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14 May 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR The Singaporean government's request to use local literary works for training a large language model (LLM) sparked a backlash from prominent writers due to concerns over consultation, compensation, and copyright protection. This reaction mirr...
14 May 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TL;DR European sovereignty and strategic autonomy are often misunderstood, leading to unrealistic and harmful policies. Europe, as a set of enduring ideas, cannot "die." Sovereignty, a multifaceted concept, is different from strategic autonomy, which...
13 May 2024 12 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZiAFnTCY80HEITMq The system has long since rotted, we have seen that in films they want to convey this to those people who do not see it. Three real stories worthy of film adaptation. Stories th...
13 May 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/ZiDKrceNPVjwQPu9 I watched Durov's interview with Tucker. Well what can I say? The same nonsense as with the president, only for an hour. In short: Durov babbles that he will not bend to any aut...
11 May 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
Alabama has followed Florida in banning the sale and production of cultivated meat, a technology that grows meat from animal cells without raising or slaughtering animals. Governor Kay Ivey signed the SB23 bill into law, classifying violations as a...
11 May 2024 2 minute read 5 comments Vladan Lausevic
In the current discourse surrounding the nationwide Pro-Palestinian protest movement, sparked by Columbia University’s decision to call the police on its students, I’ve noticed a troubling trend among centrist commentators. These mainstream voices, r...
11 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Quick silver
Trataka, also known as candle gazing, is a meditation technique that uses the sense of sight to still the mind. It involves focusing on a specific point, often a candle flame, to cultivate concentration, clarity, and inner awareness. Let’s explore it...
10 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
Taking a chance laid low stayed cool Now it seems time to dance Making our moves Saying our lines Checking our don'ts and ensuring our dues Been running in circles But maybe there's a different path I slam the breaks ive done the math Have no...
10 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
What is worship music? If you're playing "melancholic" piano music in tandem with some African guys preaching and praying with a heavy foreign accent, does that make this worship music? I don't see why not. What about this one? Is it melancholic,...
10 May 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Universal Basic Income (UBI) proposes providing everyone with a regular, unconditional cash payment. It aims to ensure basic economic security and reduce poverty and inequality. Rooted in the principles of social justice, UBI allows individuals to...
