Ben Farmer
@bjfar.bsky.social
Ex-physicist with strange hobbies like growing trees, playing video games, and thinking about floating habitats in the clouds of Venus.
My 4yo has learned to ride a bike without training wheels recently, but he keeps trying to look behind him while he rides, and inevitably turns the handlebars in the same direction he looks, resulting in much erratic swerving. Kids do not know what they are doing with their bodies half the time...
April 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My 4yo has learned to ride a bike without training wheels recently, but he keeps trying to look behind him while he rides, and inevitably turns the handlebars in the same direction he looks, resulting in much erratic swerving. Kids do not know what they are doing with their bodies half the time...
Haha, although, if their AI actually *could* prove useful stuff then that would be handy. I somehow doubt it will though. At least, not much better than existing theorem proving tools.
April 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Haha, although, if their AI actually *could* prove useful stuff then that would be handy. I somehow doubt it will though. At least, not much better than existing theorem proving tools.
Well in our universe it doesn't make much sense, but I think we're supposed to accept that one as true for the sake of fiction. Maybe there were a heck of a lot more aliens out there than it seemed or something.
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Well in our universe it doesn't make much sense, but I think we're supposed to accept that one as true for the sake of fiction. Maybe there were a heck of a lot more aliens out there than it seemed or something.
Same problem, no good. But he could have done that and also adjusted fertility to make it sustainable.
April 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Same problem, no good. But he could have done that and also adjusted fertility to make it sustainable.
His main problem was that he didn't understand population dynamics. A one-off 50% cut really doesn't buy much time, basically pointless.
April 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
His main problem was that he didn't understand population dynamics. A one-off 50% cut really doesn't buy much time, basically pointless.
Unfortunately they absolutely can. Don't get me wrong, I don't contest Trump's utter stupidity in the slightest. But stupidity is no prerequisite for making evil choices.
April 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Unfortunately they absolutely can. Don't get me wrong, I don't contest Trump's utter stupidity in the slightest. But stupidity is no prerequisite for making evil choices.
Ok the bit about being maximally symmetric is also important.
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ok the bit about being maximally symmetric is also important.
All the stuff about Lorentzian manifolds is a bit of a distraction. It's important background, but not the main story. It's just saying it's the kind of spacetime you always have to have in general relativity. The bit about curvature is the key thing.
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
All the stuff about Lorentzian manifolds is a bit of a distraction. It's important background, but not the main story. It's just saying it's the kind of spacetime you always have to have in general relativity. The bit about curvature is the key thing.
I believe that's why they are highlighting the 5 year length, i.e. it can be prosecuted after Trump leaves office. I suppose he might try Biden's pre-emptive pardon trick though.
April 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I believe that's why they are highlighting the 5 year length, i.e. it can be prosecuted after Trump leaves office. I suppose he might try Biden's pre-emptive pardon trick though.
Cancer isn't an infectious disease though. Mostly anyway, admittedly a few are caused by viruses.
April 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Cancer isn't an infectious disease though. Mostly anyway, admittedly a few are caused by viruses.
That would be largely pointless. You need good rules that cause the desired outcome, relying on charity just penalizes all the most morally upstanding participants.
April 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
That would be largely pointless. You need good rules that cause the desired outcome, relying on charity just penalizes all the most morally upstanding participants.
I mean his net worth exceeds 300 billion, so even if you directly took 90% of it he'd still have 30 billion. But taxes don't work that way anyway, especially for billionaires, so even a 90% tax rate would do hardly anything to him.
April 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I mean his net worth exceeds 300 billion, so even if you directly took 90% of it he'd still have 30 billion. But taxes don't work that way anyway, especially for billionaires, so even a 90% tax rate would do hardly anything to him.
He fired all the people who would have done that.
April 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
He fired all the people who would have done that.
"...The United States allowed this mass atrocity to continue by providing an endless supply of weapons to Netanyahu and failing to exert meaningful leverage. This blanket military support took place in clear violation of U.S. and international law..."
April 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"...The United States allowed this mass atrocity to continue by providing an endless supply of weapons to Netanyahu and failing to exert meaningful leverage. This blanket military support took place in clear violation of U.S. and international law..."
He doesn't sound very supportive of Israel on this to me: www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas.... "...Netanyahu has overseen these policies, and the ICC is right to indict him as a war criminal, alongside Mr. Sinwar."
NEWS: With Gaza Ceasefire Near, Sanders Statement on What U.S. Must Learn from Its Role in the Horrific Tragedy » Senator Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement ahead of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which is poised to begin on Sunday: I am pleased tha...
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April 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He doesn't sound very supportive of Israel on this to me: www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas.... "...Netanyahu has overseen these policies, and the ICC is right to indict him as a war criminal, alongside Mr. Sinwar."
And because the companies making the American stuff likely still have to import things to make the stuff, which will now cost them more.
April 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And because the companies making the American stuff likely still have to import things to make the stuff, which will now cost them more.
I mean you can do that though. It's just that the American made stuff costs more in the first place, and will cost even more now due to reduced competition.
April 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I mean you can do that though. It's just that the American made stuff costs more in the first place, and will cost even more now due to reduced competition.
They are certainly ruining it on purpose, but I'm pretty sure they do think they have a plan to make things better afterwards. Unfortunately though their plans are very stupid, and will certainly not make anything better for 99.99% of people.
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 AM
They are certainly ruining it on purpose, but I'm pretty sure they do think they have a plan to make things better afterwards. Unfortunately though their plans are very stupid, and will certainly not make anything better for 99.99% of people.
Yes it did. The globe is unchanged, just rotated. If you grab a ball or something it will be the easiest way to convince yourself.
April 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes it did. The globe is unchanged, just rotated. If you grab a ball or something it will be the easiest way to convince yourself.
He made the Greenwich meridian the new equator. If you grab a globe and rotate it like that you'll see it makes sense :).
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
He made the Greenwich meridian the new equator. If you grab a globe and rotate it like that you'll see it makes sense :).
Christ, I'm not sure that if you added up every word I've said over the last ten years it would go for that long.
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Christ, I'm not sure that if you added up every word I've said over the last ten years it would go for that long.
More like political convenience.
March 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
More like political convenience.