Omg I know someone who is doing exactly this with grok AI

"Calculation can only lead you astray" --Hans Hörbiger

This conclusion about LLMs also seems reminiscent of internet Rationalists and their talk of "high-decoupling" and "low-decoupling"; high decouplers separate issues, so that you can calmly, "rationally", consider the upsides of repugnant ideas without endorsing them (oh heavens, no!)

True.

This photo has the vibe:

Never thought I'd be a Chesterton's Fence guy

I still use Lick Mongo! Running a binary that I compiled long ago, and have copied from machine to machine, along with whatever ancient fortran libraries it needs.

I remember seeing this person posting to usenet (can't recall which group(s)) in the late 90s-early 00s. Not sure now, I think she also have been pushing the "12th planet" business as well.

It looks like you are using H. A. Rey's patterns for the constellations!

me at week 15 of tango class

A suspiciously specific denial about the last bit

There is an Aleutian island that is farther south than London.

It's farther west than Santa Barbara! (Barely, I just checked.)