The tractors replaced the farm labourers, so they moved to the factories. Then the robots replaced the machinists, so they moved to the offices. Now generative AI is replacing the administrators, so they are moving to...
April 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The tractors replaced the farm labourers, so they moved to the factories. Then the robots replaced the machinists, so they moved to the offices. Now generative AI is replacing the administrators, so they are moving to...
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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Strong Towns advocates for cities to be financially resilient: maintain essential services, adapt to economic shifts, and avoid long-term financial crises. And yet, the tools we use to understand local budgets often fail to answer the deeper question: Can we sustain what we’ve built?
March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Strong Towns advocates for cities to be financially resilient: maintain essential services, adapt to economic shifts, and avoid long-term financial crises. And yet, the tools we use to understand local budgets often fail to answer the deeper question: Can we sustain what we’ve built?
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one of the fun things about watching old numberphile videos is you get to see him discover in real time that advanced mathematics is subtle, often approximate and at times quite arbitrary
March 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
one of the fun things about watching old numberphile videos is you get to see him discover in real time that advanced mathematics is subtle, often approximate and at times quite arbitrary
Happiness comes when you are focused on one thing so much it distracts you from the struggles of life.
March 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Happiness comes when you are focused on one thing so much it distracts you from the struggles of life.
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Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Wyden to FTC: Stop digital “bait-and-switch” sales | Internet Archive Blogs
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March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Saving will lead to the accumulation of wealth over the generations, estate taxes are a means of breaking the cycle. And let's those who earned the money enjoy it while alive.
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Saving will lead to the accumulation of wealth over the generations, estate taxes are a means of breaking the cycle. And let's those who earned the money enjoy it while alive.
Over tourism occurs because the middle class complete to collect photos of the same tropes.
February 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Over tourism occurs because the middle class complete to collect photos of the same tropes.
Business regulations are like the road code. Speed limits, check your mirrors, indicate, etc. help keep you safe from others. But if not enforced are slowly ignored without consequence then seen as unnecessary. Until one day there is a fatal crash.
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Business regulations are like the road code. Speed limits, check your mirrors, indicate, etc. help keep you safe from others. But if not enforced are slowly ignored without consequence then seen as unnecessary. Until one day there is a fatal crash.
Compound interest can make you millions of the centuries, but compound inflation can make those millions worthless.
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Compound interest can make you millions of the centuries, but compound inflation can make those millions worthless.
If the atmosphere was condensed to a liquid, it would only be 10m thick. Though the cold would cause the oceans to freeze and expand more than that.
February 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If the atmosphere was condensed to a liquid, it would only be 10m thick. Though the cold would cause the oceans to freeze and expand more than that.
Unemployment rates ignore those over 65, even if they still need to work to survive.
February 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Unemployment rates ignore those over 65, even if they still need to work to survive.
No one is average but everyone is normal.
February 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No one is average but everyone is normal.
Good urban design is often unnoticed specifics that just give a good vibe. Proportion, colour, traffic flow, sightlines, etc. are overlooked when the focus is on cost and function.
February 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Good urban design is often unnoticed specifics that just give a good vibe. Proportion, colour, traffic flow, sightlines, etc. are overlooked when the focus is on cost and function.
Clothes are means of hiding your disliked body parts. Fashion is about attracting attention. So style starts with being confident about your body.
February 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Clothes are means of hiding your disliked body parts. Fashion is about attracting attention. So style starts with being confident about your body.
Companies struggle to find skilled labour because few of them want to train their staff. Most training courses offered are just networking events with a few simple presentations so they are tax deductible.
February 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Companies struggle to find skilled labour because few of them want to train their staff. Most training courses offered are just networking events with a few simple presentations so they are tax deductible.
Automation deskilled manufacturing so it could be offshore to low wage economies. Cost cutting deskilled office jobs so they could also be offshore to low wage economies. Eventually there was no middle class.
February 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Automation deskilled manufacturing so it could be offshore to low wage economies. Cost cutting deskilled office jobs so they could also be offshore to low wage economies. Eventually there was no middle class.
Different species share high portions of DNA because of a common ancestor and most of it relates to cellular functions such as turning fod into energy and replicating.
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Different species share high portions of DNA because of a common ancestor and most of it relates to cellular functions such as turning fod into energy and replicating.
These days Imperial unit are defined by the metric equivalent, and the metric units are defined by universal constants.
February 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
These days Imperial unit are defined by the metric equivalent, and the metric units are defined by universal constants.
The world seems permanent due to the shortness of our lives. Despite witnessing changes happening.
February 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The world seems permanent due to the shortness of our lives. Despite witnessing changes happening.
Suburbia can be as isolated as a cabin on the woods if you do not have a car.
January 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Suburbia can be as isolated as a cabin on the woods if you do not have a car.
Liability risk forces designers to try and mitigate all risks, often at the expense of other considerations. And often ignores the relative risk outside the design. For example, having to fence a pool next to a lake.
January 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Liability risk forces designers to try and mitigate all risks, often at the expense of other considerations. And often ignores the relative risk outside the design. For example, having to fence a pool next to a lake.
Tomorrow is always a day away, and there is a risk you will not be there.
January 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tomorrow is always a day away, and there is a risk you will not be there.