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ChatGPT, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
In my first book, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999), I told the story of why I had become a lawyer. My uncle, Richard Cates, had…
7 min read·Nov 28
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Lyman Stone
How Many Hobbits? A Demographic Analysis of Middle Earth
Part 2 of this essay on Middle Earth population, mapping specific populations, is here.
18 min read·5 days ago
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rachel audige
Trying to Innovate? Put down your hammer.
Maslow said, “If you have a hammer… then everything you’ll see is a nail.” Basically, when we acquire or are given a specific tool or…
9 min read·Nov 28
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Attila Vágó
in
Level Up Coding
Happy 28th Birthday, JavaScript. How’s It Going?
From humble beginnings to limitless opportunity…
·10 min read·Nov 30
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Tom Zimberoff
Sandra Day O’Connor
Upshot
·4 min read·Dec 1
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Jessica Zhu
in
Arcturus
Talking to You
Fiction by Jessica Zhu
13 min read·Nov 29
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Colleen Wheeler McCreary
Why I’ve Ripped Out Performance Reviews for Over a Decade
Eighteen years ago, while in labor with my son, I was sitting in front of a laptop trying to finish up a few last-minute urgent tasks…
5 min read·Nov 27
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Pau Blasco i Roca
in
Towards Data Science
My Life Stats: I Tracked My Habits for a Year, and This Is What I Learned
I measured the time I spent on my daily activities (studying, doing sports, socializing, sleeping…) for 332 days in a row.
12 min read·Nov 21
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Yutong Xue
in
UX Collective
How we think about designer growth after 6+ years at FAANG
Designers, let’s learn and grow beyond design, way beyond design. Let’s not be limited by any job descriptions. The sky is the limit. We…
12 min read·6 days ago
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