Raibert Hopper
@raiberthopper.bsky.social
Video games, robots, politics, 3D printing, and whatever else.
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"Cops aren't workers" does not mean that they don't work, because even Bezos puts in hours. Nor does it mean that the work is totally without value. Even abolitionists would admit that there are cop tasks that should be done by others. "Cops aren't workers" means cops act as bosses for the masses.
June 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Cops aren't workers" does not mean that they don't work, because even Bezos puts in hours. Nor does it mean that the work is totally without value. Even abolitionists would admit that there are cop tasks that should be done by others. "Cops aren't workers" means cops act as bosses for the masses.
My man... Your company can't build a good messaging app after a dozen tries. You're not sending anyone off planet
Not telling you anything you don’t know, but this is rapturous, cult-like insanity. A total retreat into fantasy rather than confronting the challenges of the real world.
Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts we’ll 'colonize the galaxy' in 2030—but he draws the line at robot nurses
2030 will be “an era of maximum human flourishing, where we travel to the stars and colonize the galaxy,” Google DeepMind CEO says. Bill Gates and Marc Benioff have shared similar predictions.
fortune.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My man... Your company can't build a good messaging app after a dozen tries. You're not sending anyone off planet
I am unironically a 3rd amendment absolutist. In my opinion this right is incorporated to all levels of government, all representatives of the state. Stories about local cops commandeering private property to stage makes me seeth.
third amendment activists, this is your moment.
“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.
June 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I am unironically a 3rd amendment absolutist. In my opinion this right is incorporated to all levels of government, all representatives of the state. Stories about local cops commandeering private property to stage makes me seeth.
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Being a magnet for international students is essential if you want to be the world leader in scientific research.
May 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Being a magnet for international students is essential if you want to be the world leader in scientific research.
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Great fight from Auburn, they're really a talented team. However, there is nothing cringier than chanting your conference name. Absolute cult shit
March 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Great fight from Auburn, they're really a talented team. However, there is nothing cringier than chanting your conference name. Absolute cult shit
I heard yall like possession reviews so we're gonna give you 8 in the last 2 minutes
March 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I heard yall like possession reviews so we're gonna give you 8 in the last 2 minutes
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i hope academics understand very clearly that columbia didn't lose their funding because of protesters against genocide. if they honestly think that, then they're going to get gutted by fascists who played them like the fucking fools they apparently are.
March 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
i hope academics understand very clearly that columbia didn't lose their funding because of protesters against genocide. if they honestly think that, then they're going to get gutted by fascists who played them like the fucking fools they apparently are.
Cool, Perplexicty is officially a hate group. Good to know
Perplexity begins ads on The Ben Shapiro Show, with Shapiro using the AI search engine to verify claims, as some tech companies embrace right-wing media (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
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March 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Cool, Perplexicty is officially a hate group. Good to know
I think one big piece is that between the sky rocketing housing prices, lagging wages, and centralization of power in larger corporations with older decision makers, that younger generations feel that they have less power and control in guiding society.
One genuine criticism I have with my cohort is that it really does feel like many folks my age haven't quite grokked that we are The Adults In The Room.
However, we've been living under an environment which works real hard to convince us we're still babies and not the forty-year-olds some of us are
However, we've been living under an environment which works real hard to convince us we're still babies and not the forty-year-olds some of us are
March 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think one big piece is that between the sky rocketing housing prices, lagging wages, and centralization of power in larger corporations with older decision makers, that younger generations feel that they have less power and control in guiding society.
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10/10 Progress happens and good new products come along, but at a much slower speed than everyone imagines. Especially, slower than predicted by those with a financial interest and who spend most of their time proselytizing. Really well engineered things take time.
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
10/10 Progress happens and good new products come along, but at a much slower speed than everyone imagines. Especially, slower than predicted by those with a financial interest and who spend most of their time proselytizing. Really well engineered things take time.
Jesus christ this is so sad. Everything from the quality, to the writing, to the absolute dogshit premise. Meta needs to die, its run its course
This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. Not sure how I’m supposed to feel about it.
February 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Jesus christ this is so sad. Everything from the quality, to the writing, to the absolute dogshit premise. Meta needs to die, its run its course
Summary
- lost a fight
- shouted into the void
- saved fluoridation in one state
- sent a letter
- won a minor county election
This is embarrassing. The Democratic party is cooked and needs to figure their shit out fast if there is any hope at stopping the worst maga's plans
- lost a fight
- shouted into the void
- saved fluoridation in one state
- sent a letter
- won a minor county election
This is embarrassing. The Democratic party is cooked and needs to figure their shit out fast if there is any hope at stopping the worst maga's plans
February 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Summary
- lost a fight
- shouted into the void
- saved fluoridation in one state
- sent a letter
- won a minor county election
This is embarrassing. The Democratic party is cooked and needs to figure their shit out fast if there is any hope at stopping the worst maga's plans
- lost a fight
- shouted into the void
- saved fluoridation in one state
- sent a letter
- won a minor county election
This is embarrassing. The Democratic party is cooked and needs to figure their shit out fast if there is any hope at stopping the worst maga's plans
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I knew I'd heard NYU Langone Health in the news recently
Over 1,000 call on NYU Langone to continue providing gender-affirming care for children
More than 1,000 students, staff and transgender rights activists gathered outside NYU Langone Health’s Tisch Hospital on Monday evening to protest the medical center’s decision to deny gender-affirmin...
nyunews.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I knew I'd heard NYU Langone Health in the news recently
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While many of you are yelling "GO EAGLES" or "GO CHIEFS!" I'm yelling "GO ROBERT MUELLER and the rule of law!"
February 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
While many of you are yelling "GO EAGLES" or "GO CHIEFS!" I'm yelling "GO ROBERT MUELLER and the rule of law!"
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Are you going to #ICRA2025 #ICRA in Atlanta? #BlackinRobotics has travel awards due 2/15/25, check out the details here! #TravelFellowships #TravelAwards blackinrobotics.org/bir-3m-ms-st...
January 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Are you going to #ICRA2025 #ICRA in Atlanta? #BlackinRobotics has travel awards due 2/15/25, check out the details here! #TravelFellowships #TravelAwards blackinrobotics.org/bir-3m-ms-st...
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ICE is not going to "raid" a school. That is not a thing that is going to happen. They may arrest a parent who is picking a child up, or a staff member with prior conviction/deportation, but they will NOT BE "RAIDING" A SCHOOL
Kids already have more than enough to worry about in 2025 folks
Kids already have more than enough to worry about in 2025 folks
Update: abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents: officials
The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agent or agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor...
abc7chicago.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
ICE is not going to "raid" a school. That is not a thing that is going to happen. They may arrest a parent who is picking a child up, or a staff member with prior conviction/deportation, but they will NOT BE "RAIDING" A SCHOOL
Kids already have more than enough to worry about in 2025 folks
Kids already have more than enough to worry about in 2025 folks
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best single member of any administration in my lifetime
Out of everyone in the last administration, Lina Khan is who I'm going to miss the most
Biden's US FTC chair to resign commission in coming weeks, memo says
Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden, will resign from the commission in the coming weeks, she told staff in a memo.
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
best single member of any administration in my lifetime
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As a Delta Platinum Medallion member - hell no, do not @ me with your AI.
Delta Air Lines announces an AI-powered assistant in its mobile app and free onboard YouTube Premium and Music at CES 2025
Delta Air Lines announces an AI-powered assistant in its mobile app and free onboard YouTube Premium and Music at CES 2025
Over the last few years, Delta Air Lines’ presence has become a staple of CES, with the airline regularly hosting splashy keynotes. This year, the company has rented out the Sphere to announce its latest slate of updates. These include (can you guess it?)…
tcrn.ch
January 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
As a Delta Platinum Medallion member - hell no, do not @ me with your AI.
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I mean, this is basically a minstrel show.
January 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I mean, this is basically a minstrel show.
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The whole leaded gasoline tale is the stuff of supervillains. For four decades a small group of people knowingly poisoned the world for the sake of profit, despite knowing that safer alternatives to their product are available. In a just world Robert Kehoe has the same reputation as Josef Mengele.
December 31, 2024 at 7:07 PM
The whole leaded gasoline tale is the stuff of supervillains. For four decades a small group of people knowingly poisoned the world for the sake of profit, despite knowing that safer alternatives to their product are available. In a just world Robert Kehoe has the same reputation as Josef Mengele.
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Stone has being doing some of the coolest sim work for a while now so this thorough simulator comparison is really helpful. It also matches up: there's usually no free lunch in simulation so if you claim a speedup you need to drop something somewhere and it looks like what they dropped was physics
Yesterday the hyped Genesis simulator released. But it's up to 10x slower than existing GPU sims, not 10-80x faster or 430,000x faster than realtime since they benchmark mostly static environments
blog post with corrected open source benchmarks & details: stoneztao.substack.com/p/the-new-hy...
blog post with corrected open source benchmarks & details: stoneztao.substack.com/p/the-new-hy...
December 21, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Stone has being doing some of the coolest sim work for a while now so this thorough simulator comparison is really helpful. It also matches up: there's usually no free lunch in simulation so if you claim a speedup you need to drop something somewhere and it looks like what they dropped was physics
Finished the cutting board I was working on for a Christmas present. It turned out really great!
December 12, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Finished the cutting board I was working on for a Christmas present. It turned out really great!
I've been off social media for a while. I forgot the immense joy that comes from blocking crypto losers
November 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I've been off social media for a while. I forgot the immense joy that comes from blocking crypto losers