Chris
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People will be like "my opponents are mud-smeared simpletons swayed by the crudest rhetoric and emotional appeal" and then not win over their opponents with the crudest rhetoric and emotional appeal
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
People will be like "my opponents are mud-smeared simpletons swayed by the crudest rhetoric and emotional appeal" and then not win over their opponents with the crudest rhetoric and emotional appeal
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Publishing on Hacker News is endurance art. You choose to subject yourself to the whim of the public, like in a Marina Abramovic performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0
Rhythm 0 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Publishing on Hacker News is endurance art. You choose to subject yourself to the whim of the public, like in a Marina Abramovic performance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_0
Some thoughts on William Gillis’s "Did the Science Wars Take Place?" Gillis champions a “radical realism" built on the success of science in compressing vast phenomena into compact theories. He uses the compressive power of theories as evidence of an underlying reality that they latch onto. [1/22]
January 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Some thoughts on William Gillis’s "Did the Science Wars Take Place?" Gillis champions a “radical realism" built on the success of science in compressing vast phenomena into compact theories. He uses the compressive power of theories as evidence of an underlying reality that they latch onto. [1/22]
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MTV music channels are shutting down today...an end of an era...though I gotta admit the last time I saw a music video on MTV was around 2008 or so. Still sad to see something that defined a generation and youth culture (mostly gen X) go out with a whimper like that
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
MTV music channels are shutting down today...an end of an era...though I gotta admit the last time I saw a music video on MTV was around 2008 or so. Still sad to see something that defined a generation and youth culture (mostly gen X) go out with a whimper like that
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The “AI alignment problem” is that •humans• do not agree with each other about values
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The “AI alignment problem” is that •humans• do not agree with each other about values
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about half the people on this website act like the first time anyone lied on the internet is when we managed to teach linear algebra to do it. like separating truth from fiction is somehow a new demand that this talking magic box imposes on us.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
about half the people on this website act like the first time anyone lied on the internet is when we managed to teach linear algebra to do it. like separating truth from fiction is somehow a new demand that this talking magic box imposes on us.
May have found the source of this, presumably misattributed, quote. From 2012 southernlandlogus.blogspot.com/2012/03/hann...
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
May have found the source of this, presumably misattributed, quote. From 2012 southernlandlogus.blogspot.com/2012/03/hann...
If we play our cards right, we could yet build an earthly paradise of mutual shame and self-loathing.
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If we play our cards right, we could yet build an earthly paradise of mutual shame and self-loathing.
My spirits are always lifted by finding people who don't pursue a fight-fire-with-fire, tooth-for-a-tooth politics.
You have to work for the symmetries you want to see in society.
You have to work for the symmetries you want to see in society.
There are so many moral boosts you can’t find that don’t go through lying. at least I think so. And more to the point, I think the people who are generating the propaganda are deeply untrustworthy and should lose status.
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My spirits are always lifted by finding people who don't pursue a fight-fire-with-fire, tooth-for-a-tooth politics.
You have to work for the symmetries you want to see in society.
You have to work for the symmetries you want to see in society.
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
This also exemplifies a more general trend, with no single political home, where a symmetry of hate is nurtured.
A common theme is that punishment is promoted to an end in itself.
A common theme is that punishment is promoted to an end in itself.
We're at the point where it's tacitly acknowledged that this is a vendetta.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This also exemplifies a more general trend, with no single political home, where a symmetry of hate is nurtured.
A common theme is that punishment is promoted to an end in itself.
A common theme is that punishment is promoted to an end in itself.
We're at the point where it's tacitly acknowledged that this is a vendetta.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We're at the point where it's tacitly acknowledged that this is a vendetta.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
It's not about claiming some moral high ground, but savouring someone else's trauma.
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The burden of proof for "kids these days are cooked" is *incredibly* high because, like, literally every generation as far back as we have written records has believed that so our prior should be extreme skepticism. And instead people on here are like "a professor wrote a blog post! It's proven!"
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The burden of proof for "kids these days are cooked" is *incredibly* high because, like, literally every generation as far back as we have written records has believed that so our prior should be extreme skepticism. And instead people on here are like "a professor wrote a blog post! It's proven!"
Some nice Stoppard plays online
On The Razzle
youtu.be/I_aRC0YaL6o?...
Professional Foul
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
R&G
youtu.be/-f6gON_OMcQ?...
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
youtu.be/pQmbJn-DkBU?...
On The Razzle
youtu.be/I_aRC0YaL6o?...
Professional Foul
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
R&G
youtu.be/-f6gON_OMcQ?...
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
youtu.be/pQmbJn-DkBU?...
On the Razzle (1983)
YouTube video by grimportents
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Some nice Stoppard plays online
On The Razzle
youtu.be/I_aRC0YaL6o?...
Professional Foul
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
R&G
youtu.be/-f6gON_OMcQ?...
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
youtu.be/pQmbJn-DkBU?...
On The Razzle
youtu.be/I_aRC0YaL6o?...
Professional Foul
youtu.be/D5MYDrWGobg?...
R&G
youtu.be/-f6gON_OMcQ?...
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
youtu.be/pQmbJn-DkBU?...
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RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
[FREE TO READ] Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
I have a soft spot for Feyerabend...
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I have a soft spot for Feyerabend...
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Well, that Charli xcx John Cale collaboration has just wiped everything else off the 2025 table. They should do an entire album.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Well, that Charli xcx John Cale collaboration has just wiped everything else off the 2025 table. They should do an entire album.
Nietzschean affirmation
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Nietzschean affirmation
History! Sure, let someone else do all the hard work of collecting, evaluating and synthesising.
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
History! Sure, let someone else do all the hard work of collecting, evaluating and synthesising.
Yes, shaming is cheap, and when a price is too good to be true you should check the labels carefully.
One thing that I think we need to talk about around shame is that shaming is the lowest stakes and most acceptable option for handling this kind of behavior, and if you're going to ignore shame you're really not going to like the other options for how societies handle this stuff.
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yes, shaming is cheap, and when a price is too good to be true you should check the labels carefully.
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An easy way to be less miserable is to switch from being anti-things-you-hate to pro-things-you-like.
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
An easy way to be less miserable is to switch from being anti-things-you-hate to pro-things-you-like.
A nice way to secularise "There but for the grace of God go I"
The moral clarity you gain by seeing all of humanity as being clones of yourself, and you are all helping each other out.
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A nice way to secularise "There but for the grace of God go I"
Did Arendt really say this? I'm trying to find the source.
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Did Arendt really say this? I'm trying to find the source.