2025-07-13
Memory Decoding Journal Club: Binary and analog variation of synapses between cortical pyramidal neurons
Published on July 13, 2025 4:00 AM GMTJoin Us for the Memory Decoding Journal Club! A collaboration of the Carboncopies Foundation and BPF Aspirational NeuroscienceThis time, we’re diving into a...
Finlens
AI accounting for founders & accountants Discussion | Link
Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, July 13
Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.
against that one rationalist mashal about japanese fifth-columnists
Published on July 13, 2025 1:42 AM GMTThe following is a nitpick on an 18 year old blog post.This fable is retold a lot. The progenitor of it as a...
Win-Win-Win Ethics—Reconciling Consequentialism, Virtue Ethics and Deontology
Published on July 13, 2025 1:42 AM GMTThere’s a battle in the field of ethics between three approaches—Consequentialism, Virtue Ethics and Deontology, but this framing is all wrong, because they’re...
Only 73% of Individuals on the Internet are Real
Of Gen Z, 73% report having followed or spoken with a virtual influencer without recognizing that they weren’t a real person. Authenticity is being redefined as we enter a new...
Why do LLMs hallucinate?
Published on July 13, 2025 12:09 AM GMTEpistemic status: my current thoughts on the matter, could easily be missing something!How do you know that you don’t know?The Llama 3 base...
Specificity: A weapon of mass effectiveness
Want to write better? Swap generic words for specifics to make your text clear, powerful, engaging, and even funny.
Surprises and learnings from almost two months of Leo Panickssery
Published on July 12, 2025 11:33 PM GMTLeo was born at 5am on the 20th May, at home (this was an accident but the experience has made me extremely homebirth-pilled)....
2025-07-12
Grok 4 System Prompt Shenanigans
Simon Willison: Grok 4 Heavy is the “think much harder” version of Grok 4 that’s currently only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok...
Kawara 2.0
Send newsletters consistently, zero writer’s block Discussion | Link
Webhound
An AI agent that builds datasets from the web Discussion | Link
Productivity Metrics are a Scam
Governments and economists love to talk about "productivity" as if it measures real progress—but what it actually measures is gross value added (GVA) per hour worked. In a modern service...
13 Product Discovery Phases: A Step-by-Step Checklist for Success
Product discovery phases can make or break your entire product development journey. A well-structured product discovery framework helps you clarify your vision, define project goals, set realistic expectations, and align...
Krafton confirms Subnautica 2 leak showing that the publisher wanted more content for the early access launch, leading to delay and leadership ouster
It's supporting evidence for Krafton's narrative, but still not definitive.
The Steam Summer Sale may be over, but Humble's got a $15 bundle with monster 40K RPG Rogue Trader, one of my favorite soulslikes, and more
Any one of these games would be a good deal on its own for $14.99.
McDonald's Idiotic AI Hiring System Just Leaked Personal Data About Millions of Job Applicants
As large language models (LLMs) become ever more integrated into the platforms that define daily life, major flaws in the software's security capabilities are starting to show. McDonalds is among...
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity METR - for Model Evaluation & Threat Research - are a non-profit research institute founded by Beth Barnes, a...
Stop and check! The parable of the prince and the dog
Published on July 12, 2025 5:45 PM GMTThis post is a response to John Wentsworth's recent post on Generalized Hangriness specifically as it applies outrage, an emotion that is especially...
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