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upstart writes:A small, wrinkly yellow-green pepper known as Pepper X is now officially the hottest chili pepper in the world:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2023/10/ai-chatbots-can-infer-an-alarming-amount-of-info-about-you-from-your-responses/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/dozens-of-google-antitrust-trial-docs-are-still-hidden-from-public-nyt-says/

upstart writes:Google-verified advertiser + legit-looking URL + valid TLS cert = convincing lookalike:

takyon writes:AMD Unveils Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Family: 96 Core Zen 4 for Workstations and HEDT

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upstart writes:The spread of light pollution is so fast that it offsets improvements achieved through advances in telescope technology:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/actively-exploited-cisco-0-day-with-maximum-10-severity-gives-full-network-control/

upstart writes:Amazing Flyover Reveals What Soaring Across Mars Would Look Like:

owl writes:http://www.righto.com/2023/10/intel-386-die-versions.html

upstart writes:Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity's path to the stars:

hubie writes:Johns Hopkins philosophers and psychologists used auditory illusions to solve an ancient puzzle: whether people can hear more than sounds:

upstart writes:Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/canadas-84-year-radio-time-check-has-stopped-because-of-accuracy-concerns/

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hubie writes:Psychologist Steven Jay Lann and colleagues debunk common myths about hypnosis:

Both Freeman and upstart wrote in with:After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff:

dbe writes:This article [Paywalled-Subscribers Only] describes how GPT tools can be used for some tasks but will reduce the quality of workers output in others in a phenomenon dubbed "falling asleep behind the wheel".Tasks where GPT assisted consultants did better: creative business idealization and selling concepts.Participants were required to complete 18 tasks, or as many as they could within the given time frame, across four broad domains: creativity (e.g. "propose at least 10 ideas for a new shoe targeting an underserved market or sport"); analytical thinking (e.g. "segment the footwear industry market based on users"); writing proficiency (e.g. "draft a press release marketing copy for your product"); and persuasiveness (e.g. "pen an inspirational memo to employees detailing why your product would outshine competitors").Tasks where relying too much on GPT tools reduced the output quality (but was faster): tasks where data analysis was required to draw the right conclusionFor this task, participants had to use interviews with company insiders and financial data from a spreadsheet to pinpoint which of a hypothetical company's brands held the most potential for growth.So I guess as long as your work is not pushing fluff content, being skilled can still give you an edge.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/comcast-should-stop-advertising-slower-speeds-as-10g-industry-group-says/

canopic jug writes:ScienceAlert has a summary of a report on a new phase of superionic ice as developed in the lab.

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hubie writes:New study finds that large group size and mating systems where males have multiple mates drove evolution of deeper male voices in primates, including humans:

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upstart writes:Discoveries at Kalambo Falls, Zambia offer insights into ancient human technology:

upstart writes:Europe is subsidizing the launch of Internet satellites for Jeff Bezos:

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taylorvich writes:https://gizmodo.com/neanderthals-hunted-cave-lions-skeleton-spear-1850921295

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owl writes:https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/06/a-reagan-judge-the-first-amendment-and-the-eternal-war-against-pornography/

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upstart writes:Early analyses reveal carbon and water in ancient asteroid parachuted down to Earth:

owl writes:https://crystalverse.com/pyramid-salt-crystals/

hubie writes:Illusions are in the eye, not the mind:

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upstart writes:Besides the well-known tastes of sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami, recent research proposes that the tongue might also detect ammonium chloride as a basic taste:

PiMuNu writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66964510I thought this was an interesting, albeit extreme, example of how the data that phone software harvests can be used for evil purposes. In this case it's a loan software that harvests contact data.

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A submitter with no name writes:While there are a number of small robot lawn mowers on the market, I think they mostly mow randomly inside a fenced off area (the fence may be a buried wire with an AC carrier signal?) Designed for mowing one residential lawn, and not using any sort of optimal mowing path.Now Honda is demoing a battery powered zero-turn mower that can be trained by a human mowing a big lawn once. Multiple mowing jobs can be stored in memory for future playback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptN-qrEGqX0 Clearly designed for landscape contractors and other commercial mowing services.They claim various AI features, but from the looks of it, this is limited to safety--stopping if the machine senses people and/or new objects in the stored mowing path. From the YT text: