Daniel Wise
@danielswise.bsky.social
PhD in Religious Studies from University of Virginia. Dissertation on ghost hunters. Originally from FL, now living in TX. Episcopalian (for better or worse)
Are we going to ignore the part where Goldberg repeatedly highlights in his article that there was information communicated in the chat that he does not feel comfortable making public for national security reasons?
March 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Are we going to ignore the part where Goldberg repeatedly highlights in his article that there was information communicated in the chat that he does not feel comfortable making public for national security reasons?
By the way, this is not a critique based on a personal disdain for low brow writing or whatever. I am currently working my way through Marvel's 1970s horror comic Tomb of Dracula, which has generally not been accused of being sophisticated.
March 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
By the way, this is not a critique based on a personal disdain for low brow writing or whatever. I am currently working my way through Marvel's 1970s horror comic Tomb of Dracula, which has generally not been accused of being sophisticated.
Sometimes, these writers are already turning to LLMs to assist in types of writing they themselves can't manage.
March 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sometimes, these writers are already turning to LLMs to assist in types of writing they themselves can't manage.
Sometimes, even these authors tire of their niche within iron genre conventions, but have difficulty writing outside of them.
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sometimes, even these authors tire of their niche within iron genre conventions, but have difficulty writing outside of them.
If you don't believe me, listen to the editor of one of these authors:
March 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you don't believe me, listen to the editor of one of these authors:
Numerous authors are making careers churning out astonishing numbers of novels, novellas, and short stories using writing styles and employing plots, characters, and ideas that are locked-in genre conventions. As a result, LLMs could easily replicate this writing. It is really what AI is best at.
March 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Numerous authors are making careers churning out astonishing numbers of novels, novellas, and short stories using writing styles and employing plots, characters, and ideas that are locked-in genre conventions. As a result, LLMs could easily replicate this writing. It is really what AI is best at.
Well, we are living in the shadow of the period when the church was generally seen as a variation of the Lions Club. And now, like the Lions Club, our churches are dwindling.
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Well, we are living in the shadow of the period when the church was generally seen as a variation of the Lions Club. And now, like the Lions Club, our churches are dwindling.
I have felt for a while I need to read some Bergson.
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I have felt for a while I need to read some Bergson.
The MMR vaccine is a live virus vaccine, so they wouldn't give it to someone while pregnant. The second dose did not go on the childhood schedule until 1989, so I assume they would have recommended it to your parents. I can't find anything about harm from a redundant shot.
March 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The MMR vaccine is a live virus vaccine, so they wouldn't give it to someone while pregnant. The second dose did not go on the childhood schedule until 1989, so I assume they would have recommended it to your parents. I can't find anything about harm from a redundant shot.
I didn't learn this until recently. Rosemary had to relearn how to walk and talk, and she had been set back so much intellectually that they had her secretly institutionalized for the rest of her life.
March 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I didn't learn this until recently. Rosemary had to relearn how to walk and talk, and she had been set back so much intellectually that they had her secretly institutionalized for the rest of her life.
The Wayback Machine via Internet Archive comes in handy quite a bit. Wish they had the capacity to scrape even more.
March 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Wayback Machine via Internet Archive comes in handy quite a bit. Wish they had the capacity to scrape even more.
Well, I think Homicide reflected the reality quite a bit at the time with people they often arrested. The show definitely acknowledges the fact that once someone calls a lawyer, interrogation is almost useless
March 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Well, I think Homicide reflected the reality quite a bit at the time with people they often arrested. The show definitely acknowledges the fact that once someone calls a lawyer, interrogation is almost useless
It's pretty nuts. I'm imagining all the money these scholars will be out and the logistics of returning and finding housing on such short notice. Jokes on them for trusting the US gov't? It's not like trust in the US gov't to pay as promised is existentially important for the nation...
March 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's pretty nuts. I'm imagining all the money these scholars will be out and the logistics of returning and finding housing on such short notice. Jokes on them for trusting the US gov't? It's not like trust in the US gov't to pay as promised is existentially important for the nation...
I have been watching Homicide: LotS and Brooklyn 99 recently and I'm always kind of thrown by the shows depiction of a world in which almost no one asks for a lawyer immediately
March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I have been watching Homicide: LotS and Brooklyn 99 recently and I'm always kind of thrown by the shows depiction of a world in which almost no one asks for a lawyer immediately
What is the presentation you are working on? And how widely accessible will it be?
March 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What is the presentation you are working on? And how widely accessible will it be?