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Why Can't America Teach Writing?
A blogger's lament
Jul 25
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March 2023
Bing Chat is a Precursor to Something Legitimately Dangerous
AI harm might be closer than we think
Mar 1
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February 2023
Substack Decupled My Subscriber Growth
How I ran an A/B test to decide whether I should move to Substack
Feb 18
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January 2023
I Hired 5 People to Sit Behind Me and Make Me Productive for a Month
Tripling my productivity with one weird trick
Jan 30
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October 2022
Elastic Productivity Tools
Like most tech bros, I’m a little too interested in productivity and optimizing my life. I’ve even made a few of my own tools to help me stay focused…
Oct 30, 2022
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Friends From First Principles
Throughout my life, friends were always an unintentional byproduct. I would bump into someone at a few parties, spend a few days living with them, or…
Oct 20, 2022
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DALL·E 2 vs $10 Fiverr Commissions
Recently I wrote a blog post that had a concept I wanted to show graphically. Given that my drawing skills are terrible, I turned to Fiverr to get…
Oct 8, 2022
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Privacy As A Moral Buffer
Epistemic Status: Overly Opinionated There will always be a "gap" between morality and law. Sometimes the gap is "loose", in which case people have more…
Oct 7, 2022
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Generating Sparse And Dense Random Graphs
Suppose you want to generate a graph with V vertices and E edges, such that each graph (i.e. each configuration of edges) is equally likely to be…
Oct 4, 2022
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September 2022
The Final Boss Of Hinge
Hates slow walkers Wants to debate cats vs dogs pineapple on pizza spoon vs fork for eating mac & cheese Her mantra is everything happens for a reason…
Sep 18, 2022
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How I Take Book Notes
Lately, I’ve been reading exclusively physical books. I treat it almost as a daily meditation. Reading epubs or pdfs online opens me up to too many…
Sep 6, 2022
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September 2021
12 Rules for Discourse
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at…
Sep 26, 2021
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