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my favorite part about EU5 so far is that it groups staten island with the new jersey province, not the new york province. they really did their research for this game that's exactly how it should be
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
my favorite part about EU5 so far is that it groups staten island with the new jersey province, not the new york province. they really did their research for this game that's exactly how it should be
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they should invent a computer
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
they should invent a computer
I've started referring to taking modafinil as "popping a daffy" but I'm not yet at the point where I then start talking like daffy duck
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've started referring to taking modafinil as "popping a daffy" but I'm not yet at the point where I then start talking like daffy duck
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you're telling me swedenborg
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
you're telling me swedenborg
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
- consumed large amounts of caffeine and nicotine
- was interested in vegetarianism for moral reasons
- had poor fashion sense and a fucked up sleep schedule
- advocated for evaluating the effectiveness of charitable giving
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you shouldn't be allowed to be secretary of war without getting neutered like a dog first
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
you shouldn't be allowed to be secretary of war without getting neutered like a dog first
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the homie with an unusually substantial need for electricity
September 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
the homie with an unusually substantial need for electricity
come on man that's too much
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
come on man that's too much
asking an LLM its favorite token
September 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
asking an LLM its favorite token
my "the evolution of technology" book really showing it was published in 1988. or rather the weird use of past tense and "appeared" here might be an edit to water it down in the 1996 reprinting I have
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
my "the evolution of technology" book really showing it was published in 1988. or rather the weird use of past tense and "appeared" here might be an edit to water it down in the 1996 reprinting I have
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they did not just put canadian folk-punk in my "old-time ragtime mix" on spotify. I didn't even realize this shit was algorithmic until recently and now their algorithm is eating volumes of shit I didn't think possible
September 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
they did not just put canadian folk-punk in my "old-time ragtime mix" on spotify. I didn't even realize this shit was algorithmic until recently and now their algorithm is eating volumes of shit I didn't think possible
I loooove hitting ctrl-C to halt things
September 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I loooove hitting ctrl-C to halt things
I wonder if I can get deep research to read a bunch of banana bread recipes and give me a synthesis of the best methods
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I wonder if I can get deep research to read a bunch of banana bread recipes and give me a synthesis of the best methods
slapping my sauce
September 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
slapping my sauce
I think Adam Tooze would make such a good uncle. I'm sorry if that's a parasocial type of thought but I had to get this off my chest
September 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think Adam Tooze would make such a good uncle. I'm sorry if that's a parasocial type of thought but I had to get this off my chest
I just saw someone on reddit call Borges "magical realism"
September 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I just saw someone on reddit call Borges "magical realism"
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Appropriate reaction to reality
September 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Appropriate reaction to reality
His followers called him Mahasamaltman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -altman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god.
September 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
His followers called him Mahasamaltman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -altman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god.
toddlers and confucius: big fans of the rectification of names
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
toddlers and confucius: big fans of the rectification of names
gorillas are lowkey some of the most goated animals out there
September 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
gorillas are lowkey some of the most goated animals out there
been learning a lot about "scaling laws"... I think that chinchilla:gpt-3 :: human:neanderthal. smaller brain but longer development. though in our case it's not a fixed budget but one scaling 1-to-1 with NP maybe
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
been learning a lot about "scaling laws"... I think that chinchilla:gpt-3 :: human:neanderthal. smaller brain but longer development. though in our case it's not a fixed budget but one scaling 1-to-1 with NP maybe