Why Are We Afraid?

I had a text message with a friend of mine recently about AI threats. It went like this. Friend: I equate it to the same dilemma the Manhattan project had about lighting the atmosphere on fire… it’s nonzero until it’s not Friend: I’m not so much concerned
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Gorgeous Days

My brother Chris put this beautiful photo montage together for our dad's 103rd birthday. His first birthday we've had to celebrate without him.
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The Problenym

There are cases when you experience two different problems in some relational graph that seem to be the same problem but are not actually the same. They have the same sound, a similar definition, but the root causes and the solutions are very different. These usually manifest as conflicting definitions
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HIIT-ing Work

Everyone who has worked with me knows that I'm not a fan of Agile. I'm not a fan of the philosophy, the religion, or the self-indulgent arrogance of the manifesto. And in many ways, the die-hard fans of Agile are worse than Agile itself. I mean, come on people. We
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Kyrie

The Kyrie is maybe one of the most interesting parts of the mass before 1962. Because for over a thousand years the Kyrie was the only part of the mass that was Greek. Instead of Latin. You can hear the differences in the work of Orlando de Lassus, Zarlino, and
1 min read
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