NickDouglas

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The Boundaries of Automation: A Theory of Persistent Human Participation(arxiv.org)
2 points by NickDouglas 2mo ago|1 comments
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by NickDouglas 2mo ago
A "human in the loop" isn't just necessary to manage AI's technical failures or in cases of human responsibility. This paper explores the case where AI provides the "correct" answer to the prompt, but the human
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by NickDouglas 2mo ago
Thank you, this is the deepest comment in the thread (and lol at all the self-demonstrating sentences). I'm annoyed that so many people limit their analysis to shallow things like em dashes and "delve," and don't seem to
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by NickDouglas 2mo ago
Suit yourself, my family ended up with two used copies of "The Hobbit" and we kept the one that some kid had marked up.
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One Schema for Every Eval(evalevalai.com)
2 points by NickDouglas 2mo ago|0 comments
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by NickDouglas 2mo ago
I might have to explain spreadsheets to my mom first, but then it'll be smooth sailing.
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Q-Day has begun. Are you ready?(ibm.com)
2 points by NickDouglas 3mo ago|1 comments
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by NickDouglas 3mo ago
How Cloudflare and Signal migrated to post-quantum cryptography
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by NickDouglas 3mo ago
I knew Om when I was an ankle-biter writing for a Gawker blog. He was gracious and generous. Felt like everybody's favorite uncle. I hope I can be as kind to others as he was to me.
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by NickDouglas 4mo ago
Exception that proves the rule. You know what context that specific recipient needs from you. GenAI usually doesn't.
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I Vibe-Coded the App of My Dreams and Only Lost My Mind Twice(wsj.com)
3 points by NickDouglas 5mo ago|0 comments
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by NickDouglas 5mo ago
Try "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury, but skip the terrible frame story. The actual short stories are beautiful literature and canonical sci-fi.
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The Software on Your Phone Was Shipped by People Who Don't Use It(chrispirillo.substack.com)
1 points by NickDouglas 6mo ago|0 comments
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What went wrong before anyone noticed(callitearly.substack.com)
3 points by NickDouglas 7mo ago|0 comments
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When AI labs become defense contractors(philippdubach.com)
3 points by NickDouglas 7mo ago|0 comments
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by NickDouglas 7mo ago
You have now. "Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash" is literally on the front of Hacker News.
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Why I'm getting off US tech(disconnect.blog)
32 points by NickDouglas 1y ago|27 comments
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The problem with Ello's promise not to sell your info(ello.co)
10 points by NickDouglas 12y ago|5 comments
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Graph of Flickr tags over time (most peak a few years ago)(slacktory.com)
1 points by NickDouglas 15y ago|0 comments
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by NickDouglas 15y ago
I'm really glad I don't know the elephants upstairs.
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by NickDouglas 15y ago
Within the next generation or so too, since the first notices were sent by postal mail.
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by NickDouglas 15y ago
That reminds me of this post on how Craigslist's business is being eaten away, and why it's taking so long (because of the critical mass needed to compete against its network-effect benefit): http://www.quora.com/Why-hasnt-another-product-
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by NickDouglas 15y ago
To only sort by date is simplicity. To only sort by "relevance" as determined by friend-of-friend connections is needless complexity.
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Drag-and-drop no-login image host(min.us)
1 points by NickDouglas 16y ago|0 comments
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by NickDouglas 16y ago
Tomorrow, the whole front page will be about feeling your face sting and going "Ow! Ow! Ow!" in front of your bathroom mirror.
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by NickDouglas 16y ago
And even we privileged techies sometimes have to take our phones into the subway or onto a plane.
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by NickDouglas 19y ago
Remember, you're talking about a magazine that misspelled "YouTube" on the cover of their last "Person of the Year" issue.
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by NickDouglas 19y ago
But if you're coming up with zero ideas, adding three a day is an improvement. What you call "forcing yourself," I call every writers' room and recording artist contract. I didn't write much good material until Valleywag made me write twelv
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by NickDouglas 19y ago
A new Reddit, not any existing one. Different name, different code, same principle.
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by NickDouglas 19y ago
I found a potential co-founder at a Justin.tv Sunday dinner.

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