Brian Saetre
@briansaetre.com
I think a lot about human behavior and modeling other minds.
I'm also into:
★ Building companies (Huncher.com, TaskOS, ArtworkIQ)
★ Software development (Laravel, Vue)
★ Building better IRL communities
★ Helping the victims of narcissists get justice
I'm also into:
★ Building companies (Huncher.com, TaskOS, ArtworkIQ)
★ Software development (Laravel, Vue)
★ Building better IRL communities
★ Helping the victims of narcissists get justice
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Brian Saetre
@briansaetre.com
· Nov 16
Every SaaS website:
Supercharge your superchargers with supercharged superchargers.
Supercharge your superchargers with supercharged superchargers.
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"it is impossible to advance the struggle against racism without increased activation of the psychological dispositions that are responsible for it"
A Harm Reduction Approach to Attitudinal Racism | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | Cambridge Core
A Harm Reduction Approach to Attitudinal Racism
www.cambridge.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"it is impossible to advance the struggle against racism without increased activation of the psychological dispositions that are responsible for it"
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Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
I sure am glad that my dad and I sold off our manufacturing company earlier this year. I do feel bad for the buyer, who is having to pay millions of dollars in tariffs to continue manufacturing in the U.S. using raw materials from the global supply chain.
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I sure am glad that my dad and I sold off our manufacturing company earlier this year. I do feel bad for the buyer, who is having to pay millions of dollars in tariffs to continue manufacturing in the U.S. using raw materials from the global supply chain.
My 5yo son rated some classic rock singing today:
Queen: Thumbs Down
Boston: Thumbs sideways
Great Van Fleet (Yeah, I know...): Thumbs sideways
Led Zeppelin: Thumbs Up. Way up.
Queen: Thumbs Down
Boston: Thumbs sideways
Great Van Fleet (Yeah, I know...): Thumbs sideways
Led Zeppelin: Thumbs Up. Way up.
April 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My 5yo son rated some classic rock singing today:
Queen: Thumbs Down
Boston: Thumbs sideways
Great Van Fleet (Yeah, I know...): Thumbs sideways
Led Zeppelin: Thumbs Up. Way up.
Queen: Thumbs Down
Boston: Thumbs sideways
Great Van Fleet (Yeah, I know...): Thumbs sideways
Led Zeppelin: Thumbs Up. Way up.
If everyone on the internet would read and understand this, the world would be a much better place.
Decoupling vs Contextualising Norms — LessWrong
One of the most common difficulties faced in discussions is when the parties involved have different beliefs as to what the scope of the discussion s…
www.lesswrong.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If everyone on the internet would read and understand this, the world would be a much better place.
Mexico should rename the "Gulf of California" to the "Gulf of anti-America".
Giving Bing Maps a try. No "Gulf of America" here. Doubling up on the "Gulf of Mexico". Olé!
February 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Mexico should rename the "Gulf of California" to the "Gulf of anti-America".
Giving Bing Maps a try. No "Gulf of America" here. Doubling up on the "Gulf of Mexico". Olé!
February 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Giving Bing Maps a try. No "Gulf of America" here. Doubling up on the "Gulf of Mexico". Olé!
What's the worst corporate rebranding you've seen? My money is on the Gumroad to Antiwork rebrand.
February 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What's the worst corporate rebranding you've seen? My money is on the Gumroad to Antiwork rebrand.
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I am writing about relational power and most people do not think of infrastructure as power, but I could argue that New England has more civic trust because more of our towns were built before cars.
When we walk & play outside, we meet people. We learn that most strangers are friendly.
When we walk & play outside, we meet people. We learn that most strangers are friendly.
“Building walkable neighborhoods now is the best thing we can do—for the climate, for health and happiness, for lowering the cost of living and the cost of government."
@culdesac.bsky.social
www.dwell.com/article/culd...
@culdesac.bsky.social
www.dwell.com/article/culd...
America’s “First Car-Free Neighborhood” Is Going Pretty Good, Actually?
Since breaking ground in 2021, Culdesac Tempe has had its share of detractors and skeptics. But none of them live there.
www.dwell.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I am writing about relational power and most people do not think of infrastructure as power, but I could argue that New England has more civic trust because more of our towns were built before cars.
When we walk & play outside, we meet people. We learn that most strangers are friendly.
When we walk & play outside, we meet people. We learn that most strangers are friendly.
Another thing I was sure was fake...but alas.
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Another thing I was sure was fake...but alas.
Thinking about this more, I wonder if there is a conversion process happening where covert narcissists are being transformed into overt narcissists, as they now get praised for bad behavior.
That conversion would be enough to explain much of the shift in the electorate toward Trump.
That conversion would be enough to explain much of the shift in the electorate toward Trump.
To take this a little further, I believe there's a war between the "Communal Narcissists / Covert Narcissists" (mostly Democrats) and the "Malignant Narcissists / Psychopaths" (mostly Republicans)
Dishonest virtue signaling is a bad thing, but narcissists of any kind shouldn't be allowed near power
Dishonest virtue signaling is a bad thing, but narcissists of any kind shouldn't be allowed near power
February 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thinking about this more, I wonder if there is a conversion process happening where covert narcissists are being transformed into overt narcissists, as they now get praised for bad behavior.
That conversion would be enough to explain much of the shift in the electorate toward Trump.
That conversion would be enough to explain much of the shift in the electorate toward Trump.
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That took me a long time to understand, because they didn't seem to be able to distinguish between virtue and virtue signalling. Until I realized that a lot of these folks don't believe in virtue. Not in the sense that they don't think it is worth practicing.
February 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
That took me a long time to understand, because they didn't seem to be able to distinguish between virtue and virtue signalling. Until I realized that a lot of these folks don't believe in virtue. Not in the sense that they don't think it is worth practicing.
I didn't think this could possibly be true...but alas.
Trump just terminated the Chair of the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as the new chair.
He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.
He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I didn't think this could possibly be true...but alas.
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A bit of actual science as a diversion from everything else going on.
@snarkarts.bsky.social quotes our LLM tutorial "We can only play Whac-A-Mole in trying to fix their flaws with after-the-fact patches layered atop the existing architecture" and asks: Isn't that how evolution works?
@snarkarts.bsky.social quotes our LLM tutorial "We can only play Whac-A-Mole in trying to fix their flaws with after-the-fact patches layered atop the existing architecture" and asks: Isn't that how evolution works?
This third question is profound.
Yes, this is what happens with biology. And it takes a few billion years to get anywhere while working massively in parallel.
What's particularly interesting about the biology case is that there are some things you can do playing whac-a-mole and some you can't.
Yes, this is what happens with biology. And it takes a few billion years to get anywhere while working massively in parallel.
What's particularly interesting about the biology case is that there are some things you can do playing whac-a-mole and some you can't.
February 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A bit of actual science as a diversion from everything else going on.
@snarkarts.bsky.social quotes our LLM tutorial "We can only play Whac-A-Mole in trying to fix their flaws with after-the-fact patches layered atop the existing architecture" and asks: Isn't that how evolution works?
@snarkarts.bsky.social quotes our LLM tutorial "We can only play Whac-A-Mole in trying to fix their flaws with after-the-fact patches layered atop the existing architecture" and asks: Isn't that how evolution works?
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I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
February 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council
I've officially reached a pre-Musk-Twitter level of engagement on here. This platform is a keeper.
February 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I've officially reached a pre-Musk-Twitter level of engagement on here. This platform is a keeper.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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I live in SoCal and trump is conducting raids within our immigrant communities. With the help of indivisible guidance we are forming organized warning systems to alert them when ICE is in the area
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I live in SoCal and trump is conducting raids within our immigrant communities. With the help of indivisible guidance we are forming organized warning systems to alert them when ICE is in the area
Let's start a thread about specific ways this shit administration has directly hurt people in our communities:
1) Scientist husband of a coworker will be unemployed in a year without grants for his cutting-edge research on proteins.
1/∞
1) Scientist husband of a coworker will be unemployed in a year without grants for his cutting-edge research on proteins.
1/∞
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Let's start a thread about specific ways this shit administration has directly hurt people in our communities:
1) Scientist husband of a coworker will be unemployed in a year without grants for his cutting-edge research on proteins.
1/∞
1) Scientist husband of a coworker will be unemployed in a year without grants for his cutting-edge research on proteins.
1/∞
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Folks, the ChatGPT models are simple:
- o1 is for reasoning.
- o2 is for thinking reasonably.
- o3-mini is for programming small things.
- o3-mini-max is for programming small things that are large.
- 4o is for everything, but sometimes nothing.
- 5o and o6 do not exist, except on Thursdays.
- o1 is for reasoning.
- o2 is for thinking reasonably.
- o3-mini is for programming small things.
- o3-mini-max is for programming small things that are large.
- 4o is for everything, but sometimes nothing.
- 5o and o6 do not exist, except on Thursdays.
February 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Folks, the ChatGPT models are simple:
- o1 is for reasoning.
- o2 is for thinking reasonably.
- o3-mini is for programming small things.
- o3-mini-max is for programming small things that are large.
- 4o is for everything, but sometimes nothing.
- 5o and o6 do not exist, except on Thursdays.
- o1 is for reasoning.
- o2 is for thinking reasonably.
- o3-mini is for programming small things.
- o3-mini-max is for programming small things that are large.
- 4o is for everything, but sometimes nothing.
- 5o and o6 do not exist, except on Thursdays.
I like the Italian translation best, and French worst. So many words wasted pretending to respect the reader.
February 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I like the Italian translation best, and French worst. So many words wasted pretending to respect the reader.
To a close approximation narcissists are just sensitive psychopaths who lack the self-awareness to accept the truth of what they are.
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
To a close approximation narcissists are just sensitive psychopaths who lack the self-awareness to accept the truth of what they are.
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gonna make both hands fall asleep then high five myself so it’s like im not even a part of it just like real life
January 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
gonna make both hands fall asleep then high five myself so it’s like im not even a part of it just like real life
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Oprah was the original Joe Rogan.
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Oprah was the original Joe Rogan.