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Comment · 7 days ago
It may be inherent. Perhaps comparable to understanding/building a practical CPU.
Comment · 1 month ago
Maybe balance that with also trying not to destroy things for future generations, or even just future decades, and appreciate the farsighted choices that were made in the past that we all benefit from currently, such as the global eradication of smallpox, national parks, etc.
Comment · 1 month ago
I've used QuickTime for that, which has the expected menu items.
Comment · 2 months ago
As long as we keep going back-and-forth and buying stuff, trying to figure it out, the economy will be in good shape.
Comment · 2 months ago
Perhaps what you're getting at is that being a good writer is not all it takes to make a good [art/story/work...], but I'm not unconvinced that reading is the key for the writing part.
Comment · 2 months ago
Also ncdu. And *top.
Comment · 2 months ago
This is one of the better written things I have read online in a long time. The quality of the prose almost makes the subject irrelevant.
Comment · 2 months ago
"hey LLM, I'm trying to learn about ___. I already know ___. My favorite authors are ___. Suggest some reading material."
Comment · 2 months ago
"Consistent sensibility" is a tasty little phrase.

I think taste is developed from a combination of sensual attunement (clarity of perception and focus) and experience (exposure to relevant, high quality 'stuff'), but the catalyst is joy, or at least some kind of pleasure.

Comment · 3 months ago
The other day, while reading, my AI-dar triggered on some typical claudisms, but then I remembered I was reading from a paper book that was printed in 1997...
Comment · 6 months ago
Yeah this is bad news. A $1b+ campaign budget could pull some strings.

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