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The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | BlogA reflection on control, burnout, and the strange weight of technical fluency. 2025-04-23T17:00:00-0700 NotAShelf 2,000 words Rated 2025-05-06T16:36:46-0700 - sethherr
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I'd rather read the promptI have literally never seen LLM writing that actually improved my life. claytonwramsey.com Clayton Ramsey 2,000 words Rated 2025-05-04T21:48:19-0700 - sethherr
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How crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects<p>The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual event that brings the global technical community together to connect and have technical discussions, hack on existing projects and ...</p>\n 2025-04-01T12:20:19-0700 Diff 1,000 words Rated 2025-05-02T06:02:05-0700 - sethherr
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Runaway TrenHow a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela #Colorado #Donald Trump #Housing #Immigration #Real Estate #Venezuela 2025-04-24T05:30:00-0700 The American Prospect Maureen Tkacik 9,000 words Rated 2025-04-29T22:19:56-0700 - sethherr
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Flagellomania and Fatherhood: Roald Dahl, My Father, and MeI smacked my daughter once. The guilt still haunts me. #Culture #Literature #Memoir #Parenting #Psychology 2025-03-17T03:00:00-0700 The MIT Press Reader 3,000 words Rated 2025-04-27T21:06:18-0700 - sethherr
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How Private Equity Was BornPrivate equity, now a major presence in the US economic landscape, has been booming since the 2008 financial crisis. Its roots lie in the rise of the corporation at the turn of the century and the shareholder revolution of the 1980s. jacobin.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-04-22T21:06:23-0700 - sethherr
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But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotextBut what if I really want a faster horse? | exotext rakhim.exotext.com 500 words Rated 2025-04-11T06:43:57-0700 - sethherr
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Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’For the first time in a decade, a US child has died of measles. What can doctors and nurses do to encourage vaccination? #Donald Trump #Politics #United States 2025-03-31T09:37:11-0700 Al Jazeera Tyler Hicks 2,000 words Rated 2025-04-07T17:33:18-0700 - sethherr
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Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit — LessWrongAbout nine months ago, I and three friends decided that AI had gotten good enough to monitor large codebases autonomously for security problems. We s… 2025-03-24T12:28:43-0700 lesswrong.com lc 9,000 words Rated 2025-04-06T14:27:06-0700 - sethherr
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What to DoRated 2025-03-30T13:33:27-0700 - sethherr
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Cottagecore Programmers: The Idealization of Farming by TechRated 2025-03-24T19:28:31-0700 - sethherr
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For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a SuperpowerIn the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch. #Sustainability #Transportation #Work 2025-03-07T00:00:16-0800 Reasons to be Cheerful Mariel Lozada 2,000 words Rated 2025-03-19T06:29:11-0700 - sethherr
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Discworld RulesAnd LOTR is brain-rot for technologists 2025-03-07T18:34:39-0800 Contraptions Venkatesh Rao 7,000 words Rated 2025-03-15T09:06:54-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars“Anora” is neither pro-Russian nor anti-Russian. But its Oscar nominations have been portrayed as a national victory in Russia. #Donald Trump #Movies 2025-02-27T02:03:45-0800 The New York Times Michael Idov ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-03-09T21:13:13-0700 - sethherr
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How I'm thinking about AI (LLMs)island94.org 2,000 words Rated 2025-03-04T13:09:40-0800 - sethherr
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Moving on from 18F.I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening. ethanmarcotte.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-18T14:37:50-0800 - sethherr
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Asdf Has Been Re-Written in Golang - Stratus3DOver the last year I’ve rewritten asdf in Go. I’m excited to announce that the rewrite was released last Wednesday as asdf version 0.16. … stratus3d.com Trevor Brown 1,000 words Rated 2025-02-13T07:37:20-0800 - sethherr
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Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion’s “everywoman.com”Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition. 2025-02-10T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 500 words Rated 2025-02-13T06:56:59-0800 - sethherr
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Introducing: Barbecue Running GelIt's time to smoke the competition. 2024-02-29T04:02:09-0800 Haterade Liz Cook 1,000 words Rated 2025-02-11T18:26:07-0800 - sethherr
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Against Kathleen Stock On Neil GaimanAnti-kink feminism is surprisingly blase about rape 2025-02-07T08:01:56-0800 Thing of Things Ozy Brennan ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-02-07T20:30:20-0800 - sethherr
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My stupid noise journeyA tale of bad choices 2023-06-26T17:00:00-0700 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-06T15:49:53-0800 - sethherr
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Car troubleAnd how not to fix it 2025-02-06T09:02:19-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-06T15:45:42-0800 - sethherr
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minimum effective doseI am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I don't want to distract my immune system from my tooth's healing. So when I went to the gym today for the first time... 2025-02-01T03:50:23-0800 Winnie Lim 1,000 words Rated 2025-02-05T23:19:29-0800 - sethherr
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n0rdy - What Okta Bcrypt incident can teach us about designing better APIsn0rdy personal blog 3,000 words Rated 2025-02-05T13:57:15-0800 - sethherr
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Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.govMore than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time. 2025-01-30T11:36:15-0800 404 Media Jason Koebler 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-01T17:08:56-0800 - sethherr
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Patrick Mahomes and the secrets of the Dad Bod: What we get wrong about athleticismPatrick Mahomes and Nikola Jokić aren't just superstars. They challenge us to better understand the hidden secrets of athleticism. #NBA #NFL 2025-01-30T02:00:43-0800 The New York Times Rustin Dodd ($) 2,000 words Rated 2025-02-01T07:47:15-0800 - sethherr
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The Antitrust Revolution, by Barry C. LynnLiberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech #Amazon #Apple #Donald Trump #Facebook #Google #Microsoft #Supreme Court 2024-08-20T14:23:10-0700 Harper's Magazine 200 words Rated 2025-01-30T21:50:20-0800 - sethherr
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The Gravitational Force of Tech MoneyThe main story of the post-techlash years has been too few people with too much capital 2024-03-13T13:12:55-0700 The Future, Now and Then Dave Karpf 3,000 words Rated 2025-01-30T06:33:26-0800 - sethherr
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Why I still like Sublime Text in 2025I still use Sublime Text in 2025 even after trying a lot of other editors OhDoyleRules james2doyle@gmail.com James Doyle 4,000 words Rated 2025-01-29T18:13:52-0800 - sethherr
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“Founder Mode” and the Art of MythmakingI’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot topics drive clicks and eyeballs and attention en masse. Unfortunately, my internal combustion engine doesn’t run that way. If… 2024-12-17T09:53:35-0800 charity.wtf 9,000 words Rated 2025-01-29T12:39:41-0800 - sethherr
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Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder"Founder Mode" is such garbage. 2024-09-13T11:10:00-0700 The Future, Now and Then Dave Karpf 2,000 words Rated 2025-01-28T21:47:12-0800 - sethherr
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Algorithmic ranking is unfairly malignedOnly some kinds are bad 2025-01-23T09:01:59-0800 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2025-01-23T21:03:51-0800 - sethherr
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NYC Congestion Pricing: Early DaysPeople have to pay $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. 2025-01-14T05:53:11-0800 thezvi.substack.com Zvi Mowshowitz 5,000 words Rated 2025-01-19T14:13:47-0800 - sethherr
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No callsEnterprise sales don't have to be crazy. Keygen 2,000 words Rated 2025-01-17T09:19:31-0800 - sethherr
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I Ditched the Algorithm for RSS—and You Should Too - Joey's Hoard of StuffJoey Einerhand's Portfolio and tech blog. joeyehand.com 200 words Rated 2025-01-16T15:54:30-0800 - sethherr
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Nobody CaresA rant about caring grantslatton.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-01-16T07:39:42-0800 - sethherr
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Magic/Tragic Email Links: Don't make them the only optionSubscription websites now like to use magic email links for login. They are extremely annoying. 2025-01-06T16:00:00-0800 Recyclebin.zip 500 words Rated 2025-01-08T07:30:06-0800 - sethherr
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Software is eating the world, … all rightI retired from my IT career a couple of months ago after 43 years of commercial software product development and transitioned to the real world where I run two “brick-and-mortar” small businesses. I… 2024-05-18T13:41:38-0700 Medium Jean-Jacques Dubray 3,000 words Rated 2025-01-06T13:28:02-0800 - sethherr
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Kids can't use computers... and this is why it should worry you — Coding 2 Learncoding2learn.org Marc Scott 4,000 words Rated 2025-01-03T20:27:27-0800 - sethherr
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Opinion | I Won’t Feel Good About Flying Until the Airlines Solve ThisThe aviation industry should get serious about direct air capture so that its emissions don’t remain in the atmosphere. #Climate Change #Global Warming 2024-12-28T04:00:05-0800 The New York Times Mark Miodownik ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-30T17:51:58-0800 - sethherr
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The torture of an unphilosophical life2024-12-25T16:03:27-0800 UnHerd Agnes Callard 5,000 words Rated 2024-12-28T08:14:51-0800 - sethherr
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Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. #Doctors #Health Care #Indiana #Pennsylvania #Texas 2024-12-11T03:00:00-0800 The Marshall Project Shoshana Walter 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-28T07:37:30-0800 - sethherr
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Cognitive load is what mattersThere are so many buzzwords and best practices out there, but let's focus on something more fundamental. What matters is the amount of confusion developers feel when going through the code. minds.md 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-26T06:52:23-0800 - sethherr
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Berkeley's Evolution On HousingTo understand and appreciate Adena Ishii's victory, it's important to understand how Berkeley got to this point and what the election really means vs. the bombastic headlines. 2024-12-23T13:56:36-0800 The Discourse Lounge Darrell Owens 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-25T11:23:27-0800 - sethherr
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On blankfacesFor years, I've had a private term I've used with my family. To give a few examples of its use: No, I never applied for that grant. I spent two hours struggling to log in to a web portal designed by the world's top blankfaces until I finally gave up in despair. No, I paid… 2021-08-02T13:30:48-0700 Shtetl-Optimized 20,000 words Rated 2024-12-17T20:52:01-0800 - sethherr
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Chip Cities Rise in Japan’s Fields of DreamsThe scale of Tokyo’s ambition creates the risk of spectacular failure, but so too does succumbing to decline in a sector the nation once dominated. #City #Government #Infrastructure #Japan 2024-12-11T12:00:02-0800 Bloomberg Gearoid Reidy 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-17T19:40:14-0800 - sethherr
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Telraam Traffic Monitoring & Bike Match Network Shutting DownReflecting on 4 years of Bike Match and 2 years of Bay Area Traffic Monitoring 2024-12-17T12:30:34-0800 Transpo Maps Stephen Braitsch 1,000 words Rated 2024-12-17T16:54:29-0800 - sethherr
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Always Go To The FuneralAs a child, Deirdre Sullivan learned from her father to always pay her respects at funerals. Now, this NPR listener believes those simple acts of human kindness are as important as the grand gestures. 2005-08-07T21:00:00-0700 NPR Deirdre Sullivan 1,000 words Rated 2024-12-17T06:56:56-0800 - sethherr
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Scores for Adults Are Dropping on Tests of Basic SkillsAs with kids' test scores, a crucial question is the role of knowledge 2024-12-15T15:42:57-0800 Minding the Gap Natalie Wexler 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-15T20:40:46-0800 - sethherr
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Opinion | The Trouble Began Where #MeToo Became #ChurchTooYes, people want justice — as long as justice costs them nothing or very little. #Child Abuse #Christianity #Donald Trump #Harvey Weinstein #Rape 2024-12-15T03:00:16-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-12-15T17:22:50-0800 - sethherr
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