Interesting Links for 01-10-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Why Hezbollah is not hitting back harder as Israel prepares for war

(tags:Lebanon Israel war )

2. Larger and more instructable language models become less reliable

(tags:ai fail )

3. How much of Britain have we burned?

(tags:uk coal history comic )

4. Live in Edinburgh? Like cheap stuff? These local businesses are offering discounts to locals

(tags:edinburgh business money )

5. Washing machines and the debate over degrowth

(tags:washing automation poverty electricity women )

Comments

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[danieldwilliam]

I would be willing to bet a modest sum of money that the washing machine is the single biggest driver of prosperity delivered post-world war 2.

[movingfinger]

I hope the Dutch Ph.D. candidate failed his degree on the spot, changed his name, and moved to lead a pure life of hand labor in a remote unpopulated village whose occupants have all left to live in places with electricity and washing machines.