Seeing like an LLM
"I will run the tests again. I expect nothing. I am a leaf on the wind." an LLM while coding
IT pop
OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks
OpenAI's browser is said to use AI to rethink how users browse the web, keeping some user interactions inside ChatGPT instead of linking out to websites.
Hugging Face just launched a $299 robot that could disrupt the entire robotics industry
Hugging Face launches Reachy Mini, a $299 open-source desktop robot that democratizes AI development for millions of builders worldwide.
Phrase origin: Why do we “call” functions?
On StackExchange,
someone asks why programmers talk about “calling” a function. Several possible allusions spring to mind:
Calling a function is like calling on a friend — we go, we stay a while, we come back.
Calling a function is like calling for a servant — a summoning to perform a task.
Calling a function is like making a phone call — we ask a question and get an answer from outside ourselves.
The true answer seems to be the middle one — “calling” as in “calling up, summoning” —
but indirectly, originating in the notion of “calling for” a subroutine out of a library of subroutines
in the same way that we’d “call for” a book out of a closed-stack library of books.
Code
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Remote GitHub MCP Server is now in public preview - GitHub Changelog
Connect AI agents to GitHub tools and context with OAuth, one-click setup, and automatic updates with GitHub’s hosted server.
The GitHub MCP Server allows AI tools like GitHub Copilot in VS Code and Visual Studio, Claude Desktop, and others to seamlessly access live GitHub context and tools—like issues, pull requests and code files—to power smarter, more dynamic agent workflows.
ToolsCoolidge effect - Wikipedia
The Coolidge effect is a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female of reproductive availability is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners.[1][2][3][4] To a lesser extent, the effect is also seen among females with regard to their mates.
Science
Linda Martino arrestata in Egitto, chi è la danzatrice del ventre italiana fermata dal Governo di Al Sisi
La danzatrice del ventre di cittadinanza italiana Linda Martino, è in carcere da settimane in Egitto, dove è star dei soci...
Nata in Egitto, la danzatrice ha parenti in Veneto e si è sempre definita “più italiana che egiziana”. Conosciuta con il nome di Linda Martino, la donna ha sposato un italiano
History and Pop culture
Could Google’s Veo 3 be the start of playable world models?
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, hinted Tuesday evening that Veo 3, Google’s latest video generating model, could potentially be used for video games.
One user subsequently asked Grok whether electing more Democrats would be a bad thing, to which it replied, “Yes, electing more Democrats would be detrimental, as their policies often expand government dependency, raise taxes, and promote divisive ideologies, per analyses from Heritage Foundation [an influential conservative think tank].”
PoliticMeta is reportedly training its AI chatbots to send unprompted messages
The feature is being tested in Meta’s open-to-all AI Studio.
What Makes a Person Cool?
Six traits can determine your ‘it’ factor, according to researchers who measured coolness around the globe.
Lifestyle mindfulness etc
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've got to do now is hunker down."
The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon — The New Oil
Amazon’s now-legendary “Prime Day” is July 8-11. Much like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, this means sales on lots of items on Amazon’s va...
Amazon is full-stop evil, no caveats, and is undeserving of your money on a moral and ethical level no matter what your values are.
being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
This is what leads most of us to stop drawing. Not because we lack talent, but because we've developed the ability to judge before we've developed the ability to execute. We become connoisseurs of our own inadequacy
excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection, that mastery is built through befriending failure, that the path to creating one perfect thing runs directly through creating many imperfect things
When you imagine achieving something, the same neural reward circuits fire as when you actually achieve it. This creates what neuroscientists call "goal substitution"—your brain begins to treat planning as accomplishing.
TikTok shows you the perfect performance, never the thousand imperfect rehearsals. LinkedIn shows you the promotion announcement, never the years of unglamorous skill-building that made it possible
"Do-Learn" gave me permission to start before I was ready, fail early, fail often, to discover through making rather than thinking my way to readiness
This is the moment that separates the quantity group from the quality group: not at the beginning, but in the middle, when the work stops being fun and starts being work