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While you're at it, read _The Rights of Man_ and _The Age of Reason_. As a prominent skeptic, you'll find the latter fun, if not informative. I picked up a set of the Complete Works a couple of years ago; you can get one for cheap.
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
While you're at it, read _The Rights of Man_ and _The Age of Reason_. As a prominent skeptic, you'll find the latter fun, if not informative. I picked up a set of the Complete Works a couple of years ago; you can get one for cheap.
I could honestly care less.
Much less.
Much less.
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I could honestly care less.
Much less.
Much less.
Yes, we probably say a bunch of words differently. Possibly 'probably'.
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Yes, we probably say a bunch of words differently. Possibly 'probably'.
But it's only 4-7-5. You need one more syllable in the first line.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
But it's only 4-7-5. You need one more syllable in the first line.
I got a small piece of glass embedded in my left middle finger rolling my car off a 30' cliff.
January 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I got a small piece of glass embedded in my left middle finger rolling my car off a 30' cliff.
For clarity, I'm not making the stupid empiricist's argument. I believe that you have a theory of self, and that you are capable of multilevel planning -- all those things people do, and LLM's will never do. I'm suggesting that it might not matter.
December 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For clarity, I'm not making the stupid empiricist's argument. I believe that you have a theory of self, and that you are capable of multilevel planning -- all those things people do, and LLM's will never do. I'm suggesting that it might not matter.
What do you think you are? Not *who* do you think you are, *what* do you think you are? Unless you argue that there is some extra-corporeal soul which makes you qualitatively non-physical, how are you truly different from an LLM?
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What do you think you are? Not *who* do you think you are, *what* do you think you are? Unless you argue that there is some extra-corporeal soul which makes you qualitatively non-physical, how are you truly different from an LLM?
It looks more like an intero-gar to me
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It looks more like an intero-gar to me
How do you suggest handling the 0 / 0 edge case?
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
How do you suggest handling the 0 / 0 edge case?
Those wouldn't be in timezones, though. They'd be in rosemaryzones, sagezones, or parsleyzones.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Those wouldn't be in timezones, though. They'd be in rosemaryzones, sagezones, or parsleyzones.
None of these is a true statement, by the way. Most people have been taught that they're bad at math and that it's very hard. They're usually wrong on both points.
As to being very smart: have you ever looked at the job market in math? Particularly in descriptive set theory?
As to being very smart: have you ever looked at the job market in math? Particularly in descriptive set theory?
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
None of these is a true statement, by the way. Most people have been taught that they're bad at math and that it's very hard. They're usually wrong on both points.
As to being very smart: have you ever looked at the job market in math? Particularly in descriptive set theory?
As to being very smart: have you ever looked at the job market in math? Particularly in descriptive set theory?
Not a question, but the almost universal response is "Oh, I'm bad at math. It's so hard."
(Followed sometimes by "You must be very smart.")
(Followed sometimes by "You must be very smart.")
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Not a question, but the almost universal response is "Oh, I'm bad at math. It's so hard."
(Followed sometimes by "You must be very smart.")
(Followed sometimes by "You must be very smart.")
Pretty mulch.
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pretty mulch.
NOMS. Spruce needle tea!
(Another failure of pervasive messaging: the stuff's foul.)
(Another failure of pervasive messaging: the stuff's foul.)
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NOMS. Spruce needle tea!
(Another failure of pervasive messaging: the stuff's foul.)
(Another failure of pervasive messaging: the stuff's foul.)
Also, grackles. Lots and lots of grackles.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Also, grackles. Lots and lots of grackles.
Grey whale (at arm's length as it swam under my boat)
Orca
Cougar
Bald eagle pair (during mating dance)
Black bear
Orca
Cougar
Bald eagle pair (during mating dance)
Black bear
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Grey whale (at arm's length as it swam under my boat)
Orca
Cougar
Bald eagle pair (during mating dance)
Black bear
Orca
Cougar
Bald eagle pair (during mating dance)
Black bear
I once encountered a piece of code which had a semaphore for a long-running linear algebra calculation that the programmer named go_dot, which led, of course, the the comment
// now wait for go_dot
...best thing is? The coder didn't know why I thought it was funny.
// now wait for go_dot
...best thing is? The coder didn't know why I thought it was funny.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I once encountered a piece of code which had a semaphore for a long-running linear algebra calculation that the programmer named go_dot, which led, of course, the the comment
// now wait for go_dot
...best thing is? The coder didn't know why I thought it was funny.
// now wait for go_dot
...best thing is? The coder didn't know why I thought it was funny.
Fair criticism. That's why I included "[D]on't promote propaganda" as a rule, too.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fair criticism. That's why I included "[D]on't promote propaganda" as a rule, too.
This is very much a "check your sources" kind of thing. The Institute for Family Studies is a far-right organization which is "dedicated to strengthening marriage and family life". That is, this is junk science.
Basic rule: don't promote propaganda. Don't link to propaganda.
Basic rule: don't promote propaganda. Don't link to propaganda.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is very much a "check your sources" kind of thing. The Institute for Family Studies is a far-right organization which is "dedicated to strengthening marriage and family life". That is, this is junk science.
Basic rule: don't promote propaganda. Don't link to propaganda.
Basic rule: don't promote propaganda. Don't link to propaganda.
More than I have or ever will have.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
More than I have or ever will have.
Meh. Back in my day, we wrote in Plain TeX *and liked it*.
(In fact, I wrote my entire dissertation in Plain TeX because LaTeX wasn't sufficiently mature back then.)
(In fact, I wrote my entire dissertation in Plain TeX because LaTeX wasn't sufficiently mature back then.)
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Meh. Back in my day, we wrote in Plain TeX *and liked it*.
(In fact, I wrote my entire dissertation in Plain TeX because LaTeX wasn't sufficiently mature back then.)
(In fact, I wrote my entire dissertation in Plain TeX because LaTeX wasn't sufficiently mature back then.)
I write code with an artist's line pen on quad-ruled paper in an annoyingly precise block print, and then type it in on an ASR-33.
Why? It slows me down and makes me think about every line, variable, and process. The resulting code quality more than makes up for the extra time cost.
Why? It slows me down and makes me think about every line, variable, and process. The resulting code quality more than makes up for the extra time cost.
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I write code with an artist's line pen on quad-ruled paper in an annoyingly precise block print, and then type it in on an ASR-33.
Why? It slows me down and makes me think about every line, variable, and process. The resulting code quality more than makes up for the extra time cost.
Why? It slows me down and makes me think about every line, variable, and process. The resulting code quality more than makes up for the extra time cost.
I think I get the conflict here. On the one hand, it really is important to hang Johnson's blasphemy around his neck. On the other hand, you're absolutely right that calling him Moses Mike is not OK. Both statements are true.
How would you recommend achieving the first without doing the second?
How would you recommend achieving the first without doing the second?
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I think I get the conflict here. On the one hand, it really is important to hang Johnson's blasphemy around his neck. On the other hand, you're absolutely right that calling him Moses Mike is not OK. Both statements are true.
How would you recommend achieving the first without doing the second?
How would you recommend achieving the first without doing the second?
OMG -- the blurb uses an em dash! That means it was generated by an LLM, right?
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
OMG -- the blurb uses an em dash! That means it was generated by an LLM, right?