kurtis_reed

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kurtis_reed··on Guess I'm a rationalist now

So what's the difference between Bayesianism and Popperian epistemology?

Some people are just committed to the idea that using AI is bad. This article didn't succeed in presenting a good argument as to why.

kurtis_reed··on Cursor 1.0

What does "is goat" mean?

kurtis_reed··on Ask HN: How do you find ideas?

https://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html

kurtis_reed··on OpenAI can stop pretending

Well, as a first step towards understand economics, might I suggest reading an economics textbook?

kurtis_reed··on Show HN: Smart Silence – Remind your iPhone to stay quiet in quiet places

> your iPhone

This presupposes I have an iPhone. I don't.

kurtis_reed··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

So the US won't survive until 2029. That means it won't exist as a country? Or GDP will be down by at least 50%? Happy to bet against either at even odds.

kurtis_reed··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

I find steelmanning to be more intellectually fulfilling than strawmanning.

kurtis_reed··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

Wanna bet?

kurtis_reed··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

Oh please

kurtis_reed··on Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students

Things that have been around for a long time are the ones most likely to continue to exist, it's not a fallacy.

kurtis_reed··on MIT asks arXiv to withdraw preprint of paper on AI and scientific discovery

Not their job

kurtis_reed··on The future isn't 'human and machine' but 'human and human and machine'

Thanks

kurtis_reed··on The current state of TLA⁺ development

So how can we contribute?

kurtis_reed··on Stack Overflow is almost dead

A sociological case study. Legit founders, a fruitful niche, immense value. Growth, politics, corporatization. They did so many things right, then so many things wrong.

If it were up to me, moderation would have been overhauled. But it wasn't up to me.

kurtis_reed··on Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities

Business doesn't actually work like that

kurtis_reed··on Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities

> only one has the revenue model to provide unbiased social good

Yes! All government programs are perfectly efficient and immune against corruption. Why don't people understand this??

kurtis_reed··on I failed a take-home assignment from Kagi Search

I will not be applying to Kagi!

kurtis_reed··on Ask HN: Cursor or Windsurf?

Can you add a poll?

kurtis_reed··on Why Tintin Never Took Off in America–But Still Could

It didn't?