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consuming its publications is so easy for the models (the world's knowledge is neatly serried in their pretraining corpora) and so cumbersome for most humans (with trenches of CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls ensuring that only the unusually dedicated reader will ever make contact)
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From one piece The Drive to Finish 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Finishing one piece of work, even a failed one, permanently removes the difficulty of finishing.Their words
Once you finish—even one time, even on a project that ultimately fails—you will never have trouble finishing again.
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Resistance to finishing is strongest at the finish line, precisely because the work is about to be done.Their words
We talked in an earlier chapter about Resistance being the strongest at the finish line. It is. Resistance knows we’re about to defeat it. It summons all its genius and all its power to stop us.
24 August
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You have to persevere. And that's the other really important part of motivation. You know, we know a lot of people who start things and then we also know the non-competers, the people who are always so energetic but actually don't finish, right? So, it's almost as important to be able to finish and complete as initiate actions.
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Modern Operating SystemsTheir words
I really enjoyed reading this textbook even after finishing the corresponding course.
29 July
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Software is kind of unique in having the third kind of the practitioner conference where we are just meeting to get better at what we do. We also are really the only kind to really focus heavily on like open source in making our knowledge freely available.
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Gamified learning is medicine wrapped in candy, and in practice children eat the candy and throw the medicine away.Their words
Gamified learning is a bit like wrapping medicine in candy. Yes, it may help some students swallow some instruction they otherwise find bitter, but in practice it’s easy to pull off the candy, consume it, and throw the medicine away.
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30 September 2025
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One of the ways to achieve freedom of thought is to remove your mind from the influences, the forces that manipulate you. That’s really important to realize the content you consume, especially on the internet, when a large percentage of it is designed to manipulate your mind. You have to disconnect yourself.
30 August 2025
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American data centres consume about 66 million gallons of water a day, a small fraction of what they withdraw.Their words, before
Taking this into account, actual water consumed by data centers is around 66 million gallons per day.
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So to wrap up, I misread the Berkeley Report and significantly underestimated US data center water consumption.
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Most of a degree's value comes from finishing it, so starting one you will not complete is a bad investment.Their words
Since about 70% of the college payoff comes from completion, non-completion implies a terrible return on investment.
25 July 2024
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The world is full of gambling games that want to crawl into your limbic system and drain every last ounce of life-force from your soul.
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AI will soon let anyone consume any content reshaped into the timeframe, tone, voice and bias they choose.Their words
This isn't perfect, but soon it will be, and you will be able to listen to or read any content you want in the timeframe, tone, voice and bias of your choosing.
14 December 2022
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Each project you finish makes the next one easier to finish and teaches you more about what a successful one takes.Their words
"Finishing games gets easier with each game you finish, and the more games you finish, the better you will understand what it takes to make a successful game."
10 October 2016
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this is where the oft raised concern that hiring is slowing us down comes from: at high enough rates, the marginal added value of hiring gets very slow, especially if your training process is weak.
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