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For example, comprehension of narrative or fiction writing is roughly equivalent for reading and listening, but reading is better for material that benefits significantly from self-pacing, re-reading, and illustration, such as textbooks on technical topics, which jibes with my personal experience.

Some other relevant studies:
- journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Recent meta-analysis: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Current understanding seems to be reading and listening are roughly equivalent, but there are some advantages to reading in certain contexts/conditions.

Perhaps it was www.jneurosci.org/content/39/3...?

screenshot of blog post text with suspected typo

s/difficult easy/easy?

Today is a good day to pick up Micah's book. If you don't already have these skills, let me tell you they are going to be very useful in the near future.

No one’s ready for this The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.

seems bad www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24...

Screenshot showing confusing “real vs. edited” photos that appear to be the same photo

great piece, @sarahjeong.bsky.social!

noticed a possible minor issue. in the nyc subway photo before/after the difference is either so subtle that i can’t spot it or the same “before” photo was accidentally used for both the “real” and “edited” photos

much better is to halve the avocado, then press on the back of the half with the pit to pop it out. might mush the avocado a little but much better than a trip to the ER!

they’re removing the pit by holding half an avocado in their hand, whacking the pit with the blade of a knife, then twisting to pop it out.

Similar subtle SQLite footgun is it allows primary key columns to be NULL, and NULL is distinct from all other values (including NULL) for the purpose of determining uniqueness of primary key values: sqlite.org/lang_createt....

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It's "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" Season, Motherfuckers

don’t be fatuous, elias

are there any particular textbooks on stats/probability that you would recommend?

Philz Coffee close to closing deal to sell to private equity firm for $145 million Employee stocks will be canceled as part of the deal; former employees point to culture change across Philz Coffee.

S.F. cult favorite chain Philz Coffee is on the verge of closing a deal to sell to a private equity firm for $145 million.

But the deal cancels all stocks, leaving employees empty-handed.

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Tesla's 71% drop in profit compared to last year is obviously bad, but it's even worse than that number suggests because the company sold *more* regulatory credits this quarter than Q1 2024.

If you take away the regulatory credits in both quarters the drop is actually 120% (into the red, to boot)

if they did this heavy-handed manipulation of how the platform worked in order to hurt Musk's critics, do you think they might have manipulated the platform in the run-up to the 2024 election, the election that Elon Musk said carried existential risk for him?

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I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.

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Good framing from AOC

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Oh no!! How sad, this organ is actually incredible, I just stopped by to see it the last time I was in Philly 🥺

why are they called porn bots and not intrusive thots

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