Egemen Pamukcu
@egemenpamukcu.bsky.social
Data scientist @Boston. Philosophy, science, and current affairs. Promise to remain civil.
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I think Google thinks Cote d'Ivoire and Ireland are similar because their flags are the same?
April 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I think Google thinks Cote d'Ivoire and Ireland are similar because their flags are the same?
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Lmao I was joking about this but Sheinbaum literally did it today and it worked
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lmao I was joking about this but Sheinbaum literally did it today and it worked
February 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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One absolutely pollyannish thing about me. I am never not amazed by how strangers reply to people they don’t know or follow on the internet. Like there has gotta be a club for us kids who learned to seek out context cues and critique our own interpretations before saying things outloud.
February 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
One absolutely pollyannish thing about me. I am never not amazed by how strangers reply to people they don’t know or follow on the internet. Like there has gotta be a club for us kids who learned to seek out context cues and critique our own interpretations before saying things outloud.
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extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A person who uses a Bad Word either does so (1) unknowingly due to ignorance, lapse of attention etc, or (2) knowingly to insult others and get on their nerves.
Any kind of language policing other than a polite reminder is not going to help with either of these cases.
Any kind of language policing other than a polite reminder is not going to help with either of these cases.
Progressives need to call off the exhausting politics of trying to get everyone to change which words they use.
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
Defund the language police
Part seven of the Common Sense Manifesto
www.slowboring.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A person who uses a Bad Word either does so (1) unknowingly due to ignorance, lapse of attention etc, or (2) knowingly to insult others and get on their nerves.
Any kind of language policing other than a polite reminder is not going to help with either of these cases.
Any kind of language policing other than a polite reminder is not going to help with either of these cases.
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Executive orders
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January 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Executive orders
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Important article on the long-neglected tension between democratic virtues (transparency, open participation etc.) and an effective government that delivers.
legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
The Neglected Value of Effective Government | The University of Chicago Legal Forum
Democratic systems inevitably seek to reflect and realize a range of values. But democratic and legal theory in recent decades have given too little attention and weight to the value and importance of...
legal-forum.uchicago.edu
January 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Important article on the long-neglected tension between democratic virtues (transparency, open participation etc.) and an effective government that delivers.
legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...
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I don't think the argument for the price system rests on full information. I think it rests on Hayek 1945, hence precisely on dispersed local knowledge --i said that before. But let's leave it here. I think we clarified quite a bit, and I hope some of our readers (if there are any!) learned a bit.
January 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I don't think the argument for the price system rests on full information. I think it rests on Hayek 1945, hence precisely on dispersed local knowledge --i said that before. But let's leave it here. I think we clarified quite a bit, and I hope some of our readers (if there are any!) learned a bit.
I... don't think "populist" and "isolationist" are terms of sugarcoating.
Trump's presser should embarrass commentators who have sugar-coated his nationalism, calling it "populist" and "isolationist" and casting it as being about safeguarding "sovereignty." His nationalism is malignant and expansionist.
Our pod exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1899...
Our pod exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1899...
January 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I... don't think "populist" and "isolationist" are terms of sugarcoating.
Looks like people are stressing over this but I think it's one of the best smartphone features to come out in a long time. Being able to search your photos like this on-device is a game changer.
January 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Looks like people are stressing over this but I think it's one of the best smartphone features to come out in a long time. Being able to search your photos like this on-device is a game changer.
When it comes to hollowing out meanings, I think this post does a good job hollowing out the meaning behind fascism.
I really do believe AI is inherently fascist. Both the resources it takes to generate and the soullessness of its output render it entirely irredeemable, but it also hollows out any meaning we can get from communication and art and reduces human life to an aesthetic it wears like a skinsuit.
January 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
When it comes to hollowing out meanings, I think this post does a good job hollowing out the meaning behind fascism.
Do you ever see personalized ads that offend you?
Like Meta thinks I'd be into "sound smart with these simple tricks" or "pretend you read books without reading them" kind of apps, which I find a little insulting.
Like Meta thinks I'd be into "sound smart with these simple tricks" or "pretend you read books without reading them" kind of apps, which I find a little insulting.
December 26, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Do you ever see personalized ads that offend you?
Like Meta thinks I'd be into "sound smart with these simple tricks" or "pretend you read books without reading them" kind of apps, which I find a little insulting.
Like Meta thinks I'd be into "sound smart with these simple tricks" or "pretend you read books without reading them" kind of apps, which I find a little insulting.
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🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
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December 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1/
[X->BSky repost]
My favorite article of the month. Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen on the implicit choices and tradeoffs that are baked into systems of classification used in policy.
issues.org/limits-of-da...
issues.org/limits-of-da...
The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:
issues.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
My favorite article of the month. Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen on the implicit choices and tradeoffs that are baked into systems of classification used in policy.
issues.org/limits-of-da...
issues.org/limits-of-da...
Did you notice that next to those smaller drones, there's one that's bigger and mightier, keeping the smaller ones under control? I think we should start a cult around it.
December 15, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Did you notice that next to those smaller drones, there's one that's bigger and mightier, keeping the smaller ones under control? I think we should start a cult around it.
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Christians are projected to be a minority of Americans by 2070.
Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.”
Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.”
December 8, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Christians are projected to be a minority of Americans by 2070.
Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.”
Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.”
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I forgive you
suck piss nerd. i hope you fuckin die
December 8, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I forgive you
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The bacteria in your gut depend on where you are in the social network around you.
The microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person.
New #HNL work out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social . 1/
The microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person.
New #HNL work out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social . 1/
November 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM
The bacteria in your gut depend on where you are in the social network around you.
The microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person.
New #HNL work out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social . 1/
The microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person.
New #HNL work out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social . 1/
Ok let's see everyone's *real* Spotify wrapped
Shoutout to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Shoutout to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
My top podcasts of 2024
2024 Wrapped
open.spotify.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Ok let's see everyone's *real* Spotify wrapped
Shoutout to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Shoutout to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
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Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
I think the New York Times is doing a good job
November 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I think the New York Times is doing a good job
Took this last month
November 30, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Took this last month
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Canadian Q3 GDP numbers came in today, which means another update to my G7 GDP growth chart!
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +12.2%
🇨🇦 +7.6%
🇮🇹 +5.1%
🇫🇷 +3.5%
🇬🇧 +3.0%
🇯🇵 +0.2%
🇩🇪 +0.0%
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +12.2%
🇨🇦 +7.6%
🇮🇹 +5.1%
🇫🇷 +3.5%
🇬🇧 +3.0%
🇯🇵 +0.2%
🇩🇪 +0.0%
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Canadian Q3 GDP numbers came in today, which means another update to my G7 GDP growth chart!
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +12.2%
🇨🇦 +7.6%
🇮🇹 +5.1%
🇫🇷 +3.5%
🇬🇧 +3.0%
🇯🇵 +0.2%
🇩🇪 +0.0%
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +12.2%
🇨🇦 +7.6%
🇮🇹 +5.1%
🇫🇷 +3.5%
🇬🇧 +3.0%
🇯🇵 +0.2%
🇩🇪 +0.0%