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The potential dark side of AI and GPT-3 writing tools What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia?...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What happens when people start going to the AI for answers instead of Google search and Wikipedia? How does the AI decide what to suggest? What are the knock-on effects of these suggestions?
Rest of World -...
Overworked and unable to quit: Delivery drivers in Brazil found something worse than gig work Trapped in a subcontracting nightmare, some delivery drivers are facing grueling hours, low pay, and...
over a year ago
Noahpinion
A better way to build a downtown It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo".
10 months ago
Platformer
How banning one Palestinian slogan roiled Etsy The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees...
a year ago
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a year ago
The company secretly banned the phrase “from the river to the sea” on sellers’ wares. Some employees aren’t happy
Noahpinion
The pundit's dilemma Trumpism will deindustrialize America. That's a hard pill for some thinkers to swallow.
4 months ago
Articles
Do things that scare you
over a year ago
Platformer
Biden seeks to rein in AI An executive order gives AI companies the guardrails they asked for. Will the US go further?
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Technology predictions For those of us in the prediction business, it’s sometimes useful to go back and read past...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
For those of us in the prediction business, it’s sometimes useful to go back and read past predictions to try to discern patterns in what…
Articles
What Amy Hoy taught me about starting a business
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
AI’s “tech tsunami” is coming for call center workers The Philippines’ 1.6 million outsourced workers fear they may soon be automated out of a job.
over a year ago
Roberto's blog
Decision matrices as a thinking tool Some decisions require comparing multiple options where it’s not immediately apparent which is best....
a year ago
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a year ago
Some decisions require comparing multiple options where it’s not immediately apparent which is best. One common way of doing that is to list the pros and cons of each option. For example, option A lists low latency as a pro, while option B lists high throughput as a pro. But do...
Stephen Diehl
The Handwavy Technobabble Nothingburger
over a year ago
Noahpinion
How Ireland got so rich Once an underdog, the Emerald Isle is now on top.
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
The hot round fallacy I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I originally wrote this essay for The Information, where it was published on Feb 16. Here's a fun little paradox in fundraising: Founders and the media love to talk about how quickly funding rounds happen these days—think about the big, rapid-fire raises...
Articles
It's not enough to build a product that people want
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Founder/market fit An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen calls…
Articles
Forget the Valley: bootstrap founders can live wherever they want
over a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
David Perell
Intellectual Loneliness I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I’d rather read a book. That’s not...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I’d rather read a book. That’s not what I tell people though. Usually, I make up an excuse. Something like “Oh, I have early plans in the morning.” I don’t like being deceptive, but there’s no socially acceptable way...
Noahpinion
Yes, reshoring American industry is possible Americans can make stuff, after all.
7 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Currency in the Age of Digitization
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Six Principles for Making New Things
over a year ago
Steve Blank
Quantum Computing – An Update In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. I thought this would be a...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. I thought this would be a good time to check in on the progress of building a quantum computer and explain more of the basics. Just as a reminder, Quantum technologies are used in three very different and...
Noahpinion
Why has American pop culture stagnated? Predictably, my theories are all technological and economic.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
The blue cities must be fixed If you want to govern the nation, you should first be able to govern San Francisco, New York, and...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
If you want to govern the nation, you should first be able to govern San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.
Articles
Why I'm building a new SaaS in 2018
over a year ago
Articles
What affects customer motivation?
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Introducing: Better Offline Episodes 1 and 2 Out Now Hello everybody! A short newsletter today to announce the launch of my new...
a year ago
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a year ago
Episodes 1 and 2 Out Now Hello everybody! A short newsletter today to announce the launch of my new podcast Better Offline - my new tech show from iHeartRadio and Cool Zone Media. It's a weekly exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society -
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Showing up Mark Twain famously quipped that “80 percent of life is showing up.” Running a startup, I’d say it’s...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Mark Twain famously quipped that “80 percent of life is showing up.” Running a startup, I’d say it’s more like 90 percent. For example, I…
Noahpinion
The end of the "vibecession"? Maybe people are being irrationally pessimistic. Or maybe it's just all about real wages.
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.
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India’s election wasn’t the deepfake doomsday many feared So far, AI-generated content has been more about trolling than information warfare.
a year ago
Data Boutique
How To Improve QA With Data Boutique For In-House Web Scraping Independent data help you get to 99% reliability
over a year ago
Platformer
Meta's Nick Clegg on how AI is reshaping the feed A year after recommended posts caused a crisis at Instagram, the company's systems have improved —...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A year after recommended posts caused a crisis at Instagram, the company's systems have improved — and it's ready to talk about how they work
cdixon.org RSS Feed
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they… “If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Facebook vs. TikTok | Elon Musk emails Tesla's board Today we see a shift towards social media products serving as “discovery engines.”
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Python Paradox
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Where China is beating the world On high-speed rail, EVs, and solar, China is doing truly amazing things.
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
A step counter, but for your prayers At least 20 apps exist to help Muslims track their dhikrs, a form of Islamic worship in which people...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
At least 20 apps exist to help Muslims track their dhikrs, a form of Islamic worship in which people repeat prayers and holy phrases.
Articles
Watch for mind gremlins
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
Noahpinion
How technology has changed the world since I was young A bit of future shock.
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Why is enterprise tech so far behind consumer tech? Because it can be. Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my opinion, enterprise technology is WAY behind…
Blog posts of...
The things first time founders do… Last week @robfitz asked me on short notice to join a panel at #foundersexchange about what first...
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over a year ago
Last week @robfitz asked me on short notice to join a panel at #foundersexchange about what first time founders shouldn’t do. I qu...
Ed Zitron's Where's...
What're We Even Doing?
3 months ago
Working Theorys
Why Are All the Public Intellectuals Men? | Theory No. 18 The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not...
a year ago
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a year ago
The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not researchers, scientists, or writers by education or trade. Instead, they seem to have just put themselves forth as vessels — to study the world, share their observations, and sprinkle in...
Essays - Benedict...
Looking for AI use-cases We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful...
a year ago
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a year ago
We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap them in single-purpose apps, and build thousands of new companies...
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Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homes To speed up delivery and dodge a crackdown on shipments from China, e-commerce companies are turning...
10 months ago
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Scale AI is on a hiring spree for speakers of under-represented languages But some languages pay a lot better than others.
over a year ago