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December 11th, 2022 was a sad day for the football world. We lost the Pirate, and arguably the most interesting man in football, Mike Leach. Leach was one of the most influential and brilliant minds in the game who was arguably the driving force behind revolutionizing offensive football in the 21st century. Under his mentor, Hal Mumme, and their love for the pass-happy BYU offenses of the 1980’s, they built one of the most popular offenses in the game today at all levels: The Air Raid

On a very high level, building performant AI systems requires two ingredients: Capability: The AI system could do the intended task. Alignment: The AI system does the intended task as well as it could. Thus if the system doesn’t do the intended task, then this is always due to a capability problem, an alignment problem, or both. Usually we talk about alignment with human intentions. In this case the intended task is whatever the human wanted the system to do.

Source: Pexels/Victoria Akvarel1× 0:00 -13:47 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.One of the most common questions I get through my Parenting Translator platform is: What is the ideal age gap between siblings? I have been hesitant to address this topic because many parents do not have the privilege of making this decision due to age, fertility, financial constraints, and/or other factors. Even when parents do have a choice, the research can only provide so much insight because your own personal preferences and goals for your family are likely more important than any research study.

The Portuguese word comes, unsurprisingly, from the Latin word "mare". The Latin word bore various fruits, but with one particularity. "Mar" is a masculine word in Portuguese, but has both genders in Castilian and Catalan; it is feminine in French, it becomes masculine in Italian, and is feminine again in Romanian. Why is this? The answer is simple: in Latin, the word belonged to the neuter gender; with the disappearance of neuter, the various Latin languages had to put the word in one of the remaining genders (masculine and feminine).

Hello there, Wish you a great new year! Presenting to you my first piece of 2023. It is about a concept I came across recently and found very intriguing - pseudonymity. I had to investigate a little this time and landed up finding Corporate Chat (read more about them in the article). The process of writing this piece was fun. I got to speak to some folks who use pseudonymous accounts and I felt like ‘Sherlock Holmes’.

One of the most common questions I get as a pastor, particularly from younger believers, is, “Have I committed the unpardonable sin?” When Jesus mentions this sin (Mark 3:22-30; Matthew 12:22-32) it’s a terrifying thought to a true believer, so the spiritually sensitive understandably tremble. In the end, my beloved mentor Dr. J.I. Packer would say that… ncG1vNJzZmifkafGtbTOppismp%2BkuLR60q6ZrKyRmLhvr86mZqlnp52utXnIrGStoJViwq%2B8wKubqKaRl7mmedKipQ%3D%3D

Author’s note: Some of the links in this piece are from websites, petitions and articles with severely transphobic rhetoric. If you visit the links, please do so with care. On March 4th 2024, right-wing activist and author Michael Shellenberger released what he calls “the WPATH Files” – a series of heavily decontextualised screenshots of chats from the internal forums of the WPATH – the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

“Sailing Takes me away to where I've always heard it could be Just a dream and the wind to carry me Soon I will be free” -Christopher Cross This week’s Swap is dedicated to really, really smooth music. Even if you don’t know the term, you are unquestionably familiar with the music known as “Yacht Rock.” Our bonus track takes a deep dive into the genre and tells you why you should love yacht rock too.

My boyfriend of five years just broke up with me. I really don’t see how I’m going to make it through this. I’m torn between desperation to get him back, even though he was verbally abusive, and rage at the way he has ended things—and the fact that he thinks he’s good enough to break up with me. I really don’t know what to do, or what even to ask, but can you please tell me how I can get through this?