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June 19, 2025

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Meta's project, "Brain activity to Text decoding"

March 07, 2025

It can be applied to a lie detector mobile app. We can't hide anything from others in any human communications with an app like that. Every one would choose to be frank all the time in that case. https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/brain-to-text-decoding-a-non-invasive-approach-via-typing/

A tricky mechanical design

July 02, 2025

Photo: The drain valve is attached below a Japanese domestic oil tank and is set to the closed position. You might think the cap is loosen like a PET bottle, but it's tighten actually. I find it really tricky mechanism design.

The notion of "pretending you have other options"

May 03, 2025

When the listener realizes you're in that situation, and you only have one option but say you 'picked' it from among several, it sounds kind of funny.