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Lack of intent is what makes reading LLM-generated text exhausting
There’s something icky about LLM-generated text when you think it’s written by a human. I think I finally put my finger on one reason why I feel this way.
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Is the doc bot docs, or not?
What are we even doing here??
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The Great Barefoot Running Hysteria of 2010
The year was 2010. “Ke$ha's Tik Tok” was topping the Billboard charts. Steve Jobs has just introduced a goofy new oversized iPhone called an “iPad”.
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Why do people keep writing about the imaginary compound Cr2Gr2Te6?
I was reading the latest issue of the journal Science , and a paper mentioned the compound Cr 2 Gr 2 Te 6 . For a moment, I thought my knowl...
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Pee If You Want to Go Deeper (2021)
While I’m usually blogging about triathlon, today I want to discuss one of my other hobbies, scuba diving. Diving in the UK usually requires diving in a dry suit (not always, but trust me, it’s a LOT more comfortable). One of the biggest concerns that many have is about how to deal with the bladder
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Woz: 'I Am the Happiest Person'
Link to: https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23765914&cid=65583466
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How to build Intrinsic Motivation: a review of the science
I dig into the research on intrinsic motivation. Super interesting subject. Long but hopefully quite thorough.
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I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it
i went to a show in november of last year (it’s may right now) and ever since, i have tinnitus. i don’t recommend it.
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The Zizians and the rationalist death cult
What is the deal with Rationalism and cults?
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Real Chilling Effects
A extraordinary pattern of government censorship and threats to speech
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More assorted notes on Liquid Glass
Discussing icon design, and commenting on some passages of Apple's Adopting Liquid Glass document.
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The skill of the future is not 'AI', but 'Focus'
Don't let AI erode your focus.
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Benefits of choosing email over messaging
My colleagues and friends know that I prefer to communicate with them via email rather than chat messaging. There are many benefits in such a choice. You may want to consider them and adopt the same stance.
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Programming in the Sun: A Year with the Daylight Computer
I’ve been hinting on X/Twitter about my use of the Daylight DC-1 as a programming environment, and after about a year of use, it’s time to write about it in longer form. This isn’t a full product review, but rather an experience report on coding in sunlight. It’s also about the Boox Tab Ultra – which has a different…
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Content-Aware Spaced Repetition
Discover how content-aware memory models, understanding flashcard semantics, will simplify the creation of future spaced repetition systems.
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Managing time when time doesn't exist
The Ultimate Productivity Paradox
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Ioannis Yannas, who invented artificial skin for treatment of burns, has died
Professor Ioannis V. Yannas, a physical chemist and engineer known for the invention of artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns and an MIT faculty member for nearly 60 years, died at age 90.
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The Timmy Trap
This is Part 2 of my LLM series. In Part 1 , I discussed how in just a few short years, we went from the childlike joy of creating “Pirate Poetry” to the despair that our jobs would disappear. My main message was to relax a bit, as companies abuse the hype cycle to distort what is actually happening.
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My Time at MIT
Twenty years ago, in 2004-2005, I spent a year at MIT’s Computer Science department as a postdoc working with Professor Nancy Lynch. It was ...
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Will AI Replace Human Thinking? The Case for Writing and Coding Manually
Learning to Think Again, and the Cost of AI Dependency.
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I want to be left alone (2024)
Seriously. Please just leave me alone.
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Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub
I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead.
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Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander
Mechanical keyboards, the nerd equivalent of obsessing over ferrule weights in golf clubs, are wildly popular, and for a good reason. I've owned and used a ZSA Moonlander for some years now, and here are my thoughts on it and why I think you should literally buy any mechanical keyboard you can get your hands on with…
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I'm worried it might get bad
Starting to worry things might get very bad, very soon
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A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
When I was younger, I really liked programming! I loved the sense of accomplishment, I loved the problem solving, I loved sharing what I made with the people around me to both amuse and assist.
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Stepping Back
The other day I was playing around with Claude Code, experimenting with porting some C code to Rust - not for any particular reason, just because I was curious how well it could do. As these things happen, I got more and more invested in the process, instead of just letting Claude do something and noting what…
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210 IQ Is Not Enough
You will never have enough IQ, nor money, nor time, nor energy.
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Financial lessons from my family's experience with long-term care insurance
My experience with my father's long-term care insurance company has not been an easy one. But I've learned quite a few lessons.