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“The thought that has haunted me while writing these works—that it is not human beings who will be my most conscientious readers—is indeed full of bitter irony”
I love spicy food and I can eat it every day, but I have this really weird allergic kind of reaction to cayenne specifically so there are certain things I have to avoid even if they are comparatively mild. I often get chili shamed for saying no to things like Cajun food or buffalo wings
June 23, 2023 at 3:48 PM
I had a red Geo Tracker soft top with side graphics and the multicolored confetti upholstery and it was a rolling Saved By The Bell episode
June 22, 2023 at 7:29 AM
In this case, a “metaphor” is a “metaphor.”
June 17, 2023 at 2:25 PM
How about a “temperature” parameter or an “explore/exploit” slider the user can set to bring variety in?
June 17, 2023 at 3:30 AM
I was not prepared for how precisely they were going to nail that
June 17, 2023 at 3:25 AM
I’m keeping to myself. Even at my peak I was cringe.
June 17, 2023 at 3:20 AM
Future LessWrongers: “uh, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, bro”
June 15, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Yeah its all about correlation within longer and longer sequences so it’s meaningless to talk about the randomness of a single number. Awesome piece of kit. My first paper as a physics student involved an atomic decay-based random number generator.
June 13, 2023 at 11:56 AM
I just looked it up and 11010 is not random
June 13, 2023 at 4:48 AM
https://www.theonion.com/u-s-dept-of-retro-warns-we-may-be-running-out-of-pas-1819564513

This is what things look like after a singularity event. We’re heading up the imaginary axis now
June 13, 2023 at 4:29 AM
to prove this, I would like to propose a moonshot project where we enable travel across the multiverse to the branch where shrek enjoyment is appropriately sized
June 12, 2023 at 6:05 AM
MTG cards. The jerk.
June 8, 2023 at 5:11 AM
All the problems are 60% smaller on average
May 31, 2023 at 8:31 AM
“Call by guessing” semantics
May 29, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Tumblr-tier drama
May 27, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Better yet: main with one
May 26, 2023 at 4:54 PM
I’ve long thought the same for old-west shootouts. Like a tabletop game that takes 4 hours to play out 4 seconds of in-game time
May 26, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Not to be confused with Darryl Strawberry, to whom we also owe a great debt of gratitude
May 26, 2023 at 2:28 PM