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Ranking of the most influential ancient greeks:
1. 🇬🇷 Alexander the Great
2. 🇬🇷 Socrates
3. 🇬🇷 Homer
4. 🇬🇷 Aristotle
5. 🇬🇷 Plato
6. 🇬🇷 Pericles
7. 🇬🇷 Pythagoras
8. 🇬🇷 Archimedes
9. 🇬🇷 Leonidas I
10. 🇬🇷 Herodotus
11. 🇬🇷 Democritus
12. 🇬🇷 Solon
13. 🇬🇷 Phidias
14. 🇬🇷 Thales of Miletus
15. 🇬🇷 Hippocrates of Cos
Source: Listverse
Vaggelis Rekkas retweeted
Digitized is back!
Saturday, 12 December 2026
Telekom Academy, Athens
Pre-sale tickets are open: 45% off full price.
digitized.gr
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📣 Just in time for Config – here's the brand new @Figma Apple Design Kits for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 27.
figma.com/community/file/165…
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People have no idea what's coming with the next generation of kids who are AI native.
My youngest teen just started an internship.
On the first day he was given a "challenging" two weeks worth of work with very specific objectives, timelines, etc. By 10am the next morning he was done the entire list and asking for more work.
They didn't think he could possibly be done.
How?
He used AI to help (with their permission). And he KNOW how to use AI (he's not using it like a google search bar).
These AI native kids are gonna run laps around 25-40 year olds that are not using AI.
Vaggelis Rekkas retweeted
Incredible optical illusion demonstrates that when objects are removed from peripheral vision, the brain perceives a slower pace of motion
📹 Akiyoshi Kitaoka
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View from the highest point on Earth.
This is the closest a human can get to space while still touching the ground.
From here, the Earth ceases to be a landscape and starts to look like what it actually is.
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📁 Sam Altman says that even though building software is now dramatically easier, building a real business is still just as hard.
AI removes technical barriers, but it does not solve the scarcest resource, human attention. Even in a world of radical abundance, distribution and focus remain the bottleneck.
The edge will not be speed, but creativity and building things that truly matter.
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Turn favorite scenes into miniatures with Nano Banana Pro
Prompt: {
"reference_images": {
"scene_reference": "ATTACHED_IMAGE",
"usage_rule": "Use this image as the sole and exact source for scene layout, object placement, and composition. Do not reinterpret or replace the scene."
},
"concept": {
"type": "miniature diorama reconstruction",
"intent": "Rebuild the attached scene as a clean, collectible-scale diorama while preserving the original spatial relationships"
},
"environment": {
"scale": "tabletop miniature",
"ground": {
"type": "sculpted base",
"behavior": "supports all objects naturally without enclosure",
"edges": "clean, minimal, slightly beveled"
},
"background": {
"type": "seamless studio backdrop",
"color": "pure white",
"constraint": "no environment beyond the diorama base"
}
},
"objects_and_elements": {
"layout_rule": "All objects must remain in the same relative positions as in the reference image",
"primary_elements": "exact vehicles, structures, props, and terrain visible in the reference",
"detail_handling": "simplified but faithful miniature proportions",
"characters": {
"presence": "only if present in the reference",
"style": "miniature figurines, no facial realism"
}
},
"composition": {
"view": "isometric or slightly elevated 3/4 perspective",
"framing": "entire diorama visible, centered",
"cropping": "no zoom, no cinematic crop"
},
"camera": {
"lens_equivalent": "35mm–50mm",
"perspective": "miniature realism",
"distortion": "none"
},
"lighting": {
"type": "soft studio lighting",
"direction": "overhead and slightly angled",
"shadows": "subtle contact shadows only beneath objects",
"avoid": [
"dramatic lighting",
"spotlights",
"cinematic contrast"
]
},
"materials_and_style": {
"surface_finish": "smooth, matte or lightly satin",
"material_quality": "high-quality scale model materials",
"aesthetic": "clean, modern, premium diorama"
},
"quality_controls": {
"image_clarity": "ultra-clean",
"grain": "none",
"noise": "none",
"motion_blur": "none"
},
"negative_prompts": [
"glass case",
"display box",
"museum enclosure",
"transparent cube",
"protective casing",
"reflections on glass",
"labels or plaques",
"text overlays",
"busy background",
"cinematic blur"
]
}
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"When you choose who you follow on social media, when you choose what podcasts to listen to, when you choose what books to read, you are choosing your future thoughts.
If you want better, more productive, more creative thoughts, you need better, more productive, more creative inputs.
And so choosing what to read or choosing what to listen to or who to subscribe to is actually a very weighty decision. It’s a very important decision."
James Clear on The Knowledge Project
My conversation with @JamesClear
James understands habits, motivation, and psychology better than nearly anyone and has a knack for making things practical and useful.
Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
00:56 The Role of Identity in Habit Formation
03:38 Lack of Patience Changes the Outcome
13:46 Creating Conditions for Success
17:44 Finding the Confidence to Start
34:32 Positioning in Business and Life
01:07:21 Sequencing Through the Eras of Your Life
01:25:34 The Most Important Habits
01:37:31 Become Stronger Than Your Feelings
01:54:40 Consistency vs. Intensity
02:06:40 Prioritization
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TIL: Apple Store employees tilt all the MacBook monitors to 76 degrees. It’s an awkward viewing angle, inviting customers to adjust the screen.
This “multi-sensory” action is supposed to give a sense of ownership and increase likelihood of a purchase.
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Ben Evans released 90 slides on "AI eats the world"
Here are the 14 most important ones:
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google really played the long game.
> nano banana 3.0 is insane.
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🇬🇷 Greek Inventions and Discoveries:
Democracy 🏛️
Olympic Games 🏅
Philosophy 🧠
Theater 🎭
Geometry 📐
Mathematics ➗
Physics ⚛️
Logic 🔢
Astronomy 🌌
Astrolabe 🧭
Alarm clock ⏰
Water mill 💦⚙️
Crane 🏗️
Anchor ⚓
Catapult 🎯
Steam engine 🚂
Maps 🗺️
Lighthouse💡
Medicine 💊
Syllogism 🧩
Pi (π) ➗
Archimedes’ screw 💧🔄
Planetary model 🌍🔭
Democracy-based voting system 🗳️
Trial by jury ⚖️
Odometer 🚗📏
Hydraulic clock 🕰️💧
Central heating 🔥🏛️
Lever and pulley ⚙️
Arch bridge 🌉
Urban planning 🏘️
Cartography 🗺️
Geocentric model 🌞🌍
Parabolic mirror 🔆
Geometry proofs 📚
Medicine ethics✋💉
Anatomy studies 🫀
Columns and architecture styles 🏛️
Sundial ☀️🕰️
Philosophical logic systems 🧩
Library cataloging system 📖






































