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Posted by andsoitis 1/25/2026

First, make me care(gwern.net)
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yetihehe 1/25/2026|
And thus "question-bait" was born.
oytis 1/25/2026||
So how did Venice maintain its dominance?
underdeserver 1/25/2026||
Probably should be marked (2025).
zahlman 1/25/2026|
It literally says 2026 in the URL. Perhaps it was written before the new year and published now, but that doesn't seem particularly relevant to the advice given anyway.
treetalker 1/25/2026||
Zeroth, proofread.
swiftcoder 1/25/2026|
Eh, if your hook is interesting and your writing is generally solid, I'm not about to begrudge a few typos
jfengel 1/25/2026||
True, but any re-reading will let you pick up a lot of the typos. If you write it once and ship it unedited, then you weren't interested, and the reader likely won't be either. Typos clue the reader into that early.
svilen_dobrev 1/25/2026||
aaand, how to apply this technique to a CV?

prepending a one-liner-about-some-feat that might interest that particular company, before the usual cv afterthat?

hmm. made me think..

wosined 1/26/2026||
Sorry, but I have to disagree. I don't like books that read like adverts.
fukukitaru 1/25/2026||
Chuunibyou-tier slop.
hnfraudswil 1/26/2026||
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nasorenga 1/27/2026|
TLDR