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Month: January 2020

Russ Steele (1939-2020) RIP

03 January 2020

George Rebane My dear friend Russ Steele died this morning in the loving arms of Ellen, his wife of 56 years. Russ was taken by pancreatic cancer which he had been fighting for the past year. The Steeles and Rebanes have been close friends since we moved here in 2002, having worked on various community…
Dropout Derby – 2jan20

02 January 2020

George Rebane Señor Julian Castro has decided that “it simply isn’t our time”, and put discretion before valor to re-engage at another time. I see this as a more than interesting commentary on the voting (ideological?) preferences of our Hispanic-American citizens. They seem to have a broader view of governance and economics than that only…
Scattershots – 2jan20 (updated 4jan20)

02 January 2020

George Rebane Google’s AI does breast cancer diagnoses. “Google’s health research unit said it has developed an artificial-intelligence system that can match or outperform radiologists at detecting breast cancer, according to new research. But doctors still beat the machines in some cases. … The AI system outperformed the average radiologist in determining whether the women…
Sandbox – 1jan2020

01 January 2020

[Well, we finally made it to 2020. Can anyone imagine that this may be the first year during which our progressive commenters discuss issues instead of arriving here to exchange ad hominems? We continue to hope that they have the ability to do that. gjr]