hypoallergenic bobcat alternative
@noghiri.bsky.social
usually goes by nog. bobcat, probably. he/him. often skulking around a stand of fir trees. may be rapidly approaching. trains, not kings. opinions do not represent my employers past or present, but may represent lunch.
gonna be pedantic and point out that this means that this means that conceptually in the worlds described by human language there is an evil vector, i don't think it necessarily proves that there is an evil vector absent the involvement of human language and the ideas of evil encoded within
i'm going to sound sarcastic here but genuinely one of the most interesting aspects of LLMs is that they are proving that evil is real, by which i mean if you train them to do one bad thing they start doing other bad things that you have not trained them to do
At least once a month, Anthropic puts out an alignment paper d AI behavior where, if you saw it in a science fiction film, you‘d be screaming at the idiot scientists onscreen to stop development
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
gonna be pedantic and point out that this means that this means that conceptually in the worlds described by human language there is an evil vector, i don't think it necessarily proves that there is an evil vector absent the involvement of human language and the ideas of evil encoded within
irregular reminder that saddam hussein's son was really into 1980s airbrushed van/novel cover art and owned a few high end reproductions of (as far as I'm willing to look) undisputed genre master Rowena Morrill's paintings
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
irregular reminder that saddam hussein's son was really into 1980s airbrushed van/novel cover art and owned a few high end reproductions of (as far as I'm willing to look) undisputed genre master Rowena Morrill's paintings
ok but I've had to clean off bugs from my windshield pretty regularly when i go out to rural areas, it's just you have to go further to get rural now
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ok but I've had to clean off bugs from my windshield pretty regularly when i go out to rural areas, it's just you have to go further to get rural now
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i do think it's important to just say 'spatchcocking' as many times as possible during the holiday season, given that most people, myself included, to their detriment and tragedy, forget that it is a technique that exists the other 95% of the year
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i do think it's important to just say 'spatchcocking' as many times as possible during the holiday season, given that most people, myself included, to their detriment and tragedy, forget that it is a technique that exists the other 95% of the year
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
my relationship with my mother in law is complex but her decades of experience cooking for several hundred people every day makes Thanksgiving achieve a certain... consistency that i think many don't get to experience
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
my relationship with my mother in law is complex but her decades of experience cooking for several hundred people every day makes Thanksgiving achieve a certain... consistency that i think many don't get to experience
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
a lot of the failure modes of discourse on this site stem from there being more in heaven and on earth than dreamed of in the philosophies of the average poaster
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
a lot of the failure modes of discourse on this site stem from there being more in heaven and on earth than dreamed of in the philosophies of the average poaster
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The toothbrushes of sin.
I forgot I lived in Bergen county NJ for a moment where it’s illegal to buy 90% of things on Sunday
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The toothbrushes of sin.
have we gotten so bad at posting on this site that we can no longer recognize and respect a top tier troll
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
have we gotten so bad at posting on this site that we can no longer recognize and respect a top tier troll
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i just passed one of these outside someone's house and i was giggling like maniac for 5 mins
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
i just passed one of these outside someone's house and i was giggling like maniac for 5 mins
ah, lëff collection
Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ah, lëff collection
the idea that it is impossible to replicate the actions of neurons synthetically is strange to me
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the idea that it is impossible to replicate the actions of neurons synthetically is strange to me
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
a series of accidents
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
a series of accidents
a lot of them also struggle with the idea that different people have different needs
I do still love my head-fi stack but, I don't talk as often about audiophile stuff here because one thing I learned early on is too many audiophiles cannot process the concept that I might be happy with my stack and thus don't want to try theirs, and I reckon that particular edge cuts both ways.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
a lot of them also struggle with the idea that different people have different needs
The Past Is A Foreign Country, Entry Number 35,251,358
as @marwoodlennox.bsky.social points out often, something you see in even early 20th century novels is the regularity of men losing their virginity to prostitutes hired out for them by relatives
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Past Is A Foreign Country, Entry Number 35,251,358
remember how need for speed most wanted (2005) had a Cingular sponsorship so they made the entire hud orange to fit
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
remember how need for speed most wanted (2005) had a Cingular sponsorship so they made the entire hud orange to fit
honestly reminds me of the Blurry Era EA NFS games a bit
i thought for a split second that was a screenshot from a late 90s video game
I'm not sure if she purposely trying to look like Jigsaw from the Saw movies, but she's doing a hell of a job.
Fitting, for an evil villain.
Fitting, for an evil villain.
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
honestly reminds me of the Blurry Era EA NFS games a bit
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Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round.
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
As Train Travel Surges, Amtrak Needs to Buy More Trains!
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round. There’s a relatively simple fix for this problem: Buy more trainsets.
www.hsrail.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round.
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
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the sunglasses were really the right call, really elevates the fit
it actually makes me angry that he is both a genius who inspired multiple entire genres of fiction and also incredibly personally cool. pick one!
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
the sunglasses were really the right call, really elevates the fit
my wife is so warm and cozy and i wish i could snuggle her all day :/
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
my wife is so warm and cozy and i wish i could snuggle her all day :/
inanity of inanities, all is inanity
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
inanity of inanities, all is inanity
i drink two monsters a day when i can't get my meds, the Adderall gets me to "having a memory" with less severe side effects
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
i drink two monsters a day when i can't get my meds, the Adderall gets me to "having a memory" with less severe side effects