Hard Pass

Here's a github tracking AI contributions to Erdos problems: https://github.com/teorth/erdosproblems/wiki/AI-contributions-to-Erd%C5%91s-problems

My pronouns are there/there....

In a first-ever review of nitrate levels in public water systems across the country, the Environmental Working Group found that 6,114 of them—from heavily agricultural rural areas to major cities, including Los Angeles, Phoenix and Philadelphia—have elevated levels of nitrates, affecting 18 percent of the country’s population, or roughly one in five people, between 2021 and 2023.

Some states, including Iowa, which has significant nitrate pollution linked to agriculture, did not end up in the top 10 merely because it has fewer public water systems.

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One of Asia's largest military exercises kicked off on Monday in the Philippines, bringing together 17,000 personnel from seven countries for land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace drills designed to project strength and solidarity as regional tensions heat up.

This year’s Exercise Balikatan, the largest and “most complex” iteration yet, runs from April 20 to May 8 and, for the first time, features Canada and Japan as full-fledged participants.

The Philippines and the U.S. co-lead Balikatan (meaning “shoulder-to-shoulder" in Tagalog). Australia, France, and New Zealand will also participate; 17 countries are observers.

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Balikatan is also an opportunity for middle powers, such as Canada and Japan, to demonstrate political resolve and improve military interoperability.

Predictably, China was not pleased with Balikatan; its foreign ministry stated, “the last thing the [Asia Pacific] needs is division and confrontation as a result of the introduction of external forces.” Beijing’s China Military Online was even more alarmist, calling Japan–Philippines military co-operation “a dangerous pivot” and “a chilling watershed moment.”

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Ok, I'll share the ultimate guerilla-selfhosting challenge I can't figure out yet: what if my internet connection is G5 prepaid sim card in the middle of the woods (it actually is)? Apparently, I do have IPv6 more or less stable (undocumented), but that's kind of limiting at times. Seems barely possible, but!

The https://homebrewserver.club/low-tech-website-howto.html#network states:

The fiber connection itself is not necessary, especially if you keep your data footprint small, but a fixed IP adress is very handy.

which kind of implies someone figured out a way to get around it. Would someone share the trick?

Best Comic in my opinion! I like reading Calvin and Hobbes because it reminds you what it was like as a kid back in the day.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46112985

Churu time

Hot tip: if you can make a Mega Spruce Tree farm, you should make a Mega Spruce Tree farm.

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/46761202