Daily bread 02/27/2021

• Can robots find a role in providing emotional support?

  • tough job
  • more humane and sensitive
  • an emotional strut
  • a slew of software

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Daily bread 02/24/2021

• Niagara Falls Freezes Over in February 2021 | Mental Floss

  • Niagara Falls Freezes Over As Temperatures Plunge in North America
  • a powerful force of nature
  • at the mercy of
  • temperatures plunged
  • partially freeze over
  • thick ice formations coated the iconic waterfall
  • were treated to an incredible sight
  • freeze solid
  • clogging the mouth of the river

• Dyslexia Reading App For Comfortable Reading - Omoguru

  tags: Dyslexia

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Daily bread 02/07/2021

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• Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic - InSight Crime

  • Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic
  • struggle to stay afloat amid economic strain
  • have cornered the market
  • untenable cycles of debt.
  • usury lending operation
  • stand accused of
  • are bled dry
  • protracted lockdowns
  • pounced on
  • has raised the stakes
  • falling short
  • financial ruin
  • few and far between

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Daily bread 02/06/2021

• Google Calendar - Event details

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Daily bread 02/05/2021

• Super Intelligent AI May Be "Uncontrollable," says new study - The Debrief

  • These tropes that we’ve seen play out
  • to ramp up

• Super Intelligent AI May Be "Uncontrollable," says new study - The Debrief

  "pose a threat"

  • Super Intelligent AI May Be “Uncontrollable,” says new study
  • a precursor to
  • intelligent autonomous weapons
  • lead to less collateral damage
  • used to jump-start even larger conflicts
  • bucking the international trend
  • to ban these weapons
  • a focal point
  • bypass the moral arguments
  • maximizing their own survival
  • to endow them with
  • asserting its needs
  • may fall outside human understanding
  • is multi-faceted
  • are potentially incomprehensible to humans
  • pose a threat
  • that they deem necessary
  • Wrestling our AI Creation
  • working towards
  • coming to fruition

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Daily bread 02/02/2021

• With Amazon billions, MacKenzie Scott shakes up philanthropy | Life | Malay Mail

  • With Amazon billions, MacKenzie Scott shakes up philanthropy

• Phonics Materials – ELT Buzz

  tags: phonics

• Five ways 'bad' behaviour can benefit you – and others

  • Five ways ‘bad’ behaviour can benefit you – and others
  • an uncomfortable truth
  • we can’t always be angels. And nor should we be.
  • benefits that can arise from
  • Research has uncovered
  • Swearing
  • dealing with road rage.
  • drug-free means of self-help
  • Drinking
  • eased any anxiety associated with
  • Needless to say,

  • Being bored

      

  • look down on people who
  • being in limbo
  • can trigger creativity
  • Being stupid
  • it suddenly occurred to him
  • echoed in his thoughts
  • buoyed by the possibility of

  • Making social transgressions

      

  • mundane acts of
  • to break free of
  • drawing glares of disapproval
  • passersby cheered and joined in
  • genuine human warmth and interaction.

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