lonvienris
@lonvienris.bsky.social
to bean or not to bean…
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
to bean or not to bean…
Reminds me of a great quote from Kaveh Akbar - “There’s no difference to the outside world between a good guy and a bad guy behaving like a good guy.” Externally, performing decency is exactly the same as being decent
July 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reminds me of a great quote from Kaveh Akbar - “There’s no difference to the outside world between a good guy and a bad guy behaving like a good guy.” Externally, performing decency is exactly the same as being decent
Maybe it’s more like fossil fuels—it has distinct utility while also causing immense harms, and it cannot simply be abandoned without other, better things in place. Idk, I just don’t know if abstinence is ultimately possible or effective
June 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Maybe it’s more like fossil fuels—it has distinct utility while also causing immense harms, and it cannot simply be abandoned without other, better things in place. Idk, I just don’t know if abstinence is ultimately possible or effective
in a very oversimplified nutshell: the problems inherent to inductive reasoning. The tools we’ve developed that we call “science” are our best effort to overcome those problems when seeking general truths abt the world
June 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
in a very oversimplified nutshell: the problems inherent to inductive reasoning. The tools we’ve developed that we call “science” are our best effort to overcome those problems when seeking general truths abt the world
dick = a jerk
prick = an arrogant jerk
prick = an arrogant jerk
April 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
dick = a jerk
prick = an arrogant jerk
prick = an arrogant jerk
The idea that trade is a zero sum game in which one trade party is the ‘winner’ and the other is the ‘loser’
April 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The idea that trade is a zero sum game in which one trade party is the ‘winner’ and the other is the ‘loser’
3/3 Also, w/r/t Hank’s original point, how could genAI be leveraged to be addictive? One answer, I think, is reliance. the reliance on a problem-solving tool is the mechanism to achieve an addicted user base. You are welcome to disagree tho!
March 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
3/3 Also, w/r/t Hank’s original point, how could genAI be leveraged to be addictive? One answer, I think, is reliance. the reliance on a problem-solving tool is the mechanism to achieve an addicted user base. You are welcome to disagree tho!
2/ if you rely on genAI to do cognitive work so extensively that it results in the atrophy of your cognitive capacity or will to use that capacity, is there a level of addiction present? My provisional answer is yes—I think in this context, reliance starts to look a lot like addiction.
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
2/ if you rely on genAI to do cognitive work so extensively that it results in the atrophy of your cognitive capacity or will to use that capacity, is there a level of addiction present? My provisional answer is yes—I think in this context, reliance starts to look a lot like addiction.
What I’m thinking about is whether those distinct concepts actually start to collapse into each other w genAI specifically. I’m thinking there may be a point at which reliance or dependence on something becomes a kind of addiction. Could a tool seem so useful that it is turned to compulsively? 1/
March 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
What I’m thinking about is whether those distinct concepts actually start to collapse into each other w genAI specifically. I’m thinking there may be a point at which reliance or dependence on something becomes a kind of addiction. Could a tool seem so useful that it is turned to compulsively? 1/
I wonder if there’s a difference between ‘addicted to’ and ‘reliant on’ in this context
March 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I wonder if there’s a difference between ‘addicted to’ and ‘reliant on’ in this context
I read Looking for Alaska many years ago when I was 16. it was given to me by my best friend. It was incredibly formative for how I’ve gone on to make meaning in my life, & it introduced me to ideas that I desperately needed, especially at that time. It’s very dear to me! Happy 20 years
March 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I read Looking for Alaska many years ago when I was 16. it was given to me by my best friend. It was incredibly formative for how I’ve gone on to make meaning in my life, & it introduced me to ideas that I desperately needed, especially at that time. It’s very dear to me! Happy 20 years
I think this is a genuinely significant observation that’s more than just ‘oh they have bad taste/no artistic appreciation.’ There’s something going on here with visual language/semiotics that says something important abt right-wing voters. I’m not smart enough to know what it is tho
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I think this is a genuinely significant observation that’s more than just ‘oh they have bad taste/no artistic appreciation.’ There’s something going on here with visual language/semiotics that says something important abt right-wing voters. I’m not smart enough to know what it is tho
Noooo this was my task suggestion lol I’m so sad it got lost 😂 oh well, the P4A fates intervened to spare Hank from dry tea leaves
February 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Noooo this was my task suggestion lol I’m so sad it got lost 😂 oh well, the P4A fates intervened to spare Hank from dry tea leaves
Eat some of the dry tea leaves from your favorite Good.store tea
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Eat some of the dry tea leaves from your favorite Good.store tea
What has helped me stay closer to hope in desperate times is redefining my hope. rather than being oriented around belief or faith in a good outcome, my hope is a categorical refusal to give up. I continue not because I believe I will succeed, but because even a 1% chance is worth fighting for
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What has helped me stay closer to hope in desperate times is redefining my hope. rather than being oriented around belief or faith in a good outcome, my hope is a categorical refusal to give up. I continue not because I believe I will succeed, but because even a 1% chance is worth fighting for
NPR reported that because the ERA was ratified after the deadline in the amendment’s preamble, there is an open legal question as to whether the deadline is binding or not. If binding, ratification was too late. If not binding, ERA is law. Archivist is currently arguing the former & not publishing
January 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NPR reported that because the ERA was ratified after the deadline in the amendment’s preamble, there is an open legal question as to whether the deadline is binding or not. If binding, ratification was too late. If not binding, ERA is law. Archivist is currently arguing the former & not publishing
‘People experiencing homelessness’ is also used to communicate the fact that homelessness is not a static state, & that people go in & out of homelessness. It’s kind of an unwieldy term tho, & from my experience working with people who have been homeless, preferences vary w/r/t preferred terms
January 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
‘People experiencing homelessness’ is also used to communicate the fact that homelessness is not a static state, & that people go in & out of homelessness. It’s kind of an unwieldy term tho, & from my experience working with people who have been homeless, preferences vary w/r/t preferred terms
Given that many of our best scientific theories were initially discounted & considered fringe/not supported by evidence (heliocentrism, germ theory, continental drift), how should we determine what current “outside-the-norm” scientific ideas to pursue & which to reject?
January 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Given that many of our best scientific theories were initially discounted & considered fringe/not supported by evidence (heliocentrism, germ theory, continental drift), how should we determine what current “outside-the-norm” scientific ideas to pursue & which to reject?
I do know that, but I don’t know where letters are in the alphabet and have to sing the abc’s every time so you know we all have our strengths
January 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I do know that, but I don’t know where letters are in the alphabet and have to sing the abc’s every time so you know we all have our strengths
Look into going to Doolin! It’s the most magical little town on the west coast :) close to the Cliffs of Moher also
January 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Look into going to Doolin! It’s the most magical little town on the west coast :) close to the Cliffs of Moher also
What are you most excited for in 2025? What are you most concerned about?
December 30, 2024 at 4:41 PM
What are you most excited for in 2025? What are you most concerned about?
I found that article to be quite odd & contrary to my memory of 2016 & the contrast between then & now. the vibe has certainly shifted, but the idea that only now is there cultural acceptance of trump’s “off color” persona seems bizarre & does not fit w/ my memory. Ppl loved that abt him in 2016
December 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I found that article to be quite odd & contrary to my memory of 2016 & the contrast between then & now. the vibe has certainly shifted, but the idea that only now is there cultural acceptance of trump’s “off color” persona seems bizarre & does not fit w/ my memory. Ppl loved that abt him in 2016
That’s a scene of pure Christmas magic 💚🎄
December 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
That’s a scene of pure Christmas magic 💚🎄