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Interesting... I submitted 2 photos of Mao Zedong, one time it came back blank and the other time it error'd. It also came back blank for Xi Jinping & Jack Ma.

It did tell identify Yao Ming though!

Unreal. Apple’s gonna take a 30% off everything they possibly can.

This is not to be confused with Cruise the company.

Super cruise is a feature in GM cars.

You’re not familiar with this text or gnosticism.

GPT-4: “In Gnostic texts, particularly those found in the Nag Hammadi library, Thomas is often referred to as "Didymos Judas Thomas." The name "Didymos" is Greek for "twin," and "Thomas" is Aramaic for "twin." In the Gospel of Thomas, one of the Gnostic gospels, Thomas is depicted as having a special understanding or connection to Jesus, but the text does not explicitly state that Thomas is Jesus's twin in a biological sense.

Instead, the "twin" designation may be symbolic, representing a spiritual kinship or a metaphorical relationship rather than a literal familial one. Gnostic texts are known for their symbolic and allegorical language, and the exact nature of Thomas's relationship to Jesus is subject to interpretation. It's also worth noting that Gnostic beliefs were diverse, and different texts might portray the relationship differently.“

The US should focus on breaking up the app store duopoly that charges 30% on all digital items. Apps are not even allowed to link out to their website or tell users that Apple/Google is taking a 30% cut!

Apple & Google don’t have to pay the app store tax & have products that compete with books, audiobooks, Spotify etc — this is the most blatant antitrust issue. I hope the US lawsuit leads with this.

One of my favorite museums that I've visited! One thing that particularly struck me were the figurines in handstand scorpion pose and other various yogic postures. It proves that the indigenous people had a movement culture, so much so that it revered poses like scorpion!

the whole Sketch -> Invision -> Figma pipeline was quick — never seen incumbents displaced so quickly.

I've noticed that lots of appliances now use the On/Off power symbol to mean start/stop the appliance, not cutting off power.

Stuff like coffee makers etc. It's weird.

the most effective diet that I've ever done

Using client funds to go double or nothing is ethical in utilianism.

When the ends justify the means, anything goes.

Steve Wozniak famously said to "never trust a computer you can't throw out the window."

"My hope is someday, when the next Aristotle is alive, we can capture the underlying worldview of that Aristotle - in a computer. And someday, some student will be able not only to read the words Aristotle wrote, but ask Aristotle a question - and get an answer!"- Steve Jobs, 1985

Props to the authors for choosing the subheader: "This effect was shown in mice."

Needs (2018) in the title.

You answered your own question.

Most people don't judge content based on information density.

A text-based internet is mostly a relic of low broadband penetration.

Video is more engaging than text for most people.

Astute observation, Jordan Peterson did bring this argument back into the limelight.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Ur71ZnNVk

Twitter changed the algorithm recently such that these type of threads are pushed to more eyeballs.

Title is originally from an @AmuseChimp tweet: https://twitter.com/AmuseChimp/status/906147488582787073?s=2...

Probably one of his best.

China imports over 80% of its oil — it does not have the resources to be a deep-water navigation power.

China's navy can't go further than 1,000 miles from the shore. They can't protect shipping anywhere outside of their coast.

Apple controls all commerce via apple payment processor.

Not even facebook has that kind of power.

"what matters today is linking an ad to a transaction, and Apple has positioned itself to have perfect knowledge of both, even as it denies others the same opportunity."

Ads will eat Apple alive.

Apple can't be pro-privacy & build the best panopticon.

Netflix didn't work it out — you can't sign up for Netflix on a phone.

Great synopsis of the trends in military technology. Very much in line with The Sovereign Individual, which states that the logic of violence determines the structure of society.

I thought this was fixed?

a recent Peter Thiel talk: https://youtu.be/Bw1ByVhJt7A?t=740

There are new methods of harvesting stem cells from adult somatic cells, such as yamanka factors (for which the Nobel Prize was awarded) & CRISPRa: https://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/fulltext/S2213-6711(2...

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President"

The first few presidents were citizens of the US when the Constitution was adopted (previously, the US had been governed by the Articles of Confederation.)