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Alex_Altair1h161

There are, as far as I can tell, no book-length biographies of Kolmogorov's life. The world is worse for it! His life was long, and his accomplishments innumerable and broad-reaching. An aspiring biographer could establish a career with such a book.

(There are a few different compilations of essays about Kolmogorov, but they're by fellow academics, and largely focus on his work rather than him.)

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Halfhaven virtual blogger camp
Alex_Altair2d55

"Inkhaven" is already modifying the name of the campus "Lighthaven" (which is already a modification of "Lightcone"). Since you're still doing the "ink" part by writing, but not doing the haven part (by not being at Lighthaven) I'd recommend a different name.

May I suggest "Inkhalven"/"Inkhalfen"? Maybe the verb "Inkhalfing"?

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Alex_Altair's Shortform
Alex_Altair13d51

Now that I think about it, it could be useful to have a timed sequence of posts that are just for discussing the book chapters, sort of like a read-along.

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Alex_Altair13d813

Is there any plan to post the IABIED online resources as a LW sequence? My impression is that some of the explanations are improved from the authors' previous writings, and it could be useful to get community discussion on more of the details.

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LASR Labs: Applications Open
Alex_Altair19d30

FYI on your website it says "Applications are now closed" and links to an expression of interest form, but I assume that just hasn't been updated with the new application link yet?

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henryaj's Shortform
Alex_Altair25d20

It's not national, so I might just go with BloWriMo.

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Should you make stone tools?
Alex_Altair1mo157

FWIW I currently think it's bad practice to paste LLM output in a forum. It's like pasting the google search results for something. Anyone can ask an LLM, and the reason I'm here reading comments on a forum is to talk to humans, who have separate identities, reputations, and tons of cultural context of the forum.

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Should you make stone tools?
Alex_Altair1mo30

Oooh yeah dude I think you want to un-buy the obsidian. That is almost literally glass. You want chert!

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Somebody invented a better bookmark
Alex_Altair1mo40

I don't think I've ever had one fall off in a bag! The only time I can recall them falling off/catching is if I start flipping through the book and the page facing the "back" of the dart slips into the tiny fold and pops it off.

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Von Neumann's Fallacy and You
Alex_Altair1mo45

There are several stories of him being able to read a book once and then repeat it back, word for word, until he was told to stop.

This is an aside, but I roll to disbelieve this

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