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A compound engineer orchestrates agents running in parallel, who pl...

from Dan Shipper and Kieran Klaassen

Reaction formation, where you replace a unbearable feeling with its...

from Scott Alexander

Adams knew, deep in his bones, that he was cleverer than other peop...

from Scott Alexander

Speaking of who is working for ICE, a recent piece from WIRED touch...

from Garbage Day

Jeff Dean’s PIN is the last 4 digits of pi. FROM: https://github....

from https://github.com/LRitzdorf/

My Starting Point for Jekyll Themes

When setting up a new site for someone, I peruse JekyllThemes.io wh...

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, no...

from CAUSEweb

Neatocal

abetusk’s neatocal is a great little web app for generating a singl...

When you sell stock [1] you pay capital gains tax, but there’s no t...

from Jeff Kaufman's Writing

This piece distinguishes “meritocracy” (rewarding achievement) from...

from Non-Zero Sum Games Blog

Mr. Sachs is determined to perfect his uniform. Since 2007, he has ...

from jacob gallagher

This is such a cool inspiration for making a book yourself. I don’t...

from Gawx Art

But aren’t social networks also communication networks? That’s what...

from ploum.net

But what is the optimal level of software piracy? The naive answ...

from matthewbutterick.com

This is such a cool no-frills way to make one-off digital passes fo...

from alen.ro

Weasel words are words and phrases aimed at creating an impression ...

from wikipedia.org

the attack was contemporaneous with a bit of performative costuming...

from admin

Reading this broght tears to my eyes. I’m so lucky to have had a go...

from Mike Monteiro’s Good News

The most important result isn’t which neighbourhood tops the rankin...

from Lauren Leek

This place is a message… and part of a system of messages… pay atte...

from wikipedia.org

Be wary of your “restorations” and “remasterings” and other such co...

from Todd Vaziri

When writing to a journalist friend, I just said that it’s a bit un...

from Literary Hub

Here’s a secret: The most successful (and certainly most prolific) ...

from Craig Mod

It’s impossible to be “authentic” (to maintain some kind of “core i...

from Craig Mod

Despite the declining murder rate, there are less beat cops on the ...

from Channel 5 Patreon Cuts

And now we know that a staggering amount of the accounts Republican...

from Garbage Day

What a great idea to demonstrate the relentless fading of news.

from Forty News

On Wednesday night, a directive from HHS forced the agency to publi...

from Katelyn Jetelina

The table does not change—at least, it does not change at any time ...

from Mandy Brown

This is a great explanation of why some movies feel flat and forget...

from Like Stories of Old

Well… we have a culture of transparency we take seriously. FROM: ...

from eastdakota

But he does say […] “a person buying slaves isn’t racist if they li...

from Hank Green

If you don’t understand the context, and you’re not personally bein...

from okayfail.com

“wherever he goes, he wants to leave”– that’s because when he gets ...

from Joyce Carol Oates

thinking about what it means to “grow” in our skills and power: ...

from Mandy Brown

What I learned, digging and hauling all day and talking to BrainFis...

from Sam Kriss

This is incredibly helpful in relieving pain from a nerve impingeme...

from MTN STRNG

Standing in front of all my stuff, it hit me that all of it used to...

from Sherry Ning

Parties are a public service, you’re doing people a favor by throwi...

from Uri

While Schumer and other Democratic leaders sat on the sidelines — s...

from Mastodon

The over­loading of common words is well underway: new lan­guage mo...

from Robin Sloan

But in a time of monsters, you can at least respect yourself. In a ...

from defector.com

But the veneer of cheeky, squeaky clean fun completely broke down w...

from Garbage Day

A big part of the work is teaching the org to value something it do...

from Eugene Yan

Define and align your charter with your leadership. One way is to s...

from Eugene Yan

I’d be much happier if we used words like “generative models” inste...

from Frank Chimero

Like an unattended turkey deep frying on the patio, truly global di...

from Peter Cai

I should really commit to something like this “Vibe Check” self-che...

from daverupert.com

On Day 15 of the government shutdown, a U.S. senator hosted a well-...

from Monica Alba

A nice read from one of the greats on how he’s using LLM editor age...

from Mitchell Hashimoto

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