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Snow Crash and Babel: The Return of the Universal Language
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (112+ words) Jaynes, J. (1976) The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Kramer, S.N. (1963) The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, S.N. (1972) The Babel of Tongues: A Sumerian Version. Journal of the American…...
I Used Four AI Models to Write a 10,000-Word Article in One Night. Here’s What It Cost Me.
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (468+ words) At 11:07 p.m. last Tuesday, I pasted a 10,000-word brief into my writing tool and hit go. Half an hour later, a red bar appeared: quota almost gone. I scrolled the draft. Correct. Boring. I deleted a sentence. Typed it again. Deleted…...
Stanislav Kondrashov on How Innovation Can Impose New Expectations Through Simpler Technology
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1100+ words) There is a curious pattern in technological history. The experience of using it often becomes simpler. Behind one button may sit thousands of operations. Behind a clean interface may be an elaborate technical architecture. A compact device may perform tasks…...
I Built a 256GB “E-Waste” AI Rig to Escape Token Fees. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (531+ words) Many people say local deployment means token freedom. I ran mine for over half a year. Token freedom has three layers: physical, economic, and intelligence. The first two are free. The third is not. I have deployed DSV4F, DSV4F Exp, and Qwen3.8 27B locally....
I Tried GPT-Image-2.5: The AI Image Editor That Finally Learned What Not to Touch
3+ day, 29+ min ago (1024+ words) The model is available to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users, including free users. Four changes matter: speed, edit accuracy, input methods, and two API models. Speed is only part of the release. Edit accuracy is the main change....
"You'll Be Missed!"
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (422+ words) I'm putting out my bi-monthly challenge late this time, mostly because I've been sick for over two weeks now and also because I just started teaching again, so a lot of work and responsibilities on these shoulders. But I wanted…...
Why Bare Metal Is Making a Comeback: Inside the Shift Away from Public Cloud
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (968+ words) You are not an outlier. IDC's Cloud Pulse 4Q 2023 survey found that close to half of cloud buyers spent more on cloud than they expected in 2023, and 59% expected the same overrun the following year. The direction of travel has shifted too....
Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 09/09/2026
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (162+ words) A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard: Here are the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week. 🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Sara Wilson - The Wicked Witch from the West Coast…...
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4+ day, 2+ hour ago (97+ words) Vocal Day 22 of 50 days of haiku inspired by songs "Friends" he wants to BLEEP This was inspired by Lily Allen's song Madeline and my last relationship. Names have been changed. Tina D. Lopez V+ Finally realizing I need to start acting…...
What Movies Have I Watched?
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (124+ words) Not Suitable for Work (2026), Creator: Mindy Kaling, Actors: Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus Sweet Magnolias Season 5 (2026), Creator: Sheryl J. Anderson, Actors: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, and Heather Headley) The Choral (2025), Director: Nicholas Hytner, Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy…...