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samgilb

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An Ice-Covered Russian Ghost Town
Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC
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History's Attention Gap
Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC
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A planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration
Sun, May 25, 2025, 6:18 AM UTC
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Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
Mon, Jan 27, 2025, 7:12 AM UTC
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Comment #41601094
Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 11:53 AM UTC
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Comment #41601081
Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 11:51 AM UTC
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The Economics of Skiing in America
Thu, Feb 29, 2024, 7:37 AM UTC
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UK plan to lead in generative AI 'unrealistic,' say Cambridge researchers
Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 8:14 AM UTC
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Comment #37915187
Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC
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Who am I prepared to kill and who am I prepared to die for?
Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 9:49 PM UTC
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State of AI Report 2023
Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 8:18 AM UTC
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Twenty-first century progress in computing [pdf]
Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 6:51 AM UTC
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Comment #36405855
"I have seen others enjoying while I stood alone with myself...a mere dead mirror on which things reflect themselves" - W.B.Yeats

Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 3:51 PM UTC
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There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data
Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC
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Comment #36312018
Fun fact: philosopher Regina Rini referred to GPT-3 as a "statistical parrot" six months before the Bender et al paper came out: https://dailynous.com/2020/07/30/philosophers-gpt-3…

Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC
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Will LLMs improve economic productivity?
Tue, Jun 13, 2023, 3:41 PM UTC
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Online search data shows Russian morale remained low after invasion of Ukraine
Tue, May 23, 2023, 6:26 PM UTC
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Do Children Want the Vote?
Tue, Apr 04, 2023, 11:44 AM UTC
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Why the Economy Needs Biodiversity
Thu, Mar 04, 2021, 6:18 PM UTC
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What cats can teach us about how to live
Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 9:26 AM UTC
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Deliberation, Citizen Science and Covid‐19
Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 12:26 PM UTC
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Riots and Political Theory: A Reading List
Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 12:28 PM UTC
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Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 2:35 PM UTC
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Chinese Tech Landscape Overview [pdf]
Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 2:31 PM UTC
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What's it like to be an Octopus? (2017)
Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC