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The Art of Finishing | ByteDrum
 It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon. I’ve carved out a few precious hours for coding, armed with a steaming cup of coffee and the familiar urge to dive into a project. As I settle into my chair and open my terminal, I’m confronted with a challenge that’s become all too familiar: deciding which of my many unfinished projects to tackle.
I navigate to my project directory, greeted by a graveyard of half-implemented ideas and stalled works-in-progress. Each one represents a different problem I’ve tried to solve, a different technology I’ve attempted to master. They’re all interesting, each with its own purpose and potential. But as I scan through them, I can already feel my enthusiasm waning. I know that whichever one I choose, I’ll be facing not just the original problem, but a hydra of new challenges that have sprouted since I last looked at the code.
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WorkThe Backlash Over Keeping Olympic Rings on Eiffel TowerAs much as the French capital reveled in the celebratory air of the Olympics this summer, many are less than thrilled to discover Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan to keep the iconic Olympic rings on France’s most iconic monument even after the Games. Work
WorkThe noisome economics of dung beetles - The Economist (No paywall)THE ENGLISH colonists who brought cattle to Australia in 1788 soon faced a malodorous problem. The dung heaps that gradually and tastefully vanished back home were not going anywhere. Instead, they were growing ever-larger, and becoming infested with bloodsucking flies that wounded the livestock. Work
WorkThe HBR Guide to Standing Out in an Interview - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)Job interviews can be daunting. In this video, author Amy Gallo culls advice from top experts in the field and shares strategic tips on how best to prepare, what to do, and what to say so that you can make a great impression in your next interview. She also offers advice on what to do if you notice your interviewer losing interest or you’ve stumbled over some answers. Mistakes happen. Just keep going and stay focused. Answer the current question as if it’s the first one. Even acknowledging the situation with a corrective statement like, “Am I giving you what you need? Is there other information I could give you?” and then following their cues can help dig you out of the current hole and get the conversation back on track. WorkHow to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation - New Scientist (No paywall)Did you notice that the image above was created by artificial intelligence? It can be difficult to spot AI-generated images, video, audio and text at a time when technological advances are making them increasingly indistinguishable from much human-created content, leaving us open to manipulation by disinformation. But by knowing the current state of the AI technologies used to create misinformation, and the range of telltale signs that what you are looking at might be fake, you can help protect yourself from being taken in.
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WorkWhat a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of workIndependent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential task, however, is expensive to produce. Work
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WorkWhat Does It Really Mean to Learn? - The New Yorker (No paywall)I read “Middlemarch” for the first time during my sophomore year of college. I didn’t get it. Why would Dorothea, a young and intelligent woman, marry that annoying old man? How could she be so stupid? No one else in the class seemed to get it, either, and this pushed our professor over the edge. “Of course you don’t understand,” he roared, swilling a Diet Coke. “Trust me, you’ll read this book again when you’re forty, after your first divorce, and you’ll say, ‘Oh, I see!’ ” Work WorkWorkEarthquakes May Forge Large Gold Nuggets - Scientific American (No paywall)Solid gold bars stacked in bank vaults, layers of plating on this summer’s Olympic medals or even your own pieces of golden jewelry could owe their existence to earthquakes. The stress and strain produced by moving tectonic plates during these temblors may trigger a chemical reaction that causes minuscule particles of gold to coalesce into larger nuggets, a new study proposes. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkCan Democrats Stop the 'Tax Doom Loop'?It’s an uphill fight. Cutting taxes remains a popular political promise. Mr. Trump and Republicans are pushing to extend the law and further reduce taxes if they come into power. While Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to raise taxes on high-income Americans and corporations, her presidential campaign has also said she would not raise taxes on any household making less than $400,000. That means she, too, wants to continue much of Mr. Trump’s tax cut. WorkWorkKamala Harris Says U.S. Steel Should Stay American-OwnedA powerful interagency panel, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, has been looking into the national security implications of Nippon Steel’s proposal. For cases that require a full investigation, the committee makes a recommendation to the president, who has the final say. WorkHow NAFTA Broke American PoliticsMilwaukee was once known as the “machine shop of the world.” In the 1950s, nearly 60 percent of the city’s adult population worked in manufacturing, a vast majority of whom held well-paying union jobs. In 1969, Milwaukee had the second-highest median income in the country. By 2021, Milwaukee had lost more than 80 percent of its manufacturing jobs (barely 5 percent of those that remained were unionized), and it had the second-highest poverty rate of any large American city, just one example of NAFTA’s profound impact on American industry and labor. WorkOpinion | James Carville: Three Things Kamala Harris Must Do to WinIf there’s one thing Americans love, it’s a train wreck. That’s why we’re addicted to “Dance Moms” and the “Real Housewives” franchise. Just over two months ago, we witnessed one in real time, and it led to the humane revolt against a sitting president’s re-election campaign by his own party. I guarantee a lot of voters are salivating for a second round. Only this time, Mr. Trump must be the train wreck, and it’s on Ms. Harris to lay the tracks. WorkWorkWorkAmerica's Oldest Board Game Teaches 19th-Century GeographyWith more than 150,000 board games in existence and the U.S. being at the forefront of the industry, one can wonder where it all started. Some might guess the classics: Monopoly, Scrabble, or maybe even Jenga. However, the first American board game was invented long before these. WorkWorkWorkI've Been Writing About Social Security for Almost 10 Years. This Is the Best Advice I Can Give YouIf you\'re like most Americans, you\'re a few years (or more) behind on your retirement savings. But a handful of little-known \"Social Security secrets\" could help ensure a boost in your retirement income. For example: one easy trick could pay you as much as $22,924 more... each year! Once you learn how to maximize your Social Security benefits, we think you could retire confidently with the peace of mind we\'re all after. Simply click here to discover how to learn more about these strategies. WorkWorkWorkWhy clinicians are reconsidering race-based algorithmsMany in the medical community are starting to reconsider the use of race in the algorithms, and finding that in some cases, race-based calculators have delayed or prevented people from getting the right diagnoses and accessing appropriate care. WorkThe Four Mysterious Guardians of the Artist Lee BulLee, who has bright white hair, was speaking from her cavernous studio, wearing an apron lined with pens over a buttoned-up black shirt. Studio assistants — she had 10 to 15 throughout the Met project — moved about behind her, making minute tweaks to the sculptures. Almost 10 feet tall, they have complex skeletons with dense webs of perforated stainless-steel strips, resembling outré Erector sets, and they would be finished with angular polycarbonate and acrylic components or acetate-sheet skins. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkNine offshore wind farm projects awarded in UK auctionSign up for our Future Earth newsletter to get exclusive insight on the latest climate and environment news from the BBC\'s Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, delivered to your inbox every week. Outside the UK? Sign up to our international newsletter here. WorkCathay Pacific grounds planes after engine problemIn a statement the European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it is “monitoring any information coming out of the technical investigation and will take decisions on any fleet level action as required.” WorkCathay Pacific Finds 15 Planes Need Engine RepairsThe engine component failure on Cathay Pacific’s A350 plane on Monday was the second engine incident in three days for the carrier. One of its Airbus A330 planes failed to take off from a runway in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, because of what the company said was a technical problem. WorkWhen Property Investors Want Out, These Bargain Hunters Rush InIn the private equity and venture capital industries, secondary markets are a long-established fixture. They give people with shares in start-ups or stakes in private funds a way to cash out early by flipping their holdings to other buyers, who get access to investments not otherwise available for purchase. WorkCreating an Artistic Buzz, One Real Estate Development at a TimeArtwork has been integrated into urban development for decades to help stimulate economic recovery, exemplified by the Depression-era pieces of Works Progress Administration artists that are still visible in many buildings. But in more recent years, some builders in states like Florida and California began to pull back when local governments threatened to require them to put a percentage of their development budgets toward art projects, a mandate that landlords said would drive up construction costs. WorkOpenAI, Still Haunted by Its Chaotic Past, Is Trying to Grow UpBut interviews with more than 20 current and former OpenAI employees and board members show that the transition has been difficult. Early employees continue to leave, even as new workers and new executives pour in. And rapid growth hasn’t resolved a fundamental question of what OpenAI is supposed to be: Is it a cutting-edge A.I. lab created for the benefit of humanity, or an aspiring industry giant dedicated to profits? WorkLeft-Wing Misinformation Is Having a Moment“I don’t anticipate that we will collectively become less conspiratorial,” said Adam Enders, an associate professor of political science at the University of Louisville. “If anything, the closer we get to Election Day, the more it’ll increase.” WorkIn Colombia, You Can Watch Whales, and Serenade Them, TooDuring the whale-watching season, which begins in mid-July, boats with licensed captains and guides take the visitors — mostly Colombians but a growing number of foreigners — to see the creatures breach, blow and slap the water with their fins and tails. |
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