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40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl ForeverAn oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase. #Apple #TV 2024-02-09T08:53:45-0800 The New York Times Saul Austerlitz ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-09T18:39:04-0800 - sethherr
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The rise of the American oligarchyWhat targeting Russia’s wayward billionaires revealed about our own. 2024-01-22T11:26:54-0800 Mother Jones Tim Murphy 7,000 words Rated 2024-02-10T12:02:16-0800 - sethherr
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What it was like working for GitLabyorickpeterse.com 6,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T11:43:54-0800 - sethherr
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Jacques on X: "Sharing a long, but insightful comment @Gwern made in response to the question: "EA had a pretty weak hand throughout and played it as well as can be reasonably expected"? Gwern: It was a pretty weak hand. There is this pervasive attitude that Sam Altman could have been…" / XX (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr
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Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stopsBerkeley has replaced one DIY bench with a city-approved one. A pair of activists have added at least four more wood benches in the East Bay. #Transportation 2024-01-12T16:30:00-0800 Berkeleyside Iris Kwok 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-11T21:22:54-0800 - sethherr
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Taste gamesor why I avoid midrange beer 2024-02-15T09:01:14-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-15T20:46:06-0800 - sethherr
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Paying people to work on open source is good actually - Jacob Kaplan-MossIf you have a problem with maintainers getting paid then you have a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate. jacobian.org 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-16T20:44:56-0800 - sethherr
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Berkeley's Upzoning Would Be Among Nation's LargestA proposal to end exclusionary zoning would allow for 100,000 more homes in Berkeley's neighborhoods. 2024-02-17T07:02:03-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-02-17T21:20:37-0800 - sethherr
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“Rabbit Test” unwins the HugoI cannot convey the supreme depths to which I'd rather be doing anything else with my Saturday afternoon other than writing this blog post, but here we are. If you have been blessedly insulated from the current furor over the 2023 Hugo Awards -- good for you! (I'm going to have to explain this post… 2024-02-17T17:08:27-0800 SAMANTHA MILLS 2,000 words Rated 2024-02-18T21:22:35-0800 - sethherr
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My Notes on GitLab Postgres Schema DesignI spent some time going over the Postgres schema of Gitlab. GitLab is an alternative to Github. You can self host GitLab since it is an open source DevOps platform. My motivation to understand the schema of a big project like Gitlab was to compare it against schemas I am designing and learn some best… 2022-07-08T09:16:11-0700 Shekhar Gulati 6,000 words Rated 2024-02-21T10:59:33-0800 - elll
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Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderationRated 2024-02-21T10:59:46-0800 - elll
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Gary Stevenson: This Is How You Make Money TradingRated 2024-03-18T08:24:01-0700 - sethherr
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Britney Spears’s Instagram is secretly being used by Russian hackersComments on her photos are the key to the Russian hackers’ operations. #Social Media 2017-06-08T12:30:02-0700 Vox Lindsay Maizland 500 words Rated 2024-03-18T22:50:01-0700 - sethherr
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An Interview with Scott AlexanderDisambiguated AI, brain emulations, Scott’s writing schedule, figuring out life with newborn twins, and a whole lot more. 2024-02-23T08:05:43-0800 NeoNarrative Sotonye 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-18T23:35:34-0700 - sethherr
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—AsteriskAmerica’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task? asteriskmag.com 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T07:13:01-0700 - sethherr
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TinyLetter had a big momentOn February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a number of personal and experimental writers in the mid-‘10s. 2024-02-29T06:00:00-0800 The Verge Kevin Nguyen 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:27:14-0700 - sethherr
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Vaclav Smil and the Value of DoubtDavid Owen interviews the author and scientist Vaclav Smil, whose books on environmental issues include “Size: How It Explains the World” and “How the World Really Works.” #Climate Change #Environmentalism #Renewable energy #Science 2024-02-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker David Owen 4,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T22:44:49-0700 - sethherr
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Using axis lines for good or eviladd them only if they mean something 2024-02-29T09:00:41-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 1,000 words Rated 2024-03-19T23:20:50-0700 - sethherr
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How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYsHomeowners are often the biggest opponents of building new homes. An Israeli reform reversed this by making homeowners the main beneficiaries of development. 2024-02-16T05:30:44-0800 Works in Progress 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-20T07:50:46-0700 - sethherr
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Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries - Rest of WorldRated 2024-03-20T08:01:18-0700 - sethherr
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The asbestos timesAsbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides. 2023-11-15T07:18:37-0800 Works in Progress 3,000 words Rated 2024-03-21T08:01:24-0700 - sethherr
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Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?Rated 2024-03-27T19:07:53-0700 - sethherr
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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak DebateI watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should! 2024-03-28T04:24:57-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words Rated 2024-03-30T20:49:37-0700 - sethherr
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Lableak truther loses $100,000 in his own debateThe false myth of a research-related accident being at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic has become endemic in society. Despite a large and detailed body of scientific evidence contradicting or… 2024-02-22T02:40:43-0800 protagonist-science.medium.com Philipp Markolin 6,000 words Rated 2024-03-30T21:08:05-0700 - sethherr
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What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy. 2024-03-25T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words Rated 2024-04-06T07:06:14-0700 - sethherr
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4 month sleep regression: Why it happens and what you can do about itWhat are the signs of 4 month sleep regression? Learn about developmental changes causing the 4 month sleep regression, and how you can improve your baby's sleep Huckleberry 3,000 words Rated 2024-04-06T17:40:05-0700 - sethherr
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The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated ItThe sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black" outside when 2022-03-15T12:20:40-0700 Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com/author/abeaujon/#author ... 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-08T13:15:24-0700 - sethherr
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San Francisco mayor’s veto of housing bill gets overturnedThe Board of Supervisors overturned Mayor London Breed’s veto of Aaron Peskin’s housing density bill on Tuesday, marking the latest political flashpoint as the November election nears. 2024-03-26T14:42:51-0700 The San Francisco Standard Gabe Greschler 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-08T13:27:04-0700 - sethherr
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How the Alt Right wona Retrospective from Walt Bismarck 2024-01-26T16:54:31-0800 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words Rated 2024-04-08T17:59:30-0700 - sethherr
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The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s TrashThe city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports. 2024-04-08T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words Rated 2024-04-14T09:00:12-0700 - sethherr
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This is a teenagerRated 2024-04-16T21:01:53-0700 - sethherr
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12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called 'Etak'. I think you'll find it a fascinating read... 2024-04-11T08:00:00-0700 Map Happenings 4,000 words Rated 2024-04-16T21:02:02-0700 - sethherr
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(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / XX (formerly Twitter) 500 words Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700 - sethherr
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This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even furtherThis Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco 2024-02-03T04:00:00-0800 San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words Rated 2024-04-17T23:08:49-0700 - sethherr
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Thoughts on seed oilDon't get distracted. 2024-04-18T09:01:11-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words Rated 2024-04-18T14:45:50-0700 - sethherr
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The Man Who Killed Google SearchThis is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significa 2024-04-23T09:24:21-0700 Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Edward Zitron 4,000 words Rated 2024-04-24T13:01:31-0700 - sethherr
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How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPTdanluu.com 20,000 words Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700 - sethherr
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Bollards: Why & WhatNaming something we see and benefit from every day josh.works 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:23-0700 - sethherr
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Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown orderBenjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down the network for as long as the war in Gaza continues, saying the network threatens national security. Al Jazeera called the accusation a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk. #Asia #War 2024-05-05T12:35:11-0700 Reuters ($) 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:01:47-0700 - sethherr
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Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security 2024-05-05T09:53:31-0700 The Guardian Jason Burke 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:03:23-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t KnowThree terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics 2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr
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Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop BagsIf you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo. 2023-05-17T05:08:03-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-07T08:24:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio LegendsWhile modern improvements in technologies have the benefit of being far more powerful and lightweight, the Wall of Sound remains unparalleled. 2019-02-01T16:11:19-0800 Audio Academy 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-07T20:41:55-0700 - sethherr
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Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular PodcastHe recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science 2024-03-27T12:53:32-0700 Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:29:22-0700 - sethherr
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Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably IndigenousIn B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate 2024-03-11T07:39:06-0700 St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:10-0700 - sethherr
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Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjustThe proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero 2024-03-15T11:36:48-0700 SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:33:29-0700 - sethherr
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Selling 'Ghost in the Shell'Plus: animation news. 2024-05-05T20:58:35-0700 Animation Obsessive Animation Obsessive Staff 4,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:36:20-0700 - sethherr
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The Hidden-Pregnancy ExperimentJia Tolentino on an experiment in which she tried to hide her pregnancy from her phone and on how we are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. #Parenthood #Pregnancy #Surveillance 2024-05-04T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 2,000 words Rated 2024-05-14T08:38:39-0700 - sethherr
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lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in KagiRated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700 - sethherr
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