Archive - Remotely Productive

Different Flavors of Problems

From threats to trivialities.

Aug 19 •

Software Estimates Are BS

Uncertainty should be acknowledged, not hidden under the rug.

Aug 15 •

Five Definitions of Antifragility

Pushing against buzzwordisms.

Aug 13 •

GPT-5 doesn't live up to the hype

It's not AGI because it could never have been AGI.

Aug 12 •

Cargo Cult Science by Richard Feynman

Marginalia on Feynman's iconic lecture

Aug 8 •

The Simulation Hypothesis Says Nothing About Objective Reality

Good puzzle. Bad explanation.

Aug 6 •

July 2025

June 2025

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