Luke Migneco
@lukemigneco.bsky.social
To me it's always been a method versus madness thing.
Usually, the madness is just narcissism. The method might be pokemon, might be digimon, whatever.
But usually it's just whatever allows them to escape blame for their own failings the easiest, without allowing any doubt inside.
Usually, the madness is just narcissism. The method might be pokemon, might be digimon, whatever.
But usually it's just whatever allows them to escape blame for their own failings the easiest, without allowing any doubt inside.
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
To me it's always been a method versus madness thing.
Usually, the madness is just narcissism. The method might be pokemon, might be digimon, whatever.
But usually it's just whatever allows them to escape blame for their own failings the easiest, without allowing any doubt inside.
Usually, the madness is just narcissism. The method might be pokemon, might be digimon, whatever.
But usually it's just whatever allows them to escape blame for their own failings the easiest, without allowing any doubt inside.
I think it's okay to invest in industries you don't entirely understand as long as you understand what the value proposition is, even vaguely, as you first get in.
Somehow getting into and then pulling out of, say, Unity over what has been presented thus far is just objectively funny.
Somehow getting into and then pulling out of, say, Unity over what has been presented thus far is just objectively funny.
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I think it's okay to invest in industries you don't entirely understand as long as you understand what the value proposition is, even vaguely, as you first get in.
Somehow getting into and then pulling out of, say, Unity over what has been presented thus far is just objectively funny.
Somehow getting into and then pulling out of, say, Unity over what has been presented thus far is just objectively funny.
Yeah a lot of people should probably become more comfortable with the concept of IKEA furniture is better than no furniture and how that applies to AI here.
Ideally, you don't have IKEA furniture. And even more ideally you don't dump trillions of dollars into IKEA. But,
Ideally, you don't have IKEA furniture. And even more ideally you don't dump trillions of dollars into IKEA. But,
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Yeah a lot of people should probably become more comfortable with the concept of IKEA furniture is better than no furniture and how that applies to AI here.
Ideally, you don't have IKEA furniture. And even more ideally you don't dump trillions of dollars into IKEA. But,
Ideally, you don't have IKEA furniture. And even more ideally you don't dump trillions of dollars into IKEA. But,
The assumption that he's from India and Hindu is kind of racist, yeah. Just as likely born in the US and could have any given religion.
As for whether he would be "allowed", well, you're "allowed" to do anything. But eating meat in general is frowned upon, cow especially. It's like eating your dog.
As for whether he would be "allowed", well, you're "allowed" to do anything. But eating meat in general is frowned upon, cow especially. It's like eating your dog.
January 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The assumption that he's from India and Hindu is kind of racist, yeah. Just as likely born in the US and could have any given religion.
As for whether he would be "allowed", well, you're "allowed" to do anything. But eating meat in general is frowned upon, cow especially. It's like eating your dog.
As for whether he would be "allowed", well, you're "allowed" to do anything. But eating meat in general is frowned upon, cow especially. It's like eating your dog.
I think by now they all have but in a "I was right until I was wrong" sort of way.
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I think by now they all have but in a "I was right until I was wrong" sort of way.
Yeah I mean for the average person you're comparing some pretty good years to COVID, inflation and a vibes-based media dogpile. Assad margins feel right.
Have to be a lot more in the weeds to get toward any real Obama criticism. And I think Biden easily clears best President of my lifetime.
Have to be a lot more in the weeds to get toward any real Obama criticism. And I think Biden easily clears best President of my lifetime.
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Yeah I mean for the average person you're comparing some pretty good years to COVID, inflation and a vibes-based media dogpile. Assad margins feel right.
Have to be a lot more in the weeds to get toward any real Obama criticism. And I think Biden easily clears best President of my lifetime.
Have to be a lot more in the weeds to get toward any real Obama criticism. And I think Biden easily clears best President of my lifetime.
"I let my wife breach the contract, now do I need to console her when her breach blew up in her face?"
That marriage is just already over, contract voided, unless they're only together/love each other because they enjoy embarrassing/laughing at the other's misfortune. It was her turn, now it's his.
That marriage is just already over, contract voided, unless they're only together/love each other because they enjoy embarrassing/laughing at the other's misfortune. It was her turn, now it's his.
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"I let my wife breach the contract, now do I need to console her when her breach blew up in her face?"
That marriage is just already over, contract voided, unless they're only together/love each other because they enjoy embarrassing/laughing at the other's misfortune. It was her turn, now it's his.
That marriage is just already over, contract voided, unless they're only together/love each other because they enjoy embarrassing/laughing at the other's misfortune. It was her turn, now it's his.
Eventually it wouldn't, though, right?
Handwriting is basically rapid, lightly resisted reps of wrist abduction/adduction/extension/flexion. Repeatedly hitting failure will increase endurance over time.
Typing is just different forearm muscles, but same concept.
Handwriting is basically rapid, lightly resisted reps of wrist abduction/adduction/extension/flexion. Repeatedly hitting failure will increase endurance over time.
Typing is just different forearm muscles, but same concept.
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Eventually it wouldn't, though, right?
Handwriting is basically rapid, lightly resisted reps of wrist abduction/adduction/extension/flexion. Repeatedly hitting failure will increase endurance over time.
Typing is just different forearm muscles, but same concept.
Handwriting is basically rapid, lightly resisted reps of wrist abduction/adduction/extension/flexion. Repeatedly hitting failure will increase endurance over time.
Typing is just different forearm muscles, but same concept.
My own hypothesis would be closer to:
It's a party that can only really win with a big tent and a lot of its candidates are all risking some portion of that tent at all times to the extent that it's optimized for polling-brained politicians over the years rather than authentic, retail champions.
It's a party that can only really win with a big tent and a lot of its candidates are all risking some portion of that tent at all times to the extent that it's optimized for polling-brained politicians over the years rather than authentic, retail champions.
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My own hypothesis would be closer to:
It's a party that can only really win with a big tent and a lot of its candidates are all risking some portion of that tent at all times to the extent that it's optimized for polling-brained politicians over the years rather than authentic, retail champions.
It's a party that can only really win with a big tent and a lot of its candidates are all risking some portion of that tent at all times to the extent that it's optimized for polling-brained politicians over the years rather than authentic, retail champions.
Republicans tested that hypothesis in 2015/2016 and found it to be correct--the dogs who had no intention of ever catching that car were ousted for the dog that would/could--but I'm unconvinced that that specifically is the problem for the Democrats.
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Republicans tested that hypothesis in 2015/2016 and found it to be correct--the dogs who had no intention of ever catching that car were ousted for the dog that would/could--but I'm unconvinced that that specifically is the problem for the Democrats.
Also there isn't really much liberalism in Harry Potter?
I mean, the wizard governing body was portrayed as extremely illiberal I guess but also wasn't much challenged in the narrative.
And most of the school structure was almost a celebration of a different sort of illiberalism.
I mean, the wizard governing body was portrayed as extremely illiberal I guess but also wasn't much challenged in the narrative.
And most of the school structure was almost a celebration of a different sort of illiberalism.
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Also there isn't really much liberalism in Harry Potter?
I mean, the wizard governing body was portrayed as extremely illiberal I guess but also wasn't much challenged in the narrative.
And most of the school structure was almost a celebration of a different sort of illiberalism.
I mean, the wizard governing body was portrayed as extremely illiberal I guess but also wasn't much challenged in the narrative.
And most of the school structure was almost a celebration of a different sort of illiberalism.
Yeah I think he's actually just a huge asshole for whom life never gave a good reason to be anything else.
Maybe a bipolar asshole, but an asshole nonetheless. This is a man who already tried to do a big Saul to Paul moment and actually became worse for it.
Maybe a bipolar asshole, but an asshole nonetheless. This is a man who already tried to do a big Saul to Paul moment and actually became worse for it.
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yeah I think he's actually just a huge asshole for whom life never gave a good reason to be anything else.
Maybe a bipolar asshole, but an asshole nonetheless. This is a man who already tried to do a big Saul to Paul moment and actually became worse for it.
Maybe a bipolar asshole, but an asshole nonetheless. This is a man who already tried to do a big Saul to Paul moment and actually became worse for it.
I think it's a real problem in the sense that it's promoted by two groups who need to be either talked down or shamed away from activism:
1) The anarchists
2) The anxiety-prone who the anarchists have convinced to dress/act in a way that's indistinguishable from them and are now convincing others
1) The anarchists
2) The anxiety-prone who the anarchists have convinced to dress/act in a way that's indistinguishable from them and are now convincing others
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I think it's a real problem in the sense that it's promoted by two groups who need to be either talked down or shamed away from activism:
1) The anarchists
2) The anxiety-prone who the anarchists have convinced to dress/act in a way that's indistinguishable from them and are now convincing others
1) The anarchists
2) The anxiety-prone who the anarchists have convinced to dress/act in a way that's indistinguishable from them and are now convincing others
The crazier thing is apparently Bessent promised to do the same to all of Alberta if they break away from Canada and become independent?
Actual insanity on multiple levels.
Actual insanity on multiple levels.
January 23, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The crazier thing is apparently Bessent promised to do the same to all of Alberta if they break away from Canada and become independent?
Actual insanity on multiple levels.
Actual insanity on multiple levels.
He was always a huge asshole, who at times happened to wield that for relative good.
But, still, a huge asshole given praise in that environment? Eventually will just become even more of an asshole about any and everything, as the process begins to supersede the results.
But, still, a huge asshole given praise in that environment? Eventually will just become even more of an asshole about any and everything, as the process begins to supersede the results.
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
He was always a huge asshole, who at times happened to wield that for relative good.
But, still, a huge asshole given praise in that environment? Eventually will just become even more of an asshole about any and everything, as the process begins to supersede the results.
But, still, a huge asshole given praise in that environment? Eventually will just become even more of an asshole about any and everything, as the process begins to supersede the results.
It's also just kind of a bomb dropped on the next administration even if he does back down.
The blame for not fixing relations will go toward that administration with no thought or comment about who in power made them impossible to fix.
The blame for not fixing relations will go toward that administration with no thought or comment about who in power made them impossible to fix.
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's also just kind of a bomb dropped on the next administration even if he does back down.
The blame for not fixing relations will go toward that administration with no thought or comment about who in power made them impossible to fix.
The blame for not fixing relations will go toward that administration with no thought or comment about who in power made them impossible to fix.
Yeah the more likely option is he does what he's always done and cries foul once he loses.
Any posturing beforehand is just for ego, so however the elections fall he can use it to make himself feel better.
"I won even though [...]"
or
"I only lost because [...]"
Any posturing beforehand is just for ego, so however the elections fall he can use it to make himself feel better.
"I won even though [...]"
or
"I only lost because [...]"
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Yeah the more likely option is he does what he's always done and cries foul once he loses.
Any posturing beforehand is just for ego, so however the elections fall he can use it to make himself feel better.
"I won even though [...]"
or
"I only lost because [...]"
Any posturing beforehand is just for ego, so however the elections fall he can use it to make himself feel better.
"I won even though [...]"
or
"I only lost because [...]"
"Heh, I forfeited all of my personal photos just so the robot could potentially incorrectly (~30% odds) tell me something the guy at the front desk could have told me 100% correctly"
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"Heh, I forfeited all of my personal photos just so the robot could potentially incorrectly (~30% odds) tell me something the guy at the front desk could have told me 100% correctly"
"Yeah, I bullshitted you and that's on me" is impressive work, really. I do kind of wonder where that even comes from.
Were users responding like that to the AI when it started trying to claim users were lying to it? And now it just took that for itself?
Were users responding like that to the AI when it started trying to claim users were lying to it? And now it just took that for itself?
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"Yeah, I bullshitted you and that's on me" is impressive work, really. I do kind of wonder where that even comes from.
Were users responding like that to the AI when it started trying to claim users were lying to it? And now it just took that for itself?
Were users responding like that to the AI when it started trying to claim users were lying to it? And now it just took that for itself?
He must spend an absolutely crazy and probably vastly unhealthy proportion of his life doing either real life activism or social media poasting outside of his work hours.
Frankly not even sure what use he would have for grifter money since it appears his primary hobbies are all fairly cheap.
Frankly not even sure what use he would have for grifter money since it appears his primary hobbies are all fairly cheap.
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
He must spend an absolutely crazy and probably vastly unhealthy proportion of his life doing either real life activism or social media poasting outside of his work hours.
Frankly not even sure what use he would have for grifter money since it appears his primary hobbies are all fairly cheap.
Frankly not even sure what use he would have for grifter money since it appears his primary hobbies are all fairly cheap.
Been a while since I've checked in on it, but last I did there were no quality studies that normalized caloric intake among participants.
So, what you ended up with was studies pointing out that more calories (that would also include more protein) = bad outcomes.
So, what you ended up with was studies pointing out that more calories (that would also include more protein) = bad outcomes.
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Been a while since I've checked in on it, but last I did there were no quality studies that normalized caloric intake among participants.
So, what you ended up with was studies pointing out that more calories (that would also include more protein) = bad outcomes.
So, what you ended up with was studies pointing out that more calories (that would also include more protein) = bad outcomes.
Technically, kind of, in some circles. It's niche academic beef debating the quality/lack of quality in studies about too much protein being harmful for the kidneys, etc.
ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN is not something a government should ever be saying. They should be paying for higher quality studies.
ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN is not something a government should ever be saying. They should be paying for higher quality studies.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Technically, kind of, in some circles. It's niche academic beef debating the quality/lack of quality in studies about too much protein being harmful for the kidneys, etc.
ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN is not something a government should ever be saying. They should be paying for higher quality studies.
ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN is not something a government should ever be saying. They should be paying for higher quality studies.
I don't have to use it for anything, but I routinely reach a point in trying to use it for anything where I'm just done and bail because it's gone off course to a toxic degree and can't be brought back.
Not sure if any workplace forces its use past that point, but if one does? It should not.
Not sure if any workplace forces its use past that point, but if one does? It should not.
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I don't have to use it for anything, but I routinely reach a point in trying to use it for anything where I'm just done and bail because it's gone off course to a toxic degree and can't be brought back.
Not sure if any workplace forces its use past that point, but if one does? It should not.
Not sure if any workplace forces its use past that point, but if one does? It should not.
The commercial gym is the place where you can see MMO "you don't pay my sub" behavior in real life. The good gyms, like the good MMOs, would make all of that a bannable offense. No refunds on your sub, you're out.
Sadly, you're definitely not getting that for anything reasonable per month in a gym.
Sadly, you're definitely not getting that for anything reasonable per month in a gym.
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The commercial gym is the place where you can see MMO "you don't pay my sub" behavior in real life. The good gyms, like the good MMOs, would make all of that a bannable offense. No refunds on your sub, you're out.
Sadly, you're definitely not getting that for anything reasonable per month in a gym.
Sadly, you're definitely not getting that for anything reasonable per month in a gym.
I think the real rough aspect of this is just how much laundering the tech industry is doing.
You can get them to think AI is bad, but the bigger challenge is getting them to recognize/remember that the first result in google is now a bad AI blurb. Or that whatever new 365 feature is just AI.
You can get them to think AI is bad, but the bigger challenge is getting them to recognize/remember that the first result in google is now a bad AI blurb. Or that whatever new 365 feature is just AI.
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I think the real rough aspect of this is just how much laundering the tech industry is doing.
You can get them to think AI is bad, but the bigger challenge is getting them to recognize/remember that the first result in google is now a bad AI blurb. Or that whatever new 365 feature is just AI.
You can get them to think AI is bad, but the bigger challenge is getting them to recognize/remember that the first result in google is now a bad AI blurb. Or that whatever new 365 feature is just AI.