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See also: Nick Carr's book, "The Shallows."

I thought it was going to be a cruise without baby boomers. No such luck.

Can anyone just make a simple program that will use one of these better TTS engines. I just want a a dialog box, a big button that says "Generate text" and you paste in the content…

Read carefully, "...have prompted many researchers..." To change the text, one would need to change the minds of all of the many researchers, and have them administer retractions. …

I have previously shared this little known, but factual, event on Hacker News. It is simply a Wikipedia article--the 1977 Russian Flu ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_f…

The Surgeon General's report on social media and youth mental health [0] cited 3 studies showing 1) that limiting social media to 30 minutes per day among college students for 3 we…

Only typo I found was the word "ggshells" which I assume should be "eggshells"; great work!

Thank you! This is interesting!

Grandpa was an early adopter of computers due to his work in cryptography, which started even before WWII. He wrote his files mostly in WordStar, and a few other formats that are s…

Seconding a text file. I keep addresses this way, too. So does my father. So did my grandfather. I have their files, as well.

The Surgeon General's report [0] cited 3 studies showing 1) that limiting social media to 30 minutes per day among college students for 3 weeks significantly reduced loneliness and…

502 error; archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240529085544/https://www.thete... I do not support in any way the crimes perpetrated by this terrorist.

Let it sink!

This would be a great time for a philanthropist to come forward and support the Internet Archive for what it is--a public institution.

It is not about a particular politician--or are you reading this a particular way because of a truth about your favorite candidate you know, but do not want to be said? See also pa…

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020

Publishers sometimes have advertorial divisions. This is not a new phenomenon. No, this does not prove true your favorite candidate’s lies or alternative realities.

Simpler than this is just switching to DVDs. Not only do I not have extra bandwidth strain on my home internet, but there are no recurring fees, no worries about legality, and lots…

This bookmarklet summarizes and reads text, listing the most context-relevant paragraphs first. The bookmarklet also changes text to aid visual processing and simultaneously speaks…

Great article. I wonder if anyone has experimented with ultrasonic vibrations to extract more or different flavors from beans, as this technique has been used to extract the flavor…

Prominent astrophysicists I trust say there is no evidence for Elizondo’s claims. Have we examined all motives here? Possible motives include: A government program for uniting reli…

Missed that, but still think commentary on the origin of the 5% rule for p values is of interest.

Not mentioned here is the lady’s name, Muriel Bristol. I have also heard that this is a different way with 6 cups. This matters because 6C3 = 6! / (3!(6-3)!) = 20. That 1/20 chance…