567 a dusting of white, meet anti-aging



Good morning everyone. Someone?

We are continuing to enjoy the relocation process. Deb made life a little more interesting with a trip to a shelter.

We're slowly meeting people. Getting out of the house is key.

We went to the local theater. My sister-in-law is encouraging me to audition for a role in the next production, 9-5 the musical. If any of you saw my turn as Emperor Norton, you understand my hesitancy. My performance was reviewed as "delivering every line, uncannily, with the same inflection."

We might have better luck meeting people on the slopes. 

Although with that conehead I'm not sure what the reviews of my downhill efforts might be.

Let's see what else is up.

Uh-oh.

Unlike many writers, I have recognized the superiority of our new digital masters and bow before them. So when most pundits say, "oh no, look at this terrible change being created by phones," I tend to say, "huh, so that's where we're evolving."

Live by the sword, die by the sword, as they say.

Here's a trip. These scientists have figured out a way to insert partially grown stem cells (I think that's what they're doing) into mice and get them to reverse aging.

For real. A fourteen year old mouse. 

Did anyone else see that recent article about billionaires living forever, compounding their wealth into infinity, while the rest of us die young and broke?

Well, at least we might have figured out how to reuse plastic. Heat it up, mix it with corn, and voila, crazy char. Char can be a great soil supplement.

Also, China, much like SF, had to finally give up on "zero covid." Why? Local budgets couldn't sustain that level of control over the population, plus protests, aka "social cost."

And back to the machines taking over.

AI is increasingly doing the heavy lifting in all kinds of industry, including programming itself.

Meanwhile, quantum computing is coming along. "Qiskit" is emerging as the common programming language, in case any of you are interested in night school. (Perhaps I should follow my own advice?)

Or just wait a few years and tell the computer what I'd like.

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