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The stars of 'How to Dance in Ohio' on exploring connections among autistic adults
Jan 08, 2024 | PBS NewsHour
A new musical recently debuted on Broadway that puts the stories of seven autistic young adults front and center as they face the challenges of leading independent lives. Jeffrey Brown talks to the creators behind "How to Dance in Ohio" and some of...
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Stuff we figured out about AI in 2023
Jan 06, 2024 | simonwillison.net
2023 was the breakthrough year for Large Language Models (LLMs). I think it’s OK to call these AI—they’re the latest and (currently) most interesting development in the academic field of …
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Best Data Visualization Projects of 2023
Jan 03, 2024 | FlowingData
Data continues on its upwards trajectory and with it comes the importance of visualization. Many charts were made in 2023. These are my ten favorites from the year.
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The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
Dec 31, 2023 | Rolling Stone
The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology.
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MuckRock survey of FOIA fees points to uneven picture across the U.S.: From $2 in Washington state to $431 per request in Idaho
Dec 20, 2023 | MuckRock
A fee is charged for about 16% of U.S. public-records requests, according to a MuckRock analysis of our data. The rising costs of records limits government accountability at the state-level but requestors have found ways to lower costs.
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Is Putin Winning? Fiona Hill Says, ‘He’s About To. And It’s on Us.’
Dec 13, 2023 | www.politico.com
Boston-based recipe company could be on hook for $300,000 in online-tracking lawsuit
Dec 08, 2023 | Universal Hub
A New York woman who sued America's Test Kitchen over Facebook-based "tracking" code on its Web site has agreed to settle the case without damages after the concern agreed to remove the code from its Web pages. Read more.
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We’re Ending Fixer Upper So We Can Explore Our New Passion for 1970s European Brutalism
Nov 26, 2023 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency
There have been a ton of rumors about why Jo and I are leaving our show. Like, that I’m the Lindberg baby, and that is why my hair is long. Or that...
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Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear
Nov 24, 2023 | BuzzFeed News
We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and its fear of superintelligent AI.
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Gi vs Nogi Jiu Jitsu and Why I Train Both - BJJNolej
Nov 24, 2023 | BJJNolej
The title should really be Gi vs Nogi Jiu Jitsu, Why I Train Both and How I've Had My Mind Changed While Writing This Article!
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Paternity leave alters the brain — suggesting daddies are made, not born
Nov 20, 2023 | 19thnews.org
Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically
Nov 18, 2023 | ElDiario.es
The development of cities in Spain has been upwards. Map of the evolution of urban planning in Spain, with data from the Cadastre — and why Spaniards live in apartments.
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Leg Lock Combinatorics
Nov 15, 2023 | Teddy Tort
Combinatorics is the study of counting; this sounds trivial, but it’s a very useful field of mathematics that allows you to count huge systems with relatively simple calculations. For example…
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Opinion | Regulating crypto might end it. And that’s just fine.
Nov 10, 2023 | Washington Post
The industry is little more than a vast digital casino.
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Our search for the best OCR tool in 2023, and what we found
Nov 10, 2023 | source.opennews.org
A side-by-side comparison of five OCR tools using multiple kinds of documents, from DocumentCloud
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We’re not ready for a major shift in visual journalism - Poynter
Nov 09, 2023 | www.poynter.org
Post-Scarcity Web Mapping with Protomaps - Brandon Liu, Protomaps
Nov 08, 2023 | YouTube
Post-Scarcity Web Mapping with ProtomapsBrandon Liu, ProtomapsThe Protomaps vector basemap is an open-source cartographic product designed for free reproduct...
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