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Comment · 26 days ago
Goodhart's Law. If community participation becomes a hard requirement we'll see AI agents swamp them too.
Comment · 3 months ago
We have made peace with the dichotomy of a computer delivering AAA titles at 4k 144Hz while simultaneously struggling to render a few hundred comments on Substack.
Comment · 3 months ago
I don't follow this line of reasoning. Would it have been meaningfully different if OP had used open-weight models like GLM or DeepSeek? Does it really matter considering we'll have superior models next quarter?
Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
There are clearnet websites for flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, cults, hacker groups, classified document leakers, nazi groups and terrorist organisations. Finding a registrar that lets you say what you want is a solved problem.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm put off by how this is framed as a detective story. Pesticides that contain heavy metals and other carcinogens are a well known issue, with India (and South Asia more generally) being the worst affected.

> You'll never guess the culprit

Not knowing about turmeric comes off as deeply ignorant when a billion people consume it as part of their daily diet.

> They don't know that this is harmful for human health

Let me assure you that they absolutely do and they couldn't care less. This also makes it seem like poor clueless farmers are to blame while mega-corporations that process, package, market and distribute these spices are never given even a passing mention!

Comment · 1 year ago
Not just UI, but performance as well. It is absolutely inexcusable if your app struggles with loading text and images on modern hardware.

It's the computational equivalent of exploding a hydrogen bomb to open a chocolate wrapper.

Comment · 1 year ago
You must be new to crypto. This is standard operating procedure. These scammers are everywhere and they're hard to miss.

It's common to have fake or hacked youtube channels - often with hundreds of thousands of subscribers - branded as official channels, featuring deepfake videos and livestreams from tech ceos announcing these scam coins. There are fake comments under tech videos and fake accounts on twitter discussing scam coins.

Comment · 1 year ago
Now Google has no intention to serve you
Comment · 1 year ago
Funny because growing up in the tropics I thought sunset and sunrise were synonymous with those times of the day, and learning people in other parts of the world experienced shrinking/lengthening day/night cycles was mind blowing. You mean it's 8PM in the night but the sun's still in the sky?
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
You haven't defined this property you call "agency". How then can you definitely determine whether you posses it or that someone else doesn't? The only thing I can be assured of is my own existence.

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