leif erikson
@leaf.bsky.social
Little Shop of Horrors was just foreshadowing; you’ve been warned.
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Econ is the most catholic of all the humanities
📉📈 do we have econ discourse here yet? Not the boring stuff from birdsite I want new things like "TFP is bullshit" or "modern econ is increasingly sociology" or something
January 31, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Econ is the most catholic of all the humanities
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🎉 MICHIGAN MENTIONED 🎉
January 31, 2024 at 12:18 AM
🎉 MICHIGAN MENTIONED 🎉
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The Semifinals are here, what a rarified group winners but only can win! Get in here and cast your vote for the finals.
January 30, 2024 at 6:21 AM
The Semifinals are here, what a rarified group winners but only can win! Get in here and cast your vote for the finals.
i've been running lately
i've gotten FAST 🏃💨
i've gotten FAST 🏃💨
January 29, 2024 at 6:20 PM
i've been running lately
i've gotten FAST 🏃💨
i've gotten FAST 🏃💨
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ok folks i'm going to start the polls, opting for a straight head to head bracket this time. I will thread the polls under this post so I don't need to endlessly repost 8 polls tomorrow. Seeding was done by goodreads average rating with all flaws and caveats of such a system.
January 28, 2024 at 6:01 AM
ok folks i'm going to start the polls, opting for a straight head to head bracket this time. I will thread the polls under this post so I don't need to endlessly repost 8 polls tomorrow. Seeding was done by goodreads average rating with all flaws and caveats of such a system.
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The coolest tree bark
January 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The coolest tree bark
do you fear the end? or will you savor the moment?
January 25, 2024 at 7:24 PM
do you fear the end? or will you savor the moment?
how fucking slow can you move anon
January 25, 2024 at 4:23 AM
how fucking slow can you move anon
can you wait anon?
. . .
do you have . . . the .. .. patience . . . to wait for your opportunity?
. . . .
do you have the courage .. .. .. to act . . despite the chance of
. . .
failure?
. . .
do you have . . . the .. .. patience . . . to wait for your opportunity?
. . . .
do you have the courage .. .. .. to act . . despite the chance of
. . .
failure?
January 25, 2024 at 4:21 AM
can you wait anon?
. . .
do you have . . . the .. .. patience . . . to wait for your opportunity?
. . . .
do you have the courage .. .. .. to act . . despite the chance of
. . .
failure?
. . .
do you have . . . the .. .. patience . . . to wait for your opportunity?
. . . .
do you have the courage .. .. .. to act . . despite the chance of
. . .
failure?
has anyone ever solved the general problem of going soft once you win??
perhaps michael jordan model: ignore everyone else; love the game; relentlessly improve and be your own harshest critic
down a less psychotically focused path, creating artificial challenges to keep skills sharp seems fruitful
perhaps michael jordan model: ignore everyone else; love the game; relentlessly improve and be your own harshest critic
down a less psychotically focused path, creating artificial challenges to keep skills sharp seems fruitful
January 25, 2024 at 4:17 AM
has anyone ever solved the general problem of going soft once you win??
perhaps michael jordan model: ignore everyone else; love the game; relentlessly improve and be your own harshest critic
down a less psychotically focused path, creating artificial challenges to keep skills sharp seems fruitful
perhaps michael jordan model: ignore everyone else; love the game; relentlessly improve and be your own harshest critic
down a less psychotically focused path, creating artificial challenges to keep skills sharp seems fruitful
@yashkaf.bsky.social has a great tweet abt how the brain has been compared to a book, then a machine, then a neural net. each analogy is imperfect, but progressively has a greater degree of accuracy.
[neuromancer]
[neuromancer]
January 25, 2024 at 4:10 AM
@yashkaf.bsky.social has a great tweet abt how the brain has been compared to a book, then a machine, then a neural net. each analogy is imperfect, but progressively has a greater degree of accuracy.
[neuromancer]
[neuromancer]
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i'm back in my hometown and there was a december party where i felt, within a couple hours, intensely,
anger
desire
sadness
and it was good. i was plugged back into a social network where consequences of actions mattered. i felt so alive and motivated
anger
desire
sadness
and it was good. i was plugged back into a social network where consequences of actions mattered. i felt so alive and motivated
January 25, 2024 at 3:49 AM
i'm back in my hometown and there was a december party where i felt, within a couple hours, intensely,
anger
desire
sadness
and it was good. i was plugged back into a social network where consequences of actions mattered. i felt so alive and motivated
anger
desire
sadness
and it was good. i was plugged back into a social network where consequences of actions mattered. i felt so alive and motivated
ok lets get real and talk feelings for a second. case warming himself w anger is so fucking real. intense emotions feel amazing because you are certain there's stakes. instant cure for vague feelings of purposelessness and wandering
[neuromancer]
[neuromancer]
January 25, 2024 at 3:47 AM
ok lets get real and talk feelings for a second. case warming himself w anger is so fucking real. intense emotions feel amazing because you are certain there's stakes. instant cure for vague feelings of purposelessness and wandering
[neuromancer]
[neuromancer]
bruce and cath just wanted to fuck and have fun leave them alone
January 25, 2024 at 3:36 AM
bruce and cath just wanted to fuck and have fun leave them alone
it pulls me out of the world a bit when buildings are described in cyberspace; there's gotta be a better abstraction visualization for it all
flying around glorious 8k rez buildings unburdened by all construction limits would be glorious tho
reminds me of Ra and the magical realm
[neuromancer]
flying around glorious 8k rez buildings unburdened by all construction limits would be glorious tho
reminds me of Ra and the magical realm
[neuromancer]
January 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM
it pulls me out of the world a bit when buildings are described in cyberspace; there's gotta be a better abstraction visualization for it all
flying around glorious 8k rez buildings unburdened by all construction limits would be glorious tho
reminds me of Ra and the magical realm
[neuromancer]
flying around glorious 8k rez buildings unburdened by all construction limits would be glorious tho
reminds me of Ra and the magical realm
[neuromancer]
Dear Julius Deane is the platonic ideal of a doomsday prepper
polite
wily
willing to put a slug in ur head if u look at him wrong
knows what he wants (sucking bonbons noisily)
may his neuromancer spirit and the Chiba clinics help him live on for another 10,000 years
polite
wily
willing to put a slug in ur head if u look at him wrong
knows what he wants (sucking bonbons noisily)
may his neuromancer spirit and the Chiba clinics help him live on for another 10,000 years
January 25, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Dear Julius Deane is the platonic ideal of a doomsday prepper
polite
wily
willing to put a slug in ur head if u look at him wrong
knows what he wants (sucking bonbons noisily)
may his neuromancer spirit and the Chiba clinics help him live on for another 10,000 years
polite
wily
willing to put a slug in ur head if u look at him wrong
knows what he wants (sucking bonbons noisily)
may his neuromancer spirit and the Chiba clinics help him live on for another 10,000 years
gravity came down on him
like a great soft hand
with bones of ancient stone
fighting his ascent to divine
like a great soft hand
with bones of ancient stone
fighting his ascent to divine
January 25, 2024 at 3:13 AM
gravity came down on him
like a great soft hand
with bones of ancient stone
fighting his ascent to divine
like a great soft hand
with bones of ancient stone
fighting his ascent to divine
rastafarian culture seemed really out of place; maybe it was the blend of woo and space stations/technical competence? ig makes sense if that tech is mundane in the neuromancer world
OR OKAY
here's the 5head take WM was intentionally utilizing undervalued ppl/groups
OR OKAY
here's the 5head take WM was intentionally utilizing undervalued ppl/groups
January 25, 2024 at 3:07 AM
rastafarian culture seemed really out of place; maybe it was the blend of woo and space stations/technical competence? ig makes sense if that tech is mundane in the neuromancer world
OR OKAY
here's the 5head take WM was intentionally utilizing undervalued ppl/groups
OR OKAY
here's the 5head take WM was intentionally utilizing undervalued ppl/groups
me n the homies spinning up an industrial clan in zero g
gonna make the neuromancer orbital structures look like tinker toys
gonna make the neuromancer orbital structures look like tinker toys
January 25, 2024 at 3:02 AM
me n the homies spinning up an industrial clan in zero g
gonna make the neuromancer orbital structures look like tinker toys
gonna make the neuromancer orbital structures look like tinker toys
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history seems to trend in the direction of ppl allowing what was previously private to be public
and to a lesser extent what was under one's own control to be controlled
and to a lesser extent what was under one's own control to be controlled
January 24, 2024 at 3:42 AM
history seems to trend in the direction of ppl allowing what was previously private to be public
and to a lesser extent what was under one's own control to be controlled
and to a lesser extent what was under one's own control to be controlled
WHO IS THE NIXON OF THE BCI AGE
WHO APPEARS CHARISMATIC ON VIDEO BUT THEIR MIND REMAINS IMPURE
WHO APPEARS CHARISMATIC ON VIDEO BUT THEIR MIND REMAINS IMPURE
It’ll be like the transition to talkies where a whole generation had a voice for silent film, psychos who can’t actually feel it need not apply
January 6, 2024 at 3:46 AM
WHO IS THE NIXON OF THE BCI AGE
WHO APPEARS CHARISMATIC ON VIDEO BUT THEIR MIND REMAINS IMPURE
WHO APPEARS CHARISMATIC ON VIDEO BUT THEIR MIND REMAINS IMPURE
WARNING: THREAD RANT
the threat of surveillance is one of my primary concerns wrt widespread BCI tech. i find it morally important that data going in and out remain transparent and consensual at the individual level
1/x
the threat of surveillance is one of my primary concerns wrt widespread BCI tech. i find it morally important that data going in and out remain transparent and consensual at the individual level
1/x
Intimate moments, never quite sure they are yours alone
I think streaming implies recording too, sell tickets to real romantic love, played at 3x speed
I think streaming implies recording too, sell tickets to real romantic love, played at 3x speed
sensorium streaming is gonna be SICK, especially if paired with thoughts/emotions
hey dude i'm in hawaii no i'm not gonna send you pics, come SEE THE SUNSET AND FEEL THE BREEZE
[neuromancer notes chap 1-7]
hey dude i'm in hawaii no i'm not gonna send you pics, come SEE THE SUNSET AND FEEL THE BREEZE
[neuromancer notes chap 1-7]
January 6, 2024 at 3:29 AM
WARNING: THREAD RANT
the threat of surveillance is one of my primary concerns wrt widespread BCI tech. i find it morally important that data going in and out remain transparent and consensual at the individual level
1/x
the threat of surveillance is one of my primary concerns wrt widespread BCI tech. i find it morally important that data going in and out remain transparent and consensual at the individual level
1/x
@cwonus.org likes all my posts and i appreciate that
January 6, 2024 at 2:59 AM
@cwonus.org likes all my posts and i appreciate that
@why.bsky.team only likes my bangers and i appreciate that
January 6, 2024 at 2:58 AM
@why.bsky.team only likes my bangers and i appreciate that