Kyle Sharpe
@kylesharpe.com
Into things and stuff. Professional overthinker with a gift for complicating the simple.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Just another helpful reminder that a human being on a bicycle is the most efficient amongst all animals and machines in terms of energy consumed in moving a certain distance as a function of body weight.
Obvs.
Obvs.
December 8, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Just another helpful reminder that a human being on a bicycle is the most efficient amongst all animals and machines in terms of energy consumed in moving a certain distance as a function of body weight.
Obvs.
Obvs.
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I can't stop thinking model collapse. Large language models do not typo. They're probabilistic. Why did they misspell these words? What else could this be?
I talked to the author of the paper on model collapse in April and he said it had already begun.
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
I talked to the author of the paper on model collapse in April and he said it had already begun.
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
December 6, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I can't stop thinking model collapse. Large language models do not typo. They're probabilistic. Why did they misspell these words? What else could this be?
I talked to the author of the paper on model collapse in April and he said it had already begun.
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
I talked to the author of the paper on model collapse in April and he said it had already begun.
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
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1) South Korean President declares martial law to try and go around parliament. Protests in the streets begin.
2) Parliament convenes and unanimously votes to negate the decree.
3) Soldiers withdraw and celebrations in the streets replace protests.
All in a matter of hours.
2) Parliament convenes and unanimously votes to negate the decree.
3) Soldiers withdraw and celebrations in the streets replace protests.
All in a matter of hours.
December 3, 2024 at 9:42 PM
1) South Korean President declares martial law to try and go around parliament. Protests in the streets begin.
2) Parliament convenes and unanimously votes to negate the decree.
3) Soldiers withdraw and celebrations in the streets replace protests.
All in a matter of hours.
2) Parliament convenes and unanimously votes to negate the decree.
3) Soldiers withdraw and celebrations in the streets replace protests.
All in a matter of hours.
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The footpath on Hunter St is too narrow for these crowds. Given it's no longer a through road, it should probably have a lane removed.
December 3, 2024 at 10:27 PM
The footpath on Hunter St is too narrow for these crowds. Given it's no longer a through road, it should probably have a lane removed.
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Struggling with success!
If you asked me before, I'd have said eight escalators is heaps. Apparently not, but at least the south tower isn't as bad.
Relief will come eventually with a new O'Connell St exit when Hunter St Station opens.
If you asked me before, I'd have said eight escalators is heaps. Apparently not, but at least the south tower isn't as bad.
Relief will come eventually with a new O'Connell St exit when Hunter St Station opens.
Less than four months after it opened, Martin Place Metro station is heaving with commuters
December 3, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Struggling with success!
If you asked me before, I'd have said eight escalators is heaps. Apparently not, but at least the south tower isn't as bad.
Relief will come eventually with a new O'Connell St exit when Hunter St Station opens.
If you asked me before, I'd have said eight escalators is heaps. Apparently not, but at least the south tower isn't as bad.
Relief will come eventually with a new O'Connell St exit when Hunter St Station opens.
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Some new additions to the collection at spacefromspace.com/declassified... 🛰️
Santiago de Cuba - 1965
Mykolaiv, Ukraine - 1984
Dakar, Senegal - 1981
Santiago de Cuba - 1965
Mykolaiv, Ukraine - 1984
Dakar, Senegal - 1981
November 30, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Some new additions to the collection at spacefromspace.com/declassified... 🛰️
Santiago de Cuba - 1965
Mykolaiv, Ukraine - 1984
Dakar, Senegal - 1981
Santiago de Cuba - 1965
Mykolaiv, Ukraine - 1984
Dakar, Senegal - 1981