David Mimno
@dmimno.bsky.social
He teaches information science at Cornell. http://mimno.infosci.cornell.edu
For those not into book history, that means it is impossible that even a single person had ever read the rest of it.
The remains are probably still on a shelf at Perseus HQ, with rubber bands holding them together. I think about it sometimes. I'm not sorry.
The remains are probably still on a shelf at Perseus HQ, with rubber bands holding them together. I think about it sometimes. I'm not sorry.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For those not into book history, that means it is impossible that even a single person had ever read the rest of it.
The remains are probably still on a shelf at Perseus HQ, with rubber bands holding them together. I think about it sometimes. I'm not sorry.
The remains are probably still on a shelf at Perseus HQ, with rubber bands holding them together. I think about it sometimes. I'm not sorry.
Ah, that makes more sense!
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Ah, that makes more sense!
What’s the temporal limit? Nothing in Greece south of Thessaloniki is weird
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
What’s the temporal limit? Nothing in Greece south of Thessaloniki is weird
Reposted by David Mimno
The seven layers are:
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The seven layers are:
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
Requires numba to be fast, and doesn't yet implement sampling tricks, but already competitive with VB and higher quality
January 23, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Requires numba to be fast, and doesn't yet implement sampling tricks, but already competitive with VB and higher quality
Entire Eastern US planning to experiment with powdered water this weekend ❄️
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Entire Eastern US planning to experiment with powdered water this weekend ❄️
Are you willing to accept the consequences if those rocks are ever released into the wild, Scott? These are the worst of the worst.
January 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Are you willing to accept the consequences if those rocks are ever released into the wild, Scott? These are the worst of the worst.