Mini retirements: like a sabbatical, but much smaller(ssp.sh)

23 points by zazuke 2 months ago | 39 comments

Techdirt has been deleted from Bing and DuckDuckGo [fixed](techdirt.com)

189 points by lehi 3 years ago | 142 comments

My Wikipedia page is being deleted because I'm no longer notable enough(techbroiler.net)

3 points by ilamont 2 years ago | 0 comments

How to Delete Your Reddit Account and All Data Under GDPR/CCPA(thomashunter.name)

30 points by tlhunter 3 years ago | 17 comments

Travel locally, where you are(ssp.sh)

87 points by zazuke 4 months ago | 49 comments

The Demise of the Flynn Effect(cremieux.xyz)

7 points by smnthermes 1 year ago | 0 comments

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

The secret inside One Million Checkboxes(eieio.games)

2201 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 202 comments

An essay by eieio.games recounting how teens hid a secret message in the binary state of the One Million Checkboxes website, which the author first mistook for a hack.