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This doesn’t bode well for the future of ChatGPT. Google Ads started out very unobtrusive, and we know what happened since. Let’s see if Anthropic follows suit.

I understand the infinite coastline concept in theory but in practice would you even want to measure a coastline that way? Even if your goal was “perfect” precision, coastlines are…

Can you expand on this? I can't find any references online.

I almost purchased a Kindle Scribe this year but went with a Supernote Manta instead. I couldn’t be happier. It runs the Kindle app but also KOReader so I can read pdfs transferred…

My favorite book is Douglas Adams’ Last Chance to See . He talks about it here [0] and IIRC he says it was his favorite book to write. Adams took a dark subject - endangered animal…

> If the service sucks, they’ll lose customers. We’re talking about hospitals. Many areas are served by one local hospital. And where there are several, it’s typically the ambulanc…

This is off topic, but can anyone tell where the photo with the caption “The situation is developing” was taken? There aren’t many clues in the image, but the travel ad and outdoor…

This is my favorite possibility, that space has a “finite volume but no edges: if you travel farther than the scale of the universe, you end up back where you started.” It’s comfor…

Suppose the rules changed so that some authority guarantees your right to sell your house at the price you bought it, but only at that price: when you find your next home, you get …

Your younger self was right about sanitation workers. In my city it also pays well.

My building rattled for a good 15 seconds.

The quality of writing in this book is fantastic. If you're studying math or have a recreational interest I really recommend it.

> I am getting tired of the whiplash between "it's harder than ever to find a job" and "the economy has recovered and unemployement is record lows". This is normally easily explain…

I tried to read Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays during an episode of major depression, thinking I’d appreciate the message, but it was too dense given the circumstance…

Humans. Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations about 2000 years ago and it’s still useful for navigating modern life. On the surface, life has changed a ton over generations because of …

> “We refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company,” the officials add. “Proper investment in response and mitigation is mandatory.” It’s crazy to me h…

This is a page where you can type git commands and watch how they change the tree. It's a great way to build a conceptual understanding of git.

Especially if the universe really is a dark forest. Although, if you wanted to stay undetected, why would you advertise your solar system like this?