I've been writing notes as plain text files since forever, and it occurred to me that note-taking could benefit from the typical features that a language server provides: clickable links, autocomplete, hover previews, formatting, diagnostics, refactoring, etc. So I built a little language server and a vscode extension which adds syntax highlighting. Note-taking now feels more like writing code, and I get to use my favorite vscode keybindings (vim). Feedback is welcome!
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Linus Torvalds is working on a significant Linux kernel improvement using code generated by Claude.
4 days agoLobstersThe source text raises a question about whether Ente Locker copied code without proper attribution.
3 days agoLessWrongThe author investigated training GPT-2 with full-batch gradient descent on a subset of FineWeb data. Results showed that the full-batch approach achieved lower training loss but worse generalization on validation data compared to standard training.
yesterdayHacker NewsOpenCode 2.0 is a project related to open source code.
yesterdayLessWrongThe article discusses the Piltdown man hoax, a fraudulent artifact that misled evolutionary biology for decades. It draws a parallel between the Piltdown man and the Voynich manuscript, suggesting the latter might also be a meaningless fabrication. The author argues that while there is evidence supporting the idea that the Voynich manuscript is a hoax, it does not meet modern standards for proving fraud.
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