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A long wait in the casualty dept, UK

mardi 30 avril 2024 à 16:47

Inga Rublite died after waiting 8 hours in an emergency room in Britain. None of the staff had even looked at her or taken her blood pressure.

The fault does not belong to the overwerloaded staff. It belongs to the Tories, who have cut medical spending over and over, simply so the rich can pay less taxes.

Now that Labour has also caved to the rich and their demand for low taxes, Britain needs a party to champion what Labour used to stand for.

A suicide around an ELIZA effect

mardi 30 avril 2024 à 16:47

Chatbots can lead people to suicide. What should we make of that?

It seems that chatbots can build, with susceptible people, various sorts of self-reinforcing loops of conversation, such that both get stuck in the loop together.

Of course, this happens to people in interactions with other people. Getting out of them is a challenge.

Thermonator, a robotized flamethrower

mardi 30 avril 2024 à 16:47

A four-legged robot with a flamethrower is now available for anyone to purchase in the US. Supposedly it is not intended for war. Maybe that means it is intended for criminal gangs?

Weather tracker

mardi 30 avril 2024 à 10:46

I suspect that flooding in East Africa was caused by atmospheric rivers.

I think it can happen anywhere that the prevailing winds arrive over a large body of water.

Bomb-filled debris

mardi 30 avril 2024 à 10:46

*Gaza's 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert.*