I'm not sure what is the value of this post? HackerNews is literally all about sharing blog posts and upvoting the ones you enjoy. You're just reinventing HN on HN here...
Yes, I love recursion. Haha!
Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?
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#52“Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future” by Tim Urban convinced me that neural laces and their development is feasible, probable and imminently worthwhile. It made it clear that visionaries like Musk seem like total lunatics unless you break problems down into their absolute atomic principles. His drawings are also really funny. He blows the brain up to the size of Madison Square Garden and shows that at this scale…
Also his series on AGI:
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revol...
And perhaps a more controversial, take-it-with-a-grain-of-sand take on cryonics:
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#53This lovely presentation of how GPS works: https://ciechanow.ski/gps/ Same website has several other, equally cool, blog posts.
Almost each of his blog posts could have easily been made into a small book. Though his animations (canvas) would not have the same effect on paper/kindle obliviously.
It's a great resource and kind of answers one of yesterdays question about posting consistent vs posting quality.
Out of curiosity I googled "mechanical watch explained" and what do you know, he is the second result.
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#54Almost everything https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/ puts out. It is all very much about pushing around in protocols, devices, networking, and playing around with things that most people don't think about. There are very few blogs that hit the mark with most of the posts, but that's one that sticks in my mind. If you want some specific ones though: https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/dive-into-the-world-of-dos-v... https://blog…
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#55Lesswrong blog by Eliezer Yudkowsky - deep dive into biases, rational thinking and acting. "The sequences" is a series of posts that explore the topic in depth, definitely influenced me when I was younger. https://www.lesswrong.com/rationality
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#56https://samkriss.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-already-over CW: gore in header image, about one page long. PgDn gets it out of view on a 1080p screen Posted on HN a while back. It's slightly bleak in outlook but it was what finally pushed me to take serious steps to reduce my presence online. Got rid of all my apps that weren't strictly for comms and deleted most of my socials accounts. I already feel better for the…
I also really enjoyed this more recent post by the same guy:
https://samkriss.substack.com/p/welcome-to-hell
Basically he makes the argument (I think slightly tongue in cheek) that Twitter is analogous to a certain understanding of the Christian Hell, in that it's not a form of suffering you're condemned to, but a form of suffering you actively seek out. More deep social media commentary, but there's also some interesting tidbits in there about different theories of Hell, from ancient Chinese grave inscriptions to CS Lewis.
"Everyone acts as if the problem with Twitter is the other people, and the agony of having to look at their terrible opinions, but they keep saying the truth. Hellsite hellsite hellsite. The problem is you. The problem with Twitter is that you are a demon in Hell."
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#57https://samkriss.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-already-over CW: gore in header image, about one page long. PgDn gets it out of view on a 1080p screen Posted on HN a while back. It's slightly bleak in outlook but it was what finally pushed me to take serious steps to reduce my presence online. Got rid of all my apps that weren't strictly for comms and deleted most of my socials accounts. I already feel better for the…
If you loved that post, I think you might love No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.
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#58https://samkriss.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-already-over CW: gore in header image, about one page long. PgDn gets it out of view on a 1080p screen Posted on HN a while back. It's slightly bleak in outlook but it was what finally pushed me to take serious steps to reduce my presence online. Got rid of all my apps that weren't strictly for comms and deleted most of my socials accounts. I already feel better for the…
I also really enjoyed this more recent post by the same guy: https://samkriss.substack.com/p/welcome-to-hell Basically he makes the argument (I think slightly tongue in cheek) that Twitter is analogous to a certain understanding of the Christian Hell, in that it's not a form of suffering you're condemned to, but a form of suffering you actively seek out. More deep social media commentary, but there's also some intere…
Ooh thanks, I will have a read
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> I entered the workforce in late 2020 and have never worked full-time in an office longer than summer internships I don’t mean to dismiss your point entirely. Even as someone who prefers WFH I can’t deny there are some benefits to the office. However the grass is always greener. Pre-Covid my days in the office involved sitting at my desk, working alone. A short lunch with colleagues. More sitting at my desk working…
That is a very reasonable point and I have been trying hard to be objective and avoid "grass is greener" thinking. From the short periods when I have worked in offices in-person, you are correct that the lion's share of the time is spent working alone on projects just as it is when working from home. However, where I did internships, I made friends among my colleagues and would eat lunch with them (and Fridays everyo…
Personally I underestimated the effect of small, on the surface unimportant, human interactions. I love being alone and I recharge from solitude. But the small encounters at the coffee machine or just smiling to a colleague is still human interactions where another human being recognises you and you have a brief connection.
During covid and WFH I did not have those and that had a noticably negative impact on my mental wellbeing. Even to the point that I thought everyone else was the culprit and if only I had to deal less with people then it would get better. But that was not the case.
WFH is of course different if you have a family around you, but I still think that there is an important factor in seeing other people even if it feels superficial. That was at least my own conclusion.
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