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gregates • today at 4:07 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

nitpick: I was fully engaged with this article until I hit

> And a bonus point: you skim. Did you notice number 5?

Then I bounced. The best readers skim aggressively. Most text is not worth reading. You skim to identify what is.

But moreover, reading != proofreading. I read every one of the bullets! I did not pay attention to the numbering scheme, because it conveys no meaning. It's a structural affordance for referring to the text, not part of its content.


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hanifbbz • today at 9:19 PM

Or you're just upset for being caught off guard. LLMs have reduced our tolerance and attention span. You're welcome to rant about it but if there's a slim chance of overdose, it doesn't hurt to pause a bit at least. Your choice.