Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)(slate.com)
311 points by downbad_ | 89 comments
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311 points by downbad_ | 89 comments
151 points by danso | 144 comments
463 points by benbreen | 222 comments
Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.
59 points by luu | 31 comments
An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.
453 points by bx376 | 663 comments
An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.
45 points by hoffmannesque | 4 comments
Engelsberg Ideas essay on James Wall Finn, a little-known decorative painter whose murals adorn Gilded Age Manhattan interiors like the NYPL Rose Main Reading Room.
690 points by karimf | 222 comments
Blog post by Alex Woods arguing against using LLMs to write documents and essays, since writing is a way to think and build trust.
380 points by todsacerdoti | 218 comments
A blog post by Sophie Alpert arguing that TODO comments are valuable as documentation of known issues even if never acted on, and shouldn't be auto-deleted or tracked.