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i think 'shake things up' is a doing a lot of work to minimize the impact this tool will have for this demographic in particular. especially for non-STEM college students, so in th…

disagreeing with something is part of discourse? booing is a practice as old as the practice of giving lectures in front of an audience. there's nothing 'newfangled' or 'woke' or '…

we're all just gonna skim over the fact that this blog is blatantly written by AI? is HN cool with that now

my best friend is a high school english teacher. he said the worst part is kids keep hearing 'it's inevitable,' the complete integration of AI into every facet of life and thinking…

i disagree that people would prefer a fascist dictatorship if it meant social media was done away with. i haven't ever seen that opinion anywhere on the entire internet. however i …

if you strip social media down to its essential parts it's clear that it can easily cause huge problems for a society. it's basically a never-ending 24/7 stream of information ampl…

This article is awesome but it doesn't acknowledge that the problem has been maliciously manufactured by social media companies. they do not have incentive to curb the distortion o…

the idea that information can't cause harm is obviously absurd. third parties should not restrict free speech, but that's an extremely simplistic/optimistic view. everything is abo…

reading this makes me want to describe the world in a more recklessly imaginative way. what a joy. "What mattered wasn’t so much the image itself but how it moved. Its value lay in…

it really is amazing how tedious it still is to get information out of video. unless you want transcripts only, you basically still have to sit there and rewatch recordings to manu…

Very into this.

I appreciate how you phrased this - I struggle most with 'mundane, daily, repetitive tasks.' Approaching them with intentionality and presence of mind seems good, if not difficult.…

quick q: why decaf? have been considering cutting out caffeine for more sustainable/natural energy throughout the day vs. a huge burst in the morning, but haven't committed.

no personal projects in the morning is great advice. one of my biggest traps right now is using the morning (when i have the most energy & feel most focused) to tinker with my own …

recently got let go, and am trying to stay focused and productive despite all the unstructured time. starting the day off with a constructive morning routine seems necessary right …