- May 2024
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Đie New York Times berichtet über die Folgen des gerade abgeschlossenen Deals zur Schuldenobergrenze für die Dekarbonisierung. Vieles spricht dafür, dass zwar der Bau der Bau der neuen Mountain Valley Pipeline für Erdgas beschleunigt wird Investitionen in die Netzinfrastruktur, die entscheidend dafür sind, ob die Energiewende in den USA gelingt, aber weiter aufgeschoben werden können.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/climate/permitting-reform-debt-ceiling.html
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Die rohölproduktion in den USA wird in diesem Jahr ein Rekord-Hoch erreichen Etwa 25% der US-Emissionen werden durch Öl und Gas verursacht, das auf Bundesterritorien gefördert wird. Die New York Times zeigt ausgehend von einem Beispiel im Golf von Mexiko, warum es angesichts der Mehrheitsverhältnisse in Repräsentantenhaus und Senat und des konservativen obersten Gerichtshofs für die für die Biden-Administration extrem schwierig ist, die Zusage, dort keine weiteren Bohrungen zuzulassen, umzusetzen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/climate/biden-drilling-leases.html
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- project: Lease 261
- NGO: Natural Resources Defense Council
- actor: Biden Administration
- NGO: Earthjustice
- region: Gulf of Mexico
- institution: United States Energy Information Administration
- expert: Rene Santos
- expert: Valerie Cleland
- project: Willow
- country: USA
- project: Mountain Valley Pipeline
- expert: Steve Mashuda
- institution: Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
- fossil expansion
- 2023-08-28
- expert: Michael Gerrard
- actor: Joe Manching
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- Jan 2024
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Die Biden-Administration hat die Genehmigung des LNG-Terminals Calcasieu Pass 2 gestoppt, um die Klimawirkung des Projekts zu prüfen. Die Entscheidung gilt als Sieg von Klima-Aktivist:innen. Sie ist ein Signal im Wahlkampf und kann Folgen für 16 ähnliche geplante Projekte haben. Ihr war eine intensive Kampagne vorausgegangen. Auch ohne CO2 werden sich die LNG-Exportkapazitäten der USA in den nächsten Jahren nahezu vervierfachen. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/climate/a-huge-win-for-activists-puts-climate-on-the-2024-agenda.html
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- Dec 2023
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www.marriott.com www.marriott.com
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- May 2023
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www.repubblica.it www.repubblica.it
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Die Po-Ebene gehört zu zu den Regionen mit der schlechtesten Luft in Europa. Hauptursache sind fossile Brennstoffe. https://www.repubblica.it/green-and-blue/2023/04/28/news/smog_allarme_ue_bambini_pianura_padana_inquinamento-397995224/
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- Feb 2023
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arxiv.org arxiv.org
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However, in the case of LLMs, such istheir power, things can get a little blurry. Whenan LLM can be made to improve its performanceon reasoning tasks simply by being told to “thinkstep by step” (Kojima et al., 2022) (to pick justone remarkable discovery), the temptation to seeit as having human-like characteristics is almostoverwhelming.
Intentional stance meets uncanny valley
Intentional stance language becomes problematic when we can no longer distinguish the inanimate object's behavior from human behavior.
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- Jan 2023
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Khirbet Qeiyafa is located at the western edge of the high Shephelah, in theElah Valley, between Socoh and Azekah (see Fig. 3). In ancient geopoliticalterms, it is situated on the border between Judah and Philistia, dominatingthe main road leading from the Coastal Plain to the hill country and thecities of Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem.
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during Iron Age I, in the 12th–11thcenturies BCE, Ekron, which is located very near the Sorek Valley, was thedominant Philistine center, and the biblical tradition accordingly places thenarrative concerning the Philistines in that valley.
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duringIron Age IIA, the 10th–9th centuries BCE, Gath in the Elah Valley becamethe dominant Philistine center and the biblical tradition recounting theborder disputes between the Philistines and the Israelites accordingly shiftsfrom the Sorek Valley to the Elah Valley.
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Traditions connected to the Elah Valley are preserved in the books ofSamuel and Chronicles, which relate to Iron Age IIA.
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The second tradition relating to the Sorek Valley tells of the Ark of theCovenant, which was kept in the Tabernacle at Shiloh in the Samaria Hillsand was sent with the Israelite army into battle against the Philistines.
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- Jul 2022
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www.windowscentral.com www.windowscentral.com
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people inside the company dubbing it “Next Valley” in conversations
Like NEXT OS?
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- Sep 2021
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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The weird way you tap or push a whole image of a page to the side—it’s the uncanny valley of page turning, not a simulation or replacement of it.
This may be the first time I've seen uncanny valley applied to a topic other than recognizing people versus robots or related simulacra.
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- Mar 2021
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thehypothesis.substack.com thehypothesis.substack.com
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It’s the usual Silicon Valley sleight-of-hand move, very similar to Uber reps claiming drivers aren’t “core” to their business. I’m sure Substack is paying a writer right now to come up with a catchy way of saying that Substack doesn’t pay writers.
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- Feb 2021
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Anderson, Ian, and Wendy Wood. ‘Habits and the Electronic Herd: The Psychology behind Social Media’s Successes and Failures’. PsyArXiv, 23 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/p2yb7.
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- Nov 2020
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github.com github.com
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I wondered about that. But as you mention, the control flow makes it tricky, because it's not really a template literal — it's a DSL. I thought perhaps it's better to have something that's explicitly different, than something a bit 'uncanny valley'.
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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First sighting of "uncanny valley" was in something Rich Harris mentioned (probably in a GitHub issue or RFC).
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- Aug 2020
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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At a start-up competition in 2014 in San Francisco, Lisa Curtis, an entrepreneur, pitched her food start-up, Kuli Kuli, and was told her idea had won the most plaudits from the audience, opening the door to possible investment. As she stepped off the stage, an investor named Jose De Dios, said, “Of course you won. You’re a total babe.”Ms. Curtis later posted on Facebook about the exchange and got a call from a different investor. He said “that if I didn’t take down the post, no one in Silicon Valley would give me money again,” she said. Ms. Curtis deleted the post.
.... that's how the american capital of IT works. Same way as the american capital of Cinema.
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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Romeo, N. (n.d.). What Can America Learn from Europe About Regulating Big Tech? The New Yorker. Retrieved August 19, 2020, from https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/what-can-america-learn-from-europe-about-regulating-big-tech
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- Nov 2019
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www.adl.org www.adl.org
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Zuckerberg at Facebook, Sundar Pichai at Google, at its parent company Alphabet, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Brin’s ex-sister-in-law, Susan Wojcicki at YouTube and Jack Dorsey at Twitter. The Silicon Six
This reminds me of the PayPal Mafia
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- May 2019
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dougengelbart.org dougengelbart.org
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Other situations might admit changes requiring years of special training, very expensive equipment, or the use of special drugs.
My reply to another post about historical context might be helpful. https://hyp.is/R07lQCldEem5RmPv1ywB5g/worrydream.com/Engelbart/
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- Dec 2018
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app.getpocket.com app.getpocket.comPocket1
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When you look at those cities, you’ll also find some of the most innovative solutions to the way we conduct commerce. Not one-hour delivery or meal kits on demand, but the boom in a parallel retail model that is decidedly social and human focused.
Less efficiency driven and more people/human oriented
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- Jul 2018
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pubs.geoscienceworld.org pubs.geoscienceworld.org
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Buried valleys have been recognized as important components of the geology of southern Ontario (Fig. 1) from the time Spencer inferred that an ancient Laurentian river network may have helped form the Great Lakes (Spencer 1881, 1890). More than 100 years later, there is no clear idea of the form, geometry, and nature of the Laurentian valley system, nor of its sedimentary fill.
This is interesting!
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- Oct 2017
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journals.takeshiprints.com journals.takeshiprints.com
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valley of the Ebro were long and white.
The Valley of the Ebro refers to the real world location of the Ebro Valley, located in modern day Spain. The valley features long rolling hills of white stone, and although beautiful, hints at a less pleasant theme: infertility.
We would often picture living, lush landscapes as covered in greenery, farmland, or some other semblance of life. Plain, white hills, seemingly devoid of any other features or flora not only establishes the setting of our short story, but instead allows the author to allude to a feeling of emptiness. "Long and white" serve to corroborate this idea of desolation; a place simply colored white and stretching for a great distance feels very empty. With the subject of this short story revolving around a couple's abortion, emptiness is a core aspect to the setting of this story.
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- Jun 2017
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bostonreview.net bostonreview.net
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Ed Finn, on the other hand, seeks to hold the technology industry to account: he believes we need “more readers, more critics,” posing questions about who technology serves, and to what ends.
Amen!
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Hartley too readily accepts Silicon Valley’s flattering self-descriptions of its values and vision for the world. The positivity of entrepreneurship does not sit comfortably with the skeptical outlook that the liberal arts nurture, and Hartley fully embraces entrepreneurship.
Interesting. Not critical, not liberal arts, enough.
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Hartley believes that liberal arts insights can right the ship: “We can pair fuzzies and techies to train our algorithms to better sift for, and mitigate, our shared human foibles.”
I'm somewhat optimistic about this. Of it actually happens...
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a techno-libertarianism that was contemptuous of most government attempts to regulate disruptive innovation.
Turns out this has been a bad look. I wonder if it'll really cost Uber, though.
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radical libertarian ideology and monopolistic greed of many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs helped to decimate the livelihood of musicians and is now undermining the communal idealism of the early internet.
Truth.
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- May 2017
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www.inverse.com www.inverse.com
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Every time you check your phone and see a like or comment or retweet, your brain releases a little bit of dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with reward.
Device addiction
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- Mar 2017
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nfnh2017.scholar.bucknell.edu nfnh2017.scholar.bucknell.edu
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Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
The Canadian Arctic Resource Committee (CARC) is an organization that is run by and serves the citizens of Canada in regard to environmental and social changes. CARC was originally developed in 1987 in response to The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Proposal and contributed significantly to the Commissioner’s Inquiry. CARC has been involved in subsequent pipeline initiatives on the quest to find an optimal, sustainable solution. If it had been successful, the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline would be the largest infrastructure in the North. CARC assisted in stopping the implementation of this pipeline due to the environmental detriments, which are further described in Chapter 6 (CARC-Canadian Arctic Resource Committee 2017). CARC works to defend and protect the interests of natives and residents of Canada. CARC encourages northern development, while still maintaining the natural landscape and environmental advantages that native people depend upon. CARC acts as a mediator between governmental advancement and native opinions in order to protect both interests and assist in creating appropriate legislature. After its creation, CARC worked on a national treaty for toxic chemicals and ensured that the Canadian diamond mines were made to be as environmentally sustainable as possible. CARC works as an advocate for Northern natives and develops policy for conscientious use of Arctic resources. CARC supports industrialization and development that works with the environmental conditions and contributes positively to the lives of those who reside in that area. In order to help developers understand native land claims, CARC provides cultural information about native peoples. In addition, CARC releases publications including Northern Perspectives, Northern Minerals Program, Compass, and Voices from the Bay, which provide context into the main issues facing the Arctic and its people (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee 2010).
Sources: "About CARC." Canadian Arctic Resources Committee. 2010. Accessed March 05, 2017. http://www.carc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=181.
"CARC-Canadian Arctic Resources Committee Inc." CanadaHelps. 2017. Accessed March 06, 2017. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/carc-canadian-arctic-resources-committee-inc/
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- Sep 2016
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motherboard.vice.com motherboard.vice.com
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Even some of the world's largest companies live in constant "fear of Google"; sudden banishment from search results, YouTube, AdWords, Adsense, or a dozen other Alphabet-owned platforms can be devastating.
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- Jul 2016
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Google’s chief culture officer
Her name is Stacy Savides Sullivan. She was already Google’s HR director by the time the CCO title was added to her position, in 2006. Somewhat surprising that Sullivan’d disagree with Teller, given her alleged role:
Part of her job is to protect key parts of Google’s scrappy, open-source cultural core as the company has evolved into a massive multinational.
And her own description:
"I work with employees around the world to figure out ways to maintain and enhance and develop our culture and how to keep the core values we had in the very beginning–a flat organization, a lack of hierarchy, a collaborative environment–to keep these as we continue to grow and spread them and filtrate them into our new offices around the world.
Though “failure bonuses” may sound a bit far-fetched in the abstract, they do fit with most everything else we know about Googloids’ “corporate culture” (and the Silicon Valley Ideology (aka Silicon Valley Narrative), more generally).
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- Jun 2015
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Celebrities joined the service,
Rule number one of Silicon Valley: get (pay? bribe?) famous people to use it.
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often winning the company’s weekly “Getting [expletive] Done” award,
Ah, #startuplife.
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Usually it’s not simply because the ideas are bad (although some certainly are),
Like this one:
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