Favorites February 27th 2023

David Watson

Feb 28, 2023

Meech @MediumSizeMeech

🚨BREAKING🚨People in California who are taking their dogs out, pls let me see them in their little raincoats to um—make sure everything is up to code or whatever

There's snow in San Jose California! Plus, some are worried precipitation could last longer than usual and begin melting snowpack causing huge floods.

Johnny Rodgers @johnnyrodgersis

5yo at bedtime, after all the books and songs and tuck-in, and he’s all nestled down and snug, in a quiet sleepy whisper: “Daddy?” “Yes?” “How many times have you ever vomited?”

I realized that just like Rodgers here, I don't actually have a good answer to this question.

Timothy B. Lee @binarybits

My brother's company, @Shortwave, just rolled out a GPT3-powered summary feature. This lets you quickly decide whether a long email or thread is worth reading all the way through. (Don't worry @JosephPolitano I still read the whole thing.) shortwave.com/blog/ai-email-…

I'm a Shortwave user and I'm really excited about this new feature, and I look forward to seeing more ways LLMs can be used in apps. Politano approved of the summary btw.

Dare Obasanjo @Carnage4Life

The SATs are like democracy, it’s a bad system but it’s better than all the other options out there. Rich people really played this perfectly.

maitreyi @opheliamoding

getting rid of the SAT under the guise of social justice was honestly such an insane coup for snotty rich kids everywhere

I've heard arguments that we should use school grades instead of test grades... but as much as it discriminates against kids who are bad at taking tests, school-to-school differences would be a huge problem.

Threads

• Short thread arguing that complaints from degrowth activists are mostly about car culture, not capitalism.