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10 stories and discussions about quiet, aggregated from every source we track.

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In this time of uncertainty and anxiety about artificial intelligence (AI) in mathematics, it is more important than ever to reflect on how we can prepare the next generation of professional research mathematicians for…

3 points•Betelbuddy•4 days ago•0 comments•
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In the near future, an engineer looks back on the rise and quiet disappointment of machine intelligence. After years spent waiting for the future to arrive, it's time for him to turn off the lights.

2 points•StevenWaterman•10 days ago•0 comments•
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We keep marveling at how fast the years go by. The deeper problem is that we’re forgetting them — and losing the quiet, boring moments where memory forms.

2 points•miqkt•11 days ago•0 comments•
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A small, quiet browser for macOS. Ad and tracker blocking, reading mode, and a focus mode that clears everything but the page. Free for Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

1 points•iamarunbrahma•2 days ago•1 comment•
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A quiet 30-second breathing pause between two tasks. No account, no setup.

1 points•highroadsoft•4 days ago•0 comments•
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In the near future, an engineer looks back on the rise and quiet disappointment of machine intelligence. After years spent waiting for the future to arrive, it's time for him to turn off the lights.

1 points•StevenWaterman•4 days ago•0 comments•
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A quiet corner, some letters and a song, for my mum on what would have been her 58th birthday

1 points•ogundipeore•6 days ago•0 comments•
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claude code manual mode, minus the nagging. Contribute to SeanMcMillan/quiet-guardrails development by creating an account on GitHub.

1 points•northbridgedev•6 days ago•0 comments•
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Microsoft has spent all year telling communities that when it brings a new data center into their area, it is committed to being a “good neighbor." It will pay local property taxes that support local hospitals, schools, parks, and libraries, and it will invest in “vital services the community cares about,” the company promised. And it has sent liaisons into those communities to learn what those needs are. But ask those liaisons how much the company is willing to invest, and the answers can be hard to come by. At community meetings, Microsoft representatives have seemed unprepared to answer questions that go beyond the company's “good neighbor” campaign materials, Ars has learned. The company has acknowledged in public-facing documents that simply matching its employees’ charitable donations—which totaled $229 million across 29,000 nonprofits in 2024—isn't enough. But it has been vague about what more substantial local investments might look like. And to critics, Microsoft’s local investments seem especially small compared with the estimated hundreds of millions in state-level tax breaks that data center developers get in 38 states—exemptions that often last more than a decade. Read full article Comments

0 points•Ashley Belanger•3 days ago•0 comments

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