ALT Why do people ask so few questions in conversation? (David Robson, New Scientist, Aug 14 2026) “I was at a friend’s birthday party recently when I found myself sitting next to a writer I didn’t know. Oh good, I thought optimistically, we might be able to bond over the joys and pains of the job. Two hours later, I knew the ins and outs of the surrealist novel he was writing, but he found…
“Dauriat a des formes, il est généreux, mais il est vain ; quant à son esprit, ça se compose de tout ce qu’il entend dire autour de lui ; sa boutique est un lieu très excellent à fréquenter. On peut y causer avec les gens supérieurs de l’époque. Là, mon cher, un jeune homme en apprend plus en une heure qu’à pâlir sur des livres pendant dix ans. On y discute des articles, on y brasse des…
maaarine : “in the event of a fire, what would you save from your home?” that one pair of jeans that fits right because it’s seemingly impossible to find another even though I follow size guides before ordering, jeans always end up gaping at the waist, like surely I shouldn’t be able to shove a whole arm down there so I asked AI to explain to me what I’m doing wrong,…
Citations Needed: Ep 241 - The Disempowering Politics of ‘Inevitability’ Part 1: Data Centers and LLM as 'The Future’ “In this episode, we breakdown the popular "inevitability” argument Al companies are using to bulldoze over democracy and how the “inevitability” line has been used to sell everything from Manifest Destiny to poverty-creating “free…
— If it was a warmer day, I would obviously wear lightweight clothes, you know? My father would look and say that wasn’t proper clothing. He’d tell me to go home and cover up. But the worst part was that he would still whisper in my mother’s ear that I was being too forward, too provocative. There came a point when I wore those overalls from gas station attendants, that way he…
“in the event of a fire, what would you save from your home?” that one pair of jeans that fits right because it’s seemingly impossible to find another
maaarine : my brother and his wife will soon be moving into a house after living in a flat me: what are you planning to do with that awkward dead space on the right? brother: I’m not sure, maybe put a desk for me, but [sister-in-law’s name] is complaining that the desk I already have would look awful there, that it’s not the right color! we have to think of the colors!!…