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Here’s a nice video: https://youtu.be/bV-hSgL1R74?si=Ei3EUfrIKvgAO3bw

Set my body free.

Any interesting links?

What’s the theme?

So why does Starbucks coffee still consistently taste like shit?

There is a number of centralised places for finding music events in London. None of them allow you to find people to go with. Regarding being bought out by Match: I wouldn't compla…

There are multiple websites that list events in London. I have quite niche music tastes, and would pay a few quid per month for the opportunity to get in contact with people who wa…

Well, that’s good to know. Thanks.

For people into music: Would you be interested in an app that lists music events in your area, where you can register yourself as going, and where people can apply to go with you? …

What are your disagreements with Absurdism?

Worth bathing the decently sliced eggplant in whipped egg and then in flour, and frying in a decent amount of oil. Add herbs. Simple. This is common in the Mediterranean. When cook…

What numbers in R would not be possible to express in an infinite universe?

Not quite. You could buy a long-dated put if implied vol and current rates are amenable. This protects you against the underlying going up significantly. You might also predict tha…

Why is on-device AI the future? What is your reasoning behind this? Look at the proportion of things we compute on someone else’s computer relative to what we compute on our own de…

Why does interest on bonds need to be paid by printing money? Can’t it be paid from tax revenue?

I haven’t used an Apple Watch before. However, I’m quite happy with the accessibility of the notebook. It’s also very cheap.

I don’t take my phone into the gym due to the distraction from doing what I’m there to do. I have found that a simple squared notebook with a pen to be perfectly sufficient for rem…

It has helped me to live with the model that the probability of there being any sort of objective morality or ethics is close to zero, and that a hierarchy of influence within any …

I don't agree. They are two separate depictions of what might happen as a result of applying a tax on advertising. They may well coincide with each other, however. Saying that the …

No one buying shit anymore. People still buying shit elsewhere. GDP and tax revenues fall relative to others. Deflationary aspects. Market leaders complain through lobbying groups.…

Vendors now cannot get X pounds with Y pounds advertising outlay to make Z pounds per unit of wares. To continue making Z money per unit of wares, with previous S pounds price char…

Governments see reduction in tax income and GDP and repeal taxes. In UK: Signal "mansion" tax on properties valued above X price to collect recurring Y pounds total tax. Market adj…

Tax ad revenue. Increase advertising prices. Advertisers pay more to sell their wares. Consumers pay more to consume their wares.

Please see the bicycle analogy. Resources available at a given time are finite. If everyone is now churning out software at a higher rate with LLMs, what changes in terms of the va…