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Fake Books
Machine-generated books are here. I bought one by accident.
Michał Zalewski (lcamtuf)
geek culture, algorithms, electronic circuit design, and chainsaw safety tips. Click to read lcamtuf’s thing, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Severance
» Mark has joined the call.
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Some notes on influenceering
The ups and downs of publishing non-commercial content on the internet.
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AI children's books, body horror edition
Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.
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The 100k whys of AI
One of the most painful arguments I keep having with fellow techies is the question of whether you can distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.
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LLMs are good at playing you
Large language models seem just like humans, but some of this is in our heads.
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Dispatches from the farm upstate
Middle-aged computer expert opts to escape civilization, offers dubious life advice.
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The evolution of expert communities
A look at how online forums grow, thrive, and then decay.
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The secret lives of snowblowers
Yes, they throw snow. But the mechanical design of residential snowblowers is more interesting than it seems.
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The asymmetry of nudges
Answering the age-old question: why do bad decisions happen to good companies?
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How much of HN is AI?
TL;DR: 62% as of September 2026. This is up from ~40% in February.
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