Federal Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA-OAR-SG-2026-29505 Florida Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the 2026 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship from Florida graduate students interested in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. Applications are due to Florida Sea Grant by 5:00 p.m. EST, on February … Read more
Image Source: 123rf.com I love Costco, especially during the holiday season! Costco typically has good deals, but during the holidays, Costco amps up the value of a membership. For instance, you can buy $100 gift cards for Instacart for only $80. Whether you give these as gifts or keep them for yourself, that’s a great … Read more
SECURITY | AI | PURPOSEUNSUPERVISED LEARNING is a newsletter about upgrading to thrive in a world full of AI. It’s original ideas, analysis, mental models, frameworks, and tooling to prepare you for the world that’s coming. TOC Had a great conversation with Rob Allen from ThreatLocker about their Zero Trust approach: deny-by-default, dynamic ACLs, and … Read more
TDI experts answer Texans’ top auto insurance questions. What should auto insurance cost, and what’s the best kind to get? To answer a question about cost, you need to know what a policy covers first. TDI’s automotive insurance guide can help, and there’s a policy comparison tool at www.opic.texas.gov. It’s important to know what you … Read more
AI Industry is Trying to Subvert the Definition of “Open Source AI” The Open Source Initiative has published (news article here) its definition of “open source AI,” and it’s terrible. It allows for secret training data and mechanisms. It allows for development to be done in secret. Since for a neural network, the training data … Read more