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Something new washes up every time: pages from all kinds of people, made with all kinds of tools. Beachcomb shows you what it found, then gets out of the way.
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the evolution of trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
From Nicky Case
Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History
In early modern Europe, around the time when lenses began to bring the world (and heavens) into newfound focus, patients started appearing in medical records with a particular ailment: a firm belief that they were made of glass. Tamara Sanderson investigates the source and manifestation of this…
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A Love Story
Tracking 1,000+ people through the ups and downs of their relationships.
From The Pudding
“A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884)
An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.
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Don’t Ask AI Unless You Know the Answer Before You Ask
Image created by AI by Angela A. Stanton PhD. Most people fall into the AI trap of asking a question, and if the answer looks “OK” and, especially if it lines up with the person’s beliefs, one tends to accept … Continue reading →
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Achive – 12y/O built commitment app, 95% of failed stakes to hospice
Stake real money on your goals. Complete them, get refunded. Miss a day, funds go to charity. A commitment device for personal goals.
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Don’t save the good stuff
My latest column for 3 Quarks Daily is live, entitled, “A Creative State of Mind Starts with Curiosity and Pronoia.” I’ve been wanting to explore these topics in a new book, but the way I was going about it wasn’t very useful. In the spirit of publishing before making it perfect the second time, I…
From Kagi Small Web
30 Minutes with a Stranger
Watch hundreds of strangers talk for 30 minutes, and track how their moods change.
From The Pudding
Mindstorms
"mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas", an influential 1980 book by seymour papert
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Autistic As Fxxk
Raise your middle finger to neuronormativity! 🖕🖕🏿🖕🏾🖕🏽🖕🏼🖕🏻 For Autistic punks, rebels, and misfits forging their own path in a neurotypical world. Read the manifesto
From personalsit.es
Pomoday
Web-based task management software you can use with just a keyboard.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Yordi
My name is Yordi. I do what gives me energy. I challenge myself. I help myself and others grow, with respect for everyone and always independent.
From personalsit.es
Color Scales
Find tints, tones and shades of a color based on human perception.
From Tiny Tools Directory
Neuron Persona Library
Every MLP neuron of open language models, pushed alone up and down, then asked “Who are you?”. Search the replies or open any neuron.
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A phone lock I can't undo on impulse because I never learn the code
We lock your phone with Apple's Assistive Access and hold the passcode — no cheating, no override, until your fast ends.
From Show HN
Candost's Blog
Hunting timeless insights into humans and software and helping others on the way.
From personalsit.es
Epistemic Injustice: When Knowledge Is Unfairly Dismissed
An invitation to speak does not guarantee that our knowledge will receive fair consideration. Epistemic injustice examines how prejudice and unequal power shape whose testimony counts, whose experiences become understandable, and whether a contribution can influence what others investigate or…
From Kagi Small Web
Media For Thinking The Unthinkable
an hour-long talk on tools that re-define how we think
From Explorable Explanations
Leaves and Leaving
David Miller :: "Exit Memory" :: / inlovewithitart / Instagram * From our days in a religious cult: The real error was not understanding that everything has it's life span. The trick is to know when to leave. In that world [the world we had agreed to join] leaving meant expulsion with no return.…
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