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rintintin.colorado.edu 8mo ago

Holes (1970) [pdf]

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aeon.co 11mo ago

Reality is evil: philosophers must reckon with the meaning of thermodynamics

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www.newyorker.com 1y ago

After Forty Years, Phish Isn't Seeking Resolution

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people.bath.ac.uk 1y ago

Mental Accounting Matters (1999) [pdf]

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www.wsj.com 1y ago

FDA Rejects Ecstasy-Based Drug

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arxiv.org 2y ago

Cosmic Vine: A Z=3.44 Large-Scale Structure Hosting Quiescent Galaxies

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www.ft.com 2y ago

US media veterans back new trading firm with financial news arm

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www.nytimes.com 2y ago

Even Michael Lewis Can’t Make a Hero Out of Sam Bankman-Fried

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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu 2y ago

Voice-Activated Lights

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www.youtube.com 2y ago

The last few polio survivors: Last of the iron lungs (2017) [video]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 2y ago

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation in the Treatment of Depression

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www.wsj.com 3y ago

Silicon Valley Money Men Are Buzzing About Robert F. Kennedy Jr

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nymag.com 3y ago

Rubio Says He’s Heard Shocking ‘Firsthand’ Accounts of UFOs

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en.wikipedia.org 3y ago

Stochastic Parrot

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www.newstatesman.com 3y ago

Derek Parfit: The Perfectionist at All Souls

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www.theguardian.com 3y ago

AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services

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twitter.com 3y ago

Is there a canonical source for “the argument for AGI ruin” somewhere

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www.newyorker.com 3y ago

Nicholas Humphrey’s Beautiful Theory of Mind

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www.wired.com 3y ago

A Philosopher on Drugs

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old.reddit.com 3y ago

List of my 500 favorite Wikipedia articles

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bsky.app 3y ago

Bluesky Social

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en.wikipedia.org 3y ago

Norton's Dome

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www.washingtonpost.com 3y ago

The link between our food, gut microbiome and depression

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www.youtube.com 3y ago

Prefer Composition over Inheritance – What Does It Mean?

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nymag.com 3y ago

The Uninhabitable Earth (2017)

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 3y ago

Earthing: Implications of Reconnecting the Body to Earth's Surface Electrons

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www.theatlantic.com 3y ago

Against Algebra

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www.senate.gov 3y ago

“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, US Senate (1918) [pdf]

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gameprogrammingpatterns.com 3y ago

Game Programming Patterns (2014)

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www.newyorker.com 3y ago

How radical was Rachmaninoff?

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This reminds me of a question from my first interview as a college grad: estimate the number of taxis in New York City. I was totally baffled by it.

No. The bar exam is an outdated, gatekeeping, hazing mechanism that requires rote memorization and application of blackletter law and is altogether unrelated to the practice of law.

However, it wouldn't hurt to shorten law school from three to two years. The third year is a waste.

Despite the title's bold claim, the article isn't very informative; it really feels like a puff piece for these pharma companies.

One thing that I think is underacknowledged in discussions of weight/fat loss is time horizon. Fad diets don't work. You can't expect to lose 30 lbs in 2 months. Set a longer time horizon. What do you want to weigh in a year (or more)? Reduce your calorie intake gradually. Weigh yourself often. Are you making progress? If not, lower your calories a litle bit more. Keep trying. Try to eat healthy foods, but there's nothing wrong with some "unhealthy" foods. Try to be active and exercise, but you don't need to be a marathon runner or powerlifter. Be fair to yourself. You gained the weight over time, so now you have to lose it over time.

I'm skeptical of the audience for such a podcast. Also, seems like it would require a lot of time that could be used to focus on the actual business. Sure, maybe you could assign someone in marketing to run it, but even then I would make sure it didn't take up too much of that person's time. And for startups with low headcounts, I'm not sure there is such a "marketing" person.

This book was one of the inspirations for the video game series Assassin's Creed.

Interesting. Never heard of this book or author.

ChatGPT Plus 3 years ago

So far I've only asked very vanilla queries, like explain X abstract concept or write a program that does Y simple thing in Z language. What are examples of queries you want to ask this imaginary SafeSearchOff version? Potentially harmful or illegal stuff? Just curious.

Cool post. Definitely impressed with Obsidian. Not a huge fan of the UI on iOS. For some reason I keep getting drawn back to iOS Notes for ease of use.

GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that provides coverage for more than 24 million motor vehicles owned by more than 15 million policy holders as of 2017.

An interesting incident. First, who’s behind? If it’s Ukrainians, that makes Putin look weak. If it’s a Russian inside job, is this a sign of the power struggle Putin is facing? Then again, Putin is the guy who attacked his own citizens to justify his rise to power, so who it could also be him.

Second, Dugin (and by extension his daughter) is a dangerous thinker I don’t know if it’s media hyperbole to say he’s “Putin’s brain” but it certainly seems like Dugins ideas have been implemented: 1) supporting racial tensions in the US, 2) separating the UK from the EU, 3) supporting various far-right politicians, and 4) annexing Ukraine.

I've wondered this as well - specifically regarding Fridman but also other people who have become popular through social media. (As to the latter, it never ceases to shock me how various YouTube channels can amass hundreds of thousands of subscribers.)

Anyway, as someone mentioned above, he was on Rogan's podcast and fits the Rogan mold of influencer: interested in AI and machine learning, politically neutral, trains in Brazilian jiu jitsu, etc. In fact, I'd describe his style as being a more intellectual Rogan, haha (which is not necessarily a compliment). His popularity has skyrocketed after being on Rogan. However, I'm not sure about his popularity prior to Rogan.