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I was working on the paper with a professor at Yale… and I sent him a draft of the paper. He sends me back his… Read More »Steve Levitt on writing, letting work sit for a while and humility
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The Whippet #126 is great. The Whippet is reliably good, and you should subscribe because (as this edition makes clear), it will be a while… Read More »McKinley Valentine on the user experience of the whodunnit (and neural networks)
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There are lots of interesting essays on Paul Graham’s site, including a few essays about essays… The other big difference between a real essay and… Read More »Paul Graham on writing essays
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