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Comment · 3 years ago
> "A good writer doesn't just think, and then write down what they thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing. And there is, as far as I know, no substitute for this kind of discovery." -Paul Graham

What is it about writing that makes it different than thinking?

Comment · 3 years ago
And/or underestimate the importance of shipping.
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Comment · 3 years ago
That's huge. What takes up most of that 40Gb+?
Comment · 3 years ago
Isn't an open source ChatGPT inevitable? There's already open source AI art.
Comment · 3 years ago
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-at-work/2...

> Inclusion programs often trigger an “us versus them” mindset.

> Although diversity and inclusion training is prevalent in corporate America, its impact is inconsistent. According to the evidence, sometimes the programs even have the opposite effect of what they intend.

> One 2016 study of 830 mandatory diversity training programs found that they often triggered a strong backlash against the ideas they promoted. “Trainers tell us that people often respond to compulsory courses with anger and resistance,” wrote sociologists Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev in the Harvard Business Review, “and many participants actually report more animosity toward other groups afterward.”

Comment · 3 years ago
Oh shit, here we go again.

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Comment · 3 years ago
"I work on a video site that you've used"

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