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Opinion | School closures suck. But they’re necessary, and opposing them is wrong

Should San Francisco families really be asked to give up on their small community schools for the sake of the public good? Yes, they should. #Education and schools

2024-10-16T10:29:20-0700 The San Francisco Standard Catharine Burhenne 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-20T22:01:12-0700 - sethherr

Reflections on Palantir

A retrospective of an eight-year stint.

2024-10-15T12:19:09-0700 Nabeel S. Qureshi 6,000 words

Rated 2024-10-16T17:09:31-0700 - sethherr

Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster

From Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports.

2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700 - sethherr

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasing reliance on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.

2024-10-13T05:00:00-0700 NPR Bobby Allyn 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-13T19:04:58-0700 - sethherr

SB 1047: Our Side Of The Story

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2024-10-10T05:20:19-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 40,000 words

Rated 2024-10-12T20:47:58-0700 - sethherr

This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories

In a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot. #Artificial Intelligence #Conspiracy Theory #Psychology

2024-09-12T11:30:55-0700 The New York Times Teddy Rosenbluth ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-11T15:22:14-0700 - sethherr

Automattic is doing open source dirty

Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues because they're not "giving back enough" to WordPress is a wanton violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. Automattic is completely out of line, and the potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond the WordPress. Don't let the drama or ...

world.hey.com 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-10T15:07:34-0700 - sethherr

How the Online Right Fell Apart

Behind the scenes, the online Right is just as divided as the Left—and it’s adopted many of its pathologies too. Are we facing a fascist coup, or just a collapse into political confusion? #Christianity #Internet

2024-08-21T05:20:47-0700 Damage Sam Kriss 2,000 words

Rated 2024-10-07T18:19:45-0700 - sethherr

What We're Getting Wrong About Ethical Eating

When it comes to ethical eating, the journey is not as simple as "eat more plants." We have to think about the whole system and our place in it.

2020-01-07T06:17:43-0800 Greatist Leigh Huggins 3,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T17:19:29-0700 - &e

llamafile: bringing LLMs to the people, and to your own computer

Mozilla Innovations 1,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T17:06:38-0700 - &e

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots

AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

2024-09-18T02:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Pranshu Verma, Shelly Tan ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-09-23T17:02:13-0700 - &e

What Happens When You Use Your Phone Around Your Kids

The more often parents are on their smartphones in front of their kids, the lower the children's emotional intelligence.

Greater Good 1,000 words

Rated 2024-09-15T17:39:47-0700 - sethherr

Why GitHub Actually Won

GitButler

Rated 2024-09-11T15:21:57-0700 - sethherr

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

The future of entertainment is here – but we weren’t prepared for it.

2023-08-07T08:08:00-0700 mssv + Have You Played 10,000 words

Rated 2024-08-28T04:47:24-0700 - sethherr

Your Book Review: How the War Was Won

Finalist #8 in the Book Review Contest

2024-08-09T13:24:01-0700 astralcodexten.com Astral Codex Ten 7,000 words

Rated 2024-08-09T14:19:17-0700 - sethherr

Monetization & Monopolies: How The Internet You Loved Died

Or Why Tech Monopolies Are Actually Good For Society. A defence of “Big Tech” on the principles of progress. Hold on! Stow the pitchforks! Hear me out...

2024-07-25T07:31:11-0700 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 10,000 words

Rated 2024-07-30T10:36:42-0700 - sethherr

Advantages of incompetent management

yosefk.com

Rated 2024-07-16T17:09:06-0700 - sethherr

I Ate Poison Oak To Try to Gain Immunity. Here’s What Happened. - WSJ

archive.ph

Rated 2024-07-09T09:56:04-0700 - sethherr

I Ate Poison Oak To Try to Gain Immunity. Here’s What Happened. - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal

Rated 2024-07-09T09:53:27-0700 - sethherr

How to be More Agentic

On a supposedly difficult thing

2024-01-10T12:43:50-0800 Useful Fictions Cate Hall 2,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:26:33-0700 - sethherr

Why Is Everyone on Steroids Now?

Across the internet and in gyms everywhere, body-modifying drug use has become ubiquitous, effective and... normal. Can this really be a good thing?

2024-06-05T05:00:00-0700 GQ Rosecrans Baldwin 5,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:23:39-0700 - sethherr

Silicon Valley’s Best Kept Secret: Founder Liquidity

Ask most venture-backed founders why they get 10x more equity than employee #1, 100x more equity than employee #5, and 1000x more equity than employee #15, and you'll get the same answer: "I'M TAKING SO MUCH RISK, IT'S SO HARD TO START A COMPANY, I MADE A BIG MOVE!!!" And then you'll ask, "but why are you yelling?” The narrative of the founder's risk is a cornerstone of Silicon Valley's mythology. Founders are celebrated for leaving stable jobs...

2024-06-08T17:35:35-0700 Stefan Theard 1,000 words

Rated 2024-06-14T17:22:26-0700 - sethherr

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them.

2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700 - sethherr

Third Time: a better way to work — LessWrong

HOW CAN you be more productive? Instead of half-working all day, it’s better to work in focused stints, with breaks in between to recover. …

2022-01-07T13:15:57-0800 lesswrong.com bfinn 7,000 words

Rated 2024-05-20T10:25:53-0700 - sethherr

How to get 7th graders to smoke

OR: "fuzzy, wet, and unfalsifiable"

2024-05-14T07:01:50-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 4,000 words

Rated 2024-05-15T09:15:35-0700 - sethherr

A Social History of Jell-O Salad

Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, the Jell-O salad—the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement—can teach us about U.S. life in the 20th century as few foods can.

2015-08-19T02:00:00-0700 Serious Eats Sarah Grey 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:44:54-0700 - sethherr

lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in Kagi

d-shoot.net

Rated 2024-05-14T08:40:53-0700 - sethherr

Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science

2024-03-27T12:53:32-0700 Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-14T08:29:22-0700 - sethherr

Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop Bags

If you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo.

2023-05-17T05:08:03-0700 Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-07T08:24:17-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-05-04T04:00:07-0700 The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T19:17:49-0700 - sethherr

MIT abandons use of DEI statements

DEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant. I have posted quite a bit about them (see collection…

2024-05-04T09:45:17-0700 Why Evolution Is True 2,000 words

Rated 2024-05-05T18:46:54-0700 - sethherr

How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

danluu.com 20,000 words

Rated 2024-04-24T13:03:34-0700 - sethherr

Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China

2024-04-19T10:25:07-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-04-23T00:00:11-0700 - sethherr

(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 500 words

Rated 2024-04-17T19:31:22-0700 - sethherr

How the Alt Right won

a Retrospective from Walt Bismarck

2024-01-26T16:54:31-0800 The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words

Rated 2024-04-08T17:59:30-0700 - sethherr

What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?

Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy.

2024-03-25T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words

Rated 2024-04-06T07:06:14-0700 - sethherr

Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate

I watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should!

2024-03-28T04:24:57-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words

Rated 2024-03-30T20:49:37-0700 - sethherr

The asbestos times

Asbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides.

2023-11-15T07:18:37-0800 Works in Progress 3,000 words

Rated 2024-03-21T08:01:24-0700 - sethherr

Less Utilitarian Than Thou

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2024-02-27T21:03:18-0800 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 65,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T23:08:24-0700 - sethherr

Lies, Damned Lies, and Manometer Readings—Asterisk

America’s HVAC labor force is plagued by dishonesty and frequently incapable of meeting industry standards. Interventions in indoor air quality are the next frontier in pandemic prevention — but are they up to the task?

asteriskmag.com 3,000 words

Rated 2024-03-19T07:13:01-0700 - sethherr

Diseconomies of scale in fraud, spam, support, and moderation

danluu.com

Rated 2024-03-18T22:49:24-0700 - sethherr Rated 2024-02-21T10:59:46-0800 - elll

Jacques on X: "Sharing a long, but insightful comment @Gwern made in response to the question: "EA had a pretty weak hand throughout and played it as well as can be reasonably expected"? Gwern: It was a pretty weak hand. There is this pervasive attitude that Sam Altman could have been…" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T13:27:12-0800 - sethherr

What it was like working for GitLab

yorickpeterse.com 6,000 words

Rated 2024-02-11T11:43:54-0800 - sethherr

Why You Should Be a Luddite

Tech columnist Brian Merchant takes us back to the 19th century to see who the Luddites really were and what they fought for. Luddism, he says, is about “questioning who machinery serves.”

Current Affairs 6,000 words

Rated 2024-01-31T21:27:05-0800 - sethherr

Japan’s Housing Crisis: What The YIMBYs Don’t Understand

What Really Drives Housing Prices — And Why Japan’s Haven’t Increased Since 1995!

2022-11-25T10:34:46-0800 Radical Contributions Conrad Bastable 8,000 words

Rated 2024-01-23T05:56:01-0800 - sethherr

Pinker was right, I was wrong. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Rated 2024-01-14T08:42:35-0800 - sethherr

LLMs and Programming in the first days of 2024 - <antirez>

antirez.com

Rated 2024-01-10T11:19:39-0800 - sethherr

Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do

Whether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity. #Celebrity #Country Music

2024-01-04T02:01:26-0800 The New York Times Anna Marks ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2024-01-09T22:03:34-0800 - sethherr

Bill Gates–1986

As chief executive officer of Microsoft, William H. (Bill) Gates is considered one of the driving forces behind today's personal computing and office automation industry. Gates started his career in computer software at a young age. Both Gates and Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, worked as programming consultants while attending high school in Seattle, Washington. In…

2008-05-19T22:50:49-0700 Programmers At Work 10,000 words

Rated 2024-01-06T23:01:14-0800 - sethherr