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Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law(theatlantic.com)
5 points by samizdis 7h ago|0 comments
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The Railways Killed a Medieval Law [the Deodand](daily.jstor.org)
1 points by samizdis 8h ago|0 comments
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Nuclear Fusion's Moment of Truth(ft.com)
3 points by samizdis 18h ago|1 comments
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US Military confirms it has deployed weapons in space(cnn.com)
3 points by samizdis 2d ago|1 comments
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Andon Labs Puts AI Agents in Charge of Real Businesses(spectrum.ieee.org)
12 points by samizdis 3d ago|0 comments
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by samizdis 3d ago
> The moniker gives them an air of scientific, knowledgeable, tranquil, pro-social, pro bono work. The Atlantic argued this (rather well, IMO) a week or so ago - "There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’" - https://www.
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by samizdis 4d ago
Or you use a strawberry huller. These used to be common kitchen implements, but I've not seen one in a while.
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by samizdis 7d ago
Given this week's alarmist assertions by Antropic's Evan Hubinger, seconded by other high-ups in the AI industry, I am with Gary Marcus in calling for a boycott of OpenAI and Anthropic until they sort their acts out. Towards the e
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by samizdis 7d ago
For quite a few years, and because I don't have a globe, I've turned to MapFight [0] to get a good idea of size/area comparisons for countries, significant geographic features and for historical lands/empires. [0] https
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by samizdis 8d ago
Online version of the book: https://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html
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Heat forces French Champagne makers to stiffen their drink(phys.org)
7 points by samizdis 8d ago|0 comments
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Hermeus unveils Ramjet-X, a "high-Mach" aircraft(axios.com)
2 points by samizdis 8d ago|0 comments
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The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch – but the idea is useful(theconversation.com)
2 points by samizdis 8d ago|0 comments
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Cinema lessons from a trash-movie auteur(newyorker.com)
2 points by samizdis 8d ago|1 comments
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Aschenbrenner claimed to know the future of AI. His investors lost billions(theatlantic.com)
7 points by samizdis 9d ago|1 comments
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America's debt binge is starting to matter(ft.com)
10 points by samizdis 9d ago|7 comments
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by samizdis 9d ago
https://archive.ph/QSERF
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by samizdis 10d ago
Going back a decade or so, I bought a Yotaphone 2, which had a full-sized e-ink display on the rear. Fantastic for any text reading/writing in bright sunlight (I was based in Sydney at the time). Yotaphone is now dead, but I really don
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Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader(theatlantic.com)
215 points by samizdis 10d ago|216 comments
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by samizdis 11d ago
And thank you for the "gag me with a spoon" reference. Frank (and Moon) Zappa really hit the nail on the head in Valley Girl (1982). Terrific parody of teen culture/language.
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Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks(theguardian.com)
9 points by samizdis 20d ago|1 comments
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by samizdis 20d ago
Hmmmnnnn. I remember getting excited reading a Wired article "Let a thousand reactors bloom" [0] - but that was back in 2004. I'm still waiting for a "pizza-safe" pebble-bed reactor. [0] https://www.wire
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What your calf muscles can reveal about your heart health(sciencefocus.com)
7 points by samizdis 20d ago|0 comments
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'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is being sold online(phys.org)
215 points by samizdis 20d ago|123 comments
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Why I Am Right About AI [by Paul "Claude" Gigot](theatlantic.com)
4 points by samizdis 20d ago|3 comments
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The Goths Take Rome(historytoday.com)
5 points by samizdis 20d ago|2 comments
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Star Trek at 60: an exploration of humanity rather than aliens(theconversation.com)
16 points by samizdis 21d ago|0 comments
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Uber cuts AI costs even as usage jumps(axios.com)
4 points by samizdis 21d ago|0 comments
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Silico, a tool for researchers to understand their AI models better(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by samizdis 21d ago|0 comments
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Waymo says there's no AI shortcut to self-driving(axios.com)
4 points by samizdis 21d ago|3 comments

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