tbabb
@tbabb.bsky.social
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Oakland, CA
@tr_babb on twitter
Oakland, CA
this would imply the possibility of a perceptual or emotional part of the mind that could observe the activities of the rational mind, and find them as opaque and exogenous as our own sensory perceptions, and even be frustrated with them
experientially, this tracks
experientially, this tracks
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
this would imply the possibility of a perceptual or emotional part of the mind that could observe the activities of the rational mind, and find them as opaque and exogenous as our own sensory perceptions, and even be frustrated with them
experientially, this tracks
experientially, this tracks
Wherein a prudent AI query might have saved me five or six thousand dollars
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wherein a prudent AI query might have saved me five or six thousand dollars
speaking of "the shadow of things that don't appear on twitter", here's twitter hiding one of my posts in real time. just blinking it right off my profile
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
speaking of "the shadow of things that don't appear on twitter", here's twitter hiding one of my posts in real time. just blinking it right off my profile
welcome to the hellthread, grace
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
welcome to the hellthread, grace
me after the 14th reference in the neverending norvid reference word cloud
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
me after the 14th reference in the neverending norvid reference word cloud
pro human extinction feels virtuously self-flagellating; guilt-relieving to those who practice it
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
pro human extinction feels virtuously self-flagellating; guilt-relieving to those who practice it
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
they don't actually want to bring it about, they just want the absolution it gives them
that is the one claim that I _am_ able to source to paulg, and I agree with the main thrust of it— investors are asking _you_ to do it because _you_ are (supposedly) the one with the expertise to do so
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
that is the one claim that I _am_ able to source to paulg, and I agree with the main thrust of it— investors are asking _you_ to do it because _you_ are (supposedly) the one with the expertise to do so
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
www.paulgraham.com/startupmista...
ah yes, this graph strikes again
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
ah yes, this graph strikes again
is "thebes" a stage of corvidization? new science has experts wondering
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
is "thebes" a stage of corvidization? new science has experts wondering
these are all the same guy
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
these are all the same guy
"norvid, the trickster character from native american mythology?"
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"norvid, the trickster character from native american mythology?"
a pit filled with burning coal, a new mountain and a new lake, and a forest of trees snapped as if by a great wind— this seems like a possible oral history of a volcanic eruption
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
a pit filled with burning coal, a new mountain and a new lake, and a forest of trees snapped as if by a great wind— this seems like a possible oral history of a volcanic eruption
I noticed recently that norvid.net is taken... 👀
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I noticed recently that norvid.net is taken... 👀
get with it, chatgpt. copilot is much better than you at mimicking style and can convincingly sprinkle dismayed frowny faces in code comments
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
get with it, chatgpt. copilot is much better than you at mimicking style and can convincingly sprinkle dismayed frowny faces in code comments
this prompt yielded results that were thematically on point but stylistically off, sadly
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
this prompt yielded results that were thematically on point but stylistically off, sadly
