Talking to 35 strangers at the gym. “The solution was to approach the person as quickly as possible so that I didn’t have time to think about running away.” A lonely guy runs a one month experiment: talk to one […]
Agents need control flow, not more prompts. “If you’ve ever resorted to MANDATORY or DO NOT SKIP, you’ve hit the ceiling of prompting.” The argument: reliable agents need deterministic control flow and checkpoints in code, treating the LLM as a […]
The next level of agents is /goal. “You write down what “done” looks like, submit it once, and the agent works toward it until it gets there.” The clean idea here is treating “done criteria” like a primitive that different […]
A thinking cap that types. “It’s a beanie that you can simply slip on and think about what you want to type, and it’ll appear on a connected device at about 30 words per minute.” Sabi says it can do […]
YouTube’s algorithms are driving Kyrgyz-speaking kids to Russian-language content. “There is no good way to be a Kyrgyz-speaking kid on YouTube.” Researchers simulated kids’ viewing and found Kyrgyz searches for cartoons and fairy tales often get steered into Russian content […]
Clout-as-a-service. “For as low as ₹89 (or 95 cents), you can get your personal Instagram handle tagged on vague-enough videos and photos that look like you are out” at a cafe, concert, or trip, even if you are not. Abha […]
Install the Russian language pack. “the most low-effort / high reward thing you can do for security is installing the Russian language pack (not even joking, it’s ridiculous how often that prevents execution)” Some malware checks system language to dodge […]
Brita’s Instagram is in the hands of an unhinged marketer. “born to hydrate, forced to work in social media” Skim the captions when you need a quick laugh and a reminder to drink water. ~ learn more
Why China still can’t make ballpoint pens. “Made in China has two weaknesses: one is ‘can’t be made,’ which is a real technical chokehold; the other is ‘can’t be used,’ which is often stuck on non-technical barriers.” The piece uses […]
Ideas don’t combine themselves. How long do we wait for new inventions? A nice reminder that “time to invention” is often about social distance between fields, not missing parts. ~ learn more