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From: Dan Navarro  Subject: Re: Affirmative Action Were it not for Affirmative Action in 1969, I would not have been able to attend UCLA immediately upon high school graduation. I was admitted under the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) that looked past my mediocre grades, and into my wide range of activities, strong letters of recommendation, […]

Dreamer

Apple VisionPro ad: https://tinyurl.com/2a2wsxxr _____________ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/42638p7s YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/mrsbadd9 “I said dreamer, you’re nothing but a dreamer Well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!” Well, yes. With the Apple VisionPro. If you watched today’s presentation you weren’t quite sure whether it was one giant step for mankind or a Saturday Night […]

AI

It’s 2023’s NFT. As in everyone’s talking about it, few understand it and the effect will be nowhere near as large as perceived. Well, that’s not exactly right. Ultimately AI will have a big effect. But right now everybody is SCARED! Yup, they’ve seen too many science fiction movies. The machines are going to take […]

New York Times Audio App

“Introducing a New Audio App for Our Journalism and Storytelling -New York Times Audio provides news, depth and serendipity.”: https://nyti.ms/41OCMzN This was not supposed to happen. New players were supposed to come along, disrupt the the staid Grey Lady and leave it in the dust. But just the opposite is happening. Vice and BuzzFeed news […]