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@wtg said in Private health tracking system announced: a White House event dubbed “Making Health Technology Great Again.” Again? Was there some era of great health technology in the 50s or something?

Still bad air quality today (157 on the apple weather app) - entering day 2 of the 4 day Lollapalloza music fest downtown. Gridlock in our neighborhood again certain times of the day and night. At least it's cooler which should help the paramedics!

@Axtremus Yes, fascinating. Thanks.

It looks like 98 was the worst. It's around 92 to 93 lately. There's been little rain. The winds have been light for weeks. There are times when there is no wind. It's been brutal. I've looked at yearly temperature charts and don't see how August could be worse. We could use a tropical storm to lower the temperatures as well bring us some much needed rain and wind.

Hearing today. https://abcnews.go.com/US/kerr-county-texas-lead-emergency-management-official-asleep/story?id=124237644

@CHAS - Did you get it through your insurer? We got ours through State Farm. Device was free and they pay for the monitoring for the first three years. https://www.statefarm.com/simple-insights/residence/help-protect-family-from-electrical-fires

@Big_Al said in RIP Tom Lehrer: it's disturbing how timeless some of the songs are I know, right? Just listen to the song "National Brotherhood Week": "Step up and take the hand of someone you can't stand You can tolerate 'em if you try."

Where at the Jersey shore? When I was a teen our family always rented a house on Long Beach Island.

I can second @AndyD 's recommendation for Nestle instant decaf. My mom used to drink the Nestle Taster's Choice decaf, and when I tried it at her house it was actually pretty good. They also have decaf espresso and a Gold version. I baked tart cherry scones today. I had forgotten about Sticky Fingers scone mixes. I'm usually a scratch baker but these are so good and easy I decided to buy a few bags when I stumbled across them at World Market a couple of weeks ago. https://stickyfingersbakeries.com/collections/all [image: 6033218752045343744.jpg] Didn't have any clotted cream on hand, so I did a dab of butter on one half of the scone and a spoonful of homemade gooseberry jam on the other. Yum!

Grand Designs 2007 March 14th Series 7 episode 3 The Medway Barge Friends (a time when our kids knew theirs) decided to get out of the insane London housing market and bought a barge. And use recycled sustainable materials. Don't think they had a design tbh. It didn't go well. The episode is highly entertaining as you shout "no no no", and "for gods sake get matching windows" etc Massive amount of money lost (£100k). Boathouse a pariah evicted from moorings it is so ugly. Think they split up. She Sze (pronounced szi) is a lovely person. Daughter is now a model. Years later it was adrift. Another couple took it on and redesigned & built it properly...£200k

I was was watching lighting exploding over the Divide tonight from my back yard. Huge black hammerhead clouds shooting out bolts in the distance. For once I just enjoyed watching without taking photos. Jodi there will definitely be fires from all these electrical storms we've been having. So much more rain than usual for this time of year! But not enough to prevent the fires.

OK the Marx one is funny

Fab house, lovely. I know it's got a beach but an indoor pool would be nice to have.

I loved his choice for the Musical Coda...

Yea, the article talks about other disciplines being impacted, too. And businesses. I think it's the suddenness of the changes and the broad impacts that are the takeaways for me. edit: But the suddenness is probably more in my head. Like the article points out, some of these trends have been observed for some time.

@Piano-Dad said in Students' ChatGPT logs: … I seriously doubt they will remember the content and argument of their essay in three weeks time. I can still recall the substance of some of my college papers fifty years on. Maybe they will remember the brilliant or serendipitous series of prompts they engineered that generated an unexpectedly profound argument or surprisingly beautiful essay. Some people draw beautiful lines. Some people come up with equations that can draw beautiful lines. Some people tweak coefficients in existing equations to draw beautiful lines. I am not aware of clear statistical evidence to show which one is usually rewarded more handsomely than others by society, or which one will ultimately feel more content while living or less regret while near death.

Which group of people was swept off the streets and "helped" in detention going back to the Obama era in recent memory? No group of people. Not one. As for this time, again, the services do not exist.

@Steve-Miller The hotel sounds wonderful!! @Steve-Miller said in Eating my way through Central Europe: This miniature kitchen Cool, I'll show him! P.S. Quiet air conditioning is the best. Noisy hotel ACs are the bane of my existence!!!!