“One difference between naming a feeling (‘I feel terrible’) and expressing it (‘Ohh…’) is the response you get: ‘Why?’ or ‘What’s the matter?’ By naming a feeling in order to give vent to it – you make a co-reasoner out of your consoler.” — Susan Sontag

gonna be a big year for people saying words like: • soul • spirit • craft

I think one of the conclusions we should draw from the tremendous success of LLMs is how much of human knowledge and society exists at very low levels of Kolmogorov complexity. We are entering an era where the minimal representation of a human cultural artifact... (1/12)

Mathematics and physics represent interesting test cases. The process of axiomatization in mathematics is a form of algorithmic compression: all the true theorems are always "contained" in the representation of the axioms and the rules of inference, but the process of... (6/12)

LLMs are remarkably effective decompressors of algorithmic information, and their success in theorem-proving and software development is a testament to that. Their capabilities in compression currently seem less clear. Yet discovering minimal representations,... (10/12)

19 March 1922 | A German Jewish woman, Sara Jacobson, was born in Hamburg. She lived in Amsterdam. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz together with her father Naphtali and three siblings: Bernhard, Dina and Ernst. None of them survived. --- 🎧/📖 The development of

The Question Your Observability Vendor Won't Answer usetero.com/blog/the-quest…

One day, 𝑒ˣ sees 𝑥² running down the street in a panic. “What’s wrong?” asks 𝑒ˣ. “There’s a Differential Operator in town!” yells 𝑥². “If I run into him too many times, I’ll disappear!” “Don’t worry,” responds 𝑒ˣ. “I’ll go have a chat with him. No, don’t worry about me —

Why pizza is called pizza

Some biologists have discovered this strange tree in New Zealand. According to experts, it is heading to Isengard to destroy Saruman.

Just learned about Ken Isaacs' "Superchair" (1967). Built-in book rest, shelves, lamp, drink tray, and a seat back that folds into a bed. A place for "inventive work and the individual search for peace of mind", as he put it. It was meant for people to build it themselves,

Männliche Personen haben nach Vollendung des 17. Lebensjahres eine Genehmigung [...] einzuholen, wenn sie die Bundesrepublik Deutschland länger als drei Monate verlassen wollen. fr.de/politik/drasti…

You're walking through the forest, headphones in. Your phone asks: "What do you remember about Frederick II and the papacy?" No hints. Just you and what you actually remember. You start talking. That's how my new app works.

This day (April 11) in 1961, began the trial of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. For the first time since the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 CE, Jews sat in judgment over a man who orchestrated their mass murder. In a 14-week trial, 111 survivors took the

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is KATHERINE JOHNSON who calculated the trajectory that helped land humans on the Moon for the first time. She was an African American woman working during a time of racial and gender discrimination in the U.S., yet she became one of NASA’s most

Kreatin wird im Körper zu Kreatinin abgebaut und verfälscht den Laborwert. Bei einer Laborkontrolle nach Pausieren von Kreatin ist sein Nierenwert wieder völlig normal! Bitte teilt die Einnahme von Nahrungsergänzungsmitteln bei der Blutabnahme immer mit!

Did you know between 1957 and 1976, there was a regular bus service between London and Calcutta, India.The 32,000km, 50 day, 2-way bus route is the longest in the world. The bus had sleeping bunks and even a kitchen! For just £145, you get to travel with food & accomodation. The

Alvin Foo Edward Stringer My mum did it.

I finished the book! MADAME COMPOSER, my new bio of Clara Schumann will be out in September. Now it's done, trying to decide... should I come back here?

"Understanding" is more than "Predicting". The former permits us to answer "Why questions".