Trevor
@retrev.bsky.social
Computer science, retro computers, HAM, music, TTRPG, and whatever else I feel like. Be warned, this is not a politics free zone, I'm unapologetically liberal.
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Anyone in theoretical cosmology seeing this problem? In short, she says a lot of papers coming out are BS because they are based on very poor hypothesis selection. youtu.be/ZO5u3V6LJuM
I can't believe this really happened.
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
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September 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anyone in theoretical cosmology seeing this problem? In short, she says a lot of papers coming out are BS because they are based on very poor hypothesis selection. youtu.be/ZO5u3V6LJuM
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September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How "Follow the Science" Got Us Lost
YouTube video by Healthcare Triage
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September 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
They always threw out years of precedence and gutted section 5 now they intend to destroy section 2 on an expedited timeline so states and redistrict minorities out of existence before the midterms.
youtube.com/watch?v=2wdp...
youtube.com/watch?v=2wdp...
BREAKING: BOMBSHELL update from US Supreme Court
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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August 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
They always threw out years of precedence and gutted section 5 now they intend to destroy section 2 on an expedited timeline so states and redistrict minorities out of existence before the midterms.
youtube.com/watch?v=2wdp...
youtube.com/watch?v=2wdp...
If you don't think LLMs understand language I propose the following. (the misspelling adds difficulty to the problem)
I'm the sentance "Darla joopied around with her friends on Saturday night." Try to drive the word joopied
What do you think "joopied" means? Now copy and paste that into an LLM
I'm the sentance "Darla joopied around with her friends on Saturday night." Try to drive the word joopied
What do you think "joopied" means? Now copy and paste that into an LLM
July 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you don't think LLMs understand language I propose the following. (the misspelling adds difficulty to the problem)
I'm the sentance "Darla joopied around with her friends on Saturday night." Try to drive the word joopied
What do you think "joopied" means? Now copy and paste that into an LLM
I'm the sentance "Darla joopied around with her friends on Saturday night." Try to drive the word joopied
What do you think "joopied" means? Now copy and paste that into an LLM
Interesting deep dive on how radiation protection works in a nuclear plant. youtu.be/cRaKMTK7ea0?...
How To Think About Radiation (Entering a Nuclear Power Plant) - Smarter Every Day 309
YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay
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July 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Interesting deep dive on how radiation protection works in a nuclear plant. youtu.be/cRaKMTK7ea0?...
Interesting take on AI from a generally skeptical guy
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Where AI Provides Value - Schneier on Security
If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your role in society, it probably feels good to see the latest AI tools fail spectacularly. If AI r...
www.schneier.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Interesting take on AI from a generally skeptical guy
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
June 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I've got a friend in a desperate situation. I helped set up a fundraiser to try and help it. Please share it around as much as possible. Details in the link or you can message me directly. Thank you.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/h...
#domesticviolance
#survivor
#fundraiser
giveahand.com/fundraiser/h...
#domesticviolance
#survivor
#fundraiser
Help my friend get her daughter out of a TERRIBLE situation
PLEASE HELP A FRIEND GET HER DAUGHER BACK FROM HER EX-HUSBAND AND STOP THE PHYISCAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT!BACKGROUNDAbout a year ago, my friend J. finally found the courage and opportunity to leave her a...
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May 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've got a friend in a desperate situation. I helped set up a fundraiser to try and help it. Please share it around as much as possible. Details in the link or you can message me directly. Thank you.
giveahand.com/fundraiser/h...
#domesticviolance
#survivor
#fundraiser
giveahand.com/fundraiser/h...
#domesticviolance
#survivor
#fundraiser
Reposted by Trevor
"Like Seanan McGuire and Sarah Dessen tripping balls in Charles De Lint's queer basement rave," my urban fantasy novel Red Shoes is available in TPB, hardcover, Kindle, epub and audiobook editions from all major (and most indie) booksellers.
May 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"Like Seanan McGuire and Sarah Dessen tripping balls in Charles De Lint's queer basement rave," my urban fantasy novel Red Shoes is available in TPB, hardcover, Kindle, epub and audiobook editions from all major (and most indie) booksellers.
If life supposedly starts at conception then why don't the anti choice people celebrate their conception day instead of their birthday 🤔
May 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If life supposedly starts at conception then why don't the anti choice people celebrate their conception day instead of their birthday 🤔
My grandfather talking about the history of his house and the town I grew up in #history #rhodeisland
youtu.be/jmvE_RbDrzg?...
youtu.be/jmvE_RbDrzg?...
Uncle Raymond History Lesson 2007
YouTube video by GWHinCA
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April 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My grandfather talking about the history of his house and the town I grew up in #history #rhodeisland
youtu.be/jmvE_RbDrzg?...
youtu.be/jmvE_RbDrzg?...
The Democrats Won’t Stop Emailing Me
YouTube video by Leeja Miller
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February 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Trevor
Trump admin to replace a black man with a less qualified white man because the black man was "too woke."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump says he is replacing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed to purge the Pentagon of what he has called “woke” policies and personnel, and to reshape the military’s top ranks.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trump admin to replace a black man with a less qualified white man because the black man was "too woke."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...