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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
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...
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
But what is the optimal level of software piracy? The naive answ...
from matthewbutterick.com
Weasel words are words and phrases aimed at creating an impression ...
from wikipedia.org
Reading this broght tears to my eyes. I’m so lucky to have had a go...
from Mike Monteiro’s Good News
This place is a message… and part of a system of messages… pay atte...
from wikipedia.org
When writing to a journalist friend, I just said that it’s a bit un...
from Literary Hub
Despite the declining murder rate, there are less beat cops on the ...
from Channel 5 Patreon Cuts
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
This is a great explanation of why some movies feel flat and forget...
from Like Stories of Old
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
But in a time of monsters, you can at least respect yourself. In a ...
from defector.com
I’d be much happier if we used words like “generative models” inste...
from Frank Chimero
I should really commit to something like this “Vibe Check” self-che...
from daverupert.com
A nice read from one of the greats on how he’s using LLM editor age...
from Mitchell Hashimoto