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#5473: The Kindle Refund Trick and the Return Policy Arms Race
From market olives to a two-year Kindle refund scheme — where's the line between sampling and stealing?
#5472: Can Anyone Scan a QR Code From a Landing Plane?
A New York printing startup wants to tow a QR code behind a plane on the airport approach path. We rate the idea.
#5471: Your News Feed Is Filtering for Failure
40% of people now avoid the news. Here's why the feed distorts reality — and what to read instead.
#5470: What a Hot Bath Actually Does for You
A friend's "you're stewing in your own dirt" comment ruined baths for Daniel for years. Here's what the research actually says.
#5469: Open Source's New Map: India, Croatia, Ethiopia
One in three new GitHub developers now comes from a country outside 2020's top ten. What that shift means for open source.
#5468: Why Nobody Stops the Candy Bin Grazers
A hand, a mouth, forward motion: what open-bin snacking at Mahane Yehuda reveals about norms nobody enforces anymore.
#5467: Small Models, Big Schemas: When JSON Constraints Backfire
Small models plus strict JSON schemas should be a safe bet. A 15,000-generation study found the opposite.
#5466: Hebrew Words Hidden in English Text
Daniel wants a classifier that spots Hebrew written in Latin letters — and it turns out nobody's built one.
#5465: Packaging AI Pipelines So They Actually Get Reused
Daniel's podcast pipeline works — so why can't he reuse it? Recipes, containers, and Hebrew code-switching TTS.
#5464: Your Keyboard's Hidden Data Problem
Your keyboard knows your email address, your phrases, your habits — and you can't take any of it with you.