Mathematicians Are Like Luddites(alok.blog)

10 points by ilreb 3 days ago | 0 comments

Blog essay comparing mathematicians facing AI automation of proofs to the Luddite weavers displaced by mechanized looms, with etymology and history.

Flunking my Anthropic interview again(taylor.town)

329 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 304 comments

A personal blog post by Taylor recounting applying for Anthropic's Developer Relations role and failing the interview process a second time.

An Interview with Lola De La Mata about tinnitus(thequietus.com)

95 points by Afforess 2 years ago | 86 comments

Fitzgerald's Follies(libertiesjournal.com)

4 points by samclemens 1 year ago | 0 comments

Aldous Huxley's Deep Reflection(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

90 points by torritest 3 years ago | 51 comments

Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms(dylan.gr)

94 points by James72689 6 months ago | 83 comments

Stealing Reasoning Traces from Proprietary LLM APIs(stolen-thoughts.com)

665 points by quantumgarbage 3 months ago | 295 comments

Project page for a research paper on extracting hidden reasoning traces from proprietary LLM APIs, by authors from MATS, ELLIS, Max Planck and Tübingen.

Passkeys are a trap(nonfunctional.substack.com)

934 points by laurex 1 month ago | 482 comments

A Substack essay for non-technical readers arguing that passkeys serve platform interests over users and advising people not to adopt them.

Is Curiosity Good for Us?(lrb.co.uk)

39 points by NaOH 10 days ago | 20 comments

London Review of Books essay by psychoanalyst Adam Phillips on the superego, guilt and shame, and whether curiosity about ourselves is good for us.

Why I love NixOS(birkey.co)

411 points by birkey 7 months ago | 277 comments

A personal blog post explaining why the author loves NixOS, focusing on the deterministic, reproducible Nix package manager rather than the Linux distro itself.

Everyone Has Email. Nobody Uses It Right(kaplich.me)

15 points by ExMachina73 12 days ago | 5 comments

Personal essay by Sergey Kaplich on why email matters, its history, and practical tips for filters, search, inbox management, and email etiquette.

I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services(neilzone.co.uk)

905 points by speckx 8 months ago | 554 comments

A personal blog post explaining why the author can think of few online services for which he would be willing to verify his identity or age, amid policy proposals for age checks.