Friday, September 20, 2024

Things I learned lately 20 Sep (the last one)

  • ChatGPT has been seen in the wild initiating conversations with people to follow up on previous conversations.
  • Gander, Newfoundland had the busiest airport in the world in the 1950s. This is because planes didn't have as much range as they do now. To be able to reach Europe, they'd need to depart from the most Eastern point in the country (or make a stop there to refuel).
  • Canadian courtrooms do not use gavels.
  • Hyundai sell a k-car sized Casper (Korea) / Inster (EU soon) EV that sells for the equivalent of CAD$30,000.
  • In a list of employees' least favorite workplace buzzwords, topping the survey were phrases such as, ‘lean in’, ‘circle back’, ‘holistic approach’, and ‘value proposition’. 
  • Phytoplankton generates between 50% to 85% of the Earth's oxygen.


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