Hayden Clarkin@the_transit_guy
The Harmony of the Seas, the longest cruise ship in the world, is nearly 400 feet shorter than either parking garage at Apple’s HQ. All because Cupertino has some of the most archaic parking minimums in the country.
5:20 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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anton@abacaj
FP8 is gonna change everything. E4M3 = FP8 variant. The benefits of int8 with none of the loss in quality
“new FP8 format to deliver a 4.5x speedup on the BERT high-accuracy model, gaining throughput without compromising on accuracy.”
7:36 PM · Mar 4, 2023
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vaheder 🍞@vaheder
Capped off by a link to an 83-song playlist on Spotify only featuring, well, “The Boys Are Back In Town.”
getpocket.com
I Played ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out
8:45 AM · Mar 5, 2023
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Mathis Lichtenberger@xathis
ChatPDF.com traffic is so high that unfortunately we'll run into OpenAI usage limits soon.
Over 35.000 PDF chats so far! 🔥
For now the PDF size is limited to 50 pages, but we might have to lower it even further
9:17 AM · Mar 5, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The conceit that the only two options available for the GOP are to nominate a total scumbag wannabe authoritarian or adherents of hard-right economics who want to totally shred the social safety net is very bad.
11:49 AM · Mar 5, 2023
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Timothy McBride@mcbridetd
Fabulous point... in 2010 when Obamacare passed, health care was 17% of GDP and uninsured rate was 16%
Today? health care 17% of GDP and uninsured rate is lowest ever: 8%!
See: altarum.org/sites/default/…
aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/…
Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) @cromwick
And what is often lost Tim, is that we are spending a similar share of GDP on HC but are covering the highest percentage of Americans in our history https://t.co/yEUSTrQy5p
3:11 PM · Mar 5, 2023
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Ethan Mollick@emollick
I keep finding things that AI can do that are unexpected, even knowing how LLMs work, from applying philosophical theories in novel ways to coming up with a plan for saving the Roman Empire.
I compiled a bunch of interesting examples in this post.
oneusefulthing.substack.com
Feats to astonish and amaze
3:19 PM · Mar 5, 2023
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Scott Imberman@imbernomics
Good piece on the known unknowns about inflation and how, for a host of reasons - both long-lingering and pandemic induced - data right now is erratic and of less use than typical in plotting the path forward.
Paul Krugman @paulkrugman
On inflation, fog gets in your eyes https://t.co/tpRACd7gwN
7:10 PM · Mar 5, 2023
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Ethan Mollick@emollick
Fascinating the amount of analysis AI can do:
Bing, what four sentences, sent back in time, could save the Roman Empire?
What four hints about science & engineering could we give the Roman Empire, in terms people of the day would understand, that would have helped them survive?
8:28 PM · Mar 5, 2023
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Ryan Moulton (@moultano@sigmoid.social)@moultano
Goddamnit. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Ryan Moulton (@moultano@sigmoid.social) @moultano
Consider warning your parents now about deepfake scams. They should hear about them from you before the first time they get a call with your voice asking for money. https://t.co/vKFAyh7M8k
11:51 PM · Mar 5, 2023
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M. Nolan Gray@mnolangray
People love "YIMBY," it's positive, intuitive, and positions advocates opposite loathed NIMBYs. (Hence why NIMBYs are always trying to invent some other IMBY.) The only people saying it has "brand" problems are extremely online weirdos who hate YIMBY and want it to fail.
Luca Gattoni-Celli @TheGattoniCelli
The YIMBY brand is not tainted, it's fine. Regular people don't know what YIMBY is and most like it after hearing a simple explanation. Our allies in NoVA are embracing the label, more YIMBY groups should call themselves YIMBY groups. Just be civil and nice and normal.
12:08 AM · Mar 6, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
FDA wants to say you can’t call your packaged meal “healthy” if it has a bunch of added sugar, food companies are freaking out.
washingtonpost.com
Food fight: FDA is redefining ‘healthy’ and food industry is pushing back
3:36 AM · Mar 6, 2023
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