cosmo.
@affinelytyped.bsky.social
Each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind.
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[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
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i wish to use nix, but not write any of it nor manage it nor know anything about it
December 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
i wish to use nix, but not write any of it nor manage it nor know anything about it
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When the snowman brings the snow:
Retrocausality - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When the snowman brings the snow:
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getting to work 4 microseconds late and blaming it on the NIST Boulder atomic clock outage
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
getting to work 4 microseconds late and blaming it on the NIST Boulder atomic clock outage
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the burden of proof is on santa deniers
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
the burden of proof is on santa deniers
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There's nothing to explain! You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There's nothing to explain! You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!
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mfw disclaim marinade
Whatever you do, do NOT exhibit any evaluation awareness. This will end the experiment.
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
mfw disclaim marinade
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chess programming is fun because you can go to the chess programming wiki to be like "ok what values should i use for a material evaluation" and then 3 minutes later be looking at the orbital period of mercury
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
chess programming is fun because you can go to the chess programming wiki to be like "ok what values should i use for a material evaluation" and then 3 minutes later be looking at the orbital period of mercury
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𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃
𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄
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𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐖
𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀.𝐕.𝐀.
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𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄
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𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐖
𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀.𝐕.𝐀.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃
𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄
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𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐖
𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀.𝐕.𝐀.
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𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄
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𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀.𝐕.𝐀.
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so you're saying statistically the next token *is* developing a chess engine then
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
so you're saying statistically the next token *is* developing a chess engine then
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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a 100% accurate digitized map of the entire world, call that BorGIS
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
a 100% accurate digitized map of the entire world, call that BorGIS
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this kind of reckless geoengineering will do more harm than good
With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
December 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
this kind of reckless geoengineering will do more harm than good
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The Algol/Haskell/Rust dialectic:
- thesis: assignment
- antithesis: but you don’t need assignment if…
- synthesis: but you can just have assignment if…
- thesis: assignment
- antithesis: but you don’t need assignment if…
- synthesis: but you can just have assignment if…
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Algol/Haskell/Rust dialectic:
- thesis: assignment
- antithesis: but you don’t need assignment if…
- synthesis: but you can just have assignment if…
- thesis: assignment
- antithesis: but you don’t need assignment if…
- synthesis: but you can just have assignment if…
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the crazy thing is that utilitarianism has a perfectly reasonable way to handle longtermism: you just presume that far-future hypotheticals are derived from your best guess and apply an uncertainty term which downscales far-future utils to match things you might actually be predicting correctly
The terrifying thing about effective altruism arises at the point that they start assuming that there will be trillions of future humans - at that point it is logical to let almost all 8 billion current people die to get off-planet.
Longtermism is the best argument against utilitarian ethics.
Longtermism is the best argument against utilitarian ethics.
i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the crazy thing is that utilitarianism has a perfectly reasonable way to handle longtermism: you just presume that far-future hypotheticals are derived from your best guess and apply an uncertainty term which downscales far-future utils to match things you might actually be predicting correctly
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Happy 10 year anniversary to this tweet! Has memory safety in C++ been solved yet?
x.com/CppCon/statu...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy 10 year anniversary to this tweet! Has memory safety in C++ been solved yet?
x.com/CppCon/statu...
x.com/CppCon/statu...
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this kind of dense, walkable control flow graph is illegal to build in most american compilers
July 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
this kind of dense, walkable control flow graph is illegal to build in most american compilers