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when I used to think a lot about vision I fantasized about strapping a gopro to my forehead and recording my POV all day. now I'm thinking about motion and I'm fantasizing about gluing a bunch of accelerometers all around my trunk, limbs, and the backs of my fingers. that would be some cool data
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 AM
when I used to think a lot about vision I fantasized about strapping a gopro to my forehead and recording my POV all day. now I'm thinking about motion and I'm fantasizing about gluing a bunch of accelerometers all around my trunk, limbs, and the backs of my fingers. that would be some cool data
biophysicists get the most fun paper titles it's not fair
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 AM
biophysicists get the most fun paper titles it's not fair
plotting juice against sauce on a log-log plot over seven orders of magnitude
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
plotting juice against sauce on a log-log plot over seven orders of magnitude
was trying to workshop a post riffing on that bit in the sequences where yudkowsky talks about a superintelligence inferring the laws of relatively from like 3 frames of video of something falling, about inventing electro swing after hearing just a single c-major chord or something
February 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
was trying to workshop a post riffing on that bit in the sequences where yudkowsky talks about a superintelligence inferring the laws of relatively from like 3 frames of video of something falling, about inventing electro swing after hearing just a single c-major chord or something
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THOUGHT-FORMS by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbetter (1905). Vague Selfish Affection, Vague Intellectual Pleasure, Angry Jealousy, the Intention to Know, etc. Tag yourself!
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
THOUGHT-FORMS by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbetter (1905). Vague Selfish Affection, Vague Intellectual Pleasure, Angry Jealousy, the Intention to Know, etc. Tag yourself!
I need to reread rossum's universal robots...
January 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I need to reread rossum's universal robots...
two days in a row now my boss has come by the office right in the middle of my afternoon nap
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
two days in a row now my boss has come by the office right in the middle of my afternoon nap
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A transcript and audio of MLK’s final Christmas sermon (part of the Massey Lectures).
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.”
archive.is/4xTYP
youtu.be/1jeyIAH3bUI?...
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.”
archive.is/4xTYP
youtu.be/1jeyIAH3bUI?...
December 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A transcript and audio of MLK’s final Christmas sermon (part of the Massey Lectures).
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.”
archive.is/4xTYP
youtu.be/1jeyIAH3bUI?...
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.”
archive.is/4xTYP
youtu.be/1jeyIAH3bUI?...
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cowsay --dangerously-skip-permissions
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
cowsay --dangerously-skip-permissions
Nicholas "If-Claude-Had-Not-Coded-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned" Barbon
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Nicholas "If-Claude-Had-Not-Coded-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned" Barbon
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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invisible cities is a great book. if you can't find a copy feel free to read it in gif form here
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
invisible cities is a great book. if you can't find a copy feel free to read it in gif form here
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americans, like mushrooms and tofu, take on the flavors they are cooked in
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
americans, like mushrooms and tofu, take on the flavors they are cooked in
finally got around to reading licklider's "man-computer symbiosis" (worrydream.com/refs/Licklid...). shorter than I thought and very fun, feels prescient wrt LLMs. and at times hilariously 1960-like
worrydream.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
finally got around to reading licklider's "man-computer symbiosis" (worrydream.com/refs/Licklid...). shorter than I thought and very fun, feels prescient wrt LLMs. and at times hilariously 1960-like
I'm feeling nostalgic for max pooling
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm feeling nostalgic for max pooling
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It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.
my favorite part about EU5 so far is that it groups staten island with the new jersey province, not the new york province. they really did their research for this game that's exactly how it should be
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
my favorite part about EU5 so far is that it groups staten island with the new jersey province, not the new york province. they really did their research for this game that's exactly how it should be
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they should invent a computer
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
they should invent a computer
I've started referring to taking modafinil as "popping a daffy" but I'm not yet at the point where I then start talking like daffy duck
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've started referring to taking modafinil as "popping a daffy" but I'm not yet at the point where I then start talking like daffy duck
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you're telling me swedenborg
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
you're telling me swedenborg
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
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you shouldn't be allowed to be secretary of war without getting neutered like a dog first
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
you shouldn't be allowed to be secretary of war without getting neutered like a dog first
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