Hans Gerwitz
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At least we have plenty of evidence that literacy is not a new, student-unique problem: the many replies to this post that fail to parse the “non-place”.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
At least we have plenty of evidence that literacy is not a new, student-unique problem: the many replies to this post that fail to parse the “non-place”.
Finally a bridge for the American political divide.
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Finally a bridge for the American political divide.
Hardly! I made a small set in ceramic just for fun
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hardly! I made a small set in ceramic just for fun
It drives me crazy that the window lettering is facing inward.
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It drives me crazy that the window lettering is facing inward.
(In Western philosophy you could use one of my favorite words: peripatetic. But that might be well past “clever” and isn’t a perfect match for Gump/Zelig.)
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
(In Western philosophy you could use one of my favorite words: peripatetic. But that might be well past “clever” and isn’t a perfect match for Gump/Zelig.)
My prompts are full of "do not dare to declare success until you have tested according to this script…"
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My prompts are full of "do not dare to declare success until you have tested according to this script…"
In terms of which cleavage point eventually incites the inevitable “American Evangelical Catholicism” schism the pope refusing to use ChatGPT to generate infinite homilies is probably the funniest
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’m so sad about this. I love the less-public communities I engage in, but really miss lurking others (Eyeo-era dataviz Twitter included).
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’m so sad about this. I love the less-public communities I engage in, but really miss lurking others (Eyeo-era dataviz Twitter included).
This should become an annual ritual for Transit Driver Appreciation Day
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This should become an annual ritual for Transit Driver Appreciation Day
I love that photo caption.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I love that photo caption.
This is lovely, where’d you dig it up?
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is lovely, where’d you dig it up?
Reposted by Hans Gerwitz
But it’s such a case study in digital power and control:
What can governments do?
‘Europe needs greater sovereignty, especially in digital and banking matters. Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.’
What can governments do?
‘Europe needs greater sovereignty, especially in digital and banking matters. Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.’
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
But it’s such a case study in digital power and control:
What can governments do?
‘Europe needs greater sovereignty, especially in digital and banking matters. Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.’
What can governments do?
‘Europe needs greater sovereignty, especially in digital and banking matters. Without sovereignty – military, health, financial and digital – we can no longer guarantee the rule of law.’
The concept of "half-life" was named by Rutherford as long ago as the age of the United States Constitution when he did so.
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The concept of "half-life" was named by Rutherford as long ago as the age of the United States Constitution when he did so.
Reposted by Hans Gerwitz
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
I find it *too* easy to maintain eye contact, because all the complexity is enough to maintain my attention.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I find it *too* easy to maintain eye contact, because all the complexity is enough to maintain my attention.
That timing is painful!
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
That timing is painful!