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New comment by 505050 in "Jev meets the Trolley Problem"

505050 — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:02:36 +0000

Welcome to the Trolley Problem

New comment by 505050 in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

505050 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:38:37 +0000

Precisely the signal that has been lost since the advent of LLMs. Voluminous work has now almost become synonymous with a signal of no effort.

New comment by 505050 in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

505050 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:28:41 +0000

Because it's difficult to condescend a little, especially when you're smarter than everyone else.

New comment by 505050 in "Redesigning source control at Anthropic"

505050 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:41:07 +0000

And it's not that human-rolled code never had issues like this before, but knowing it's AI being shoveled down your throat is what adds the insult to the injury.