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Book Review: What's Our Problem?

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2023-02-22T20:05:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander ($) 30,000 words

Rated 2024-01-21T20:37:59-0800

Why Holes at the Bottom of the Ocean Disappear and Reappear

Scientists made a new discovery about other causes for holes on the seafloor. Find out what is causing the pits to disappear and reappear all over again. #Animals #Ocean

2024-01-18T15:05:00-0800 Atlas Obscura 1,000 words

Rated 2024-01-19T08:31:07-0800

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Ello launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened?

2024-01-18T08:23:10-0800 Waxy.org Andy Baio 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-18T17:29:42-0800

Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In Society

How Elites Cause Crime By Acing Marshmallow Tests Some people think crime is caused by poverty. Some think crime is caused by criminals. Some even think crime is caused by the climate. Don’t swallow these easy-to-digest popular narratives — society is shaped by its elite, always has been, always will be. It all comes back to the marshmallows.

2024-01-07T08:09:59-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 10,000 words

Rated 2024-01-16T09:04:11-0800

What happened to GE?

Bill Gates shares his review of “Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric” by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann

2021-06-14T00:00:00-0700 gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-16T08:29:56-0800

Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Rated 2024-01-14T08:42:35-0800

Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group

"When an organization has, say, financed the overthrow of the government of Guatemala, you would think there might be a speaking fee."

2024-01-09T12:20:45-0800 The Paris Review Johannes Lichtman 3,000 words

Rated 2024-01-10T19:12:25-0800

LLMs and Programming in the first days of 2024 - <antirez>

antirez.com

Rated 2024-01-10T11:19:39-0800

Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

Whether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity. #Celebrity #Country Music

2024-01-04T02:01:26-0800 The New York Times Anna Marks ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2024-01-09T22:03:34-0800

Cycling Doping Fallacies

I make the case that we cannot extrapolate clean performances from Lance Armstrong’s doped performances against doped rivals in the Tour de France.

2024-01-05T06:05:00-0800 The New Leaf Journal Nicholas A. Ferrell 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-09T09:42:36-0800

The reality of the Danish fairytale

Denmark has long ranked high on the list of societies that American liberals dream about turning the United States into. And for many good reasons. Education is state-funded, and students are even paid a stipend to go to university. Health care is equally free of individual charge, and there’s generally a robust social safety net for u...

world.hey.com 2,000 words

Rated 2024-01-06T23:17:15-0800

Bill Gates–1986

As chief executive officer of Microsoft, William H. (Bill) Gates is considered one of the driving forces behind today's personal computing and office automation industry. Gates started his career in computer software at a young age. Both Gates and Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, worked as programming consultants while attending high school in Seattle, Washington. In…

2008-05-19T22:50:49-0700 Programmers At Work 10,000 words

Rated 2024-01-06T23:01:14-0800

The Christian Science Monitor Daily for January 4, 2024

Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

2024-01-03T21:00:00-0800 The Christian Science Monitor ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2024-01-05T13:14:00-0800

Everything you ever wanted to know about car bloat

newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com

Rated 2023-12-19T08:49:28-0800

7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times. #China #Crime

2023-12-17T01:54:29-0800 The New York Times Isabelle Qian, Pablo Robles ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-12-18T13:56:54-0800

Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People

Intelligent individuals are better at understanding the reputational consequences of their beliefs

2023-11-19T03:00:57-0800 Rob Henderson's Newsletter Rob Henderson 3,000 words

Rated 2023-12-17T23:15:24-0800

RAG to Riches

Today I will be regaling you with tales of marvelous cherry-picked new developments in AI, from Sam Altman's recent Uno Reverse incident to bear spraying job-hungry engineers.

Sourcegraph 5,000 words

Rated 2023-12-16T10:30:24-0800

Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice

From Coke to Nutella, your favorite treats are being ruined by a sneaky ploy known as 'flavorflation.' #Economy #Food & drink #Retail

2023-12-12T02:52:01-0800 Insider Jairaj Devadiga ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-14T11:24:05-0800

What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think.

Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study. #Birds #Endangered Species

2023-12-12T08:03:28-0800 The New York Times Catrin Einhorn ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-12T20:52:14-0800

Joseph Hone - He Steals Them, of Course!

Joseph Hone: He Steals Them, of Course!

Literary Review 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-12T08:24:30-0800

Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying at Night?

Nothing resembling this pattern has occurred in other comparably wealthy countries. #Cars #Poverty

2023-12-11T00:00:01-0800 The New York Times Emily Badger, Ben Blatt, Josh Katz ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-12-12T08:09:34-0800

Ego killed the empowered product team

Everyone wants to build empowered product teams. There's one huge obstacle in the way -- your boss's ego. Here's how to overcome it.

2023-12-10T19:09:00-0800 Jeff Gothelf 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-11T08:23:49-0800

Byrne Hobart, the unlikely oracle

How the hedge fund analyst turned writer makes the future look clear, even without a crystal ball.

2023-11-27T15:04:00-0800 Meridian Shreeda Segan 3,000 words

Rated 2023-12-11T08:21:06-0800

Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic Speech

The proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard

2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800

The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets

Is it possible to out-eat the price you pay for a buffet? How do these places make money? We looked at the dollars and cents behind the meat and potatoes.

2020-01-25T06:38:50-0800 The Hustle Zachary Crockett 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-09T08:47:54-0800

A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

A decade ago to the day, I published a tweet launching what would surely become yet another pet project that scratched an itch, was kinda useful to a few people but other than that, would shortly fade away into the same obscurity as all the other ones I'd launched over the previous couple of decades: It's alive! "Have I been pwned?" by @troyhunt is now up and running. Search for your account across multiple breaches http://t.co/U0QyHZxP6k — Have I Been Pwned...

2023-12-03T23:05:48-0800 Troy Hunt 4,000 words

Rated 2023-12-05T03:54:31-0800

Europe And U.S. Diverge Sharply On Treatment Of Gender Incongruence In Minors

In line with precautionary principle, introduction of treatments whose effects are either disputed or unknown should be carefully reviewed before being routinely adopted. #Transgender

2023-12-02T06:15:36-0800 Forbes Joshua Cohen 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T22:25:05-0800

Answers to Readers' Questions: "Is the song `Hound Dog' about a dog?"

Videos by American Songwriter Answer: No. Contrary to common misconceptions about its meaning, “Hound Dog” is not a song about a dog. In our ongoing campaign to fight misinformation about songs and songwriters, we will attempt again to untangle the prevalent confusion about this song. This confusion is not random. It happened because the most ... More

2020-12-12T18:36:45-0800 American Songwriter Paul Zollo 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T22:16:38-0800

Why Anonymous Sperm Donation Is Over, and Why That Matters

Activists are trying to end secrecy for sperm and egg donors — a campaign that troubles some L.G.B.T.Q. families.

2023-12-03T02:03:43-0800 The New York Times Emily Bazelon ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T17:48:38-0800

Using Turbo Frames and Streams without Rails

Recently I’ve been using Turbo frames and streams more and wanted to really understand how they work. To do that I set out to rebuild a very simple To-Do application (peak originality!), using Turbo but without Rails or turbo-rails gem. I did that using Sinatra1. As you’ll see, it was really simple. So simple I wondered if it’s worth a blog post. But then I realised that is kind of interesting in itself. At first I wanted to go really bare bones and started writing a pure rack application...

2023-11-27T15:00:00-0800 Radan Skorić’s personal site 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-01T14:50:52-0800

God Help Us, Let's Try To Understand The Paper On AI Monosemanticity

Inside every AI is a bigger AI, trying to get out

2023-11-27T13:00:12-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 20,000 words

Rated 2023-11-28T17:49:44-0800

“Useless Ruby sugar”: Argument forwarding

This is a part of a blog post series about “useless” (or: controversial) syntax elements that emerged in recent Ruby version. The goal of the series is not...

zverok.space 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:45:07-0800

Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and Winning

Houston demonstrates what should be obvious: that a wealthy society doesn’t have to accept as inevitable throngs of people sleeping on sidewalks. #Dallas #Homelessness #Housing #Jobs #Mental Health #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-22T16:00:19-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-24T08:15:09-0800

Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

2023-11-22T18:51:48-0800 Reuters Anna Tong, Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-22T20:26:18-0800

Do Squirrels Remember Where They Buried Their Nuts?

Squirrels spread their fall bounty across several locations. But do they have a key to this treasure map?

2023-11-20T08:45:00-0800 Scientific American Emma Bryce 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-21T07:36:16-0800

These bats use their penis as an 'arm' during sex but not for penetration

Mammals usually mate via penetrative sex, but researchers report Nov. 20 in the journal Current Biology that a species of bat, the serotine bat, (Eptesicus serotinus) mates without penetration. This is the first time non-penetrative sex has been documented in a mammal.

2023-11-20T08:00:01-0800 Phys.org Science X 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-21T07:35:42-0800

The Philosophical And Moral Incoherence of “How Dare You Walk Out Of My Speech”

“Cancel Culture” Has Victims, But You’re Probably Not One Of Them

2022-08-14T12:47:01-0700 The Popehat Report Ken White 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:40:47-0800

My Free Speech Means You Have To Shut Up

Elon Musk and The Enduring Appeal of “Criticism is Censorship”

2023-11-19T19:11:56-0800 The Popehat Report Ken White 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-20T20:02:40-0800

</> htmx ~ Why I Tend Not To Use Content Negotiation

htmx.org 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-19T17:12:47-0800

The FCC Is Trying To Stop Discrimination In Broadband Deployment. Telecoms And Republicans Are Big Mad About It

For decades, big ISPs like AT&T have refused to upgrade low income and poor communities to fiber, despite billions in subsidies, regulatory favors, and tax breaks that were supposed to accomplish precisely that. Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) have released studies on cities like Cleveland and Detroit, documenting how this discrimination lines…

2023-11-17T05:24:01-0800 Techdirt 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-17T07:37:44-0800

The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going

Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of criss-crossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying.

2023-11-11T22:00:03-0800 CNN Ben Jones 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-17T07:34:10-0800

Why we can’t build

America’s inability to build is killing people. #Politics

2020-04-22T05:50:00-0700 Vox Ezra Klein 2,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:59:09-0800

Opinion | The Question of Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

It is here, in the dispute over definitions, that things begin to break down. #Israel

2023-11-15T16:00:08-0800 The New York Times Charles M. Blow ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-11-16T07:44:17-0800

Rolls-Royce Confirms All of Its Current Engines Can Run On 100 Percent SAF

Rolls-Royce said tests show that its engine lineup performs normally while running on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

2023-11-14T11:35:02-0800 FLYING Magazine Jonathan Welsh 500 words

Rated 2023-11-16T06:51:59-0800

The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land

Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency. #Detroit #Housing #Real Estate #Urban Planning

2023-11-12T00:00:52-0800 The New York Times Conor Dougherty ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-14T07:52:48-0800

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

James Somers, a professional coder, writes about the astonishing scripting skills of A.I. chatbots like GPT-4 and considers the future of a once exalted craft.

2023-11-13T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker James Somers 4,000 words

Rated 2023-11-13T20:43:44-0800

We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary

antipope.org 6,000 words

Rated 2023-11-10T15:41:05-0800

We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now that's where we build datacenters

danluu.com

Rated 2023-11-10T08:06:43-0800

America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves

Retailers like Target, Walmart, and Home Depot have a real issue with retail crime. But there’s more they could be doing to address the problem — namely, spend more money — according to workers and even thieves. #Economy #Money

2023-11-02T04:50:00-0700 Vox Emily Stewart 3,000 words

Rated 2023-11-08T21:23:57-0800

Omegle

omegle.com

Rated 2023-11-08T17:42:10-0800