David Radcliffe
@radcliffe.dev
Mathematician and dog walker in St. Paul, MN
If I were a malevolent superintelligent computer, I wouldn't launch the missiles, but I would manipulate people into building lots of gigantic datacenters.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If I were a malevolent superintelligent computer, I wouldn't launch the missiles, but I would manipulate people into building lots of gigantic datacenters.
We stopped minting pennies because they cost more to produce than they were worth. The US Mint lost money on every penny! That's why they should mint a $1000 coin instead.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We stopped minting pennies because they cost more to produce than they were worth. The US Mint lost money on every penny! That's why they should mint a $1000 coin instead.
Democrats Always Chicken Out
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Democrats Always Chicken Out
10x engineers should be called "trailing zeros" because multiplying an integer by 10 is the same as adding a trailing zero.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
10x engineers should be called "trailing zeros" because multiplying an integer by 10 is the same as adding a trailing zero.
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I did read both the thread and the piece. My point remains, but let me expand further. Let’s take this, for example:
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I did read both the thread and the piece. My point remains, but let me expand further. Let’s take this, for example:
Republicans hate poor people and they want them to die.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Republicans hate poor people and they want them to die.
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I just don't see how a vision of us all as independent contractors constantly competing in zero-sum interactions, a nation of 300 million homesteads and little suburban fiefdoms, is any way to organize a functioning society, let alone a supposedly self-governing, democratic, civic nation.
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just don't see how a vision of us all as independent contractors constantly competing in zero-sum interactions, a nation of 300 million homesteads and little suburban fiefdoms, is any way to organize a functioning society, let alone a supposedly self-governing, democratic, civic nation.
Wow, I was just followed by Andrew Tate! I'm surprised that he only has six followers. (Blocked)
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Wow, I was just followed by Andrew Tate! I'm surprised that he only has six followers. (Blocked)
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
When someone says "this is not a partisan issue" you can be 100% certain that it is a partisan issue.
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When someone says "this is not a partisan issue" you can be 100% certain that it is a partisan issue.
Have any of the corporate donors to the White House ballroom commented on the demolition of the East Wing? Is this what they thought they signed up for?
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Have any of the corporate donors to the White House ballroom commented on the demolition of the East Wing? Is this what they thought they signed up for?
You're all so eager to cancel Platner for a Nazi tattoo, but what if Trump had been canceled for the Access Holywood tape?
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You're all so eager to cancel Platner for a Nazi tattoo, but what if Trump had been canceled for the Access Holywood tape?
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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I will just always be astounded that they sold out their country and souls for the FORMER HOST OF CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I will just always be astounded that they sold out their country and souls for the FORMER HOST OF CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
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Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I will send $5 to the first person to successfully contribute a sequence to the OEIS that contains the number 5318008 in the DATA section. Some conditions apply. I'm not actually going to send the money.
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I will send $5 to the first person to successfully contribute a sequence to the OEIS that contains the number 5318008 in the DATA section. Some conditions apply. I'm not actually going to send the money.
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Last night I attended a public education listening tour hosted by Iowa Dem house members. So many teachers reiterated an atmosphere of total fear, surveillance, & reprisal. One elementary teacher said they refer to the Gulf of Mexico as "The Gulf" to avoid even the suspicion of bias.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Last night I attended a public education listening tour hosted by Iowa Dem house members. So many teachers reiterated an atmosphere of total fear, surveillance, & reprisal. One elementary teacher said they refer to the Gulf of Mexico as "The Gulf" to avoid even the suspicion of bias.
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“They’re all Antifa now”
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“They’re all Antifa now”
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OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
October 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
There should be a standard HTML tag or class to mark AI-generated text.
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There should be a standard HTML tag or class to mark AI-generated text.
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I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING
Makes you think
Wouldn't this expose Mozilla to liability if the summary is inaccurate? What if the page contains legal provisions? This seems incredibly reckless to me.
Firefox launches ‘shake to summarize’ on iPhones
Firefox launches ‘shake to summarize’ on iPhones
Shake that iPhone.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wouldn't this expose Mozilla to liability if the summary is inaccurate? What if the page contains legal provisions? This seems incredibly reckless to me.
I don't think you're ready for the shutdown
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I don't think you're ready for the shutdown