spencer.
@ontologic.design
enhancing mankind’s ability to access and harness information is a public good
programmer // poet // poster
VP of @concept.country
programmer // poet // poster
VP of @concept.country
Hey hey new heat by me and @variendarkgirl.bsky.social for @concept.country
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August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hey hey new heat by me and @variendarkgirl.bsky.social for @concept.country
open.substack.com/pub/conceptc...
open.substack.com/pub/conceptc...
Ppl are finally seeing this in full resolution
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ppl are finally seeing this in full resolution
Can anyone identify this cryptid?
August 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Can anyone identify this cryptid?
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FWIW I will fight to the death to defend my right to say the Claude funeral was stupid and out of touch
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
FWIW I will fight to the death to defend my right to say the Claude funeral was stupid and out of touch
Hell yea
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's looking to redraw the state's legislative lines in response to the Texas gerrymander — even going so far as to suggest amending the state constitution to move up the timeline.
August 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hell yea
Cathedrals are sick. S/o to Catholics, yall should stick to the cool building thing
July 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Cathedrals are sick. S/o to Catholics, yall should stick to the cool building thing
Support my friends in doing Woke Alex Jones 🗣️ Patreon.com/thehomiecollective
They have a very good podcast, and I am a podcast hater
They have a very good podcast, and I am a podcast hater
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July 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Support my friends in doing Woke Alex Jones 🗣️ Patreon.com/thehomiecollective
They have a very good podcast, and I am a podcast hater
They have a very good podcast, and I am a podcast hater
If we were able to take a screenshot of our field of vision I wonder what distortions we would notice that the brain ignores
July 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If we were able to take a screenshot of our field of vision I wonder what distortions we would notice that the brain ignores
I am habitually suspicious of ppl who fixate on a “high trust society”
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I am habitually suspicious of ppl who fixate on a “high trust society”
Just conceived of a guy who is only into vampire weekend because they had a song in step brothers and then I realized that’s all vampire weekend fans
July 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Just conceived of a guy who is only into vampire weekend because they had a song in step brothers and then I realized that’s all vampire weekend fans
Lies. I just shifted my timeline into one where I am drinking guarana on a beach in Brazil. Do not believe the empiricist deceivers
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Lies. I just shifted my timeline into one where I am drinking guarana on a beach in Brazil. Do not believe the empiricist deceivers
Turns out objects with ontology but no sentience are prone to unpredictable and arbitrary behavior based on who is interacting with them
July 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Turns out objects with ontology but no sentience are prone to unpredictable and arbitrary behavior based on who is interacting with them
I think I’m pretty much completely done with social media tbh. Nobody here has any genuine curiosity about the world anymore and only wants to be a hot take artist. I fall prey to this too. It’s a drag and exhausting no matter where you go online
July 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I think I’m pretty much completely done with social media tbh. Nobody here has any genuine curiosity about the world anymore and only wants to be a hot take artist. I fall prey to this too. It’s a drag and exhausting no matter where you go online
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two interesting things to note already from researching the history of ICE:
- DHS is only 22 years old.
- it was formed as a *centralization of 22 other government agencies into a singular agency reporting to the executive branch* and a large part of the population was chill with it, because 9/11
- DHS is only 22 years old.
- it was formed as a *centralization of 22 other government agencies into a singular agency reporting to the executive branch* and a large part of the population was chill with it, because 9/11
July 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
two interesting things to note already from researching the history of ICE:
- DHS is only 22 years old.
- it was formed as a *centralization of 22 other government agencies into a singular agency reporting to the executive branch* and a large part of the population was chill with it, because 9/11
- DHS is only 22 years old.
- it was formed as a *centralization of 22 other government agencies into a singular agency reporting to the executive branch* and a large part of the population was chill with it, because 9/11
Reflecting on this further: I think it can accurately be said that the success of HuffPost was the harbinger of the end of real journalism
I actually like journalists and journalism a lot, which is why it pisses me off there’s so little of it that’s worth anything these days. WaPo is trash, NYT isn’t nearly as good as it used to be, and anything related to a TV station is just Buzzfeed now
July 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reflecting on this further: I think it can accurately be said that the success of HuffPost was the harbinger of the end of real journalism
Another one of my takes that is aging extremely well
July 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Another one of my takes that is aging extremely well
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METR: how long a task an AI can successfully do without supervision doubles roughly every 7 months across several task domains
xcancel.com/METR_Evals/s...
xcancel.com/METR_Evals/s...
July 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
METR: how long a task an AI can successfully do without supervision doubles roughly every 7 months across several task domains
xcancel.com/METR_Evals/s...
xcancel.com/METR_Evals/s...
One of my most evergreen takes ngl. Has lasted even longer than I thought
July 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
One of my most evergreen takes ngl. Has lasted even longer than I thought
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this! the trick to using LLMs is to use them for things that are slow for you to do yourself but fast for you to verify; this set varies somewhat from person to person and you should be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses and how they interact with the strengths and weaknesses of the LLM.
using the llm is sort of a meta-skill of figuring out where you can or can't verify what it is doing; in some areas this means "only an expert can meaningfully use the model" but it's a general purpose skill
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
this! the trick to using LLMs is to use them for things that are slow for you to do yourself but fast for you to verify; this set varies somewhat from person to person and you should be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses and how they interact with the strengths and weaknesses of the LLM.
We have these things already. They are called a washer and dishwasher respectively. Wonderful machines
July 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have these things already. They are called a washer and dishwasher respectively. Wonderful machines
Despite my love for AI, I’m still a huge believer in and user of Google et al, but imo LLMs are *much* better than traditional search at answering ambiguous questions. At a bare minimum you can get a direction to go googling in
i find it so silly when folks whine about how you should just google search things instead of using AI/LLMs... because i use LLMs every day AND i pay $20/month for a premium search engine (kagi) which i also use everyday — i understand and appreciate search engines better than any of them
July 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Despite my love for AI, I’m still a huge believer in and user of Google et al, but imo LLMs are *much* better than traditional search at answering ambiguous questions. At a bare minimum you can get a direction to go googling in