better doing
Mindblowing lessons from 2 ex-CIA spies.
I don’t know that I’d take the provenance of this information too seriously, but I did find it interesting. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Burning cash, Fast.
“Fast, a buzzy startup that attracted more than $120 million in investment to help people expedite online purchases, is shutting down, according to the company’s chief executive, Domm Holland.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
DALL·E 2 creates original, realistic images from a text description.
“In January 2021, OpenAI introduced DALL·E. One year later, our newest system, DALL·E 2, generates more realistic and accurate images with 4x greater resolution.” | learn more
oh, chicago
Streets and Sanitation worker escapes firing, but probably shouldn’t have.
He parked in the bike lane, got mad when a biker took a photo, then followed him home. Inspector general recommended firing. Department decided a 29 day suspension was enough. Is this a consequence of the labor shortage? | learn more
fun facts
A visual network of 300 blogs.
“I thought it might be interesting to try to map the network that emerges from blogs linking to one another. … I started with astralcodexten.substack.com and continued following links as they were mentioned.” | learn more
fun facts
The world’s biggest Hummer.
“[It] is the length of a humpback whale, as wide as three Tesla Model 3s side-by-side, and as tall as three Shaq’s standing on top of each other.” | learn more
fun facts
Seizing $7 billion worth of assets on the tiny island of Jersey.
And a $120 million French Chateau. This article is surprisingly interesting despite its being published on a website called Celebrity Net Worth. | learn more
fun facts
Persepolis
“Twenty-five hundred years ago, in what is now southern Iran, stood an ancient city of awe-inspiring beauty.” | learn more
big ideas
Why SpaceX is an underrated strategic national asset for the U.S.
“The U.S. needs more moonshot projects like SpaceX—both literally and figuratively. The federal government can play an important role as a buyer-of-first-resort in industries that offer public goods.” | learn more