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Notes on The History of Menswear
All about the history of menswear, from the Chinese ruling class wearing nail polish to the introduction of modern streetwear.
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Notes on OpenAI Q&A Finetuning GPT-3 Vs Semantic Search - Which to Use, When, and Why
A great video about finetuning vs semantic search. Finetuning teaches a model to write new patterns, not to have a theory of mind.
programming
I Programmed a YouTube Clipper
Just to capture this goated moment on a Kripp vid Are you on the guest list? x 3 It captures the current time from a YouTube share link and adds 5 seconds to the end time, subtracts 5 seconds from the start time. Get it here ⬇️ GitHub - bramses/ytclip-10s
sports
The Arc of the NFL Salary
The average NFL salary is close to $2 million, but players were not always so well compensated. In fact, for much of football's history, players often worked secondary jobs in steel mills, on ranches or as salesmen to make ends meet. The only time a player takes a
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Notes on the Insane Biology of Dragonflies
What can we learn from the incredible biology of dragonflies?
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Notes on The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel
https://youtu.be/OrwBc6PwAcY 00:15 tatsuo horiuchi - 77 year old Microsoft Excel artist 00:42 the same thought behind Processing and generative art 01:34 So Good They Can't Ignore You type vibes -- are you wasting effort on something that's not useful to
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Notes on What Even is Europe?
https://youtu.be/vtymaSR3T48 02:18 the romans failed to unite europe, the han succeeded in china to connect the country 03:19 EU has a different economic myth to Chinese (communism) and USA (capitalism) 04:35 the EU project has a goal to cooperate and avoid the imperialism eras
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Notes On 'Feng Shui Does Makes Sense! The Basis of How to Plan Your Home for Comfort and Practicality'
https://youtu.be/YsBPqO3pv_Y 01:17 think of moving through the house as circulation, certain areas are heavily used 02:19 think of the arteries of your home (the kitchen is the gravitational well of the home) and try to keep it open 04:24 consider the well trodden
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Notes on Did the Ancient Greeks Believe in Myths?
https://youtu.be/UkCRM1bTPu0 00:22 all thought gods existed 01:03 every city had own gods, but all believed in the same pantheon 02:02 people tended to dream about gods (like how people in early 20th cent dreamed in B/W) 02:43 some elites thought gods were
philosophy
Notes on 7 Philosophy Books for Beginners
https://youtu.be/5RwlFfTF3T0 01:20 what questions are you trying to solve? 02:02 the problems of philosophy by bertrand russell is for non philosophers 03:18 think by simon blackburn - existence of god, self, free will etc 04:05 primary text is important -- hard books to
anime
Notes on "How Isagi Surpassed Both Rin And Shidou"
https://youtu.be/Fv4FU2cI6YA 00:58 chigiri and isagi crushing it around these monsters 02:010 isagi is always the worst on his team lmao 03:25 rin is still number 1 at blue lock! 04:21 absolutely mad animation for these kicks, so violently powerful 06:34 bachira type
deep-life
Notes on "The 40 Year Old D & D Game"
https://youtu.be/nJ-ehbVQYxI 00:32 now this is pod racing 01:41 i love the dedication to the bit, buy space to fulfill obsession 04:31 d&d actually had the stranger things satan/cult leader vibe. stranger things seems to be pretty accurate! 06:42 multiple generations