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Interesting... I submitted 2 photos of Mao Zedong, one time it came back blank and the other time it error'd. It also came back blank for Xi Jinping & Jack Ma. It did tell identify…

Unreal. Apple’s gonna take a 30% off everything they possibly can.

This is not to be confused with Cruise the company. Super cruise is a feature in GM cars.

You’re not familiar with this text or gnosticism. GPT-4: “In Gnostic texts, particularly those found in the Nag Hammadi library, Thomas is often referred to as "Didymos Judas Thoma…

The US should focus on breaking up the app store duopoly that charges 30% on all digital items. Apps are not even allowed to link out to their website or tell users that Apple/Goog…

One of my favorite museums that I've visited! One thing that particularly struck me were the figurines in handstand scorpion pose and other various yogic postures. It proves that t…

the whole Sketch -> Invision -> Figma pipeline was quick — never seen incumbents displaced so quickly.

I've noticed that lots of appliances now use the On/Off power symbol to mean start/stop the appliance, not cutting off power. Stuff like coffee makers etc. It's weird.

the most effective diet that I've ever done

Using client funds to go double or nothing is ethical in utilianism. When the ends justify the means, anything goes.

Steve Wozniak famously said to "never trust a computer you can't throw out the window."

"My hope is someday, when the next Aristotle is alive, we can capture the underlying worldview of that Aristotle - in a computer. And someday, some student will be able not only to…

Props to the authors for choosing the subheader: "This effect was shown in mice."

Needs (2018) in the title.

You answered your own question.

Most people don't judge content based on information density.

A text-based internet is mostly a relic of low broadband penetration. Video is more engaging than text for most people.

Astute observation, Jordan Peterson did bring this argument back into the limelight. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Ur71ZnNVk

Twitter changed the algorithm recently such that these type of threads are pushed to more eyeballs.

Title is originally from an @AmuseChimp tweet: https://twitter.com/AmuseChimp/status/906147488582787073?s=2... Probably one of his best.

China imports over 80% of its oil — it does not have the resources to be a deep-water navigation power.

China's navy can't go further than 1,000 miles from the shore. They can't protect shipping anywhere outside of their coast.