Hardly Working
Harjas Sandhu, Charlie TFlavorblasts for the mind.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 122 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Executive summary: AI 2040 (Plan A)
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No, we should not have seen Graham Platner's downfall coming
Don’t be so hard on yourself when things go badly and don’t be so proud of yourself when they go well. — Annie Duke.
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I’ve had thoughts on the Graham Platner debacle for some time now, but I’ve been mostly staying out of it because...
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I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while now. I am patriotic, more patriotic than a lot of my friends, and I think that patriotism is worth protecting and defending.
Now, I also don’t think patriotism is worth depending...
I can't stop thinking about Obsession (2025)
WARNING: The first two sections of this review are spoiler-free. The rest are incredibly spoiler-heavy, and I’ll place a big wall of text demarcating the start of the spoiler section.
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I hate horror. I’ve never even finished a...
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recently wrote a post called Preliminary Thoughts On The Midjourney Scanner. The post itself is really interesting—TDLR, the AI image company Midjourney is branching out into new medical ultrasound technology, which is currently kinda bad b...
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Oh, wisdom … I am not wise, I am pretty stupid really
guy online, thinking about how to live well here + offline ••• loves bikes, cities (esp rva), d&d, his wife, the world ••• all ideas here are being tested + may be wrong
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