Success at an extreme level is usually the overlap of many competing factors, only some of which are in your control. If your personal definition of success or happiness depends on being in a rarefied elite, this analysis should chasten you to the reality of that goal.
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Straight drives with so little fuss it felt like the fulfilment of a pact. “Just be a good ball and go for four, okay?” Back-foot punches that combined the grace of a ballet dancer with the power of a heavyweight fighter. And those flicks. If they could talk, they’d be like, “Come on, man. Don’t make it this easy.” He was geometric perfection.
Source - Sachin Tendulkar at 50 - The stranger we kept calling by his first name →
Until digital video arrived in the late 1990s, 16-millimeter film was the mainstay of the amateur or independent filmmaker, requiring neither the investment nor the know-how of commercial cinema.
Source: Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film →
Fascinating. I had no idea about this history.
The winner of a major photography prize has rejected the award after revealing that the winning image was generated by AI.
Source - Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award →
Had to happen sooner or later. This is just a start.
While (Apple’s) market share in India is sub-10% today, we believe Apple through its unmatched marketing and brand presence will be able to turn India into an incremental growth catalyst
Source: Apple Bets On Growth In India With Retail, Manufacturing Expansion →
Wish they did more and looked at India as a very different market. Strategies from first world won’t work here unfortunately.
Lawmakers have begun to contemplate new rules around authorship and ownership in connection with creative machines, and the stakes are huge for both the businesses that depend on creative work and the investors who poured billions into new AI tools.
Source - Who Owns a Song Created by AI? →
This is an important debate that needs addressed before it becomes a legal mess.
The researchers input one paragraph per character into ChatGPT, describing their occupation, relationship with other agents, and memories they have
Source: Google Tells AI Agents to Behave Like ‘Believable Humans’ to Create ‘Artificial Society’ →
This is fascinating direction of research. This should start the debate on who says we aren’t the agents in some other worldly simulation.
I’ve learned through experience that skipping the rest your body is telling you it needs will only make it worse
Source - Women taking time for themselves →
There’s a funny conflict to the idea of user interfaces: a good one tends to go unnoticed, the thoughtful design decisions too subtle to notice; a bad UX or UI is one that makes you want to scream
A key concept to understand in the “Why are modern movies so dark?” debate is “motivated” light
Source - Why movies today look so dark today, in theaters and at home - Polygon →