It’s kind of interesting, but in some ways AI is making CS much more like biology. We can observe and tweak what it does, but we really don’t know how it’s doing it. A science and engineering discipline rooted in empiricism over theory. I wonder if this trend continues.

A good quality tent while camping is kinda worth its weight in gold 🙏

Rounding off the weekend with Oasis yesterday was joy.

The NYT mini not being free anymore is blasphemy 😭

Oh yeah? Well, Via Rail trains in Canada can get up to 75 mph…for about ten minutes, if CN lets them.

missing the time when i used to obsessively read books in less than a day and not worry about a single thing in life.

Beijing had an AQI reading of 700+ in 2013. It was called an 'airpocalypse'. Schools were shut down. Flights were cancelled. Highways were closed. Hospitals overflowed. It was international embarrassment as foreign embassies issued health warnings and called Beijing

Yes!

Grief is not linear. One day you are strolling around getting icecream, next day you remember their death and are bawling in your friend's arms. Not moving foward isn't an option, it's the only way you can survive the grief.

"The most human, powerful and humbling thing I've ever seen was a church at 3:00 on a Wednesday full of inconvenienced people who believe in going to the funeral." npr.org/2005/08/08/478…

The Ontairo Hospital Association says hospital admissions are up 84% and and admissions to the ICU is up 127% due to Influenza A. This is "higher than any of the last three seasons," the OHA says. Public Health Ontario has been charting the increase. #onpoli

It's not vain! Do this and send an email to the people you care about. This is my 8th year doing so + so many of my friends have been doing it too. It's honestly one of the best ways to catch up with folk

In this type of weather, you put on snow pants and take a walk around the city. It's cold, but it is also so damn beautiful.

It's Lake Ontario and was worth the walk (and snow pants).

Novak has still got it.

It's been a while since every book in the series is equally good. The Red Rising series (all 6) holds up.

you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

Step 1: Insert bacteria ("Wolbachia") into mosquitoes. Step 2: Release mosquitoes. Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet. Phenomenal results from Singapore. Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.

The Jmail creators are honestly so impressive.

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