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it's in the air
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Which Rude is it? The commerical airport we use here in Bend, Oregon is actually in Redmond, Oregon. Flights from here generally depart very early. It think it's because they need to make it...
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I opened up Apple Maps' search box and its new ads suggested I go to JetBlue Airways, the JetBlue terminal at JFK airport 39 miles away. I opened up Google Maps' search box, and 100% of the screen space is devoted to my…
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there's something rotten in the air when >90% of the replies to a tweet like this are mean spirited sure, it might not be your thing and it's easy to forget this box doesn't go straight into the void. but can we try to…
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Almost every technology boom creates a bubble, then a bust, whether it’s railroads, the Industrial Revolution, or the late 1920s. Think about the late '20s: electricity, refrigeration, telephones, radios, airplanes, and…
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MacBook Air — Apple
I got a 2011 13" MacBook Air in April. It's less powerful than the big monolithic Clevo laptop I used to own, but so, so much more pleasant to use.
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Dyson Big+Quiet — Dyson
Install HVAC filters, and/or get a standalone air purifier, e.g. I got the Dyson Big+Quiet because it's quite good, HEPA grade and doubles as a cool looking alien artifact in your room, but for the top top performance…
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IQAir GC MultiGas XE — IQAir
Install HVAC filters, and/or get a standalone air purifier, e.g. I got the Dyson Big+Quiet because it's quite good, HEPA grade and doubles as a cool looking alien artifact in your room, but for the top top performance…
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Large language models are discoveries rather than inventions, closer to looking through a telescope than to engineering an aircraft.
It's interesting to me that large language models in their current form are not inventions, they're discoveries. The telescope was an invention, but looking through it at Jupiter, knowing that it had moons, was a…
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Chromebook Pixel — Google
I primarily work on a Chromebook Pixel. It's a beautiful piece of hardware. Kind of this gunmetal slab that feels more substantial in my hands than a MacBook Pro, but roughly the same form factor as a 13" MacBook Air.…