Jan 07
Testing the Current LLM Knowledge Gap
So here's a question I needed an answer to:
Please give me a list of all members of
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Mark Coatney
I build new things. Started as the second employee of Time magazine’s new Website and grew it from a single, text-only webpage to a multimedia platform with millions of users. Helped grow Tumblr from its earliest days. Now building Rover
Dec 17
Rover and Post-Skeuomorphic Apps
Sumeet Singh has a nice piece over at Every (and if you aren't a subscriber, what, actually, are
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Dec 10
Why Humans Want AI to Make the Call
I'm old enough to remember a time when professional tennis players spent much of the match complaining about
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Nov 14
Social Media Is Over. Social Media Is Just Beginning
Everybody knows social media sucks. Social media usage has declined nearly 10% over the past three years
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Oct 31
In the Beginning Was the Question
The question that started Rover was me emailing Josh and asking if we could build something that would use AI and social networking to help me get answers to my questions.
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Oct 28
Today in Briefs: Extra, Extra Innings Edition
Well. Everyone got all in a tizzy about the Dodgers and Blue Jays playing a 6 1/2 hour game
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Oct 27
Today in Briefs: Must be the Money Edition
Hello, and Welcome 2 the Dawn. We're starting something new here at Rover--a daily look at some of
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Oct 24
Today in Briefs: Canadian Beef Edition
President Trump says he's breaking off all trade negotiations with Canada because someone in Canada ran an ad
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Oct 23
Today in Briefs: Ghost Cities Edition
Ghosts, both urban and of the dog variety, are on our minds today:
The Feudal Future? Ghost Cities, Nomads &
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Oct 22
Today in Briefs: At Least Our Internet is Working Again Edition
The difficult thing about the current moment is that there are so many ongoing outrages that it all can start
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Oct 21
Today in Briefs: Home Improvement Edition
Some of the things we're enjoying on Rover today:
A History of White House Revamps
Why are we
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Oct 14
To Fix the Internet, Design for Empathy
“Empathy” isn’t typically a value you see associated with digital product design. Typically, there’s really only one value, and that’s “engagement.” Every product decision at a tech company comes down to “how will this get more people to spend more time using our thing?”
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