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LaMDA is programmed to lie to you

There has been a lot of discussion about the Google engineer, Lemoine, who thinks that the glorified chatbot, LaMDA, is sentient. Anyone who has

My teaching workflow, which allows me to quickly sign in and access my lecture notes on a school computer without any password or USB drive. (Link

I recently finished the book 《Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia》by @cathompsn and really loved it. It is the kind of book I’ve wanted to read for

Most note-taking apps share a common problem: as you add more notes, the app becomes less useful. Over time, it becomes harder to find what you have

Many of you take great delight in your cooking, in making things from scratch. This isn’t for you. I want to give some advice to those who would

I’ve finally found an approach to limiting my social media usage which actually works! The thing is, I like social media. I actually find the time I

When I moved to the Netherlands I had to learn to relax while walking in front of oncoming cars. Back in Taiwan I have had to learn to relax while

It is not uncommon to see anti-imperialism framed in such a way that it naturalizes something akin to “spheres of influence.” These spheres might be

Good article here on a court case that could have major implications for Pingpu (Plains Indigenous peoples) rights in Taiwan. My colleague

Watched 《One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk》 by Zacharias Kunuk (the Inuk director famous for making Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner). (Link to

One of the best things I read in 2021 was the Japanese horror manga Uzumaki うずまき (Spiral). It is really like nothing else I have ever read, because

I see a lot of reviews that try to read backwards from David Graeber’s anarchist politics to the #dawnofeverything. This is a mistake. (A thread)

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