LLM SVG Generation Benchmark

LLM SVG Generation Benchmark (via) Here’s a delightful project by Tom Gally, inspired by my pelican SVG benchmark. He asked Claude to help create more prompts of the form Generate an SVG of [A] [doing] [B] and then ran 30 creative prompts against 9 frontier models – prompts like “an octopus operating a pipe organ” […]

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The Hidden Cost of Every Decision: Understanding Opportunity Cost – Guidance Financial Services

Today we’re diving into a deceptively simple but incredibly powerful concept: opportunity cost.  Now, that might sound like something out of an economics textbook, but don’t tune out just yet — because understanding opportunity cost is one of the most useful tools you can have in making smarter financial decisions.  Let’s dive in.  What is […]

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The 5 best noise-canceling headphones of 2025

Editor’s note: Black Friday doesn’t officially take place until Friday, November 28th; however, if you want to shop ahead of time, we’ve rounded up the best early Black Friday deals you can already get. Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet […]

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Alphabet stock gains as Meta AI chip deal boosts market prospects

Key Takeaways Alphabet (Google’s parent company) stock rose after news that Meta (Facebook, Instagram) is considering using Google’s TPUs (tensor processing units) in its data centers. Google’s custom AI chips were previously developed for internal use only. Share this article Alphabet stock climbed today following reports that Meta Platforms, the social media company that operates […]

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My medium term Bitcoin bear thesis – and why this winter could be the shortest yet

For all the talk that this cycle is somehow “different,” the structure of Bitcoin’s market still looks unmistakably cyclical to me. Each top brings the same chorus claiming the cycle model is dead, and each cooling phase renews the idea that liquidity alone now sets the trajectory. But the evidence keeps pointing the other way. […]

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Staking Your Crypto for Yield

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JavaScript SpeechSynthesis API

As the web continues to be the medium for all users, standards bodies need to continue to provide new APIs to enrich user experience and accessibility. One underused API for unsighted users is speechSynthesis, an API to programmatically direct the browser to audibly speak any arbitrary string. The Code You can direct the browser to […]

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