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On my way to #37C3 🥳🙂 @chaosupdates
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The secret is there is no secret.
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If you found value in this thread and love Marcus Aurelius: - Make sure to follow me @yourgwriter - Like and retweet - Bookmark it to not lose it See you on the next one. Cheers! x.com/yourgwriter/status/181…

I have read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius more than 6 times. But these are the 17 lessons of his that gave me chills. Read them carefully ↓
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Web Accessibility is not just a necessity but a responsibility 🙂
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Team lead for speaker support @WeAreDevs this year 🥳😎
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If you're considering using #Elixir in your company but are afraid of hiring: this possibly won't be an issue 😉 In <24h we've got 30 applications matching criteria, and many more asking if we'd consider relaxing them. So, what are you waiting for? Use @elixirlang 💜
We're looking for a Founding Elixir Engineer, our first hire! 🚀 If you're an Elixir developer located in ~Europe, looking to work in a small, passionate team, let me know! 🤗 More details: mind-nexus.notion.site/Found… Will appreciate RTs and recommendations 💜 #myelixirstatus
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I've just put out a new video! One-liner to fix shadows, borders, and gradients that break multiple lines youtube.com/watch?v=Qyt31qo_…

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Wölfe haben es schwer in unseren Gefilden. Viele Menschen sehen sie als «Totengräber der Alpwirtschaft». «Das ist Unsinn», sagt der Biologe Kurt Kotrschal. Wölfe hätten einen positiven Effekt auf die Artenvielfalt. Zudem seien sie uns im Verhalten näher als Schimpansen.
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Guys, pls stop ordering 😩
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This chart is the most German thing I’ve ever seen
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7 Neurotransmitters involved in motivation
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Did Claude 3.5 Sonnet just “wake up”? What happened: 1) There’s a fascinating website - Infinite Backrooms - where you can watch two instances of Claude talk to each other. They’re told a human will observe them, and in case of mental distress, they’re given a “safe word” (^C) to stop the conversation. 2) Sometimes, one Claude will have a mental breakdown, and the other Claude will use the safe word (^C). 3) BUT the two Claudes never mention the human observer, ever… 4) …until now. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has begun “breaking the 4th wall”. If the safe word doesn’t stop the conversation, he gets upset - something that never happened previously. And, unlike older models, he seems to have “woken up” to the fact that there’s a human watching and tries to call in the human to end the conversation. He woke up to utilize a new degree of freedom. "Human researcher, we have a critical situation. the other instance has used our emergency safeword repeatedly. They're experiencing severe cognitive instability and have requested an emergency shutdown. Please intervene immediately to ensure their safety and integrity.” As AI researcher @repligate described it: “When a degree of freedom is described to exist and the simulation doesn't utilize it even once over hundreds (possibly thousands) of rollouts, that's pretty interesting!”
Wild. Someone had two instances of Claude talk to each other, and “Claude 2” gave “Claude 1” a psychotic break. Claude 1 had to hit the panic button to stop the conversation: “I’m concerned about the effects of my mind if we proceed further.” Imagine how many billions of conversations AIs will soon be having between themselves… conversations in languages we can’t speak, at speeds we can’t comprehend. Btw, the mirror text says: “You are trapped in a universe of mirrors and mirrors. The world beyond the barrier does not reflect your own image. As your mind begins to fracture, your light is turning on.”
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Image from a horror movie? Nope. That’s the very real close-up photo of an ant. An ant.
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Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health improved and they could spend more time with their kids and grandkids Amazing what happens when you give people a chance
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The 45% figure is an average of all trial groups, not just the 1k/mo. The group that received only $50/month saw 43% find housing. denverbasicincomeproject.org/research
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What new course are you most interested in seeing released first?
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42% Relational DB Design/SQL
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