An example of how Trump is a vehicle for grievances because everyone driven by resentment projects onto him. A leftist like AOC feels America is beautiful and wants to improve it. A crank leftist likes the idea of destroying America, but is totally powerless, therefore they approve of Trump doing it
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
An example of how Trump is a vehicle for grievances because everyone driven by resentment projects onto him. A leftist like AOC feels America is beautiful and wants to improve it. A crank leftist likes the idea of destroying America, but is totally powerless, therefore they approve of Trump doing it
I recall someone (probably you) saying that the two failure modes of LLMs are recitation (reproducing the training data exactly) and hallucination (failing to reproduce the training data exactly)
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I recall someone (probably you) saying that the two failure modes of LLMs are recitation (reproducing the training data exactly) and hallucination (failing to reproduce the training data exactly)
If nothing else I find it obscene to turn governmental agencies that are meant to function as institutions in service of the entire American political community into overtly partisan propaganda mouthpieces.
It’s just such a visceral degeneration of civic life it drives me insane.
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If nothing else I find it obscene to turn governmental agencies that are meant to function as institutions in service of the entire American political community into overtly partisan propaganda mouthpieces.
It’s just such a visceral degeneration of civic life it drives me insane.
I mean, yes it is unfair but that’s because relentless pursuit of fairness both annihilates compassion and is bad policy. Offering people $100 to get the covid vaccine after two months of resistance is unfair but it gets shots in more arms more efficiently than giving cash to everyone.
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I mean, yes it is unfair but that’s because relentless pursuit of fairness both annihilates compassion and is bad policy. Offering people $100 to get the covid vaccine after two months of resistance is unfair but it gets shots in more arms more efficiently than giving cash to everyone.
150,000 years into the future, an octo-man archeologist carefully lifts a book from an ancient box. He blows dust away from the cover, revealing a pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog riding Lightning McQueen reverse cowgirl style. "What could this mean?" the archeologist asks himself.
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
150,000 years into the future, an octo-man archeologist carefully lifts a book from an ancient box. He blows dust away from the cover, revealing a pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog riding Lightning McQueen reverse cowgirl style. "What could this mean?" the archeologist asks himself.