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The Most Powerful Learning Tool (That Doesn't Involve Studying) | Scott H Y

I’d like to talk about one of the most important things you can do for learning. It’s scientifically demonstrated to have a huge impact on your memory, attention and energy levels. Yet, tragically, it’s often the first thing many people jettison when they’re preparing for a big test. The Most Powerful Learning Tool (That Doesn't Involve Studying) | Scott H Y

A college kid created a fake, AI-generated blog. It reached #1 on Hacker Ne

At the start of the week, Liam Porr had only heard of GPT-3. By the end, the college student had used the AI model to produce an entirely fake blog under a fake name. It was meant as a fun experiment. But then one of his posts found its way to the number-one spot on Hacker News. A college kid created a fake, AI-generated blog. It reached #1 on Hacker Ne

How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.? | The New Yorker

In the cool, dark hours after midnight on June 20, 2012, Todd Humphreys made the final preparations for his attack on the Global Positioning System. He stood alone in the middle of White Sands Missile Range, in southern New Mexico, sixty miles north of Juárez. How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.? | The New Yorker

The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File | WIRED

In October, Michael Stay got a weird message on LinkedIn. A total stranger had lost access to his bitcoin private keys—and wanted Stay's help getting his $300,000 back. It wasn't a total surprise that The Guy, as Stay calls him, had found the former Google security engineer. The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File | WIRED

A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began | New Sc

It has long been thought that the ingredients for life came together slowly, bit by bit. Now there is evidence it all happened at once in a chemical big bang WHEN Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, it was a sterile ball of rock, slammed by meteorites and carpeted with erupting volcanoes. A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began | New Sc

Physical Attractiveness Bias in the Legal System — The Law Project

When I started looking into this subject, I predicted a person’s physical attractiveness would only have minor advantages. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, that in one study, the effects of physical attractiveness on judges were so influential, they fined unattractive criminals 304. Physical Attractiveness Bias in the Legal System — The Law Project

Home | Laws of UX

Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that’s more usable. Productivity soars when a computer and its users interact at a pace (<400ms) that ensures that neither has to wait on the other. Home | Laws of UX