Lars Plougmann

@rockhillsranch ice cream

I'm on a planning committee for an annual ag conference. Besides the obvious (speakers, venue, food), what unique touches have you experienced in a conference (ag or otherwise) that made it a success?

@rockhillsranch What about Chrissy the CRISPR: "The future is going to see bigger and better animals that burp less."

Guest lecturing tomorrow in Intro to Business (9th grade level). Topic is "supply & demand in the cattle biz". Going to do some role playing with the following: 1) Whip Reeler- former-dentist-turned-rancher after watching Yellowstone

Livestream at youtube.com/watch?v=Xv97he…

Nice. Tim suggested removing the countdown and PiP overlay for a moment so everyone could grab a screenshot of Starship on the launchpad in the late afternoon light. #EverydayAstronaut #starshipflight10

Long Now is hiring! Come join our team and work with us to foster imagination at the timescale of civilization. We're looking for a full-time Communications Manager, contract IT Support, and (starting in September) a Bartender at The Interval at Long Now.

Eloneration Day

Is there a good place to rent a road bike in Palo Alto / Menlo Park area? Going later this month and hoping to have time for a ride.

Started reading the Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. I have a hunch that checklists could be a productive format in the interplay between human and AI. Learning more.

AI is both the spreadsheet and the assembly line. It's just taking time to manifest from hobbyist applications.

@rockhillsranch This is pretty much how anything in imperial measurements reads to someone using metric.

Translated to Kindergarten reading level and it's hilarious

Does anyone know of a spreadsheet that calculates NRC requirements for beef cattle with consideration to weather conditions?

I wish @TheEconomist would remove the recently introduced links to other articles that show up inside an article in the app. They are a distraction. A list of related articles at the end is ok.

Talking to our teenagers about what they'll do with all the spare time they get if TikTok disappears.

@emollick Inventing stuff sooner in history (and stop wasting time) is an active pursuit for @ryanqnorth. Check some of the examples. youtube.com/watch?v=q3eKMg…

Everyone keeps saying penicillin. o1-pro thinks not.

"Hey Gemini, Claude, o1 & Grok: i need something I could make if I was transported back in time to 1100 AD Europe that would help me become a local lord. No magic tricks. Some invention I could reasonably make using the resources and tools available, and exact instructions."

@DJSnM In the radio chatter that was shared in the broadcast, speed was quoted as km/s. That sounds more nominal.

They have speeds in miles per hour and I'm not used to this for orbital launches.

The cost of the Adobe Photography plan is increasing 50%. Existing subscribers can lock in current pricing by changing from monthly payments to paying annually in advance. #photography-and-lightroom-plan-updates:~:text=your%20next%20renewal.-,Existing%20members%20who%20pay%20monthly%20can%20switch%20to%20the%20pre%2Dpaid%20annual%20plan%20to%20maintain%20the%20%249.99/month%20price.,-We%20will%20continue" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">blog.adobe.com/en/publish/202…

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Happy with this view of Ribeira, shot last month from Ponte Luís I with a thirty year old lens flic.kr/p/2qB3poH

@christianevejlo Interessant deck med perspektiver på AI. Danmark nævnt på slides 4 og 5. ben-evans.com/presentations

Today, operations are 25/7/366.

A photo I took in Dubai in 2006 is getting some exposure on the internet today.