his morning I realized that ChatGPT could be used as a study tool to create outlines of books or movies. Here’s an outline of The Hobbit.
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Good Vegetarian Food Options in Disneyland from ChatGPT
Keeping with the Disneyland and ChatGPT themes here are some ChatGPT generated food options if you have a vegetarian in your family like I do.
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Playing with ChatGPT I asked it what ride it thought I should go on first if I got to Disneyland at rope drop. This is what it said.
...Read MorePeople Aren’t the Only Ones Taking It Off in the Tropics. Whales Do Too!
Scientists are proposing that whales who forage in polar waters and migrate to lower latitudes are doing it to maintain healthier skin. In a research paper in Marine Mammal Science, scientists propose that whales conserve body heat in colder waters by diverting blood flow away from their skin. This leaves the a layer of dead tissue….
...Read MoreThe New Idria Cinnabar Mine
I thought this was interesting. Almost amazing how we used to be so nonchalant about something that causes so many health problems. (via @YosemiteSteve)
...Read MoreMessenger’s Pictures From Mercury Leave Scientists Dumbfounded
Scientists got a little surprise this week when they began analyzing photos and data sent back by the Messenger spacecraft who made a pass of Mercury earlier this month. Turns out Mercury isn’t quite what they expected. Messenger’s Pictures From Mercury Surprise Scientists – washingtonpost.com: “The Messenger spacecraft that sped past Mercury on Jan. 14…
...Read MoreThe Sky is Falling The Sky is Falling
An out of control spy satellite that was reported as “crashing to earth” has experts assuring people that the chance you might actually be hit by the pieces of the satellite as “very slim”. BBC: “In reality, a spy satellite heading uncontrollably towards Earth is not an uncommon event, says Dr Ruediger Jehn, a space…
...Read MoreHyperfast Star Alien in Origin
A super fast moving star has proven to be an enigma to scientists but now a new theory has surfaced that the star may actually be alien in origin. Science Daily: “A young star is speeding away from the Milky Way so fast that astronomers have been puzzled by where it came from; based on…
...Read MoreGet Your Edugroove On
Here’s something cool and new: iTunes is now offering iTunesU, a collection of lectures from Yale, Harvard, Stanford and other universities across the nation. I just downloaded Yvon Choinard, famous Yosemite big-wall climber and president of Patagonia clothing talking at Stanford University. Nice part is it’s FREE.
...Read MoreHave You Caught the WoW Disease?
Two years ago a virtual plague unintentionally spread across the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft now researchers want to study the dynamics of the virtual plague to see if it can help scientists model and predict the spread of real world diseases. Ars Technica: “There were a number of features in the virtual outbreak that…
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