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For anyone curious about the events that led to this decision, I made a timeline that shows how it happened: https://alexjoneslies.com/

I actually made a timeline of his harassment towards the Sandy Hook families, and then his denials of it in court. https://alexjoneslies.com/

> My former colleague Rebecca Parsons, has been saying for a long time that hallucinations aren’t a bug of LLMs, they are a feature. Indeed they are the feature. All an LLM does is…

This is the general idea of the Tangle newsletter [1]. They pick a topic from the news and provide "What the Right is saying" and "What the Left is saying" about the topic. [1] htt…

A group of coworker friends and I used to find the most creative ways to mess with each others' computers if they were left unattended. Some of the ones I can remember off the top …

Just listened to the Search Engine podcast episode [1] where the author talked about this story. It's wild. The author (Joseph Cox) is also a founder of 404 Media[2], which is a gr…

Oh this is fascinating. I'll have to keep an eye on the Tom Brady data since I was already doing something similar by hand for tracking all of his TDs [1]. I've wanted more detaile…

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How is the government stealing your income or destroying the value of your property? Seems a bit hyperbolic. And if the free market solves this, why are we in this situation in the…

"In 2018, Yiannopoulos told at least two news organisations who had requested comments that he wanted vigilantes to shoot journalists. He wrote in a text message 'I can't wait for …

This is how I do it too. I build websites for other people for a living, so if I have a side project I just want to build something I like. And if I don't worry about making money …

I just got finished listening to the most recent episode of Darknet Diaries this morning on the way into the office! It was about similar companies to the NSO group: https://darkne…

Awesome, just the answer I was hoping for!

This looks like a really cool idea. A question though: who holds the rights to the created audio? The user, or Wondercraft?

Hate to be the bearer of bad news... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24841937/I...

Out of curiosity, why are the docs/founder vehemently against this implementation? Seems pretty concise to me.

> The day after the outpouring of criticism, Vargas sent out another companywide email, according to employees. “It said: ‘We read all your comments. We understand and we appreciat…

Do you have a source for this? From everything I've researched, it's actually a chemical imbalance that affects the management of dopamine in the brain, making it hard to focus.

I would argue that perhaps both are the bad guys in this situation.

This is common in people with ADHD. Focus is an issue unless there's a stimulus provided: either joy or fear. Which is why those of us with ADHD will either hyper-focus on only wha…

Can't recommend https://www.photopea.com/ enough. Free Photoshop alternative in the browser. Works for all the small edits I tend to do.

I'm the product of a Montessori preschool environment, as are my 3 siblings. My mother owned a Montessori school, and my wife has taught in a Montessori school for over a decade. T…

One of the main problems with Montessori schools is that anyone can call themselves a Montessori school, since Montessori is more of a philosophy rather than a certified set of rul…

This is not true. My wife has taught in a Montessori classroom for over a decade, and the children who get the most out of it are the ones who would be labeled as "problematic" in …

Andy Ngo isn't exactly a reliable source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo#Credibility