Air travel is not immune to the proverb t heat you cannot face your cake and eat it.
If you’re not careful what you wish for and demand rock bottom prices, *something* will have to give:
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A single supplier adopting an uncompromising low-cost strategy can only lead to a race to the bottom if abetted by customers, and by competitors who ‘zig’ along, copying the strategy, rather than to ‘zag’ and differentiate:
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There is growing evidence that the gut microbiome responds to the compounds in coffee, and new research suggests moderate drinking of either caffeinated or decaf coffee can be benefit both psychological wellbeing and digestive health:
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via @psypost.bsky.social
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He didn’t just give them the facts. He gave them a discount on their MOT and told them to MOT themselves, not just their cars.
Dave Trott tells how common sense, rather than just facts, can save lives:
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“If a) people are barely conscious, and b) we tend to radically overestimate intent and sentience in external circumstances, why should we think the AIs are sentient or conscious?”
Tyler Cowen is not in Team Conscious. Not even for humans:
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HT @robsica
Origami? Super cool.
But nature got there first—some of the ancient Japanese paper folding tricks evolved in animals long before humans discovered them:
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Research by Oldemburgo de Mello et al suggests AI anthropomorphism (in particular: emotional responsiveness) boosted users’ trusting behaviours towards the AI, and made users’ hold the AI more responsible for harm, blaming the creator less:
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Hoe kan één enkele lagekostenluchtvaartmaatschappij het marktaanbod grotendeels reduceren tot het minimum minimorum?
Met de medeplichtigheid van klanten en concurrenten.
Mijn @apache_be stukje, Al ‘ziggend’ naar de bodem:
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How robust are our moral views?
Research by Hall et al asked participants to express their moral opinions, then moments later, presented with a manipulated mismatched outcome, up to 69% endorse the opposite view, apparently blind to the switcheroo.
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Not so immature—while less common than in childhood/adolescence friendships, “immature” exclusion and clique behaviour, do occur in close adult friendships too (possibly involving (perceived) sexual interest), research by Williams et al suggests:
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