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No Turning Back: LLMs & Escalation of Commitment
A case study of how underlying assumptions given by users can drive LLMs ahead without interrogating if the starting point was reasonable.
Editorial•
Contextually Sensitive Translation
Advanced language learners encounter phraseological barriers that eclipse grammatical challenges. LLMs offer conversational scaffolding that transcends conventional dictionary-based learning.
Editorial•
Trade Worker Exchange
Focusing on trade workers could build local relationships to U.S. allies that would be resilient against the whims of leadership change.
Editorial•
France Is Watching & They Don't Understand
How often I'm asked about 'the real difference' between Trump and Harris has become a comic feature of my life.
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Misadventures in time: async types
Sure, we know async functions let us wait for data, but what happens if you return a value that requires no waiting at all?
Technical•
Reductio ad absurdum: state desync in React
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A Design Language
Urban design choices that caught my eye while studying French in Normandy
Editorial•
Labs of Democracy: College Campuses
States have historically been characterized as "laboratories of democracy," to quote Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis...
Editorial•
Building a Civic Organization
The only way to learn is by doing, but contained here are the approaches that most helped me to build a civic organization.
Editorial•
The John Lewis VRA Should be Adopted
Voting threads our greatest civic aspirations to actionable change. Now is the time to reaffirm those aspirations.
Editorial•
University Administrators Shutter Doors
While speaking at the American School Administrators Convention in 1957, John Kennedy spoke of how varied perspectives are crucial to government...
Editorial•
Farming for Hum(m)us
Cover crops, drip irrigation, and riparian buffers are essential for mitigating droughts and floods, but without external incentives, farmers are often pressured to prioritize immediate profits over sustainable methods.
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Historical Analysis: Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's political stability is at risk, with deepening divisions between Nationalists and Unionists and unresolved Brexit issues. The failure to form a functioning Executive since 2017 highlights a polarized climate, while the potential for a hard border with Ireland threatens to undermine peace and reignite conflict.