Layers
From this HN thread: So you have LLM-based English prompts as an interop layer to Python + PySpark, which is itself an interop layer onto the Spark core. Also, the generated Spark SQL strings inside…
Random extract #032590
From this Substack post Was this an attempted coup? No one beside Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, and maybe CIA director William J. Burns or director of national intelligenc…
Over-humanity
From a recent library book:…
Jacobin
Watched this Youtube video (titled “What’s wrong with the left?”) I ended up liking this way more than I thought I would ! Very insightful, sharing a lot of ... well, truths, and despite everything,…
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Deep-sea creatures are insane https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/14fy71q/deep_sea_creatures_alienlike_transformation/…
A tale of two airports
I pass through SJC (San Jose airport) pretty frequently, and I was at SAN (San Diego airport) recently, and found a stark difference between their "main piece of lobby art". In San Jose, we…
Un-obfuscating the public
In a way I’m grateful to Stripe here, because I’d want for the list of curated books at Stripe Press, I would never have come across Martin Gurri and his book, “The revolt of the public”. This is eas…
Fraudsters Inc
Watching "Inventing Anna" some time after watching "The Dropout" left a sort of bad taste. It feels like a symptom of something sick that such obvious fraud is treated sympathetic…
Revolting times
I had bought Martin Gurri’s The revolt of the public some time back, but after reading the first few pages, had abandoned it. I recently picked it up and found that it is a book that picks up spectac…
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Charging central…
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Air Pods
(I have always been reluctant to wear them while walking around -- love them at home or in office, though)…