I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Apapa Hoard
These pectorals are an early example of a tradition that would last for centuries: their story begins with an old hoard.
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28 APR 2026
Day 118
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Sliding Window Attention for Long Sequences
Full self-attention grows with the square of sequence length. Restrict each token to a fixed local window and the cost becomes linear — at the price of a narrower view.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
La maja desnuda
Goya’s oil of a nude woman on a bed of pillows gives her no classical disguise and no settled name — only a steady gaze fixed on the viewer.
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