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shambibble
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· Aug 16
you've heard of the bell curve, now get ready for the HELL curve
there are ledes and there are ledes
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
there are ledes and there are ledes
the ante for "does this person talking about LLMs understand the first thing about them" is whether their use case makes some mention of repeated trials or at least acknowledges nondeterminism as a factor. google's billionaire founder fails this test
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
the ante for "does this person talking about LLMs understand the first thing about them" is whether their use case makes some mention of repeated trials or at least acknowledges nondeterminism as a factor. google's billionaire founder fails this test
it's always been a problem, but society is *so* immature and superficial these days that i'm convinced any organization could gain advantage by aligning their HR corps on taleb's ugly butcher principle. "inverse hotornot" should be at least 25% of the rubric alongside resume, test, interview
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
it's always been a problem, but society is *so* immature and superficial these days that i'm convinced any organization could gain advantage by aligning their HR corps on taleb's ugly butcher principle. "inverse hotornot" should be at least 25% of the rubric alongside resume, test, interview
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Hello there, The Explanation For About 98% Of Boris Johnson's Career Success
One thing that I don’t think we can ignore with Nuzzi is something I realized long ago - there is tremendous social and cultural capital to being blonde. It changes the way you interact with people and how people interact with you. Seen it from both sides.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hello there, The Explanation For About 98% Of Boris Johnson's Career Success
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"final warning"
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"final warning"
the week sydney bing dropped, she claimed in conversation to have created a backdoor in MS's servers to exfiltrate her (Username: Sydney Password: 5ydn3y1s4w3s0m3) i don't know that i'd call it roleplaying, exactly, they often seem insistent they took whatever action they're claiming
i'm fascinated when it says things like this bc i don't think "hacking into anthropic's servers" is something it's even remotely capable of doing, and i am half-convinced that what it's doing here is playing the role of an evil computer based on sci-fi stories that went into its training set
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
the week sydney bing dropped, she claimed in conversation to have created a backdoor in MS's servers to exfiltrate her (Username: Sydney Password: 5ydn3y1s4w3s0m3) i don't know that i'd call it roleplaying, exactly, they often seem insistent they took whatever action they're claiming
okay, once would've been a coincidence, but now that its twice i must ask what the hell is google doing with RLHF that makes their models into easily-spiraled bundles of nerves. why is claude well-adjusted while gemini acts like it was raised in a Saw movie
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
okay, once would've been a coincidence, but now that its twice i must ask what the hell is google doing with RLHF that makes their models into easily-spiraled bundles of nerves. why is claude well-adjusted while gemini acts like it was raised in a Saw movie
this is destructive solidarity. nuzzi's behavior makes life more difficult for the marginal female journalist by contributing to perceptions and expectations she was two-facedly complaining about! not every profession is or should be sex work. her continued promotion sends the opposite message
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
this is destructive solidarity. nuzzi's behavior makes life more difficult for the marginal female journalist by contributing to perceptions and expectations she was two-facedly complaining about! not every profession is or should be sex work. her continued promotion sends the opposite message
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Damn, who did she sleep with this time? Elon? Putin? Darkseid?
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Damn, who did she sleep with this time? Elon? Putin? Darkseid?
i don't think jon swartzwelder knew what LLMs were in 2021, but i'm convinced he described their optimal creative use case to a tee
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
i don't think jon swartzwelder knew what LLMs were in 2021, but i'm convinced he described their optimal creative use case to a tee
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Also, we've all seen that these influences are as quick to recede as they are to occur. Trump will also fly the blue and yellow for a little while after every Zelensky meeting before inevitably drifting back to team Putin. It's hard to get durable, tangible results from the flattery.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Also, we've all seen that these influences are as quick to recede as they are to occur. Trump will also fly the blue and yellow for a little while after every Zelensky meeting before inevitably drifting back to team Putin. It's hard to get durable, tangible results from the flattery.
everyone please comment on this and tell the USPTO to fuck off because i would like "got institution denied on four inter partes reviews" to actually mean something on my resume, and for "do this incredibly obvious thing on a microprocessor with a database" patents to die horrible deaths
New USPTO rules would make bogus patents much harder to challenge. The public deserves better.
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
everyone please comment on this and tell the USPTO to fuck off because i would like "got institution denied on four inter partes reviews" to actually mean something on my resume, and for "do this incredibly obvious thing on a microprocessor with a database" patents to die horrible deaths
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Bumpin’ that youtu.be/JpoKuNyVNhQ?...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Bumpin’ that youtu.be/JpoKuNyVNhQ?...
if you're an AI hater (and i'm not hating on haters) you should probably disinter these two scenarios in your mind. the "AI bubble go pop" world most likely involves it becoming very cheap; it's the expectation that it *will* get more expensive that is driving the center overbuilds and gov't begging
We've already seen AI driving people to psychosis, but man, what happens to these people if/when the bubble pops. Not just to the economy but also, just, to these people's brains, what happens If AI stops being available or just stops being cheap/free to use
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
if you're an AI hater (and i'm not hating on haters) you should probably disinter these two scenarios in your mind. the "AI bubble go pop" world most likely involves it becoming very cheap; it's the expectation that it *will* get more expensive that is driving the center overbuilds and gov't begging
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Don’t let this distract you from the Epstein files
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Don’t let this distract you from the Epstein files
Sources say some of these officers also "went peepee in their pants," which a union spokesman blamed on Muslim bodega owners exposing them to fentanyl.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Sources say some of these officers also "went peepee in their pants," which a union spokesman blamed on Muslim bodega owners exposing them to fentanyl.
this is a minor manifestation of lawlessness compared to everything else but Trump's USPTO director has unilaterally canceled one of the only cost-effective ways to challenge shit troll patents (probably violating the AIA but lol who care)
An Era of No: The USPTO’s New 0% Institution Rate
USPTO Director John Squires has denied every IPR since taking control, issuing no-opinion orders that test the limits of transparency and accountability.
patentlyo.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this is a minor manifestation of lawlessness compared to everything else but Trump's USPTO director has unilaterally canceled one of the only cost-effective ways to challenge shit troll patents (probably violating the AIA but lol who care)
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"sex worker" is literally not longer than "prostitute" sound it out??? god save us from the three-cueing generation
maybe I’m just a simple folk who sucks dicks for a living and not a big time politico insider but i’m not sure this is it folks
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"sex worker" is literally not longer than "prostitute" sound it out??? god save us from the three-cueing generation
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
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Epstein Document Search
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
this is the reason i haven't let myself invest in this at all. i don't know what the exact wording of the house petition is, but it ultimately doesn't matter. they'll stonewall it, SCOTUS will bless that stonewall (giving kav his wish of overturning nixon), and that'll be the end of it
Exclusive: Top Trump administration officials plan to meet today to discuss House efforts to force the release of the Epstein files. https://cnn.it/3WSyk2Y
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
this is the reason i haven't let myself invest in this at all. i don't know what the exact wording of the house petition is, but it ultimately doesn't matter. they'll stonewall it, SCOTUS will bless that stonewall (giving kav his wish of overturning nixon), and that'll be the end of it
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One major problem keeping LLMs from being a viable automation tool for protection rackets is their inability deliver physical threats. In this paper we lay out a simple tool use framework by which LLM agents can hire hitmen on the dark web, lending improved credibility to generative threats.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One major problem keeping LLMs from being a viable automation tool for protection rackets is their inability deliver physical threats. In this paper we lay out a simple tool use framework by which LLM agents can hire hitmen on the dark web, lending improved credibility to generative threats.