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Today’s Codex will feel “primitive” by fall — and its own team’s roadmap backs it up

Thibault Sottiaux, who leads core products at OpenAI, believes that today’s version of Codex will seem outdated before the year

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I was into Ayn Rand when I was a teen until I realized that a Great Man theory was a lot of bunk written for teenagers who can’t believe how stupid the adults are. The teens are right about that, the adults have no idea wtf they’re doing. Never did. And yet somehow the world […]

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2019: “This will be remembered as the time we all waited for someone else to take the risk, not wanting to disturb our lives. The spoiled citizens of a country that fought wars without a draft, that got tax cuts in time of war, inflated our economy as we inflicted chaos on others.”

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Happy Primary Day, Michigan!

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Fox: Men and women have their own roles. Too many of these things that are necessary for us to exist have now become traditional. It is atrocious. What's next? Is our military going to be women?

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Max Miller’s Moment of Truth

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) has until Wednesday to withdraw from the race if Ohio Republicans want to trigger the process to replace him on the November ballot. After that, their options become much more limited.

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2019: "This will be remembered as the time we all waited for someone else to take the risk, not wanting to disturb our lives. The spoiled citizens of a country that fought wars without a draft, that got tax cuts in time of war, inflated our economy as we inflicted chaos on others.”

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How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing? (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Stop Calling Siblings ‘Gifts’ (theatlantic.com)

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Palace in advanced talks to complete £11m deal for Real Salt Lake's Gozo (nytimes.com)

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I Tried the Trump Cabinet’s Steak and Sauerkraut Diet. It Was (Mostly) Fantastic. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Chipotle Pulled Jalapeños Tied to Minnesota Salmonella Cases (bloomberg.com)

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Tobi Lutke’s idea that pensioners be excluded from voting is offensive. The concern behind it isn’t (theglobeandmail.com)

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Gone hikin’

For the past several days I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to explore Banff National Park.

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Ethics Committee Probing Drug Use by Max Miller

The Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) over allegations of illegal drug use and domestic abuse.

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Trump’s National Guard in D.C. to Cost $1.4 Billion More

“The Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration,” the Washington Post reports.

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Yours Truly on TBPN Yesterday

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TBPN seems like a show I wouldn’t enjoy guesting on, but I actually enjoy it quite a bit.

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As new Berkeley park emerges, those who fought for it for decades are ‘ecstatic’ 

Once toxic land in Southwest Berkeley will by next summer be community gardens and a dog park. Meet the activists who long lobbied to transform this former Santa Fe railroad line into green space.

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‘Iphigenia in Splott’ — based on the Greek tragedy — plays at Shotgun Players’ Ashby Stage

The one-woman show is set in working-class Wales.

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The Phone in Your Hand . “A layer-by-layer teardown of...

The Phone in Your Hand. “A layer-by-layer teardown of the most intricate object you’ve ever held.”