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FTAV further reading
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๐Ÿš€Technology
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Stranded assets from climate change and its response strategies
iopscience.iop.orgยท3h
๐Ÿ—Infrastructure
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Salting the Earth: The Ancient Curse of Doomed Cities That Might Be a Myth
labrujulaverde.comยท18h
๐ŸบDeep History
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Did Euclid exist? Is it okay to quote people that did not exist?
blog.computationalcomplexity.orgยท9hยท
๐Ÿ”ฌCurious Science
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Beyond Broca: The Two Routes to Speaking
psychologytoday.comยท12h
๐ŸงฉMusic Cognition
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Imports Fraud is my Love Language
sexmoneyart.substack.comยท4hยท
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๐Ÿ”ฌCurious Science
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original โ†—
protesilaos.comยท1d
๐Ÿ“ฑContemporary Absurdity
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Jodi-Ann Burey on Speechwriting, Authenticity, and Adapting Her TED Talk into a Book
lithub.comยท2h
๐Ÿ’ฌSmall Talk Fodder
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Dictionary for language learning application in Go
reddit.comยท17hยท
Discuss: r/golang
๐Ÿ’ฌSmall Talk Fodder
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The BBC spliced together separate parts of Trumpโ€™s Jan 6 speech to falsely make it look like incitement
samizdata.netยท20h
๐Ÿ“ฑContemporary Absurdity
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The Trauma Behind the โ€œGood Old Daysโ€: Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
crimereads.comยท3h
๐Ÿ“šMusicology Stories
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The Joys and Importance of Reading
fromthethornveld.co.zaยท5hยท
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๐Ÿ“ฑContemporary Absurdity
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The Work of AI, Ourselves
oliverbatemandoesthework.substack.comยท7hยท
Discuss: Substack
๐Ÿ“ฑContemporary Absurdity
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Tips for Becoming a Tea Person
tildes.netยท1d
๐Ÿ’ฌSmall Talk Fodder
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I tried to go with Google's Flow, but it's a creative gamble โ€” I'm not falling for it
androidpolice.comยท32m
๐Ÿ“ฑContemporary Absurdity
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The Riddle of Reflection: Evaluating Reasoning and Self-Awareness in Multilingual LLMs using Indian Riddles
arxiv.orgยท7h
๐Ÿ”ฌCurious Science
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7 Prompt Engineering Tricks to Mitigate Hallucinations in LLMs
machinelearningmastery.comยท1d
๐Ÿ”ฌCurious Science
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Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot
wired.comยท18h
๐Ÿ’ฌSmall Talk Fodder
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Creating a Gridogram
gridogram.comยท2dยท
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๐Ÿ”ฌCurious Science
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