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I've been working on something to help us pursue our long term interests in a reasonably more structured way: https://pond.li . The basic problem/idea motivating it is that it'd be…

I feel similarly. I have a lot of tendencies characteristic of ADHD, but I'm undiagnosed, and I don't think I'll seek out the diagnosis either. I don't intend to take any stimulant…

Unfortunately it's nearly here thanks to Starlink

I'm making https://pond.li to try and make our personal archives of text and other media we engage with more available to the present. It's an interesting design space at least, pa…

but they did?

my side-project is Possible World Wikis: https://www.possibleworldwikis.com/ LLM/procedurally-generated fictional wikis with worldbuilding history/context so the wiki stays coheren…

Hi HN; posted about this earlier but bungled the signup/welcome screens and then ran out of llm credits, so here I am again: PWW is a basic app you can use to build and explore LLM…

Possible World Wikis! https://www.possibleworldwikis.com/ LLM/procedurally-generated fictional wikis with worldbuilding history/context so the wiki stays coherent. Fun project to m…

Hey, HN, this was inspired by Borges’ fictional encyclopaedias and the idea (Brian Eno’s I think) that the flaws of a system/tool (hallucinations and LLMs here) are what we come to…

Sorry I botched that. Fixing now and will post again, thank you for bringing it to my attention!

Hey, HN, this was inspired by Borges’ fictional encyclopaedias and the idea (Brian Eno’s I think) that the flaws of a system/tool (hallucinations and LLMs here) are what we come to…

This stands in pretty stark contrast to a recent popular post on here about how important memorising things is to developing knowledge

How did the Netherlands go from 0.9 in 2019 to 0.75 in 2021!? You'd need nothing short of a mini-revolution to do that in those timescales

I have a philosophy degree, have worked in product teams, and have had very similar observations. I could've written this comment!

Not sure if you actually read the article but infrastructural impact is clearly discussed. You sent over two links about the environmental impact of data centres. There is no denia…

https://andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversa...

I had this for about a year, and it really only went away when I quit my job. It wasn't even a particularly demanding job, but I guess the lifestyle + the fact that I felt I was wa…

Sorry, it's not really, just a personal nickname for him. Although I think I recall that Austin would call him Witters (very much to this annoyance).

Indeed! As Witt once said, "if a lion could speak, we would not understand it." ( https://iep.utm.edu/wittgens/#H5 )

I left to study for a masters in philosophy. Found it incredibly meaningful and enjoyable. I am however back in tech now as a product manager; I haven't yet been able to chart/imag…

Needed to read this, thank you Paul! Was on the edge about a summer project -- deterred mostly by high-expectations, the project being likely non-monetisable, and a fear of failure…

I think it is ridiculous to think that Facebook is sharing data to 3rd party sources out of charity. If you provide more value via data to integrating applications than any of your…

Was there intention with our species?

This is not a very meaningful argument if you don't provide metrics for 'excellence' and 'success'