What Is Marginal Utility? Overview, Examples & Types
Marginal utility explains how satisfaction changes with consumption. Businesses use it for pricing, and governments for taxes ...
Scientific American1d
Why “Ow!” Needs Absolutely No Translation
In line with the idea that certain sounds may coincide with particular emotions, researchers have found that words may ...
Letters: What gutting the Department of Education will actually do
One letter criticizes Vice President JD Vance for saying “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” ...
How test-time scaling unlocks hidden reasoning abilities in small language models (and allows them to outperform LLMs)
A 1B small language model can beat a 405B large language model in reasoning tasks if provided with the right test-time scaling strategy.
Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which ...
The power of language: Rethinking food labels to expand our plant-based choices
Using more appealing language and descriptions — rather than simply labelling foods ‘vegan’ or ‘vegetarian’ — can encourage ...
Psychology Today2d
Mondegreens: When Lyrics Play Tricks on Your Mind
Do you find yourself mishearing lyrics? I do all the time. I recently learned the word for this phenomenon—mondegreen—and how ...
United Nations Global Compact17d
Microsoft’s efforts to preserve the Cherokee language
In 2012, Microsoft developed a Language Interface Pack (LIP) for Windows in the Cherokee language. This LIP translates and displays most of the commonly used user interface of Windows into Cherokee.
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Your Reliance on Business Jargon Is Sabotaging Your Success
These lofty, jargon-heavy declarations sound impressive in boardrooms but leave employees scratching their heads. They’re the equivalent of navigating a ship without a map, compass, or even a ...