An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia(simonwillison.net)

450 points by tosh 1 year ago | 304 comments

Short blog post by Simon Willison proposing the analogy that an LLM is a lossy encyclopedia, and advising users to supply correct examples rather than rely on recall.

The Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem(simonwillison.net)

188 points by tosh 1 month ago | 156 comments

GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world(simonwillison.net)

223 points by ingve 1 year ago | 150 comments

The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice(simonwillison.net)

441 points by timpera 1 month ago | 206 comments

Short blog note by Simon Willison finding that the ChatGPT/Codex desktop app ships a 1.7GB runtime with Python, Node.js, Poppler, git and LibreOffice for skills.

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)(simonwillison.net)

544 points by simonw 1 year ago | 362 comments

Simon Willison blog post showing the GLM-4.5 Air model, 3-bit quantized for MLX, generating a working Space Invaders game in JavaScript on a 64GB laptop.

Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-Generated Comments(simonwillison.net)

27 points by pavel_lishin 1 year ago | 10 comments

Show HN: Searching for optimal strategies in a puzzle game with chance (Drop7)(drop7.dev)

10 points by primitivesuave 3 days ago | 0 comments

Drop7.dev is a research site exploring automated strategies for the puzzle game Drop7, documenting approaches, experiments, results, a playable game, and a leaderboard.

Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to sidestep legal orders(theguardian.com)

836 points by skilled 1 year ago | 332 comments

Guardian investigation reporting that Israel required Google and Amazon to use a secret signal to alert it to foreign legal orders as part of a cloud contract.

The pro-Israel information war(jackpoulson.substack.com)

658 points by anigbrowl 2 years ago | 1067 comments

A Substack investigation by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang into Israeli government-led efforts to shape online discourse and silence pro-Palestinian voices, citing Zoom calls and WhatsApp logs.

The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran(cnn.com)

1103 points by lavp 8 months ago | 2393 comments

CNN news report that Israel launched a strike against Iran and declared a nationwide state of emergency.

‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video](bbc.com)

807 points by nathanyz 1 year ago | 884 comments

BBC News video interview with a former worker at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site who says he witnessed war crimes in Gaza.

Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?(spencermortensen.com)

319 points by jaden 6 months ago | 93 comments

An article comparing email address obfuscation techniques for websites and their effectiveness against spam harvesters; the page returned a 403 Forbidden error.