NicholasKees's Shortform

post by NicholasKees (nick_kees) · 2023-04-05T04:58:05.559Z · LW · GW · 5 comments

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comment by NicholasKees (nick_kees) · 2023-04-05T04:58:05.997Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Are you lost and adrift, looking at the looming danger from AI and wondering how you can help? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the size and complexity of the problem, not sure where to start or what to do next?

I can't promise a lot, but if you reach out to me personally I commit to doing SOMETHING to help you help the world. Furthermore, if you are looking for specific things to do, I also have a long list of projects that need doing and questions that need answering. 

I spent so many years of my life just upskilling, because I thought I needed to be an expert to help. The truth is, there are no experts, and no time to become one. Please don't hesitate to reach out <3

comment by NicholasKees (nick_kees) · 2023-04-11T22:25:41.264Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Try out The Most Dangerous Writing App if you are looking for ways to improve your babble [LW · GW]. It forces you to keep writing continuously for a set amount of time, or else the text will fade and you will lose everything. 

comment by NicholasKees (nick_kees) · 2024-04-26T08:51:19.386Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I wish there were an option in the settings to opt out of seeing the LessWrong reacts. I personally find them quite distracting, and I'd like to be able to hover over text or highlight it without having to see the inline annotations. 

Replies from: faul_sname, mesaoptimizer
comment by faul_sname · 2024-04-26T10:54:39.700Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

If you use ublock (or adblock, or adguard, or anything else that uses EasyList syntax), you can add a custom rule

lesswrong.com##.NamesAttachedReactionsCommentBottom-footerReactionsRow
lesswrong.com##.InlineReactHoverableHighlight-highlight:remove-class(InlineReactHoverableHighlight-highlight)

which will remove the reaction section underneath comments and the highlights corresponding to those reactions.

The former of these you can also do through the element picker.

comment by mesaoptimizer · 2024-04-26T09:06:10.289Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I use GreaterWrong as my front-end to interface with LessWrong, AlignmentForum, and the EA Forum. It is significantly less distracting and also doesn't make my ~decade old laptop scream in agony when multiple LW tabs are open on my browser.