ThisIsNotHim

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not simply a reading comprehension thing with bullet points. If your questions require research on my end having them already structured in bullets does a few things to help with that process.

  The asker’s bullet structure gives something to mimic. You can even put your answers directly below the question, so the asker can be reminded of their own questions.

  The bullets also help skimming, if I need to see which item id is needed next it’s easier to do so without losing my place.

  Bullet grammar structure also allows for much terser sentences. If I need to reread your question it’s easier if I don’t have to ignore a bunch of words that don’t substantively alter the meaning.

  Do I need any of these? No. Could I put the questions into bullets myself for the reply? Sure. But it’s easier to spend more time and effort on answering your questions if you save me a few steps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthropic has developed an AI 'brain scanner' to understand how LLMs work and it turns out the reason why chatbots are terrible at simple math and hallucinate is weirder than you thought⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We also check to see if the word that popped into our heads actually rhymes by saying it out loud. Actual validation steps we can take is a bigger difference than being a little more robust.

  We also have non-list based methods like breaking the word down into smaller chunks to try to build up hopefully more novel rhymes. I imagine professionals have even more tools, given the complexity of more modern rhyme schemes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two Years Later, This Awesome 3D-Printed Film Camera Is Available to All⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s still something to assembling it yourself. Viewed as an educational activity, it easily clears the bar for photo quality.

  Yes you can get better photos by buying something else used, but that doesn’t mean this doesn’t have value.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gulf of Make a Report to Apple⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At the same time it’s the map’s job to describe the world. Even for something like nation states where there’s an official name, the map uses the common name. Our maps say France, not French Republic.

  Changing the displayed name for a body of water shared by several nations doesn’t make much sense, especially when the common name has yet to follow.

  At least that’s from the perspective of one of the goals the map ostensibly wants to serve.