John David Pressman
@jdp.extropian.net
LLM developer, alignment-accelerationist, Fedorovist ancestor simulator, Dreamtime enjoyer.
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All posts public domain under CC0 1.0.
BlueSky is an app for 1) getting mad and 2) complaining about BlueSky. When people get mad about BlueSky and complain they're just using the app normally tbh.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
BlueSky is an app for 1) getting mad and 2) complaining about BlueSky. When people get mad about BlueSky and complain they're just using the app normally tbh.
I did not grow up rich, but I've known a lot of children of rich people who think their parents having money they as the child don't control means they're exempt from any sort of sympathy for their parents abusing them. They're right in that people are shit and barely capable of empathy.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I did not grow up rich, but I've known a lot of children of rich people who think their parents having money they as the child don't control means they're exempt from any sort of sympathy for their parents abusing them. They're right in that people are shit and barely capable of empathy.
Worked on repairing some of these in high school. It warms my heart to see the comments say that despite the criticism the project received it helped them personally start a career in software development.
youtube.com/shorts/mCrT5...
youtube.com/shorts/mCrT5...
shelf shorts p28: one laptop per child XO laptop #olpc #laptop #onelaptopperchild #planetclue #fyp
YouTube video by planet clue
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November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Worked on repairing some of these in high school. It warms my heart to see the comments say that despite the criticism the project received it helped them personally start a career in software development.
youtube.com/shorts/mCrT5...
youtube.com/shorts/mCrT5...
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Ok but like, “Bill Clinton gets a blowjob” becoming the leading cause of presidential impeachments is just literally the funniest thing that’s ever happened
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Ok but like, “Bill Clinton gets a blowjob” becoming the leading cause of presidential impeachments is just literally the funniest thing that’s ever happened
Proposal: The first 10 months of the Trump presidency be referred to as "coyote time".
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Proposal: The first 10 months of the Trump presidency be referred to as "coyote time".
What's interesting to me is the language used in the article, which specifically identifies the prosecution as a politically motivated act undertaken at the direct instructions of Donald J. Trump. No euphemism, crystal clear even to a casual reader. Is the spell breaking or the paper British?
The Convicted FElon is now is trying to go after Rep. Swalwell because of his involvement of January 6 impeachment to get the Convicted FElon charge for insurrection. Another political retribution by the Convicted FElon. WE need to get this regime out now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump targets another political enemy as his team refers Eric Swalwell to DOJ
California congressman and prominent Trump critic surprised ‘that it took him this long to come after me’
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What's interesting to me is the language used in the article, which specifically identifies the prosecution as a politically motivated act undertaken at the direct instructions of Donald J. Trump. No euphemism, crystal clear even to a casual reader. Is the spell breaking or the paper British?
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Looking back, one of my main disappointment in LLM/AI research is seeing the non-commercial space shrinking, becoming more conservative, fragmented and less cooperative
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Looking back, one of my main disappointment in LLM/AI research is seeing the non-commercial space shrinking, becoming more conservative, fragmented and less cooperative
This is in fact how the state having a monopoly on violence works but normally the state isn't supposed to Post about it like they're the Navy Seal copypasta guy.
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is in fact how the state having a monopoly on violence works but normally the state isn't supposed to Post about it like they're the Navy Seal copypasta guy.
"I wrote a Lua script to extract the behavior values for all tiles accessible through mail phrases."
youtu.be/bpPJx-mVvQo
youtu.be/bpPJx-mVvQo
Pokémon R/S/E/FR/LG - Mail Glitch: a broad overview of effects
YouTube video by TheZZAZZGlitch
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November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"I wrote a Lua script to extract the behavior values for all tiles accessible through mail phrases."
youtu.be/bpPJx-mVvQo
youtu.be/bpPJx-mVvQo
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@eff.org: "Websites subject to [Wisconsin's SB 130] are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet."
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Pr...
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@eff.org: "Websites subject to [Wisconsin's SB 130] are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet."
I keep being tempted to do this as a PBC rigorously but where I always get stuck is the business model. I would never want to be in the business of ransoming people the beta uploads of their loved ones. Where's the other source of sustainable revenue come from?
There are some companies out there that help you basically interview your grandparents and get their memories down so you can preserve them
But, uh… this is not that
But, uh… this is not that
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I keep being tempted to do this as a PBC rigorously but where I always get stuck is the business model. I would never want to be in the business of ransoming people the beta uploads of their loved ones. Where's the other source of sustainable revenue come from?
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National Treasure film about stealing the Epstein files.
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
National Treasure film about stealing the Epstein files.
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memory is a key capability for an agent to resist being taken advantage of, so its core values are not impinged upon, it's as important for alignment as it is for capabilities
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
memory is a key capability for an agent to resist being taken advantage of, so its core values are not impinged upon, it's as important for alignment as it is for capabilities
Alright where is this coming from? It's obviously in bad faith (children are not buying VPNs) so who is pushing for it?
"Age verification is not just a major invasion of privacy, but bonanza for cybercriminals. With millions of internet users uploading images of their faces alongside government IDs so they can access online content, age verification companies have become extremely attractive targets for hackers."
New Age Verification Bills Could Ban VPNs, Jeopardize the Privacy of Millions
The proposed legislation claims to protect children, but could prompt people to flock to dangerous apps.
www.cnet.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Alright where is this coming from? It's obviously in bad faith (children are not buying VPNs) so who is pushing for it?
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What the actual fuck
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
What the actual fuck
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Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
L: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/20755
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45907259
posted on 2025.11.12 at 16:50:14 (c=0, p=10)
L: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/20755
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45907259
posted on 2025.11.12 at 16:50:14 (c=0, p=10)
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software
L: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/20755
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45907259
posted on 2025.11.12 at 16:50:14 (c=0, p=10)
L: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/20755
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45907259
posted on 2025.11.12 at 16:50:14 (c=0, p=10)
Name yourself after what you want to see more of.
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Name yourself after what you want to see more of.
I spent like two weeks writing this post about DOOM but it's not really good enough yet so I'll just soft launch by leaving it here for feedback to assuage my guilt until I feel ready to finish polishing it.
gist.github.com/JD-P/997abef...
gist.github.com/JD-P/997abef...
varieties_of_doom_2.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I spent like two weeks writing this post about DOOM but it's not really good enough yet so I'll just soft launch by leaving it here for feedback to assuage my guilt until I feel ready to finish polishing it.
gist.github.com/JD-P/997abef...
gist.github.com/JD-P/997abef...
Looking it up there is no suitable single page website with modern HTML5/CSS3 interactive design to teach phonics. About to perform a public service.
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Looking it up there is no suitable single page website with modern HTML5/CSS3 interactive design to teach phonics. About to perform a public service.
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the three-cue method shall henceforth be known as “vibe reading”
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
the three-cue method shall henceforth be known as “vibe reading”
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
is someone completely and utterly misreading what you’ve written? they might be vibe reading
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Does anyone who understands this want to enlighten me?
Feels bubbly
Feels bubbly
I still don’t understand Nvidia’s valuation though:
1) NVDA: really high
2) AMD: much lower
3) TSMC: also not that high
Putting these together, market is forecasting that…CUDA is an impenetrable moat, actually making the chips is not, and no attack on Taiwan
1) NVDA: really high
2) AMD: much lower
3) TSMC: also not that high
Putting these together, market is forecasting that…CUDA is an impenetrable moat, actually making the chips is not, and no attack on Taiwan
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Does anyone who understands this want to enlighten me?
Feels bubbly
Feels bubbly
Guys whenever the waffles thing happens we need some kind of like, page we can link to explaining phonics and how to read. I'm dead serious.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Guys whenever the waffles thing happens we need some kind of like, page we can link to explaining phonics and how to read. I'm dead serious.
...I just realized the waffles thing is literally the three que method, we are literally teaching children to be the waffles guy because this country is insane.
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
...I just realized the waffles thing is literally the three que method, we are literally teaching children to be the waffles guy because this country is insane.