“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

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One of my workplaces is staffed entirely by PhDs. The office kitchen has a sign by the toaster. It reads: Please do not butter bread before placing in toaster. Lemme tell you. Signs like that don’t happen because ONE person did it ONE time.

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reminds me of a former workplace kitchen that had, among other things, a WARNING: MAY BE HOT label on the sandwich press

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My daughter (18yo) upon seeing this said: "That was a... choice. But it was a choice made by a real human, so I think I will be ok with it."

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Short thread asking @nytimes.com and other MSM to stop interviewing the same small handful of people every time something math-related comes up. Mathematicians are dismayed when AI scoops them on the results? How about look for advice from someone familiar with getting scooped and outpowered.

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