Patrick McEwen
@pmcewen.bsky.social
Lacrosse guy, but no one seems to talk about sports here, so I guess I'm here for the political news? Maybe some finance and economics stuff too?
Same. I like the fact that someone posted it here
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Same. I like the fact that someone posted it here
Yeah, wacky fits better than anything conspiracy related.
Also, at this point isn’t the biggest Epstein related conspiracy left without any evidence that Trump is innocent?
Also, at this point isn’t the biggest Epstein related conspiracy left without any evidence that Trump is innocent?
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Yeah, wacky fits better than anything conspiracy related.
Also, at this point isn’t the biggest Epstein related conspiracy left without any evidence that Trump is innocent?
Also, at this point isn’t the biggest Epstein related conspiracy left without any evidence that Trump is innocent?
Reposted by Patrick McEwen
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with Massie, this quote is the quickest way to catch up. So many levels to it
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
reason.com/2017/03/15/t...
He once gave an incredible quote about how he used to think people originally voted for him because they agreed with him on principle only to later realize they were just voting for "the craziest son of a bitch in the race"
He walks that fine line of craziest option but sane enough to realize it
He walks that fine line of craziest option but sane enough to realize it
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
He once gave an incredible quote about how he used to think people originally voted for him because they agreed with him on principle only to later realize they were just voting for "the craziest son of a bitch in the race"
He walks that fine line of craziest option but sane enough to realize it
He walks that fine line of craziest option but sane enough to realize it
(gif directed at NYT, not you)
a man says okay but that 's worse in front of a woman
Alt: a man says okay but that 's worse in front of a woman in the TV show The Good Place
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
(gif directed at NYT, not you)
They didn’t bother explaining why James Bond appears to be in his 30s or 40s from the 1960s through the 2020s and is different people all together so I’m not sure why you have to explain any of it
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They didn’t bother explaining why James Bond appears to be in his 30s or 40s from the 1960s through the 2020s and is different people all together so I’m not sure why you have to explain any of it
I have also come around to thinking it's actually really stupid from a purely economic money making perspective as well. Technology that makes existing workers more productive is cheaper, easier to build, more reliable and offers all of the upside. Only catch is you still have to share the money
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have also come around to thinking it's actually really stupid from a purely economic money making perspective as well. Technology that makes existing workers more productive is cheaper, easier to build, more reliable and offers all of the upside. Only catch is you still have to share the money
It's like previous SCOTUS decisions or executive orders can't bind future ones unless the SCOTUS or president continues to want them to do so.
Laws can't place meaningfully place any restrictions on future laws. That's why the constitution exists
Laws can't place meaningfully place any restrictions on future laws. That's why the constitution exists
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It's like previous SCOTUS decisions or executive orders can't bind future ones unless the SCOTUS or president continues to want them to do so.
Laws can't place meaningfully place any restrictions on future laws. That's why the constitution exists
Laws can't place meaningfully place any restrictions on future laws. That's why the constitution exists
The profits are negative so sharing them means you have to give money to OpenAI
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The profits are negative so sharing them means you have to give money to OpenAI
Is that what the article says? I read it the other way, that they were going to vote to reopen the government in exchange for nothing
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Is that what the article says? I read it the other way, that they were going to vote to reopen the government in exchange for nothing
In the way LLMs are bad at tasks like math & counting letters in words that were solved problems in previous tech, it's possible that AGI will be bad at certain things LLMs are good at
It will be very funny if the first AGI tech turns out to be bad at writing code
It will be very funny if the first AGI tech turns out to be bad at writing code
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In the way LLMs are bad at tasks like math & counting letters in words that were solved problems in previous tech, it's possible that AGI will be bad at certain things LLMs are good at
It will be very funny if the first AGI tech turns out to be bad at writing code
It will be very funny if the first AGI tech turns out to be bad at writing code
And it might not be a bad thing for it to just be a tool. We have plenty of humans already who need jobs and humans have some flaws as well
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And it might not be a bad thing for it to just be a tool. We have plenty of humans already who need jobs and humans have some flaws as well
That also gets at one of the issues I have with the business models of the AI industry. It all has a very real estate investing seminar vibe. If the tech is so good, why are they selling it rather than just using it themselves? I'm not worried about being replaced by AI until they stop selling it
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
That also gets at one of the issues I have with the business models of the AI industry. It all has a very real estate investing seminar vibe. If the tech is so good, why are they selling it rather than just using it themselves? I'm not worried about being replaced by AI until they stop selling it
With you on all that.
LLMs feel like a local optima that is not actually on the path to AGI. They are just too dramatically different than how human brains work
LLMs feel like a local optima that is not actually on the path to AGI. They are just too dramatically different than how human brains work
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
With you on all that.
LLMs feel like a local optima that is not actually on the path to AGI. They are just too dramatically different than how human brains work
LLMs feel like a local optima that is not actually on the path to AGI. They are just too dramatically different than how human brains work
There are all sorts of amazing tech that isn't profitable. Translation apps, Wikipedia, Linux, etc.
And there are all kinds of boring, unremarkable things that make for profitable businesses.
It's pretty amazing stuff and here to stay, but that may or may not mean it ends up being profitable
And there are all kinds of boring, unremarkable things that make for profitable businesses.
It's pretty amazing stuff and here to stay, but that may or may not mean it ends up being profitable
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There are all sorts of amazing tech that isn't profitable. Translation apps, Wikipedia, Linux, etc.
And there are all kinds of boring, unremarkable things that make for profitable businesses.
It's pretty amazing stuff and here to stay, but that may or may not mean it ends up being profitable
And there are all kinds of boring, unremarkable things that make for profitable businesses.
It's pretty amazing stuff and here to stay, but that may or may not mean it ends up being profitable
As I understand it, until they develop AGI, those are the only assets OpenAI hasn't already given to Microsoft, so I guess they think so too
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
As I understand it, until they develop AGI, those are the only assets OpenAI hasn't already given to Microsoft, so I guess they think so too
I just keep going back to thinking that the most advanced LLM tech pre-ChatGPT were translate apps and the optimal business model for those turned out to be as free loss leader apps for selling phones. Groundbreaking tech that replaces real humans who were getting paid can end up as a commodity
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I just keep going back to thinking that the most advanced LLM tech pre-ChatGPT were translate apps and the optimal business model for those turned out to be as free loss leader apps for selling phones. Groundbreaking tech that replaces real humans who were getting paid can end up as a commodity
With you that it's here to stay and will be used by many profitable companies, but I am less certain that either owning a foundational model or gigantic data centers and GPUs will be profitable. I am hopeful the future of coding models is running local ones fine tuned on your code base
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
With you that it's here to stay and will be used by many profitable companies, but I am less certain that either owning a foundational model or gigantic data centers and GPUs will be profitable. I am hopeful the future of coding models is running local ones fine tuned on your code base
Isn't half the reason for the insane AI capex that the non-AI parts of the big tech companies make so much money they don't know what to do with it? AI is losing them a bunch of money right now and they're still all crazy profitable. Is it even possible for AI to lose them more money than right now?
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Isn't half the reason for the insane AI capex that the non-AI parts of the big tech companies make so much money they don't know what to do with it? AI is losing them a bunch of money right now and they're still all crazy profitable. Is it even possible for AI to lose them more money than right now?
This is such an improvement. Moves it out ahead of the college season so it doesn't compete for attention and allows the CS to be used to talk about some of the players on new teams
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is such an improvement. Moves it out ahead of the college season so it doesn't compete for attention and allows the CS to be used to talk about some of the players on new teams