Author: Richard K Collins

Director, The Internet Foundation Studying formation and optimized collaboration of global communities. Applying the Internet to solve global problems and build sustainable communities. Internet policies, standards and best practices.

Good people are hard to find, mostly their companies have bad global Internet methods

@elonmusk You might want to have someone from your brain human interface group check out https://www.semi.org/en/event/femc18-biohybrid-sensing-systems-volatile-organic-compounds Elisabeth Steel is presenting on Biohybrid Sensing Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds. Her LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/bioesteel.   UES is at @UESIncDayton. They follow things their web person chooses, and do not link to their employees on Twitter(X). That is
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All sites do conversions from global open resource, not rely on their few programmers

(1.5 inch)^3 has units of length^3 Google answered 55.306341 milliliters Rather than treating each word problem separately just do the whole thing, consistently and coordinate with all search engines and sites so it is not “everyone doing their own thing) (1.5*2.54 cm)^3 = 5.5306341E-5 meter^3 — for (1.5 inch)^3 in meter^3 they refer to a
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$Million-wise and $100 Trillion foolish – precise field technologies

Ariane Briegel, @BriegelAriane Finally- a book on cryo-electron tomography, written by leading experts! Edited by the one and only @FriedrichForst1 and myself! https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51171-4 Replying to @BriegelAriane and @FriedrichForst1 Ariane, I am sure you did good work, but I have a few comments about your method of sharing. I hate to see good things locked up
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With Internet simple mistakes or choices now can have global effects

Chenxin Li, PhD (@chenxinli2.bsky.social) @ChenxinLi2 The mustard greens I got this week has strongly thickened stems and leaves that curl to form a ball or head at the apex, similar to that of a cabbage. https://pic.twitter.com/xxOSTmofHV Replying to @ChenxinLi2 —- ISS Bacteria Mutate into Earth-Unseen Pathogens https://twitter.com/i/trending/1787224148013404664   Tools for newbies to make “covid”s with
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Humans usually do not bother or kill bees. Galactic intelligences mostly do not bother organic species

Humans usually do not bother or kill bees. Bees have a good reputation. Practical, associated with sunlight, spring, flowers, honey and nice things. Galactic machine intelligences probably view humans that way. Humans mostly do not try to talk to bees. Galactic intelligences mostly do not bother with humans or where humans nest. Bees live 30-60
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The near future might have many synthesized foods, materials and experiences

The near future might have many synthesized foods, materials and experiences — The rumor on the Internet is that most “olive oil” is already a substitute. If it truly disappeared, there are ways to make oils by blending that can substitute. And ways to make it by building molecules with industrial chemical processes. There are
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