A society that celebrates thought builds cathedrals of progress; one that celebrates ignorance builds ruins of certainty. The choice isn't between comfort & complexity - it's between a future built on inquiry or a past defended by conviction.
Christopher Nolan says one of the biggest problems with modern film criticism is the belief that recognizing a storytelling trope or narrative device somehow means the film has failed.
“I despise the kind of book which tells you how to live, how to make yourself happy. Philosophers have no good news for you at this level. I believe the first duty of philosophy is making you understand what deep shit you are in!”
— Slavoj Žižek
I love DeepSeek’s approach.
No constant hype. No big promises every second week. They disappear for months, quietly do the work, then come back with a model that’s right up there with the best while costing a fraction of the price.
Then… they disappear again.
Just letting the models do the talking.
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🔷 The official V4-Flash now natively supports the Responses API format and is fully adapted for Codex!
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🇺🇸🇯🇵JUST NOW: Japan and the US may unveil a joint policy to address the yen's weakness as early as next week, per Kyodo News.
Bessent's notepad at a Camp David cabinet meeting read "To Do: Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil."
I highly respect China in terms of the Chinese people, traditions and culture. I’m against the workings of the totalitarian clique at the top of China’s system built on the ideology of Marxism-Leninism and operating with the collective wealth of the Chinese people and companies.
Sad; this music-mad gent who seemed to play everywhere + often in Ireland has left us too soon.
Yet stay-tuned: b/c HE will (deservedly) get a huge, + very special musical send-off. #RIP#GlenHansard.
i learned ants really have no concept of us as humans because of their limited eyesight and how big we are to them. they see us as moving shadows, or wind, or like obstacles and landscape (i imagine mountains). makes me wonder what’s in front of me right now that’s too large for me to comprehend.
The older I get the more I realize, calm is the real wealth. Living a very private life. Away. Alone. Observing. Thinking. Learning. Being bored. Creating something meaningful. A quiet day, sunlight, coffee, music, books, and stillness. That'll do.