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Joseph Unruh retweeted
Let's talk Jews.
Everyone knows Jews are high-achieving. But has this always been true?
Well, let's see: Were Jews always beneficial to the cities in which they lived?
Seemingly not! Here are results for 1500-1850.
Jews today are a demographic dividend, so why not pre-1700?
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This is basically a map of parts of the United States that will be unsurvivably hot for ~ 2-4 months a year by mid-century. I.e., people signing a 30-year mortgage today in Texas or Arkansas.
Love the SUV ads at the bottom, really brilliant touch. washingtonpost.com/weather/i…
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Having a little too much fun stressing out Bing/GPT-4 using its new ability to recognize images...
Joseph Unruh retweeted
DOJ just released the report from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis police department.
Here's a thread of notable excerpts.
This first one happened *while a DOJ investigator was on a ride-along.*
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'Seeing the World through Your Eyes' by Hadi Alzayer et al. A model that allows 3D reconstruction of a scene just from the reflection in an observers eyeball. Presumably using both could result in even higher volumetric fidelity!
world-from-eyes.github.io
arxiv.org/abs/2306.09348
Joseph Unruh retweeted
Lots of well deserved remembrances of Ellsberg’s heroism today. I’ll just post my favorite passage from his incredible memoir, Secrets. He’s telling Henry Kissinger (who as many have noted is somehow still alive) what access to truly secret information can do to a person’s mind.
Joseph Unruh retweeted
Japanese labor use is horrifically inefficient.
Here's an example: Do you need three people whose job it is to tell singular cars to pass? Do you need five restaurant or grocery store workers standing around?
If you answered "yes", then you may live in Japan or South Korea.
Joseph Unruh retweeted
These clips are two of the best pieces of writing advice you will ever get about writing on the internet.
I promise.
It is so good we show it to our newsletter students.
1st: Most of us should write to help ourselves think.
Joseph Unruh retweeted
I LITERALLY stopped working on my memo so I could read this indictment.
I am on page 24 and JESUS LUPITA NYONG'O CHRIST.
HOW this man still has the capacity to shock me after everything that's happened, i'll never know.
but I am sitting here *STUNNED*.
Joseph Unruh retweeted
Education research in a tweet:
Yes phonics
Learning styles == myth
1:1 == wow
“Transfer” == hard
Knowledge begets method
Thought begets memory
Space repetition
Practice past mastery
Praise with precision
Tell stories
Aid self-regulation
Helpful: sleep, health, wealth
Joseph Unruh retweeted
The business model of Hindenburg Research is fascinating:
They produce some of the best, in-depth investigative journalism, aiming to expose shady actors, which are *always* publicly traded companies.
They do this for free: as they short the stock when they publish the report.
NEW FROM US:
Tingo Group: Fake Farmers, Phones, and Financials—The Nigerian Empire That Isn’t
hindenburgresearch.com/tingo
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Joseph Unruh retweeted
Are we headed to a future where even QR codes are beautiful, not ugly?
Believe it or not, these images contain working codes!
(Generated by AI trying to create a beautiful image, with the constraint that it contains a working code.)
reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion…
Good advice. I've had medical bills go to collections and it has never impacted my credit score.
Most common DM I get is about medical bills:
Never pay the first medical bill you get.
It's the suckers bill. Think usury.
Just throw it out.
40% chance you never hear from them again
40% chance you get 5 more then offered a big discount
20% chance you go to war
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Joseph Unruh retweeted
A Chinese salvage ship has been caught red-handed trying to tear apart World War 2 shipwrecks for scrap. But why would they desecrate these underwater graveyards which are protected by UN treaties? The reason: Low Background Steel.
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If you’re not using ChatGPT for every aspect of your life you’re falling behind.
I spent 20mins using ChatGPT to do something that would take 1min with Google—here’s how I did it and how you can too:
Baking soda in almost everything. potatoes, beans and vegetables in general soften faster and onions caramelize faster.
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Joseph Unruh retweeted
Why do most marriages end up in divorce or cold war? Why do most businesses die from suicide and not homicide? Why do we struggle to form and maintain life-long friendships? Why has there been a dramatic rise in anxiety, depression, and deaths of despair?
Alain de Botton explains:
Joseph Unruh retweeted
every teenage boy falls in love with one historical empire and never forgets her
basically you just have to hope its not the nazis or the soviets
