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Mr. Electrico, a sideshow magician who inspired Ray Bradbury, then vanished
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Sideshow Magician Who Inspired Ray Bradbury—Then Vanished
Experts have been unable to verify the existence of Mr. Electrico, whose 1932 electric chair act supposedly affirmed the young author's interest in writing
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Call yourself titles
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Jose M. Gilgado
Call yourself titles
We constantly question ourselves when attempting anything new for the first time, which is daunting. And what’s worse, it prevents us from doing anything new, so we can’t change who …
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Show HN: Aquarium – AI Controlled Containers
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GitHub
GitHub - fafrd/aquarium: Agents before they were cool
Agents before they were cool. Contribute to fafrd/aquarium development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Concrete Diagramming, a Lightweight Alternative to C4
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Ilograph
Concrete Diagramming Models, a Lightweight Alternative to C4
A guide for creating system diagrams with concrete models, an alternative to c4 diagrams
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The Secret Joke at the Heart of the Harvard Affirmative-Action Case
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The New Yorker
The Secret Joke at the Heart of the Harvard Affirmative-Action Case
A federal official wrote a parody of Harvard’s attitude toward Asian Americans and shared it with the dean of admissions. Why did a judge try to hide that from the public?
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Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
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ProPublica
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
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Hospitals Are Reporting New Mothers for Neglect from Poppyseed False Positives
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Reason
Hospitals Are Still Reporting New Mothers for Neglect Based on Drug Tests Triggered by Poppy Seeds
Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.
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Comparing Hobby PCB Vendors
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Substack
Comparing hobby PCB vendors
An not-for-profit roundup of affordable PCB manufacturers. Originally published in 2023 and last updated February 2025.
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Weka Violates MinIO's Open Source Licenses
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MinIO Blog
Weka Violates MinIO's Open Source Licenses
Weka is using MinIO software to implement their object storage functionality in violation of the Apache V2 and GNU AGPL v3 licenses. MinIO is revoking all licenses as a result.
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GPT-4 identifies SVB’s biggest risk & gives good advice using 2021 balance sheet
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Microsoft Researchers Claim GPT-4 Is Showing “Sparks” of AGI
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Futurism
Microsoft Researchers Claim GPT-4 Is Showing "Sparks" of AGI
Microsoft AI scientists believe that the OpenAI-built GPT-4 has shown "sparks" of near-human-level intelligence, or artificial general intelligence (AGI).
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The Myth of the Alpha Wolf
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The New Yorker
The Myth of the Alpha Wolf
The model of aggression and dominance has infected human society. But new research shows how wrong we got it.
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Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer
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University of Oxford
Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase risk of breast cancer
An analysis of data by researchers at Oxford Population Health’s Cancer Epidemiology Unit has shown that use of progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives is associated with a 20-30% higher risk of
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Researchers are trying to mitigate the spread of wild pigs in Canada
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Field & Stream
These Graphics Show Just How Bad Canada's Invasive "Super Pig" Problem Really Is
These graphics detail just how serious the unexpected feral "super pig" population growth in Canada really is.
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Low-Level C Programming – CSE 325 Lecture Videos
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Experimental library for scraping websites using OpenAI's GPT API
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jamesturk.github.io
scrapeghost
An experimental library for automated web scraping with GPT.
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Why Take a Compiler Course?
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Crypto Faces Legal Reckoning as SEC Prepares Action Against Coinbase
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WSJ
Crypto Faces Legal Reckoning as SEC Prepares Action Against Coinbase
The regulator’s potential lawsuit against the largest U.S. trading platform could reshape the industry and upend investors’ access to crypto markets.
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Half of Black High School Students in the Bay Area Can Barely Read
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The Discourse Lounge
Half of Black Students Can Barely Read
The racial wealth gap in the Bay Area starts with the stunning test scores coming out of our education system.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Lex Fridman Podcast
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YouTube
Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and many other state-of-the-art AI technologies. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment
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Stratechery
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment
An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the impact of ChatGPT, Nvidia’s new cloud service, and how Nvidia is adapting to new geopolitical and competitive realities.
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