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Just jumped to HN to share this post and saw that OP had raced me to it. Stéphane's reflections are heartfelt and well-written and, despite his melancholy, compel me to join him an…

> They buy DSS (decision support service / software) from vendors, usually marketing groups What are these platforms, exactly? I've heard about them but have never come across them…

We've used them to generate stories about our kids and their favourite characters, too. It's a great use case — your approach sounds excellent. Good luck to you!

Would love to do something similar. Have you written about the technicals/set up somewhere?

Would love to hear a few of the consistently-high-quality writers you're thinking about. I have a pet theory that volume is required for quality, but would love to be wrong so that…

There's an ethical/moral-luck dilemma at the heart of this. If a AAA-tier podcast on the subject you want to listen to a podcast about exists (and you know about it), then that's p…

> But it’s also a bit quaint, these days. To your typical 21st century epistemologist, that’s just not a very terrifying dilemma. One can even keep buying original recipe JTB [...]…

Thanks for this comment. I think I found the article: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1821936116 Layperson coverage: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/study-show…

I suppose the extreme version of the parent comment's vision would be to develop entirely new neurological circuits that can process, interpret, and integrate some arbitrary new so…

The important thing I take away from this comment is that before you choose what to read, it's crucial to be able to identify which readings contain the most useful and valuable ta…

I've recently heard #1 and #2 succinctly said as "Inspiration follows action."

Thanks for this recommendation. I've tried SteerMouse and other alternatives in the past and haven't stuck with them (can't recall why exactly) but would dearly like to get away fr…

I am also curious about this!

Wish I could recommend one but I don't frequent YouTube, sorry!

> It can be the great filter that leads to the Fermi paradox. I'm increasingly of a similar view — that the great filter is something we're already past, due to the incredible comb…

It doesn't respond to the 2016 address, but this site [1] has a table of many of Christy's claims and evidence against them. A central graph in the 2016 address (found on page 2) h…

Related: The Verge's DNA time capsule [0]. [0]: https://www.theverge.com/c/22173998/dna-time-capsule

The count depends on if you include the cat: https://obsidian.md/about

Apple Mail's not quite as customizable, indeed. Maybe close though. I made a table comparing different email services on the MacPowerUsers forum a while back. It's in need of updat…

I've been doing some futures thinking about generative AI, especially its use in academia. I'm curious about what you think is guaranteed to come true about how these tools are use…

This is well-said. We're looking for what the best guess should be, but we still need to test the guess.

Huh, this is a good tip. I've always provided a rich description of decorative images, because I didn't want screen readers to "miss out," but apparently that was a bad idea!