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March 14, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pandora



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Hope is like the salt in the recipe, which really makes all the other ingredients come alive.


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Published on March 14, 2021 07:35

March 13, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Command



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I spent way too long trying to find a way to combine a word for mom with the word 'oligarch.'


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Published on March 13, 2021 07:45

March 12, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Child AI



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If Turing was so smart, why didn't he anticipate this??


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Published on March 12, 2021 07:58

March 11, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Discourse



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You know I was about to write a book about evil statisticians, but Tim Harford's last book convinced me that even statistics can be used for good.


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Published on March 11, 2021 07:50

March 10, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Compress



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Based on a conversation I had on twitter but couldn't find again! If you're out there, person I talked with, ping me and I'll post it.


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Published on March 10, 2021 09:10

March 9, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Favorite



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Also he NEVER asked stupid questions.


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Published on March 09, 2021 08:37

March 8, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Simulation



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Later it turns out that's just Jeff Bezos listening.


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Published on March 08, 2021 08:20

March 7, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Why



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This is actually a test to see if you have the emotional compartmentalization necessary to work in telemarketing.


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Published on March 07, 2021 07:09

March 6, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Mortality



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And I call this philosophy Angry Buddhism.


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Published on March 06, 2021 09:10

March 5, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Westphalian



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Best Westphalian Sovereignty joke all week.


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Published on March 05, 2021 07:10