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Re: You didn't see it coming

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Post by agcat » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 3:12 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #60

Antibabelic wrote: post #31

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Ah, 4chan, the final bastion of truth

Ah, the quick off-topic dismissal, that bastion of steelmanning. We weren't discussing truth, but honesty. Someone deluded can still be honest given what they (falsely) believe. Besides, I wrote about how there are multiple incentives to lie, and a platform were you're not having a financial interest in what you write, removes some big ones. Doesn't mean something like 4chan doesn't have others. Still, I'd expect to…

I never heard about 4chan before

Re: You didn't see it coming

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Post by Antibabelic » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 3:31 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #60

Antibabelic wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, 4chan, the final bastion of truth

Ah, the quick off-topic dismissal, that bastion of steelmanning. We weren't discussing truth, but honesty. Someone deluded can still be honest given what they (falsely) believe. Besides, I wrote about how there are multiple incentives to lie, and a platform were you're not having a financial interest in what you write, removes some big ones. Doesn't mean something like 4chan doesn't have others. Still, I'd expect to…

I wasn't talking about "truth" in the abstract either. There aren't any more "deluded" people on 4chan than anywhere else. And yet it's full of people posting lies, hoaxes and made up stories. Why is that?

Re: You didn't see it coming

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Post by nenenejej » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 11:28 PM UTC

ramon156 wrote: post #25

agcat wrote: post #5

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I learnt people even put wrong revenue numbers or what not

Weirdest thing is they're not even lying about the tight things. E.g. why would I care about turnover when I actually want to see revenue? If you do b2b ofcourse there's going to be money flowing, that's not news.

Turnover is revenue?

Re: You didn't see it coming

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Post by OrderlyTiamat » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 5:49 AM UTC

agcat wrote: post #23

Antibabelic wrote: post #21

> Note: Written from my own experience, with Claude helping me structure my rambling thoughts into something readable > #Personal Growth Why not spend a bit of effort to rewrite the draft yourself? That's how you learn, and well, grow as a writer and a thinker.

I agree. I write 70% of it and then Claude helps me refine it by enhancing vocab, structure and grammar. Ideally I would like to just use it fix grammar but atleast this way I am writing more and my drafts just don’t sit in notes.

The claude-signs make me skip about 50-80% of text, unconsciously seeking for humanity. I'm not sure if I'm typical, but you might not be aware that you're losing more than you thought you bargained for.

Re: You didn't see it coming

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Post by agcat » Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

nenenejej wrote: post #63

ramon156 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weirdest thing is they're not even lying about the tight things. E.g. why would I care about turnover when I actually want to see revenue? If you do b2b ofcourse there's going to be money flowing, that's not news.

Turnover is revenue?

Yes