2010

WIRED explores recent developments in AI, including drone technology and OpenAI's impact, alongside cultural reviews and early Amazon Prime Day deals.

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WIRED explores the latest in AI, including drone technology and OpenAI's impact, alongside cultural reviews and early Amazon Prime Day deals.

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WIRED explores the latest in AI, including drone technology and OpenAI's impact, alongside cultural reviews and early Amazon Prime Day deals.

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Jason Kottke shares a National Geographic article exploring the mysteries of sleep, including why we need it even though it makes us vulnerable.

Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak about how their views on hacking have evolved over the past 25 years for the 25th anniversary of Levy's book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution".

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AnandTech's article reviews the Acer Aspire 1410, a single-core CULV laptop positioned as a cost-effective alternative to netbooks.

This blog post from 2010 shares an article about narrative and technology, sparking a lively discussion in the comments about fiction versus reality and noteworthy authors.

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Freakonomics shares a song by high school teacher Bradley Wray to help students learn about cognitive biases.

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This academic paper focuses on the period after 1981 when the Greek government pursued expansionary economic policies, ultimately contributing to issues that led Greece to join the Eurozone. via The source of this content is Marginal REVOLUTION.

State and local government finances are strained, in part because public-sector pay has risen while private-sector pay has not.

Alex Tabarrok shares a creepy ad from a Pennsylvania tax agency he found on Fox News.

Robin Hanson's blog post argues that citizens should focus on establishing effective political processes rather than battling over individual policies.

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