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Soft­ware Tools

TagLast edit: Aug 5, 2020, 12:41 PM by Yoav Ravid

Specific pieces of software (downloadable or cloud/​browser-based) that may be of interest to people on this site. The focus is on software with a practical application: for games, see Gaming (videogames/​tabletop).

Related Sequences: Kickstarter for Coordinated Action

Ar­bital postmortem

alexeiJan 30, 2018, 1:48 PM
230 points
110 comments19 min readLW link

Mul­ti­vari­ate es­ti­ma­tion & the Squig­gly language

ozziegooenSep 5, 2020, 4:35 AM
44 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

De­sign thoughts for build­ing a bet­ter kind of so­cial space with many webs of trust

mako yassSep 6, 2020, 2:08 AM
54 points
41 comments11 min readLW link
(makopool.com)

We’ve built Con­nected Papers—a vi­sual tool for re­searchers to find and ex­plore aca­demic papers

discordyJun 8, 2020, 6:44 PM
209 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

The Best Soft­ware For Every Need

Tomás B.Sep 10, 2021, 2:40 AM
177 points
225 comments1 min readLW link

I didn’t think I’d take the time to build this cal­ibra­tion train­ing game, but with web­sim it took roughly 30 sec­onds, so here it is!

mako yassAug 2, 2024, 10:35 PM
24 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Ei­genKarma: trust at scale

Henrik KarlssonFeb 8, 2023, 6:52 PM
186 points
52 comments5 min readLW link

Tools for find­ing in­for­ma­tion on the internet

RomanHaukssonFeb 9, 2023, 5:05 PM
79 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(roman.computer)

Tools for keep­ing focused

benkuhnAug 5, 2020, 2:10 AM
130 points
26 comments4 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

On Devin

ZviMar 18, 2024, 1:20 PM
148 points
34 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­tro­duc­ing Fate­book: the fastest way to make and track predictions

Jul 11, 2023, 3:28 PM
131 points
41 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews
(fatebook.io)

Ideas for an ac­tion co­or­di­na­tion website

Yoav RavidMar 8, 2019, 1:32 PM
20 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

AI Safety Papers: An App for the TAI Safety Database

ozziegooenAug 21, 2021, 2:02 AM
81 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

How to Search Mul­ti­ple Web­sites Quickly

Nicholas / Heather KrossJun 22, 2023, 12:42 AM
16 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Fore­told.io: A New Open-Source Pre­dic­tion Registry

ozziegooenOct 16, 2019, 2:23 PM
79 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing bayescalc.io

Adele LopezJul 7, 2023, 4:11 PM
115 points
29 comments1 min readLW link
(bayescalc.io)

How to make real-money pre­dic­tion mar­kets on ar­bi­trary top­ics (Out­dated)

yutakaJul 30, 2023, 2:11 AM
57 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Pre­dict—“Log your pre­dic­tions” app

GustAug 17, 2015, 4:20 PM
26 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Vim

lsusrApr 7, 2021, 6:35 AM
48 points
57 comments18 min readLW link

Com­po­si­tion­al­ity: SQL and Subways

DanBJul 19, 2021, 5:37 AM
30 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

POWER­play: An open-source toolchain to study AI power-seeking

Edouard HarrisOct 24, 2022, 8:03 PM
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(github.com)

App and book recom­men­da­tions for peo­ple who want to be hap­pier and more productive

KatWoodsNov 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
142 points
43 comments8 min readLW link

A Bet­ter Web is Coming

mattoAug 21, 2021, 8:46 PM
34 points
20 comments6 min readLW link

Com­mu­nity Notes by X

NicholasKeesMar 18, 2024, 5:13 PM
127 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Squig­gle AI

ozziegooenJan 3, 2025, 5:53 PM
92 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Neu­ron­pe­dia: Plat­form for ac­cel­er­at­ing re­search into Sparse Autoencoders

Mar 25, 2024, 9:17 PM
93 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

A Selec­tion of Ran­domly Selected SAE Features

Apr 1, 2024, 9:09 AM
109 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Pan­theon Interface

Jul 8, 2024, 7:03 PM
126 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Deep fold­ing docs site?

mcintMar 28, 2023, 6:01 AM
−1 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AWS Has Raised Prices Before

jefftkApr 3, 2023, 4:00 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Clip­board Filtering

jefftkApr 14, 2024, 8:50 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fea­tures of Emacs that I only re­cently discovered

EmacsScrubApr 16, 2023, 6:57 AM
12 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Col­lAc­tion his­tory and les­sons learned

RonJan 17, 2021, 3:01 PM
35 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Con­crete benefits of mak­ing predictions

Oct 17, 2024, 2:23 PM
35 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(fatebook.io)

[Question] How did you in­te­grate voice-to-text AI into your work­flow?

ChristianKlNov 20, 2023, 12:01 PM
28 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

De­tect­ing What’s Been Seen

jefftkNov 24, 2023, 3:30 AM
23 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Note­book for gen­er­at­ing fore­cast­ing bets

AmandangoSep 26, 2020, 8:36 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­quest] Soft­ware or Ar­ti­cles on fi­nan­cial life planning

whpearsonMar 16, 2012, 7:06 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist horo­scopes: A low-hang­ing util­ity gen­er­a­tor.

AdeleneDawnerMay 22, 2011, 9:37 AM
79 points
80 comments2 min readLW link

Recom­men­da­tion re­quest: Bud­get­ing/​ac­count­ing soft­ware for a non-profit

XFrequentistJan 29, 2014, 3:16 PM
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Best causal/​de­pen­dency di­a­gram soft­ware for fluid cap­ture?

Arkanj3lApr 8, 2013, 7:20 PM
2 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

A (some­what beta) site for em­bed­ding bet­ting odds in your writing

Optimization ProcessJul 2, 2021, 1:10 AM
51 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(biatob.com)

[Question] What is your Per­sonal Knowl­edge Man­age­ment sys­tem?

sayanJul 16, 2019, 8:20 PM
23 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Soft­ware tools for com­mu­nity truth-seeking

JohnicholasMar 10, 2009, 1:20 PM
2 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

my note system

bhauthMay 15, 2024, 12:20 AM
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.bhauth.com)

The Codex Skep­tic FAQ

Michaël TrazziAug 24, 2021, 4:01 PM
49 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How does your data backup solu­tion setup work?

ChristianKlSep 6, 2021, 9:10 AM
12 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Tasks apps w/​ time es­ti­mates to gauge how much you’ll over­shoot?

emily.fanSep 7, 2021, 1:30 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Auto-Down­loder Chrome Extension

jefftkSep 19, 2021, 1:30 AM
8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

De­sign­ing Low Up­keep Software

jefftkSep 25, 2021, 6:50 PM
38 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Browser Engines

jefftkDec 3, 2021, 7:30 PM
24 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­nounc­ing the Con­fido app: bring­ing fore­cast­ing to everyone

regnargMay 25, 2023, 8:18 AM
6 points
2 comments10 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

De­bate tools: an ex­pe­rience report

MorendilFeb 5, 2010, 2:47 PM
51 points
80 comments3 min readLW link

Roam Re­search Mo­bile is Out!

Logan RiggsApr 8, 2022, 7:05 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Year of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeastJul 4, 2015, 10:30 PM
174 points
26 comments13 min readLW link

A Se­cond Year of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeastMay 1, 2016, 10:14 PM
64 points
30 comments21 min readLW link

Idea: Self-Im­prov­ing Task Man­age­ment Software

rlp10Feb 27, 2013, 1:04 PM
19 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Time-log­ging pro­grams and/​or spread­sheets (2022)

mikbpJul 31, 2022, 6:18 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

His­tory of Zero-based Months?

jefftkAug 24, 2022, 8:30 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Linkpost: Github Copi­lot pro­duc­tivity experiment

Daniel KokotajloSep 8, 2022, 4:41 AM
88 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(github.blog)

[Question] Is there soft­ware for goal fac­tor­ing?

philip_bFeb 18, 2020, 7:55 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Soft­ware tools for effi­cient scholarship

lukeprogSep 15, 2011, 12:17 AM
12 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Is GitHub Copi­lot in le­gal trou­ble?

tcelferactOct 18, 2022, 4:19 PM
35 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Tiddly­wiki for or­ga­niz­ing notes and research

eukaryoteSep 1, 2019, 6:44 PM
42 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Lazy Python Ar­gu­ment Parsing

jefftkNov 3, 2022, 2:20 AM
20 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

User-Con­trol­led Al­gorith­mic Feeds

jefftkNov 12, 2022, 3:20 PM
35 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Align­ing my web server with de­vops prac­tices: part 1 (back­ups)

VipulNaikNov 27, 2022, 6:38 PM
17 points
0 comments18 min readLW link

Why I like Zulip in­stead of Slack or Discord

Alok SinghDec 7, 2022, 9:28 AM
31 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are your thoughts on the fu­ture of AI-as­sisted soft­ware de­vel­op­ment?

RomanHaukssonDec 9, 2022, 10:04 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Wider De­fault Au­dio Player in Chrome?

jefftkDec 12, 2022, 3:30 AM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

In­tro­duc­ing Shrubgrazer

jefftkDec 16, 2022, 2:50 PM
22 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Soft­ware for Crit­i­cal Think­ing, Prof. Ge­off Cumming

Mike BishopMar 30, 2011, 5:13 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Log­ging Shell His­tory in Zsh

jefftkDec 21, 2022, 3:30 AM
19 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What ca­reer ad­vice do you give to soft­ware en­g­ineers?

AntbDec 31, 2022, 12:01 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Lo­calhost Se­cu­rity Messaging

jefftkJan 1, 2023, 2:20 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Open­ing Face­book Links Externally

jefftkJan 4, 2023, 7:00 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

ea.do­mains—Do­mains Free to a Good Home

plexJan 12, 2023, 1:32 PM
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­su­al­i­sa­tion of Prob­a­bil­ity Mass

brookJan 25, 2023, 3:09 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Loom: Why and How to use it

brookJan 26, 2023, 2:34 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Po­lis: Why and How to Use it

brookFeb 1, 2023, 2:03 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to ex­port An­droid Chrome tabs to an HTML file in Linux (as of Fe­bru­ary 2023)

Adam ScherlisFeb 2, 2023, 2:03 AM
7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(adam.scherlis.com)

Align­ing my web server with de­vops prac­tices: part 2 (se­cu­rity)

VipulNaikAug 6, 2023, 1:30 AM
6 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

Does the AGPL Work?

jefftkFeb 13, 2023, 2:20 PM
13 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Anti-akra­sia tool: like stickK.com for data nerds

dreevesOct 10, 2011, 2:09 AM
80 points
88 comments2 min readLW link

Why “Referer”?

jefftkOct 23, 2019, 1:40 PM
27 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Im­plic­itly Typed C

jefftkDec 11, 2023, 4:10 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How Much Are LLMs Ac­tu­ally Boost­ing Real-World Pro­gram­mer Pro­duc­tivity?

Thane RuthenisMar 4, 2025, 4:23 PM
133 points
51 comments3 min readLW link

The Base Rate Times, news through pre­dic­tion markets

vandemonianJun 6, 2023, 5:42 PM
268 points
41 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Deriva­tive AT a discontinuity

Alok SinghOct 24, 2024, 2:48 AM
9 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

How Fo­rumMag­num builds com­mu­ni­ties of inquiry

Jim FisherSep 4, 2023, 4:52 PM
33 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Favourite new AI pro­duc­tivity tools?

Gabe MJun 15, 2022, 1:08 AM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

New tool for ex­plor­ing EA Fo­rum, LessWrong and Align­ment Fo­rum—Tree of Tags

Filip SondejSep 13, 2022, 5:33 PM
31 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there any tools to con­vert LW se­quences to PDF or any other file for­mat?

quetzal_rainbowDec 7, 2022, 5:28 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sults from a sur­vey on tool use and work­flows in al­ign­ment research

Dec 19, 2022, 3:19 PM
79 points
2 comments19 min readLW link

Vi­su­al­ise your own prob­a­bil­ity of an AI catas­tro­phe: an in­ter­ac­tive Sankey plot

MNoetelFeb 16, 2023, 12:03 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Build­ing an Epistemic Sta­tus Tracker

rcuJun 22, 2022, 6:57 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Life-track­ing ap­pli­ca­tion for android

AlexeiDec 11, 2010, 1:48 AM
26 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What do you do to re­mem­ber and refer­ence the LessWrong posts that were most per­son­ally sig­nifi­cant to you, in terms of in­tel­lec­tual de­vel­op­ment or gen­eral use­ful­ness?

lillybaeumDec 10, 2023, 5:52 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast your 2024 with Fatebook

Sage FutureJan 5, 2024, 2:07 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(fatebook.io)

If you weren’t such an idiot...

Mar 2, 2024, 12:01 AM
151 points
74 comments2 min readLW link
(markxu.com)

Fate­book for Chrome: Make and em­bed fore­casts any­where on the web

Feb 16, 2024, 4:08 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The los­ing iden­tity of Twitter

Itay DreyfusApr 21, 2024, 1:43 PM
20 points
1 comment12 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

What comes af­ter Roam’s re­nais­sance?

Itay DreyfusMay 12, 2024, 8:51 AM
14 points
23 comments11 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

ZuVillage Ge­or­gia – Mis­sion Statement

BurnsJun 17, 2024, 7:53 PM
3 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Work­shop: data anal­y­sis for soft­ware engineers

Derek M. JonesJun 19, 2024, 2:20 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] I’m us­ing Son­net 3.5 to power lan­guage ag­nos­tic mu­ta­tion testing

rareJul 3, 2024, 3:46 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Check­ing pub­lic figures on whether they “an­swered the ques­tion” quick anal­y­sis from Har­ris/​Trump de­bate, and a proposal

david reinsteinSep 11, 2024, 8:25 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

[Question] Cal­ibra­tion train­ing for ‘per­centile rank­ings’?

david reinsteinSep 14, 2024, 9:51 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Bird’s eye view: An in­ter­ac­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion to see large col­lec­tion of text “from above”.

Alexandre VariengienDec 21, 2024, 12:15 AM
10 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(alexandrevariengien.com)

‘Chat with im­pact­ful re­search & eval­u­a­tions’ (Un­jour­nal Note­bookLMs)

david reinsteinSep 28, 2024, 12:32 AM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] In­ter­est in Leet­code, but for Ra­tion­al­ity?

Gregory Oct 16, 2024, 5:54 PM
74 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Stream­lin­ing my voice note process

Vlad SitaloDec 26, 2024, 6:04 AM
6 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(vlad.roam.garden)

Gen­er­at­ing Cog­nate­ful Sen­tences with Large Lan­guage Models

vkethanaJan 6, 2025, 6:40 PM
8 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Whereby: The Zoom al­ter­na­tive you prob­a­bly haven’t heard of

Itay DreyfusJan 29, 2025, 1:01 PM
4 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

How I force LLMs to gen­er­ate cor­rect code

claudioMar 21, 2025, 2:40 PM
84 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

What I Learned From Run­ning a Pol.is Conversation

hamnoxJan 5, 2021, 12:14 AM
19 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are good al­ter­na­tives to Pre­dic­tion­book for per­sonal pre­dic­tion track­ing? Edited: I origi­nally thought it was down but it was just 500 un­til I though of clear­ing cook­ies.

sortegaApr 7, 2023, 7:18 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

My best sys­tem yet: text-based pro­ject management

jtMay 2, 2023, 5:44 PM
6 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

How I use Google Forms in my Workflow

Harri BesceliJul 26, 2020, 12:17 PM
34 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Ideas for a fact check­ing widget

Yoav RavidMar 18, 2019, 2:25 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­net Search Tips: how I use Google/​Google Scholar/​Lib­gen

gwernDec 12, 2018, 2:50 PM
51 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Less Wrong EBook Creator

ScottLAug 13, 2015, 9:17 PM
61 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

A List Of Ques­tions & Ex­er­cises For Re­view­ing Your Year

Krishaan KhubchandDec 29, 2017, 12:59 PM
18 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Edi­tor Mini-Guide

Ben PaceMar 11, 2018, 8:58 PM
22 points
62 comments2 min readLW link

Bayes-Up: An App for Shar­ing Bayesian-MCQ

Louis FauconFeb 6, 2020, 7:01 PM
53 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Does any­one use ad­vanced me­dia pro­jects?

ryan_bJun 20, 2018, 11:33 PM
33 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

My workflow

paulfchristianoDec 9, 2012, 9:16 PM
65 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Show LW: Di­as­pora Pro­ject Map and Pr­ereg­is­tra­tion Database

namespaceDec 5, 2017, 6:02 AM
22 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Fate­book for Slack: Track your fore­casts, right where your team works

May 11, 2023, 2:11 PM
24 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

How I see knowl­edge aggregation

zulupineappleFeb 3, 2018, 10:31 AM
24 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Archiv­ing Ya­hoo Groups

jefftkOct 18, 2019, 11:20 AM
43 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A Mechanis­tic In­ter­pretabil­ity Anal­y­sis of a GridWorld Agent-Si­mu­la­tor (Part 1 of N)

Joseph BloomMay 16, 2023, 10:59 PM
36 points
2 comments16 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Align­men­tSearch: An AI Align­ment-In­formed Con­ver­sional Agent

Apr 1, 2023, 4:39 PM
79 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

A map of LWers—find mem­bers of the com­mu­nity liv­ing near you.

acchanMar 13, 2015, 5:58 PM
47 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What LessWrong/​Ra­tion­al­ity/​EA chat-servers ex­ist that new­com­ers can join?

habrykaMar 31, 2019, 3:30 AM
62 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

In­visi­ble Choices, Made by Default

lsusrOct 20, 2019, 2:09 AM
56 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia pageviews: still in decline

VipulNaikSep 26, 2017, 11:03 PM
24 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tionBook.com—Track your calibration

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 14, 2009, 12:08 AM
41 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What fea­tures would you like to see in a per­sonal for­cast­ing /​ pre­dic­tion track­ing app?

regnargMay 25, 2023, 8:18 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tion­al­ist Guide to OkCupid

Jacob FalkovichFeb 3, 2016, 8:50 PM
41 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong Study Hall: Now With 100% Less Tinychat

MalcolmOceanNov 9, 2015, 12:25 AM
39 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Ten small life improvements

paulfchristianoAug 20, 2017, 7:09 PM
40 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

How time track­ing can help you prioritize

lynettebyeDec 16, 2019, 5:07 PM
35 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Anki decks by LW users

PabloApr 2, 2013, 5:50 PM
48 points
60 comments1 min readLW link

A push to­wards in­ter­ac­tive trans­former decoding

R0bkMay 31, 2023, 5:56 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(github.com)

Pos­i­tive Bias Test (C++ pro­gram)

MBlumeMay 19, 2009, 9:32 PM
30 points
79 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What are good prac­tices for us­ing Google Scholar to re­search an­swers to LessWrong Ques­tions?

Pee DoomMay 18, 2019, 9:44 PM
28 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the best ap­proach to cu­rat­ing a news­feed to max­i­mize use­ful con­trast­ing POV?

Ben GoldhaberApr 26, 2019, 5:29 PM
25 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The why and how of daily updates

VipulNaikMay 5, 2019, 3:21 PM
33 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Hack­ing Less Wrong made easy: Va­grant edition

MorendilJan 30, 2012, 6:51 PM
44 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­ac­tive In­fo­graphic on Simp­son’s Paradox

AntisujiSep 20, 2013, 5:37 PM
39 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A sug­ges­tion on how to get peo­ple to read the Sequences

AdeleneDawnerOct 25, 2010, 7:21 PM
43 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­su­al­iz­ing the power of mul­ti­ple step se­lec­tion pro­cesses in JS: Gal­ton’s bean machine

gwernJan 12, 2019, 5:58 PM
27 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Towards an Al­gorithm for (Hu­man) Self-Modification

moridinamaelMar 29, 2011, 11:40 PM
37 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

The Great Brain is Lo­cated Externally

AlicornJun 25, 2009, 10:29 PM
32 points
53 comments2 min readLW link

microCOVID.org: A tool to es­ti­mate COVID risk from com­mon activities

catherioAug 29, 2020, 11:01 PM
176 points
36 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(microcovid.org)

How a patholog­i­cal pro­cras­tinor can lose weight [Anti-akra­sia]

dreevesApr 18, 2009, 8:05 PM
34 points
31 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Botworld

So8resApr 30, 2014, 10:29 PM
34 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] If there were an in­ter­ac­tive soft­ware teach­ing Yud­kowskian ra­tio­nal­ity, what con­cepts would you want to see it teach?

MikkWSep 2, 2020, 5:37 AM
25 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

How do I read things on the internet

Vlad SitaloAug 20, 2023, 5:43 AM
16 points
2 comments8 min readLW link
(vlad.roam.garden)

The great de­cline in Wikipe­dia pageviews (con­densed ver­sion)

VipulNaikMar 27, 2015, 2:02 PM
27 points
11 comments27 min readLW link

Bucket Bri­gade Singing

jefftkNov 3, 2020, 3:40 PM
41 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

5-minute timer tool

GustMay 5, 2018, 3:58 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(gusbicalho.github.io)

Less Wrong Karma Chart Website

ScottLFeb 15, 2016, 12:36 PM
36 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Model­ing in­cen­tives at scale us­ing LLMs

Dec 8, 2023, 6:46 PM
7 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] Does there ex­ist a de­tailed Bayesian COVID tracker?

Optimization ProcessNov 12, 2020, 5:06 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tionBook: A Short Note

Jayson_VirissimoNov 10, 2011, 3:10 PM
31 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

A tool for search­ing ra­tio­nal­ist & EA webs

Daniel_FriedrichSep 29, 2023, 3:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(ratsearch.blogspot.com)

New Tool: the Resi­d­ual Stream Viewer

AdamYedidiaOct 1, 2023, 12:49 AM
32 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(tinyurl.com)

Feedly Breaks MathML

jefftkSep 25, 2023, 1:40 PM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Less to Greater, Book­marklet Edition

Three-Monkey MindOct 11, 2018, 4:21 AM
19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.threemonkeymind.com)

[Question] Writ­ing tools for taboo­ing?

abramdemskiDec 13, 2020, 7:50 PM
15 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Power Tools

Nic_SmithSep 19, 2010, 6:20 AM
27 points
67 comments6 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing predictions

Nathan GaltMar 28, 2019, 9:01 PM
21 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] LW-re­lated iOS Short­cuts?

JasperGehMar 25, 2020, 12:08 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] [Meta?] Us­ing the LessWrong code­base for a blog

George3d6Dec 20, 2020, 3:05 AM
19 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Word­tune review

KatjaGraceJan 26, 2021, 9:40 AM
52 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A DIY cryp­tocur­rency hard­ware wallet for free

jorgesApr 10, 2021, 5:36 PM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What’s a good way to test ba­sic ma­chine learn­ing code?

KennyMar 11, 2021, 9:27 PM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Donat­ing Bit­coin to Cri­sis Zones—Is there a plat­form col­lat­ing and ver­ify­ing pub­lic key ad­dress for in­di­vi­d­u­als in con­flict zones which al­lows donors to send Bit­coin di­rectly to them?

Siddhartha GautamaMay 27, 2021, 8:20 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Kids NCurses Messenger

jefftkMay 22, 2021, 5:50 PM
40 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Re­quest for com­ment on a novel refer­ence work of understanding

enderAug 12, 2021, 12:06 AM
3 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

A spread­sheet/​tem­plate for do­ing an an­nual review

peterslatteryDec 22, 2021, 11:29 PM
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Order­ing your­self around with an app

bfinnDec 7, 2021, 12:49 AM
9 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

How I use Anki: ex­pand­ing the scope of SRS

CallumMcDougallApr 12, 2022, 8:28 AM
37 points
8 comments19 min readLW link

Show LW: Yo­daTimer.com

Adam ZernerJun 11, 2022, 8:52 AM
27 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
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