"The Illusion of Thinking" – Thoughts on This Important Paper (hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)

Er, why would I write an ad for Kagi? Nothing in it for me! I’m writing up some thoughts having used it for a couple of months. It’s what I do on my blog ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

booi · 13h ago

for that sweet ad revenue

thismodernlife · 13h ago

what are you talking about?

thismodernlife · 13h ago

Changed the title FWIW

gonzalohm · 14h ago

Is this a review or an ad?

thismodernlife · 13h ago

An ad for Kagi? Just thoughts after using it. Bad title perhaps?

thismodernlife · 13h ago

Changed the title. Better?

frosted-flakes · 13h ago

The link is now broken.

thismodernlife · 13h ago

Yes, I edited the original post to have a new title which gave it a new URL but I can't edit this submission. I've tried to hide it but I have no idea what that means. I've emailed hn@ycombinator.com to just delete the lot :(

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