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So, what explains the shocking failures of basic reasoning that Simple Bench exposes? Let’s return to the vegetables — or fruits and vegetables, if you wish. Here’s my take on the first of my two questions: Why do models fail the question you saw above? … The clue is in their name: language models. They model language.…
In a statement to Congress on May 10, Blinken said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.” Before his statement to Congress, Blinken received a 17-page memo from USAID on Israel’s conduct, obtained by ProPublica, which described instances of Israel…
Don’t you worry about anti-Semitism? And to that, I say no. I believe anti-Semitism will be fine.
This is a beautiful way to understand how the web works. I love the “scrolling” visualisation. https://translucentweb.site/
Worth it for the drone footage… A Chinese space startup conducted what it called a “high-altitude” test flight of its Nebula-1 rocket on Sunday, launching the vehicle to an altitude of about 5 km or so before attempting to land it back at the Ejin Banner Spaceport in Inner Mongolia. The test flight went well…
Cards Against Humanity claims SpaceX also offered to buy Cameron County property. “Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building some space thing nearby, and he figured he could just dump all his shit all over our gorgeous plot of land without asking,” the company wrote on a website announcing its lawsuit. “After we caught him, SpaceX gave us a…
… in the US where white people have given themselves the permission to drop the “hard R”. You can see it here where Lowry thinks he’s in safe company and then remembers he’s being recorded. While the use of the word is notable… the casualness of it’s use is what jumps out at me. I’d…
Fuck yeah! Fifteen minutes. That’s how quickly one manager of an Auckland Warehouse Extra said te Wiki o te Reo Māori merchandise, which the Warehouse created in collaboration with Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori, sold out in the weekend. But the man behind the collaboration said the sight of the merch selling out…
Shrink Inventory: At Haddy, we’re developing one new product per week — 50 times faster than traditional Asian manufacturers — and our portfolio of customers continues to grow. By embracing technology, we’ve proven that we can create beautiful, sustainable furniture at a fraction of the time and cost it took our predecessors. This speed-up will further encourage the reduction…
Looooove this… backstory here and lots more here.
A flawed journey of the übermensch
Not long ago, Eubanks and his colleagues produced research papers addressing some big questions about interstellar exploration, including communications and what we might learn from a flyby of Proxima b. During the 2024 NIAC Symposium, which took place from September 10th to 12th in Pasadena, California, Eubanks and his colleagues had the opportunity to present their latest findings. As…
Your confirmation that the National Party will not support the Treaty Principles Bill beyond the select committee stage provides no comfort that the divisive and misinformed nature of the conversation will stop. Māori will bear the brunt of that misinformation now and for generations to come. The repeated reliance on the coalition agreement with the…
Friedman has blinded us… here is a much more sophisticated, positive-sum and hopeful perspective.
My first USB-C soldering iron was a revelation. “You mean I can make liquid metal connections anywhere, in seconds, just by plugging this tiny stick into a USB cable?” Now, repair company iFixit is introducing its own take on the idea. It claims the iFixit FixHub Smart Soldering Iron is powerful enough for pros and easier for beginners…
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