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TMWNN
4,416karma·3,765submissions·August 18, 2015
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lobste.rs invite wanted. Contact me at tmwnn@caramail.com
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I read at night in bed. I love how, with ebooks (first Overdrive, now Libby), when I hear about an interesting book, I can within 30 seconds search for it across multiple libraries, borrow it, and sen…
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6AYJ9YQpxQI
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The day is coming when some * BIG* problem is solved by AI just because someone jokingly asks about it.
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At least you recognize this. The average Redditor is not capable of such self-examination. Highly relevant comment < https://np.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1jh…
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Captain Kirk defeated multiple evil computers this way
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I haven't read the op-ed, but I wonder if it talks about the French Leclerc case? TIL that when Greece tested four tanks in 2000 before a big arms purchase, the US M1A1 Abrams and British Challen…
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Highly relevant: Great Moments in PCMR History: A chess game published in 1982 includes a computer opponent but only uses 672 bytes of RAM. 1K ZX Chess has been described as "wizardry", &quo…
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I hope my brain is also different. I also have never spent hours scrolling through short-form videos on Instagram, TikTok, Facebok, etc. I never ever walk outside with my phone in my hand, instead enj…
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Or as SCP calls them, cognitohazards. Also relevant: < https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-math-theory-for-why-people-... > My understanding is that those who work with the mentally …
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/r/space discussion < https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1usdigz/china_success... > China is now the second country, and third entity after Space…
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Proof: < https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/330/806/8fc... >…
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As Paul Krugman wrote, Canada is closer to the US than to itself < https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/eh/ >.…
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>I spent a day or so traveling through Germany with my parents a few weeks ago as part of a (much longer) trip and a common refrain during that day was, "So much for German efficiency." I…
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>But even as an Englishman, it was very different to home. I remember the supermarket was shut all Sunday and was only open until 12 on the Saturday, and it shut early in the week too (at like 5pm …
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The full manual cover photo at the top of the page shows that it was published by Optimized Systems Software for Atari. I think most Atari users interested in C or C-like programming would have, inste…