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It’s Never Been Like That (365 Albums)
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Over-Optimizing
I found this thread on Hacker News that was mildly depressing for reasons I can only describe as The Unbearable Cringe of Hacker News Commenters, as they discussed this tool that lets you summarize any YouTube video using GPT.
The king, though is this comment, which I am quoting here for posterity:
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Defining the Video Game Market
One surefire way to fire me up is to hear tech commentators talk about gaming. it's not that
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The Modern Glitch (365 Albums)
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The Campfire Headphase (365 Albums)
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Proof of Life (365 Albums)
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The New Tactic Sweeping the Nation
Li Zhou: Montana Republicans Are Punishing a Trans Lawmaker for Criticizing Their Anti-Trans Bill
“I think what we’re seeing is that when marginalized communities, communities who are impacted the most by legislation, rise up and speak to the harm, whether it’s me speaking on trans issues, whether it’s young Black men
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Endtroducing….. (365 Albums)
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Mostly Correct is Still Useful
Steve Yegge: Cheating Is All You Need (via Michael Tsai)
All you crazy MFs are completely overlooking the fact that software engineering exists as a discipline because you cannot EVER under any circumstances TRUST CODE. That’s why we have reviewers. And linters. And debuggers. And unit tests. And integration tests. And staging environments. And
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Some Very Small UI Tweaks I'd Love to See in Mona
Mona is currently in beta, it's launching officially in May, and in most ways I think it'
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Fishscale (365 Albums)
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Florida Students Plan to Stand Up Against Institutionalized Bigotry
Emily Bloch: Florida Students Say They’re Walking Out and Teaching Themselves Banned History Lessons to Protest Censorship and Anti-LGBTQ Laws in Education
Hundreds of high school and college students across the Sunshine State are walking out of classrooms as part of a protest organizers say is against the state government’s censorship and
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In a Safe Place (365 Albums)
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Franz Ferdinand (365 Albums)
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After Years of Feeling Like a Downer on Tech, I'm Finally Excited Again
It feels like it's been ages since I was really excited about a new technology category. If you've only(!) followed this blog for the past 5 years, you may think "this guy doesn't like anything," and I don't blame you.
* Crypto has a shitty culture
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I Can’t be Bothered to Learn a Skill 🤨
Tammy Rogers: This AI iPhone Game Is Interesting, but Does Nothing to Assuage My AI Fears
The trouble is that whenever I see AI, it's from a person who has always wanted to be able to create things but can’t be bothered to learn how. AI is seen as a way, in
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Stuck on Nothing (365 Albums)
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Everyone Else is Screwed, but I’ll be Fine (or: The Answer to Every Vibe Check Question Ever)
Lee Rainie: AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think
Some 62% think the use of AI in the workplace will have a major impact on workers generally over the next 20 years. On the other hand, just 28% believe the use of AI will have a major impact on them personally, while roughly