Month: July 2022

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Consider This from NPR - The Long And Winding Journey Of The James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of the universe that have stunned both scientists and the public. But for more than twenty years before its launch, the mission faced multiple delays, cost overruns, technical difficulties and threats from Congress to kill it altogether.

We'll speak with some of the leaders of the Webb telescope mission who fought to keep it alive — and hear from astronomers whose work is now changed forever by its images.

This episode also features reporting from NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Many Millennials Stay Put In Their Hometowns

A new study by the U.S. Census Bureau and Harvard University found that more than two-thirds of millennials live within 100 miles of where they grew up. In Chicago, three-quarters of people who grew up in the area stayed close by. Reset brings on Ben Sprung-Keyser, a lead researcher of the study, to discuss what the report tells us about the labor market.
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Motley Fool Money - Walmart Warns, Shopify Stumbles

Retail (physical and digital) is squarely in the spotlight. (0:22) Jason Moser discusses: - Walmart cutting guidance for the quarter and full fiscal year - The ripple effect for shares of Amazon, Costco, and Target - Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke's memo to employees about layoffs - Whether Shopify's falling stock, close to a 3-year low, looks like a buying opportunity (14:41) Robert Brokamp talks with financial psychologist Dr. Brad Klontz about why we're all a little crazy about money. Stocks mentioned: WMT, TGT, AMZN, COST, SHOP Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Robert Brokamp, Dr. Brad Klontz Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Coinbase Shares Fall Amid Reported SEC Probe, and Chipotle Pushes Into Crypto Space

The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

"The Hash" hosts discuss a reported SEC investigation into crypto exchange Coinbase on suspicions that it allowed U.S. persons to trade unregistered securities.  And the latest interactive game that allows users to win up to $200,000 in crypto rewards is from Chipotle. 

See also: SEC Probing Coinbase for Allegedly Listing Securities: Report

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Federalist Radio Hour - How The Left Lost Perspective On American Exceptionalism

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Adam Brandon, president of grassroots service center FreedomWorks, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "America in Perspective: Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation."

You can find Brandon's book here: https://posthillpress.com/book/america-in-perspective-defending-the-american-dream-for-the-next-generation
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Lex Fridman Podcast - #306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence

Oriol Vinyals is the Research Director and Deep Learning Lead at DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:18) – AI
(20:14) – Weights
(26:33) – Gato
(1:01:22) – Meta learning
(1:15:21) – Neural networks
(1:37:46) – Emergence
(1:44:30) – AI sentience
(2:08:27) – AGI