Attention — Aug 24, 2026
What caught my attention on Aug 24 (3 items).
How to Build a Cognitive Training Plan | Monday Advice
Deep Questions with Cal Newport (Podcast:17:52) - Published 2026-08-23 23:00 - Discovered 2026-08-24 17:52
In this Monday Advice episode of Deep Questions, Cal Newport addresses the declining cognitive fitness of modern knowledge workers by proposing a framework of three quantifiable ‘cognitive KPIs’ (Key Performance Indicators), drawing an analogy to physical fitness metrics like mile time or max squat. He frames this as ‘Phase 2’ of the cognitive fitness revolution—moving beyond vague resolutions lik…
Why Uber Eats Is About To Get Even More Expensive
How We Got Here with Chris Kohler (Podcast:18:11) - Published 2026-08-24 09:00 - Discovered 2026-08-24 18:11
This episode of How We Got Here with Chris Kohler examines how Uber Eats evolved from a free, experimental food delivery service into an expensive, near-monopolistic platform that squeezes all three parties: customers, restaurants, and delivery workers. The episode traces Uber’s origin in 2009 as a ride-hailing app, then details how in 2014, new ventures lead Jason Droge created ‘Uber Fresh’—a tin…
Ornith 1.5 35B A3B - first look and test
NoPlaceLikeLocalhost (Article:18:41) - Published 2026-08-23 18:00 - Discovered 2026-08-24 18:41
In this follow-up to a previously disappointing Ornith 1.0 review, the host from “No place like localhost” puts the new Ornith 1.5 35B A3B mixture-of-experts model through a practical coding test. The task is to implement an intelligent color replacement algorithm for an image viewer extension, where a user clicks a source color in a photo and selects a target color, and the software recolors the…