tbabb
@tbabb.bsky.social
advanced cat befriender
@tr_babb on twitter
Oakland, CA
@tr_babb on twitter
Oakland, CA
me after the 14th reference in the neverending norvid reference word cloud
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
me after the 14th reference in the neverending norvid reference word cloud
pro human extinction feels virtuously self-flagellating; guilt-relieving to those who practice it
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
pro human extinction feels virtuously self-flagellating; guilt-relieving to those who practice it
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
that is the one claim that I _am_ able to source to paulg, and I agree with the main thrust of it— investors are asking _you_ to do it because _you_ are (supposedly) the one with the expertise to do so
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
that is the one claim that I _am_ able to source to paulg, and I agree with the main thrust of it— investors are asking _you_ to do it because _you_ are (supposedly) the one with the expertise to do so
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
ah yes, this graph strikes again
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
ah yes, this graph strikes again
is "thebes" a stage of corvidization? new science has experts wondering
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
is "thebes" a stage of corvidization? new science has experts wondering
these are all the same guy
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
these are all the same guy
"norvid, the trickster character from native american mythology?"
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"norvid, the trickster character from native american mythology?"
a pit filled with burning coal, a new mountain and a new lake, and a forest of trees snapped as if by a great wind— this seems like a possible oral history of a volcanic eruption
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
a pit filled with burning coal, a new mountain and a new lake, and a forest of trees snapped as if by a great wind— this seems like a possible oral history of a volcanic eruption
I noticed recently that norvid.net is taken... 👀
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I noticed recently that norvid.net is taken... 👀
get with it, chatgpt. copilot is much better than you at mimicking style and can convincingly sprinkle dismayed frowny faces in code comments
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
get with it, chatgpt. copilot is much better than you at mimicking style and can convincingly sprinkle dismayed frowny faces in code comments
this prompt yielded results that were thematically on point but stylistically off, sadly
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
this prompt yielded results that were thematically on point but stylistically off, sadly
I don’t think we’re asking seriously enough if the country collectively lost its mind because of pot legalization
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don’t think we’re asking seriously enough if the country collectively lost its mind because of pot legalization
bus format is clearer; no way to think that the stream may be altered
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
bus format is clearer; no way to think that the stream may be altered
ah, I see you are also a software engineer
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ah, I see you are also a software engineer
people who think their LLM chats are basically a conversation make me feel like "oh, wow, you're fooled by the puppet bird"
the truth is there is an arm inside that bird and it belongs to a much stranger creature just out of your view
the truth is there is an arm inside that bird and it belongs to a much stranger creature just out of your view
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
people who think their LLM chats are basically a conversation make me feel like "oh, wow, you're fooled by the puppet bird"
the truth is there is an arm inside that bird and it belongs to a much stranger creature just out of your view
the truth is there is an arm inside that bird and it belongs to a much stranger creature just out of your view
I always pictured you as more of a manul
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I always pictured you as more of a manul
