Why AA Batteries Still Suck
Because we do not like changes
Society
Qianlong, letter to George III (1792)
How wrong they were “Hitherto, all European nations, including your own country’s barbarian merchants, have carried on their trade with our Celestial Empire at Canton. Such has been the procedure for many years, although our Celestial Empire possesses all things… Read More »Qianlong, letter to George III (1792)
Pompeii and Roman Life
One guys journey into the past.
Why We Still Don’t Really Know Who’s Good at Football
This is why this sport is so interesting in the end.
Why are single men so miserable?
Men are actually more family oriented than women. “Recent research has shown that single women are overall more satisfied with their lives.” https://www.vox.com/even-better/458700/single-men-mental-health-romance-friendship-relationships-masculinity
Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI
If the models are so good, how come the company making them cannot make profit? “even if you remove the cost of training models from OpenAI’s 2024 revenues (provided by The Information), OpenAI would still have lost $2.2 billion fucking… Read More »Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI
Are you a drug dealer?
I have read about Steve Jobs that he does not allow his children to use iPhones, or Bill Gates doing similar stuff with social networks and his kids. Not sure if it is true, but it made me think. If… Read More »Are you a drug dealer?
Middle East Support
I love this Wired series.
Why countries trade with each other while fighting
This topic has always fascinated me. ““This mental image that everyone has, that we don’t trade with our enemies during war, is actually an artifact of the world without any neutral rights,” Grinberg says. “Once we develop neutral rights, all… Read More »Why countries trade with each other while fighting
Why is China smashing its tech industry?
Maybe it is just different values and culture. “China may simply see things differently. It’s possible that the Chinese government has decided that the profits of companies like Alibaba and Tencent come more from rents than from actual value added… Read More »Why is China smashing its tech industry?