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We come and go, like ripples in a stream
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Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:
- Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read th
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The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets | Oxford Academic
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this is the bortle scale. it's used to measure how dark the night sky is in a given place. until relatively recently in human history i imagine every human being who ever lived could see a bortle 1 sky every night of their lives, weather permitting. i personally have never seen darker than bortle 4 in my entire life, and that only happened once.
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The lack of density in most of the Western United States is made up for by the vibrance of the night sky. It's hard to appreciate the beauty hiding in the darkness until you're truly away from the lights.
Dream State
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It's becoming increasingly evident that in many circles, AI is not perceived as merely a technology, but as "something else" entirely. This misconception is exemplified by the recurring debate: "Humans vs AI." To illustrate the absurdity of this framing, let's replace "AI" with "technology":
"Humans vs Technology"
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
The Beginning of Infinity
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I sense nobody wants to talk about maybe the most successful US industrial policy in history: the auto bailout of 2008.
Why so uncomfortable?... Two factors I think:
Good.