Three Observations(blog.samaltman.com)
143 points by davidbarker | 153 comments
First screen, captured .
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The locals don't know(quarter--mile.com)
171 points by herbertl | 139 comments
Cameras and Lenses (2020)(ciechanow.ski)
515 points by sebg | 56 comments
Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog post explaining how cameras and lenses work and how adjustable parameters affect the resulting images.
Banter(homosabiens.substack.com)
14 points by surprisetalk | 3 comments
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Unexpected things that are people(bengoldhaber.substack.com)
619 points by lindowe | 274 comments
A Substack essay by Ben Goldhaber surveying non-human entities, beyond corporations, that have been granted legal personhood, such as ships.
A Reddit bot drove me insane(posthuman.blog)
486 points by erhmmmm | 239 comments
A blog post recounting the author's encounter with a human-seeming Reddit post that turned out to be a bot, reflecting on AI slop online.
If you are useful, it doesn't mean you are valued(betterthanrandom.substack.com)
748 points by weltview | 334 comments
A Better than Random Substack essay arguing that being useful at work is different from being valued, and that the distinction can be subtle.
This website is for humans(localghost.dev)
531 points by charles_f | 283 comments
A personal blog post on localghost.dev arguing that the author's website is made for human readers, not AI search engines that scrape and repackage content.
How to ask for help from people who don't know you(pradyuprasad.com)
461 points by FigurativeVoid | 68 comments
A personal blog essay offering heuristics for asking strangers for help, centered on putting yourself in the other person's mind and showing proof of work.
The quiet art of attention(billwear.github.io)
717 points by billwear | 251 comments
A personal essay on cultivating attention, observing the mind without judgment, and simplifying life by focusing on essentials.