lukeprog comments on The Human's Hidden Utility Function (Maybe) - Less Wrong

44 Post author: lukeprog 23 January 2012 07:39PM

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Comment author: shminux 23 January 2012 09:22:15PM 5 points [-]

Maybe give Luke a lesson or two on C^3 (clear, concise and catchy) summaries.

Comment author: lukeprog 23 January 2012 10:05:34PM 0 points [-]

Note that I wrote this post in two hours flat and made little attempt to optimize presentation in this case.

Comment author: shminux 23 January 2012 10:58:36PM *  10 points [-]

Sorry, I did not intend my comment to rub you the wrong way (or any of my previous comments that might have). FWIW, I think that you are doing a lot of good stuff for the SIAI, probably most of it invisible to an ordinary forum regular. I realize that you cannot afford spending extra two hours per post on polishing the message. Hopefully one of the many skills of your soon-to-be-hired executive assistant will be that of "optimizing presentation".

Comment author: lukeprog 23 January 2012 10:59:51PM 5 points [-]

No worries!

Comment author: MACHISMO 26 January 2012 09:49:01PM 4 points [-]

Indeed. Much invisible work is required before optimization can occur. Invisible forging of skills precedes their demonstration.

Comment author: lukeprog 26 January 2012 05:56:18PM 3 points [-]
Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 January 2012 07:01:43PM 1 point [-]

It might be an interesting exercise to record predictions in a hidden-but-reliable form about karma of posts six months out, by way of calibrating one's sense of how well-received those posts will be to their target community.

Comment author: Swimmer963 23 January 2012 11:29:08PM 0 points [-]

It's still better than the posts I write in 2 hours! Did that 2 hours include the time spent researching, or were you just citing sources you'd already read for other reasons? In either case...not bad.