Tyler Cowen explores two hypotheses for the rising quality of recorded classical music: technology raising global standards and the increasing sophistication of music pedagogy. via marginalrevolution.
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Tyler Cowen responds to a reader wondering if a long-lived restaurant is a mark of quality, suggesting it points more toward consistency than excellence.
via Marginal REVOLUTION.
Tyler Cowen shares some assorted links on varied things like techno-optimism and cheating detection. via Marginal REVOLUTION
Saveur Magazine shared their 10 most popular recipes from 2023, featuring dishes inspired by cuisines from around the world. Readers can find recipes ranging from Icelandic Rhubarb Bars to Jamaican Sweet Potato Pone.
via Saveur.MetaFilter user 'taz' highlights a post with the latest developments in space exploration, including asteroid bits, fast spaceships, and even a space cat video. via MetaFilter
Tyler Cowen shares six links, including one discussing deregulation in Argentina and its impact. via Marginal REVOLUTION
Google AI introduces Gemini, a new family of multimodal models designed for understanding image, audio, video and text data. via Hugging Face
PowerInfer is a new inference engine designed to run large language models more quickly on a single consumer-grade GPU, achieving speeds up to 11.69x faster than llama.cpp. Read the paper on Hugging Face.
via Hugging Face.
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