Sierra
@clibourne.org
Computer Scientist
Occasionally incredibly socialist
Slowly turning into a knitting account I apologize in advance
Occasionally incredibly socialist
Slowly turning into a knitting account I apologize in advance
I believe the Ohio Mustards is just a regional dialect way of saying Florida Panthers
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I believe the Ohio Mustards is just a regional dialect way of saying Florida Panthers
Anyone who watches any sport and wasn't already into gambling has been intensely radicalized against gambling since it's been pumped into every single broadcast. It's nearly impossible to enjoy sports without hearing about betting odds anymore.
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Anyone who watches any sport and wasn't already into gambling has been intensely radicalized against gambling since it's been pumped into every single broadcast. It's nearly impossible to enjoy sports without hearing about betting odds anymore.
that is needed to make cognitive breakthroughs. You cannot go your entire adolescence without problem solving and expect to solve new and novel problems for the world. I told him I was uninterested in a world without superstar thinkers and he agreed.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
that is needed to make cognitive breakthroughs. You cannot go your entire adolescence without problem solving and expect to solve new and novel problems for the world. I told him I was uninterested in a world without superstar thinkers and he agreed.
Last semester I got to have a good debate with a student. What seemed to stick for him was that LLMs make people with no skills okay at something, but it makes incredibly talented people worse at that same thing. This is because their brains will not have built the resistance to struggle
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Last semester I got to have a good debate with a student. What seemed to stick for him was that LLMs make people with no skills okay at something, but it makes incredibly talented people worse at that same thing. This is because their brains will not have built the resistance to struggle
If I'm lucky, I'll get a student who engages with me a little deeper and I'll dig into the economics of the AI companies and how they're planning on extorting them for their own job skills once they're reliant on it. Or I'll discuss the concern with cognitive offloading.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If I'm lucky, I'll get a student who engages with me a little deeper and I'll dig into the economics of the AI companies and how they're planning on extorting them for their own job skills once they're reliant on it. Or I'll discuss the concern with cognitive offloading.
Sometimes "Because you're getting a degree to teach you how to make things, not to teach you how to pay someone else to make you things"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sometimes "Because you're getting a degree to teach you how to make things, not to teach you how to pay someone else to make you things"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
Sometimes "Okay, so where should people go to learn this stuff if they're interested other than an upper division college course?"
It depends on the student, honestly.
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It depends on the student, honestly.
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
Sometimes I use the "just because we have calculators doesn't mean we give calculators to first graders instead of teaching them addition by hand"
Sometimes "For the same reason you don't use a forklift to lift weights for you at the gym"
I teach computer science and I've had multiple students give me written feedback on my midterm this semester: that they didn't understand why I still teach my specific subtopic when chatGPT can do it for us. Like my brother in christ you enrolled in the course
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I teach computer science and I've had multiple students give me written feedback on my midterm this semester: that they didn't understand why I still teach my specific subtopic when chatGPT can do it for us. Like my brother in christ you enrolled in the course
I mean, both google and samsung have phones that are more expensive than the most maxed out and expensive iphone due to foldables. And the Mac comparison doesn't make sense here since we're talking about the alternative being android and not windows/linux
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I mean, both google and samsung have phones that are more expensive than the most maxed out and expensive iphone due to foldables. And the Mac comparison doesn't make sense here since we're talking about the alternative being android and not windows/linux
Here's the numbers, was curious enough to look it up
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here's the numbers, was curious enough to look it up
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
Base Galaxy S25: $859
Base Pixel 10: $799
Base iPhone 17: $799
Why does apple always get the expensive moniker when they aren't even the most expensive of the popular three?
I'm confused how common of a sentiment this is. iPhones are the same price, if not cheaper, than the flagship devices of other manufacturers. I think the latest galaxy is 100 bucks more and the pixel is the same price. The iphone SE is the budget phone and in line with the market as well.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm confused how common of a sentiment this is. iPhones are the same price, if not cheaper, than the flagship devices of other manufacturers. I think the latest galaxy is 100 bucks more and the pixel is the same price. The iphone SE is the budget phone and in line with the market as well.
It's because the corporate lobbyists have been doing their jobs for them for so long now that they forget they're supposed to pretend to be the thought leaders. They genuinely have no idea how to do the legislation and communication strategy themselves anymore. Learned illiberal helplessness.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's because the corporate lobbyists have been doing their jobs for them for so long now that they forget they're supposed to pretend to be the thought leaders. They genuinely have no idea how to do the legislation and communication strategy themselves anymore. Learned illiberal helplessness.
so on and so on until the whole company votes for the CEO/board.
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
so on and so on until the whole company votes for the CEO/board.
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Now, the idea of private property is gone. All property that isn't personally used (house, car, etc) is controlled electorally by those who are using it, but it's as a separate pillar to the government instead of BY the government
Like, imagine what would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow with the same job they have now at the same company, BUT all of the management positions were emptied and everyone had to vote on who to fill it. Small teams vote for their direct manager, they come together to vote for director,
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Like, imagine what would happen if everyone woke up tomorrow with the same job they have now at the same company, BUT all of the management positions were emptied and everyone had to vote on who to fill it. Small teams vote for their direct manager, they come together to vote for director,
everyone who lives there shares it together. In the same way, the means of production should be democratically shared by the workers without there being a central overarching authority that owns ALL of it, yk?
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
everyone who lives there shares it together. In the same way, the means of production should be democratically shared by the workers without there being a central overarching authority that owns ALL of it, yk?
I believe in abolishing private property in the same way we abolished private governments but we still have cities. Everyone agrees that if you live in a city you get a vote, and if you don't like it you move to a different one or start your own. No one "owns" a city,
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I believe in abolishing private property in the same way we abolished private governments but we still have cities. Everyone agrees that if you live in a city you get a vote, and if you don't like it you move to a different one or start your own. No one "owns" a city,
It's crazy how much one side of the party could beat the shit out of the other side for decades and still claim party unity but the second the other side punches back it's a civil war
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's crazy how much one side of the party could beat the shit out of the other side for decades and still claim party unity but the second the other side punches back it's a civil war
The democrats getting power and doing nothing to stop it are just as responsible for the harm caused by fascists as the fascists are. They could have done more during biden's term to punish trump and they did not, that's implicit consent.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The democrats getting power and doing nothing to stop it are just as responsible for the harm caused by fascists as the fascists are. They could have done more during biden's term to punish trump and they did not, that's implicit consent.
Shame, he'd be great in the senate
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Shame, he'd be great in the senate
I think it should be Brad Lander honestly. The country would be ready for AOC as president in 28.
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I think it should be Brad Lander honestly. The country would be ready for AOC as president in 28.
It was actually reverse psychology, giuliani knew to always hide in the last place they'll be expecting you.
Mamdani's islamic brain would be fooled by this trick as easily as the perpetrators, therefore even more planes would hit more towers.
Mamdani's islamic brain would be fooled by this trick as easily as the perpetrators, therefore even more planes would hit more towers.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It was actually reverse psychology, giuliani knew to always hide in the last place they'll be expecting you.
Mamdani's islamic brain would be fooled by this trick as easily as the perpetrators, therefore even more planes would hit more towers.
Mamdani's islamic brain would be fooled by this trick as easily as the perpetrators, therefore even more planes would hit more towers.
Sounds like something trump would say lmao
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sounds like something trump would say lmao
Insane how much of a talking point "Imagine mamdani being mayor during 9/11" has been, when Rudy was ACTUALLY the mayor on 9/11 and he was a total piece of shit. Like, what could Mamdani possibly do that would make him worse than that?
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Insane how much of a talking point "Imagine mamdani being mayor during 9/11" has been, when Rudy was ACTUALLY the mayor on 9/11 and he was a total piece of shit. Like, what could Mamdani possibly do that would make him worse than that?