/peripheral - Really? I'm going to say no for now, but work on brevity and check back later. MOSI/MISO->??? - NO.

Does drawing the line there make me a bigot? Where's the cutoff?