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6 discoveries · Hand-picked discoveries from the open web, newest first.
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Unrequired Reading, 002
I tried a new hobby this week, making chocolate bonbons. Painted the moulds with cocoa butter I bought a few colours, shelled them with tempered chocolate, filled them with curd and sealed the whole thing with another layer. It was fiddly and messy, I did Apple and blackcurrant for the first batch, then a lemon that came out wincingly sharp against sweet Belgian chocolate. I made quite a few mistakes but it was nice to do something with my hands. Some of them even turned out nicely. Watching Invincible Series Four was really good, if you can get past the gore it’s moral quandaries that superhe
Matt Davey · EN
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Unrequired Reading, 003
Tools over problems I've been thinking this week about how addictive it is with these new tools to be able to build things without so much of the friction. The danger of that is falling in love with the effort and interactions over solving the problem. This is partly because of Karl Koch's piece on falling in love with the build , which is about the dangerous little pleasure of making something nice and then trying to find a reason for it afterwards. It is aimed at design engineers, but it applies neatly to almost anything creative. Just look at this website, it's exactly that level of over-en
Matt Davey · EN
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微信读书 1000 小时
前段时间微信读书时长达到了 1000 小时，顺带借助微信读书官方的 skill 让 GPT 画了一幅海报，同时也谈谈自己的一些收获、思考，分享一下心得。 重新认识读书 # 关于读书，特别是在中国的应试教育体系下成长起来的人，我认为大家都挺有发言权的。但今天，我还是希望大家可以重新认识读书本身。
7Wate`s Blog · ZH
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Podcasting the world
It’s been my pleasure to be involved with a number of podcasts focusing on reading and/or translation in recent months in various capacities – as a guest, interviewer and producer. As such, I thought I’d give a roundup of some of my favourites, not least because I suspect people who like this blog would enjoy […]
A year of reading the world · EN
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Real people at AI companies may be reading your private chats — here's how to protect yourself
Real people may review your ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot conversations. Here's who can read your AI chats and how to protect your privacy.
Tom's Guide Gaming · EN