So We Can All Be Fully Cognizant Before It Kills Us?

This is the kind of thing people were hoping AI could do to improve our lives.

AI discovers drugs to combat age-related health issues like Alzheimer’s

Software combed through 4,300 chemical compounds and zeroed in on three that could target faulty cells

By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

UPDATED: 18:12 EDT, 14 June 2023

Artificial intelligence technology helped researchers identify a trio of chemicals that target faulty cells linked to age-related health issues, including certain cancers and Alzheimer’s disease.

The algorithm comb through a library of more than 4,300 chemical compounds and identified 21 drug candidates that could prompt cell senescence.

This is a phenomenon in which faulty cells stop multiplying but do not die off as they should and continue to release chemicals that can trigger inflammation.

Of those 21 candidates, the scientists zeroed in on three compounds – ginkgetin, oleandrin, and periplocin – which were able to remove defective cells without harming healthy ones when tested on human cells.

AI is increasingly becoming a fixture in medical and scientific research, able to sift through mountains of dense data far faster than a human ever could to aid in the diagnosis of and treatment for diseases.

I’m In The Dog House Again

Big Time.

No jury of her peers would convict her.

I couldn’t help myself.

I should have known better than to be cruising Craig’s List at 2:00 AM on a Saturday night.

But it was an offer I couldn’t resist.

New they are running anywhere from $2500 to $3500 depending on where you look.

For just the machine.

I got that, with an upgrade to a brand new 12V motor and controller system that is adjustable for speed, a machinist’s vise plus several milling attachments and a couple of add on lights, for $900.

Easily a $1,000 worth of extras.

The thing is in excellent condition too.

The Wifely Unit is furious.

Mainly because I sprang it on her at the last minute but just for General Purposes because I am spending money too.

It took quite a while and the help of a good friend to get it out of the back of the truck, onto a big metal work table and then back into the garage but it’s in there just waiting.

It has the R8 collet system and I even have a set of those out there already.

The guy was an engineer apparently and had passed away, his nephew is a lawyer and came up from Oakland CA to clean up his estate and said flat out that he knew it was probably worth a lot more than what he was asking for it but he had no use for it and it needed to go away.

So now it’s out in my garage and I can’t hardly get to it to use it.

I gotta get rid of some stuff man.

I’m Telling Ya, They Do It On Purpose.

Yeah about that last part.

I couldn’t tell ya how many times I have run across that one.

There could be fifteen bolts holding something together in a big circle and one of those sonofabitches would be different for no apparent reason.

I really like it when they use a completely different style of fastener too.

Like throw in a Torx bit bolt when all the rest are Allen head bolts and make sure the thing is where you can’t see it.

Hidden upside down in a recess so you have to do it by Braille.

It also never fails that the one odd ball is made out of butter so it strips out or rounds off.

This post was inspired by me remembering that I gotta take the Big Red Dodge back in Monday.

I ain’t even going to tell the Wife about it until it’s done because I don’t wanna hear her bitch about it.

There is something binding up and chattering in the ass end of it after I drive it and get it good and warmed up at highway speed and then pull into a parking lot and have to either back up or make very slow sharp turns,

I’m thinking it’s the chain in the transfer case but it could be in the rear differential.

I ain’t even going to mess with it.

I’m going to drop it off and tell them to call me when it’s fixed.

My days of wrenching on cars are pretty much over at this point.

I’ve Seen Worse

You think this is something?

I had a Ford Aerostar Mini Van come in one time with a charging system problem complaint.

No joke, I could smell something so fucking rank I was gagging before I even got the hood opened up on the damn thing when they pulled it in.

Because it was a a van and inside a shop I had to get a drop light underneath the hood to see any damn thing.

What I found made me gag even harder.

About 3 lbs of dry dog food that some fucking varmint like a squirrel had been piling up on top of the engine and then as it got driven it baked that shit, then it putrified and then it got baked again and again.

Half the guys in the shop were gagging as I used a shop vac to try and get it all off the top of the engine just so I could see what the hell was under it all.

Lemme tell ya, that was a very expensive alternator job before I got done.