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Life without goals
Possibly the single most difficult idea to grasp in the breaking smart philosophy is that goal-setting is very dangerous in creative work, and that it is possible (and even necessary sometimes) to work without goals. The key to this idea is that the...
Venkatesh “is moving to LA in a few week
I last circled this topic in 2015. Reconsidering my take then to see if maybe I should try goals for real for a change.
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Comfort food to conquer diabetes
He's the GP who's transforming NHS diabetes care, now Dr David Unwin has teamed up with chefs Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi again to create these super-healthy recipes for the Mail.
Like Riding an AI Bicycle
Listen now (19 min) | Today’s episode (~20 minutes) is about the idea of skills being like “riding a bicycle” and what that means when we are dealing with AIs. 1/ The idea of things being “like riding a bicycle” is an important one. It refers to a...
A ‘Grass-Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded By Amazon’s Biggest Rivals
Walmart, Oracle and mall owner Simon Property Group are secret funders behind a nonprofit that has been highly critical of the e-commerce giant.
To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolution
Big tech claims AI and digitization will bring a better future. But putting computers everywhere is bad for people and the planet
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And the award for the stupidest article ever on climate goes to... this gem that leaves me speechless.
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North America Has Lost a Quarter of Its Birds in 50 Years
Though the continent has lost 3 billion birds since 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hardest.
Colt is ending production of AR-15s
Colt Firearms will be ending its production and sales of its AR-15 rifles due to lack of public demand amid excess market capacity. Get the most beautiful D-Day 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin on the market, here In a decision criticized by some...
The Price of Freedom
Individual gig work is in a negatively defined lifestyle. You don’t want either the constraints of traditional employment, or the responsibilities that come with growth beyond individual scale as a small business or startup. These are both types of...
She died begging for money yet she was heir to billions : The Standard
Dying from cancer in the US, Michelle pleaded assistance, in the end, she could not even afford painkillers.
Borges' Encyclopedia
Jorge Luis Borges' essay on classification of animals.
Venkatesh “is moving to LA in a few week
De rigeur reference to Borges encyclopedia. A pre-killed ontological joke that you have to back up a bit to laugh at. Tag yourself. I’m 13: Those that have just broken a flower vase. multicians.org/thvv/borges-an… pic.twitter.com/frjo0K6Mgz
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95, 96, 13, 64, Banane
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Venkatesh “is moving to LA in a few week
Grad school level: Homer Simpson counts dumbbell reps.
95, 96, 13, 64, banana.
I call this Homeric Cardinality. It may be an obscure reference I don’t get, but I enjoy it as an ontological joke. Here it is, in German whynot.
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Zapp Brannigan Checkmate
Venkatesh “is moving to LA in a few week
A bit 101, but hilarious:
Zapp: If we can hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards: checkmate
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A prosthetic leg that can sense touch makes it easier for amputees to walk
The prosthesis tries to replicate the nervous system’s feedback loop.The issue: People who walk on both legs rely on constant feedback between their nerves and their brain to get around.
Rick Makes Jerry Cry | Rick And Morty, The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy (2017)
Who do you think had more taken from them when you shot 20 cc of liquid dream-killer into my daughter? She was Rick's daughter, Jerry. She had options! That ...
IBM's biggest-yet 53-qubit quantum computer will come online in October
It'll come online in October for customers to use, but it's still a largely experimental field.
Venkatesh “is moving to LA in a few week
Quantum computers look so steampunk. Like Babbage differential engine in computer history museum.
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Defending Information Integrity with Renee DiResta, Mozilla Fellow
Renee DeRista, Mozilla Fellow and Research Manager at Stanford, shares how we can protect information integrity online and keep a healthy skepticism of the media.
Program & Book Review -- Base-Building from Tactical Barbell II by K. Black
Book summary and highlights from Tactical Barbell II: Conditioning by K. Black.
OBBO: East Africa won a lottery, and is blowing it in casinos
Good fortunes will all be lost if nothing drastic is done to ease passage through borders.