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A new wrinkle on the old story of three wishes, set after the end of the world. "As Good As New", by Charlie Jane Anders, published on Tor.com in 2014. "The door to the panic room wouldn’t actually open when Marisol finally decided it had been a couple months since the last quake and it was time to go the hell out there. She had to kick the door a few dozen times, until she dislodged enough of the debris blocking it to stagger out into the wasteland." A short fantasy story with no villain, where two people work together to make stuff. It’s a hopeful story -- with creativity and love and working together and systematic thought, we can turn things around.
posted by brainwane at 8:36 PM PST - 18 comments

Remnants of 2000 year old curry shed light on trade routes and role of spices in ancient civilisations. Analysis of micro-remnants found on a stone grinding tool in Southern Vietnam revealed a range of spices including ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:58 PM PST - 9 comments

Ultimate compilation Cat Jedi-2016. [cw: cat play fighting with lasers]
posted by clavdivs at 5:47 PM PST - 1 comments

Here’s how to do it right.
posted by Etrigan at 4:08 PM PST - 102 comments

Do you think you know what GPT-4 can do? Here is a test. "Many people speak very confidently about what capabilities large language models do and do not have (and sometimes even could or could never have). I get the impression that most people who make such claims don't even know what current models can do. So: put yourself to the test." The beautiful thing about the test is that it will tell you how under/over-confident you are.
posted by storybored at 10:49 AM PST - 72 comments

I am dying of squamous cell carcinoma, and the treatments that might save me are just out of reach
posted by crazy with stars at 9:12 AM PST - 35 comments

Animation vs. Math [SLYT 14:02] A stick figure does battle with numbers.
posted by lucidium at 8:02 AM PST - 8 comments

New Naratif's two-part deep investigation into children in immigration detention centers and the long struggle to get them free brings hard stats together with the voices of trapped children in Malaysia's hidden camps.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 2:27 AM PST - 2 comments

I decided today that I’m going to see if I can find the restaurant with the highest number of brothers. I am on strike and have nothing better to do with my time. Please join me. Dan Amira is on a goofy quest [Twitter & Threadreader]
posted by chavenet at 2:12 AM PST - 22 comments