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I did not say it was unfit and I don't see how discussing writing styles and the influence of LLMs on it is off topic on a thread about the effects of LLMs on cognition. I don't be…

Wow.

The 3500 BCE date for horse ridding is speculative and poorly supported by evidence. I thought the language in the bit I pasted made that clear. "Horse being driven" means attached…

I claim specifically that "I love this analogy" and "I love your analogy" have become noticeably more common in HN since 2022.

From the article [0] you linked: "However, the most unequivocal early archaeological evidence of equines put to working use was of horses being driven. Chariot burials about 2500 B…

> Reminds me of Plato's concern about reading and writing dulling your mind. (I think he had his sock puppet Socrates express the concern. But I could be wrong.) Nope. Read the dia…

Horse riding was invented much later than carriages, and it revolutionized warfare.

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Maybe, much like we invented gyms to exercise after civilization made most physical labor redundant (at least in developed countries), we will see a rise of 'creative writing gyms'…

Same story for me. What has really helped is trying to make initiating useful and desirable tasks easier and seeking distractions harder. Bit by bit, cultivating that mindset chang…

If the solution to all problems with attaching gpu farms to our workflows is to attach more gpu farms to our workflows, I can't see how this isn't just an elaborate scam.

Increasing energy input to a closed system increases entropy. Why on earth people expect to attach gpu farms to render characters into their codebase to not only not increase its e…

Most coders prefer to throw code at the wall and see what sticks. These tools are a gas-powered catapult. I don't think anyone is wrong, I am not here to detract from this. I just …

This is an attempt to change software development from a put out system to a factory system. It seems to be working sadly. If people hated agile, just wait for the prompt/code revi…

So much of what people hyping AI write in this forums boils down to "this vendor will keep making this tool better forever and management will let me keep the productivity gains". …

I really don't get it. I've tested some agents and they can generate boilerplate. It looks quite impressive if you look at the logs, actually seems like an autonomous intelligent a…

> "Today is the worst day you will have with this technology for the rest of your life." Why do we trust corporations to keep making things better all of a sudden? The most jarring…

Storytelling is the skill you're looking for. Visual aids and recording/editing are incidental. What makes presentations, video essays, etc, great is having a great story to tell. …

Physics: if you increase energy flow into a closed system its entropy will rise Tech company: we made you a tool that allows you to increase energy flows into your closed systems A…

> Socrates had a skeptical view of written language, preferring oral communication and philosophical inquiry. This perspective is primarily presented through the writings of his st…

I disagree with siblings that it's fear or greed. I think it's way more basic. Much like recruiters calling me up and asking about 'kubernetes' they are just trying to get a handle…

You should read the original paper. Turing argued that discussing the abilities of machines to "think" is meaningless and proposes instead to conjecture about whether a digital com…

I'm not sure what point you're making. I never claimed any set of tooling is necessary of sufficient to produce good music. I merely pointed out that, as it became more accessible …

Pretty much the reason I think electronic music was fantastic right up to the point DAWs became a thing. When everyone with a laptop and some software licenses can just put out slo…

I was mostly confused by the wording. I didn't know 'modulo' could be used like that, but apparently it has a colloquial meaning of "except for the variation accounted for by" and …