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10:48:23 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	I asked gemini about remembering a conversation.  Here is its response.  “As a large language model, I do not have a memory of past conversations. Every time you interact with me, it's a new conversation, and I don't retain any personal information or details from previous chats.”
10:52:02 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	I now asked CHAT the same question and received “By default, I don’t remember past conversations outside of the current session. Each new session starts fresh.
	However, if you turn on memory in your settings, I can remember things across sessions — like your preferences, interests, or facts you’d like me to keep. You’ll also be able to see what I’ve remembered, update it, or ask me to forget things at any time.
	Do you want me to explain how to turn on memory?”
10:54:54 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	then I asked Perplexity and received “Perplexity AI can remember previous conversations, but how much it remembers depends on the context and settings you use. Within a single conversation (called a “thread”), Perplexity maintains context and can reference everything discussed earlier in that thread, providing seamless and contextual responses. For ongoing or new conversations, Perplexity offers a “memory” feature that allows it to remember preferences, interests, and specific information between sessions, making future answers more personalized and relevant.”

10:15:19 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	Is the Sphere particularly good for high frequency sound?
10:17:30 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	Does the Sphere have those modes where you set for a specific setting?
10:21:32 From Stan Rose to Everyone:
	I have a problem with all earbuds staying in my ears. Do custom aids, like those at Costco, solve this problem?
10:22:02 From tedpk to Everyone:
	Hard to understand why to hear music that you need significant frequency response above 12kHz as a piano'sﾠC8 Eighth octaveﾠisﾠ4186.009 Hz
10:22:05 From larry freier to Everyone:
	does Medicare cover hearing aids?
10:22:50 From Mark Edelman to Everyone:
	Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids, but it does cover periodic audiology exams.
10:25:15 From David Duff to Everyone:
	similar questions for other insurance plans - do you have to get a prescription for insurance to cover?  can you generally get script from GP or do you need to go to a hearing specialist?  do doctors generally prescribe specific models or leave choice to the patient?   can you generally get a prescription, then buy OTC model (e.g. costco) and get re-imbursed by insurance or do you have to use their suppliers?
10:27:16 From David Duff to Everyone:
	thanks, @Bob Primak .  that mostly covers my questions.
10:28:47 From David Duff to Everyone:
	i've heard rumors that apple was putting hearing aid functionality into their iPod product.  anyone compared that?   my general impression is the technology packed into that product is pretty impressive.
	(they're also sold at costco, btw)
10:30:30 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	Looking for very basic intro to hearing aids - anticipating I will be told I need them at my upcoming audiology appointment. But don't want to hijack the discussion among y'all experts
10:31:28 From Judy Osher to Everyone:
	Where is the Elehear Beyond available?
10:34:56 From David Duff to Everyone:
	looks to me like they are on amazon, among other places.
10:35:25 From David Duff to Everyone:
	https://www.amazon.com/ELEHEAR-Beyond-Enhancement-Tinnitus-Connectivity-Bluetooth/dp/B0DXL23JNF	
10:38:01 From Judy Osher to Everyone:
	I have only had battery-operated hearing aids.  Do the rechargeable hearing aids last long enough?  Are there significant advantages to rechargeables?
10:39:44 From David Duff to Everyone:
	just a general comment, but rechargeable battery tech has gotten better by leaps and bounds in recent years.  otoh, it can still be tricky to integrate charging apparatus (plug or inductive) into a tiny device.
10:40:15 From Mark Edelman to Everyone:
	If anyone has experience: will rechargeables still have enough battery health after, say, 4-5 years? If not, then are you stuck?
10:40:22 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	What's it like to go out in the rain with H A's? Are they very sensitive if a drop of rain gets on them or can they handle some dampness?
10:52:45 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	Does Costco include audiologists, and do they take insurance?  Or just hearing tests?
10:59:55 From Harry Forsdick to Everyone:
	On the question about apple iPods as hearing aids. My experience: It’s a cool idea, but I found it very difficult to get the iPods to fit into my ear so that they sealed the ear canal sufficiently enough to run their hearing test.  So, I returned the iPods and gave up.  It was one of those things that you have to try it yourself to see if you can get it work.  
	I was not impressed with how difficult it was to even get started evaluating them.  
	Your milage may vary…
11:02:38 From David Duff to Everyone:
	@Harry Forsdick, yes i have that same problem - the silicone earpieces that come standard on airpods fall out of my ears for some reason.  i did have some luck with 3rd party alternative earpieces (including ones that were foam instead of silicone) that improved things for me.  they were not too expensive (<$20).
11:05:56 From Stan Rose to Everyone:
	Tariff impact?
11:07:08 From David Duff to Everyone:
	it's ok because howard lutnick assures us that administration policies will have armies of americans screwing in tiny screws and manufacturing devices in the us before long.   😉
11:07:32 From Judy to Everyone:
	How do the over the counter ones compare to AirPods pro?
11:08:41 From David Duff to Everyone:
	every apple product i've ever purchased from amazon or anywhere comes in a completely sealed package - thus i had no problem telling whether it is new/official apple product.
11:09:53 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	The Amazon and other cheap stores are often not genuine Apple merchandise.
11:10:38 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	Amazon is helpful in that they often offer free returns
11:16:15 From David Duff to Everyone:
	do most hearing aids also function as bluetooth headphones (i.e. that you can use with smartphone)?  also do they include microphone to support two-way audio?
11:17:36 From Judy to Everyone:
	Seems like the AirPods pro would be better than those cheap ones
11:21:30 From Cathy Sullivan to Everyone:
	How to maintain/repair those $40 Aliexpress ones?
11:23:00 From Ken Prescott to Everyone:
	Are there HA,s that work in very noisy environments like restaurants
11:26:32 From David Duff to Everyone:
	Replying to “Seems like the AirPods pro would be better than th...”:
	this not based on firsthand comparison, but i tend to agree with that.  sub-$200.   there's an apple store at the mall for rare in-person support requirements.  they use (mostly) standard bluetooth and work with phone/computer in a standard way (apple or other).   they pair cleanly.   you can put their products under applecare (extended warranty).  easy to buy.  easy to replace.   accessory support from third parties (e.g. earpieces, etc.).
11:29:01 From Larry W. to Everyone:
	charlie -- are you using HAs now?
11:31:59 From David Duff to Everyone:
	Replying to “Seems like the AirPods pro would be better than th...”:
	airpods pro have ipx4 waterproof rating, fyi.  resistant to light splashes and rain but not fully waterproof.
11:38:47 From David Duff to Everyone:
	Replying to “Seems like the AirPods pro would be better than th...”:
	though i own airpod pros, i did not know this:  airpods pro are supported with software on iphones that include hearing test, personalized amplification profiles, custom sound settings, etc.    also i see that they are FDA approved as OTC hearing aid devices, fwiw.
11:40:44 From David Duff to Everyone:
	how long before hearing aids offer a tivo-like capability where you can jump back and replay the last 10 seconds of conversation when you miss something?

10:19:46 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	log base 2 is close to the natural logarithm:
10:19:53 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	The natural logarithm has a base of 'e' (Euler's number), which is an irrational number approximately equal to 2.71828
10:20:35 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Natural events, including language events, often follow natural logs and natural exponents.
10:29:40 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	And it turns out that the function applied to words based on their frequencies, does indeed involved the Natural Number (Euler's Number, e).
10:52:59 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	The New York Times, which acquired Wordle, has stated that Wordle drives “tens of millions” of new users to its site. When the game was acquired, monthly users were at 45 million, according to BBC News. While the initial viral craze has subsided, the game continues to maintain a strong level of engagement.

10:53:12 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	The mortgage crisis of 2008 was also not a hack. It was not merely a case of “too big to fail”. The failure was one of regulatory oversight, allowing companies to lend to people who had no chance of repaying.
10:55:01 From Seth to Everyone:
	His point is that the banks purposely created a scenario “too big to fail” which enabled them to profit from irresponsible risk because they did not have consequences associated with the risk going bad.  Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and its associated investors used this same strategy.
10:55:15 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	(Of course, there's still the question as to whether the regulatory process itself may have been hacked.)
10:55:16 From Seth to Everyone:
	and that could qualify as “hacking the system”
10:55:37 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Seth, you are probably correct in this sense.
10:55:48 From Carl Lazarus to Everyone:
	It was a failure of regulatory oversight, but the banks and finance companies that loaned money that had a poor prospect of repayment, and then sold those loans to unsuspecting buyers, were hackers.
10:56:21 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Yes, Carl, that was hacking the consumers' desire to own a home.
10:56:57 From Seth to Everyone:
	The scenario was much more complicated than this.  These banks eventually figured out ways to securitize loans without needing the loans.  Pure gambling.
10:57:43 From Seth to Everyone:
	This is the world of derivatives
10:58:42 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	That reminds me of both crypto markets and what used to happen in high-velocity trading, relying on hacks of the arbitrage system and timing delays within computer networks. I delivered a talk to our Group on The Flash Boys of Wall Street a couple of years ago.
10:59:49 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	I didn't do the same type of analysis of crypto trading, but I gave a presentation to our group a little while ago on the Crypto Culture.
11:01:15 From Seth to Everyone:
	Yeah, high-frequency trading is really interesting.  Adding a middle man that extracts profit without adding any value.  Kind of like most forms of ticket scalping.
11:04:30 From Seth to Everyone:
	The Peter Thiel Roth IRA tax loophole is amazing.  I believe he put Palantir stock into his Roth at the beginning and it has grown to something like $8B in value.
11:11:58 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Law and medicine are very different fields. In medicine, expert systems (a form of AI) can vastly improve the accuracy and efficiency of certain tests or scans. But in law, there are no objective standards. Everything depends on precedent and interpretive reasoning. So in law you can't improve outcomes by applying pattern recognition algorithms. AI (as it currently exists) thus is useless in the field of law.
11:18:43 From Seth to Everyone:
	I’m pretty sure AI is already being used heavily in law.  Isn’t there a lot of cookie cutter stuff that people currently hire attorneys for that could be replaced.

00:51:18	John Rudy:	and some have radars
00:54:31	Adam Broun:	some have 6 or 8
00:56:02	Bob P.:	While tricopters (3 rotors) and other odd-numbered configurations exist, they often require more complex control systems to counteract the inherent torque imbalance. Even-numbered configurations, like quadcopters (4 rotors), hexacopters (6 rotors), and octocopters (8 rotors), allow for easier balancing of rotational forces and more straightforward control algorithms.
01:03:14	Steve:	At the frequencies used by publicly available drones, line-of-sight is only option.
01:04:06	John Rudy:	military drones can not be limited by line of sight
01:04:42	Bob P.:	Military drones can use satellites. Starlink was used in Ukraine before Trump got elected.
01:05:42	Jerome Slate:	Wrong, John.  The line-of-sight is to the GPS. The onboard computer contains the destination and target coordinates.
01:06:47	Steve:	There are many communications involved. Control: line of sight. GPS and satellite: vision to sky.
01:07:29	John Rudy:	for those wanting more info on LiDAR we had a talk maybe 6 months ago
01:19:52	Adam Broun:	If your phone can get GPS on the ground so can the drone
01:26:32	Steve:	How does the drone determine its altitude?  Does it use GPS (likely) or barometric pressure or something else?
01:27:53	tedpk:	Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747
News, By Peter Ray Allison published 3 hours ago.  Skydweller is a solar-powered drone that can fly for up to three months without landing, with researchers hoping to one day achieve much longer flight times.
01:31:20	Don Cooke:	For return-to launch site, the drone does the precise landing by matching to a photo the drone takes as it collects the landing gps site
01:38:24	John Rudy:	are there legal limitations on how low you can fly to the ground, affecting neighbors?
01:38:41	Barbara Wan:	A most interesting talk! My MIT-trained husband was having a ball.  Sadly though we have to leave early.  We will watch the video afterwards to check out those amazing pictures.
01:40:16	Bob P.:	Legal limitations: Short answer -- yes, there are FAA regulations and privacy laws. But no, as yet you can't prevent someone from pointing a drone camera into your property.
01:41:26	John Rudy:	there are stories of folks shooting down drones with a shotgun, but no info of where the pellets and drone pieces landed
01:42:08	Bob P.:	Issues have arisen when HOAs and Assessors, among others, have pointed drome cameras into private property and found violations.
01:43:04	Jerome Slate:	Do property owners hold air rights up to some altitude over their property?
01:44:18	Bob P.:	No. Not with regard to drones. And the drone can look into a property without overflying the airspace above that property.
01:46:18	Jerome Slate:	So can a drone sidle up to your bedroom window? (I shudder to imagine what it will see.)
01:49:17	Bob P.:	No, that would result in a police call. But again, if you are at bedroom level and not overflying their property, this is the same as a ground-based cam attached to your house. You are allowed to point it at your neighbor's house, at whatever level the cam is aimed. There have been disputes about this, resulting in dueling cameras across fence lines. Hilarious, unless it's your bedroom window.
01:49:17	Don Cooke:	Batteries: My DJI controller has a robust battery and it will charge my phone during flight if necessary.
01:51:01	Tim O'Neal:	Can the drone do some limited aerobatics?  Fly upside-down???
01:53:14	John Rudy:	about a year ago an Asian woman asked AI to enhance her photo and it removed some of the Asian features.  It got a lot of press about biases

10:37:48 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://www.todayainews.com/?utm_source=Internal&utm_campaign=1361235&utm_medium=NTA&utm_content=19317276&utm_term=2439250
10:42:15 From tedpk to Everyone:
	AI reasoning models aren’t as smart as they were cracked up to be, Apple study claims
	News
	By Ben Turner published 3 hours ago
	A new study by Apple has ignited controversy in the AI field by showing how reasoning models undergo 'complete accuracy collapse' when overloaded with complex problems.  https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-reasoning-models-arent-as-smart-as-they-were-cracked-up-to-be-apple-study-claims?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=All%20Push%20Subscribers
	

01:04:42	Bob Primak:	Preparation of Methylene Blue: 
Methylene blue is prepared by the oxidation of dimethyl-4-phenylenediamine in the presence of sodium thiosulfate. 
By treating the solution of N, N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine and N, N, -dimethylaniline hydrochlorides with 
H2S and FeCl3 or another suitable oxidizing agent. 
By oxidation of p- amino dimethyl aniline with ferric chloride in the presence of hydrogen sulphide. The dye is zinc chloride double salt of the chloride. 
N, N-Dimethyl - p - phenylenediamine reacts with sodium thiosulfate to produce thiosulfuric acid which then condenses with N, N-dimethylaniline when it comes in the presence of Na2Cr2O7 or sodium dichromate to form the indamine, then with copper sulphate and sodium dichromate to the methylene blue. 
Technically, neither methylene blue nor its preparation directly relates to methylene. Though, the starting materials do have dimethyl (methylene) functional groups.
01:06:54	Bob Primak:	(Can everyone tell I have a degree in chemistry? 🤓)
01:45:21	Bob Primak:	citation:  https://www.vedantu.com/chemistry/methylene-blue

10:43:11 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Preparation of Methylene Blue: 
	Methylene blue is prepared by the oxidation of dimethyl-4-phenylenediamine in the presence of sodium thiosulfate. 
	By treating the solution of N, N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine and N, N, -dimethylaniline hydrochlorides with 
	H2S and FeCl3 or another suitable oxidizing agent. 
	By oxidation of p- amino dimethyl aniline with ferric chloride in the presence of hydrogen sulphide. The dye is zinc chloride double salt of the chloride. 
	N, N-Dimethyl - p - phenylenediamine reacts with sodium thiosulfate to produce thiosulfuric acid which then condenses with N, N-dimethylaniline when it comes in the presence of Na2Cr2O7 or sodium dichromate to form the indamine, then with copper sulphate and sodium dichromate to the methylene blue. 
	Technically, neither methylene blue nor its preparation directly relates to methylene. Though, the starting materials do have dimethyl (methylene) functional groups.
10:45:23 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	(Can everyone tell I have a degree in chemistry? 🤓)
11:23:50 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	citation:  https://www.vedantu.com/chemistry/methylene-blue
11:49:54 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	“Two AIs Compete At Variant Sudoku!” (from Cracking the Cryptic)
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPuVungHl0o
11:51:50 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	This illustrates what Ted is now saying.

10:37:26 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525001900  Space sustainability rating: Designing a composite indicator to incentivize satellite operators to pursue long-term sustainability of the space environment
10:38:03 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	I have one more little article on Space Debris and Climate Change which I wanted to get to.
10:38:49 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://news.mit.edu/2025/deploying-practical-solution-space-debris-0514   Deploying a practical solution to space debris
	Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.
	Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Media Lab
	Publication Date:
	May 14, 2025
10:44:46 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	MIT News Article about the Space Sustainability Rating
10:45:12 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	https://news.mit.edu/2025/study-climate-change-will-reduce-number-satellites-safely-orbit-space-0310
10:46:59 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Spacedesk app https://www.spacedesk.net/
10:48:00 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	MIT News Article about the Space Sustainability Rating  https://news.mit.edu/2025/deploying-practical-solution-space-debris-0514
10:49:17 From tedpk to Everyone:
	A New Monte-Carlo Model for the Space Environment https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.10430
10:59:06 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Climate change could make space debris problem worse https://news.mit.edu/2025/study-climate-change-will-reduce-number-satellites-safely-orbit-space-0310
10:59:07 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	MOCAT from MIT stands for:
	MIT Orbital Capacity Assessment Tool
11:19:23 From Drew King to Everyone:
	https://www.spacedesk.net  -- load it on windows
	https://deskreen.com  -- loads on windows, mac, linux
11:23:19 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	HDMI can bundle in audio along with video.
11:28:04 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Cast might be video only, no audio.
11:30:46 From Dan Silber to Everyone:
	I bought an inexpensive HDMI hub that allows connecting up to four displays to one computer HDMI port. The limitation is that all of the 
        displays show the same thing, which can be a duplicate of my laptop screen or an extension of it. Very simple, but you do need to run HDMI cables.
11:33:06 From Mitch Wolfe to Everyone:
	I've been casting from a PC Chrome browser over wireless to a Roku stick on a TV for years. Video and audio both work.
11:36:48 From Mitch Wolfe to Everyone:
	You use Windows settings Add Bluetooth or other device to add the slave monitor.

10:36:05 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	Might this space debris reduce sunlight on the planet?
10:37:01 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	Maybe an ice age caused by space debris?
10:38:03 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	The overall density of space debris, even at Kessler Event levels, isn't sufficient to significantly shade the earth. There's actually much more space between the objects than the animations in these videos depicts.
10:49:49 From Larry Wittig to Everyone:
	Maybe we shouldn't paint satellites.
	
10:56:50 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Paint is a small percentage of the mass of debris. But making everything magnetic might help.Wait for the videos on lasers.

10:08:26 From Jonathan Goode to Everyone:
	oil fired hydronic here	
10:08:50 From Shelly Lowenthal to Everyone:
	I updated 2 split units for standard AC but I was delivered 2 heat pump units.
10:09:16 From Rebecca to Everyone:
	I have gas
10:09:19 From Mitch Wolfe to Everyone:
	Converted to natural gas from oil. Forced hot water baseboards
10:09:28 From Shelly Lowenthal to Everyone:
	Still have gas and pellet stove heat, though
10:09:35 From Dan Silber to Everyone:
	I bought a house in 1986 that previously had been converted from resistance baseboard to a heat pump.
10:10:41 From Peter & Pam to Everyone:
	Converted to heat pump from oil/hydronic a year ago
10:11:37 From Bill Haley to Everyone:
	Propane Hydronic added heat pumps with 22 kW solar. 1895 house with 2007 addition	
10:16:02 From Judy & Mike Alexander to Everyone:
	My wife is a realtor.  no new-construction home she's listed has been all-electric.
10:28:26 From Bill Haley to Everyone:
	Aren't these McMansion's air conditioned?
11:05:04 From Rich Moffitt to Everyone:
	https://www.coolcalc.com/

10:08:44 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	portableapps.com
	This is a Windows app.  It says it can work on MacOS using certain apps (CrossOver, Wineskin, WineBottler, PlayOnMac).  This from https://portableapps.com/download
10:15:07 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Portable Apps aren't the same as containers or sandboxed apps, like the Linux AppImages, Snaps or Flatpaks.
10:29:23 From Seth to Everyone:
	@Steve Isenberg, would you please send information on running portable apps on MacOS? [see https://portableapps.com/download]
10:32:38 From Bob Primak:
	PortableApps.com Platform 25.0: Introducing macOS Support
	Submitted by John T. Haller on April 7, 2023 - 1:22am
	PortableApps.com is proud to announce the PortableApps.com Platform 25.0 release. This release adds initial macOS support along with a helper app as well as improved stability and performance. Read on for all the details...(permalink)
	Existing Platform users can automatically update by clicking Help - Check for Updates.  https://portableapps.com/news/2023-04-07--portableapps.com-platform-25.0-released
	Download PortableApps.com Platform 30.0.2 - Free App Store & Menu
	your computer, without the computer™  https://portableapps.com/download
	Download macOS Helper 1.2 + PortableApps.com Platform
	The PortableApps.com macOS Helper app allows you to run the PortableApps.com Platform and many of our apps on your Intel or Apple Silicon Mac. It installs the PortableApps.com Platform to your local ~/Documents directory. It can run the platform from there or from a removable drive. It can even run from a removable drive without needing a local install. More supported locations are coming shortly. You'll need to unquarantine the unsigned package as detailed in the instructions below.  https://portableapps.com/download/macos
10:41:06 From Seth to Everyone:
	Thanks.  @Steve Isenberg was mentioning other solutions as well.  Not sure the state of the MacOS helper as it’s last update was in 2023.
10:42:36 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	There are portable apps available for MacOS from a variety of sources. I'm not sure this particular site or app ecosystem is still being developed for Mac.
10:46:20 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
	Be CAREFUL when buying large-capacity flash drives or cheap SSDs on Amazon and other sites! They often are rigged and do not have their stated internal components -- the capacity is reported incorrectly through the device firmware.
	9 Ways to Test Real Drive Capacity (and Spot a Fake)  https://www.makeuseof.com/ways-to-test-real-drive-capacity-spot-a-fake/
10:56:23 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	https://www.makeuseof.com/no-login-no-fees-free-movie-sites/

10:35:21 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	and a bike path is not limited to bikes. so there are parents with toddlers, etc.
	
10:46:41 From Larry Wittig to Everyone:
	Europe is somewhat limited to Type I ebikes with a max speed of 25 kph ~16 mph. They mix with pedestrains not road traffic as the us.

10:05:19 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	ohn Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley invented the first working transistors at Bell Labs, the point-contact transistor in 1947.
10:13:57 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	Here is that link to Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/hearing-aids/best-and-worst-hearing-aid-brands-and-retailers-a1115767262/
10:35:11 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	I will be posting George’s slides on the group site (along with an AI-generated meeting summary) later today.  Site: https://LCTG.toku.us
11:15:53 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
	I have posted links directly to the videos that George is showing today, on: https://LCTG.toku.us under April 2.
11:23:33 From John Rudy to Everyone:
	But can I really believe a 30 minute Costco ad	
11:27:55 From Drew King to Everyone:
	I don't need them but if I did I'd get dual use devices that are good for music/tv and hearing
11:49:18 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://www.mdhearingaid.com/	
11:57:40 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	One of the videos did mention one model that went to 16KHz.

10:12:06 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Per the Bruce Willis drama, here is my version of the same idea …	
	http://moultonlava.blogspot.com/2005/10/chaotic-flights-of-fancy.html	
10:13:47 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	You want nudge it sideways, perpendicular to its direction of motion, so as to miss hitting the earth.
10:16:38 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Apophos?
10:24:54 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/torino_scale.html
10:31:37 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Mog Liu is a YouTube content creator known for her videos that explore various aspects of Chinese culture, history, and current events. Her content is often presented in an engaging and accessible way, aiming to bridge cultural gaps and provide insights into China for a Western audience.
10:34:08 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/faq/how-often-do-asteroids-strike-earth
10:38:40 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Meantime, there is a prediction for a recurring nova tomorrow.

10:05:12 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	This is Derek Muller, host and presenter of Veritasium.
10:20:24 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	ThreeBlueOneBrown is a mathematical YouTube channel hosted by Grant Sanderson.  He is world class in his genre.
10:29:49 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Derek Muller is world class in his genre.
	Muller is more focused on science.
10:40:39 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	This video presents Sabine Hossenfelder in her emerging role as an Opinion Leader after having been a presenter of technical or academic  work in Particle Physics.
10:55:18 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Arbitrage wins by being the first to exploit ephemeral information.
10:56:22 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Frontier Models.
10:57:56 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Perplexity is an agent that accessed multiple AI sources for you.
10:59:05 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	The algorithms that were devised to solve Protein Folding can be adapted to many other complex problems.
11:04:39 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Sabine exposes identified examples of bad science, from which one might cavalierly extrapolate that virtually all science is collectively unreliable.
11:26:42 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

	
10:13:01 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Non-Markovian Do-Over ~ The State of Knowledge increases with each iteration.	
10:38:20 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	The fact that that time ticks at different rates, as a function of the strength of the local gravitational field also explains why Bell’s Inequality does not hold in our cosmos.  Bell tacitly adopted Newton’s simplifying assumption that time ticks at the same rate everywhere and everyone.  Dispense with that unrealistic simplifying assumption, and the mathematics of deriving Bell’s Inequality gets thrown into a cocked hat.	
10:50:24 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	As I see it, a MultiVerse is an Epic Poem.	
10:51:33 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	And the Speed of Light is the same as the Speed of Gravity (and hence the Speed of Causality).
11:02:26 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Gotta love Dr. Becky.
11:03:19 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Grant Sanderson is great, too.  He does math topics.
11:04:20 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Bell System Science Series.
11:04:39 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Our Mr. Sun.
11:09:41 From tedpk to Everyone:
	https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x579m0o
11:17:23 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	This is Matt Dowd on SpaceTime from PBS Digital Studios.
11:20:23 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Henri Poincaré pioneered Perturbation Theory, laying the foundations for Chaos Theory.
11:23:45 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Science writer, Ivars Peterson, wrote  Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System, published by Freeman in 1993.
11:30:27 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	That’s Don Lincoln.
11:38:16 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Research and Development is slow and costly.
11:40:14 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	After inventing a Cow, you now have a Cash Cow.
11:47:44 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Kind of like an Escher graphic.

10:08:04 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	“Nature vs. Nurture”
10:08:16 From Judy & Mike Alexander to Everyone:
	E.O.Wilson was a Lexingtonian
10:28:43 From Harry Forsdick to Everyone:
	At the end, Wilson lived at Brookhaven in Lexington
11:27:59 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
	Humans have uniquely adopted Crime and Punishment as a formal method and mechanism of socio-cultural regulation.  Mathematically speaking, that’s an infelicitous invention, as it promotes state-sponsored violence under the color of law, along with political drama, conflict, and systemic injustice.  Did EO Wilson ever opine on that?
11:45:50 From tedpk to Everyone:
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11:46:16 From S David Kahan to Everyone:
	https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63332985/amino-acids-wrong-order/