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The argument appears to be: Intuitions work like all our other mental tools, and like the others can be wrong occasionally. We would never consider not using our ability to read just because we occasi…

I thought you were going to go a different direction and point out that many people don’t realize how easily LLMs can act like “mirrors” and reflect their own thoughts back to them.

The entire university system has shifted from general education to specialized job preparedness over the last 100 years.

> Write a short article explaining that JPEG XL's genius is its bit-depth-agnostic design, which converts all image data into a perceptually-based floating-point format (XYB) to optimize compr…

Think of it like this: how many books have been written? Millions. How many books are truly great? Not millions. Probably less than 10,000 depending on your definition of “great.” LLMs are trained on …

I don't use any of these type of LLM tools which basically amount to just a prompt you leave in place. They make it harder to refine my prompts and keep track of what is causing what in the outpu…

I was at a ballpark and they had self checkout everywhere, except they were usually manned by staff. So I picked out my item, put it on the scanner, and then the staff member would select the checkout…

You can get almost all of the health benefits of running from walking (weight loss, cardiovascular performance, etc.), it just takes much longer. Also, running is better for the bones (but worse for s…

Who enjoys living next to a power plant of any kind?

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Steve Jobs solves iPhone 4 reception problems: 'don't hold it that way' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/25/ipho... …

> You can call it organizational absurdities. Or more bluntly, institutional stupidity. Sure, there is plenty of that, but some of what the author is describing can be chalked up to another princip…

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