Rad Hardman's Shortform

post by Rad Hardman · 2021-03-12T00:13:58.244Z · LW · GW · 6 comments

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comment by Rad Hardman · 2021-05-18T08:45:42.550Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I hereby pre-commit to finishing and uploading my post on Lojban by 2359h Thursday, my local time. It will cover the basics of Lojban grammar, as well as what I like and dislike about the way it is designed.

comment by Rad Hardman · 2021-03-15T03:59:52.145Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

With regard to how prediction polls are displayed on LW, the predictions made by others should be hidden until a.) you yourself make a prediction or b.) you press a button (or something like that) to display the results without predicting.

Since the prediction polls aren't trying to be a prediction market, I would much rather they be hidden first to avoid being influenced.

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comment by habryka (habryka4) · 2021-03-15T07:06:24.482Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

We have a setting that allows you to view them exactly that way. But I think too large of a fraction of people reading LW posts are lurkers, and this means that I am hesitant. to force them to press an additional button for every poll, but it seems like a reasonable setting that allows some people to opt into that.

comment by Rad Hardman · 2021-03-12T00:13:59.118Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I read KatjaGrace's "Sleep math: red clay blue clay" post. In it, people used either spoiler blocks or ROT13 to obfuscate their answers. Which of the two approaches do you prefer? Personally, I like spoiler blocks more, since LessWrong doesn't have native support for ROT13 en/decryption.

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comment by habryka (habryka4) · 2021-03-12T07:40:52.359Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I also prefer spoiler blocks

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comment by Yoav Ravid · 2021-03-12T08:44:32.929Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Same, but it would be much better if it was accessible through the editor UI, I constantly forget how to apply it as it is now.