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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

engage in societal blackmail to anyone who’s ever heard the words TensorFlow.

no no wait this is geoff's stopped clock moment

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that thread is a work of genius and answers what the next tech boom needs to be

~~dicks in mousetraps~~ I MEAN whatever wastes electricity most, preferably with Nvidia cards

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s all fucking solipsism with extra steps

or not, like when he told Grimes to her face that he thought she must be an ideal simulation for him

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago

expensive archival write-once BDs

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

this post from the guy who writes explainers about consumer financial structures hits different if you know he met and is exchanging tweets with noted race scientist Jordan Lasker (cremieux)

https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/chicago-casino-investment-offering/

maybe it's me but i'm hearing ultrasonic frequencies

probably nothing, right?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago

did the stubsack end up in all somehow

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

we have this year's greatest pride anthem already and it's only january

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SIEOYOuX4s

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago

Rationalism is a cult, but it's also a cult franchise that generates smaller cults. Also a lot of the people were not entirely balanced to start with and rationalism made them worse. Anyway, Ziz.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 4 days ago

yeah bsky is where journalists post now so it's where they scrape stories from

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

if you ever need to, you know you can rattle the tin. if LessWrong can get fucking $2 million ...

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 5 days ago

Ulbricht also had really bad lawyers. The FBI evidence on the server in Iceland was tainted in fairly obvious ways and he coulda got much of the case thrown out, then just ... didn't? I can't find it, but Nicholas Weaver wrote some stuff on this.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 5 days ago

it's better than that, he didn't dump a penny in

the deal is:

  1. they get unregulated
  2. they promise to spend money they were going to anyway, they're totally getting round to it bro
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