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@robb.doering.ai
Terrified optimist, Kant stan, AI loon, and self-unemployed cognitive engineer — in that order! Begrudgingly [he/him]. Ostensibly here to discuss philosophy, but... y'know...
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Do you have the same objections to prewritten erotica? Or, hell, books in general? They're replacing human conversation, after all.
Oh god this is gonna be one of those things you can't discuss without sounding creepy isn't it. I should drop this crusade in advance lol
Oh god this is gonna be one of those things you can't discuss without sounding creepy isn't it. I should drop this crusade in advance lol
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Do you have the same objections to prewritten erotica? Or, hell, books in general? They're replacing human conversation, after all.
Oh god this is gonna be one of those things you can't discuss without sounding creepy isn't it. I should drop this crusade in advance lol
Oh god this is gonna be one of those things you can't discuss without sounding creepy isn't it. I should drop this crusade in advance lol
When in doubt, blame the British! They have a rich history of winging it on taxonomy going all the way back to Linnaeus 🥲
Another British-derived tragic betrayal is how utterly meaningless “Bird of Prey” is. It’s not raptors — it’s just any bird that seems scary!
Another British-derived tragic betrayal is how utterly meaningless “Bird of Prey” is. It’s not raptors — it’s just any bird that seems scary!
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
When in doubt, blame the British! They have a rich history of winging it on taxonomy going all the way back to Linnaeus 🥲
Another British-derived tragic betrayal is how utterly meaningless “Bird of Prey” is. It’s not raptors — it’s just any bird that seems scary!
Another British-derived tragic betrayal is how utterly meaningless “Bird of Prey” is. It’s not raptors — it’s just any bird that seems scary!
SO relatable, even down to the source (thanks @wikipedia.org!)
My personal fave: there is no such thing as crows or ravens as groups of species :(. Crows are *usually* the smaller corvids and ravens the *usually* the bigger ones, but there’s plenty of exceptions.
My personal fave: there is no such thing as crows or ravens as groups of species :(. Crows are *usually* the smaller corvids and ravens the *usually* the bigger ones, but there’s plenty of exceptions.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
SO relatable, even down to the source (thanks @wikipedia.org!)
My personal fave: there is no such thing as crows or ravens as groups of species :(. Crows are *usually* the smaller corvids and ravens the *usually* the bigger ones, but there’s plenty of exceptions.
My personal fave: there is no such thing as crows or ravens as groups of species :(. Crows are *usually* the smaller corvids and ravens the *usually* the bigger ones, but there’s plenty of exceptions.
Yeah but there’s a *ton* of edge cases where that loses meaning! Most notably, it’s questionably useful for one of the three domains of life, Archea.
Taxonomy is a beautiful, useful, and inherently arbitrary undertaking, IMHO.
Taxonomy is a beautiful, useful, and inherently arbitrary undertaking, IMHO.
Archaea - Wikipedia
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August 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Yeah but there’s a *ton* of edge cases where that loses meaning! Most notably, it’s questionably useful for one of the three domains of life, Archea.
Taxonomy is a beautiful, useful, and inherently arbitrary undertaking, IMHO.
Taxonomy is a beautiful, useful, and inherently arbitrary undertaking, IMHO.
Ofc people will still have goofy mystical alternatives, but that also applies to “energy”, “entropy” — hell, even “gravity”! Shouldn’t stop a useful scientific consensus.
Im also personally open to a Nussbaumian “let’s drop the C-word all-together” future, but it seems… unlikely.
Im also personally open to a Nussbaumian “let’s drop the C-word all-together” future, but it seems… unlikely.
August 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ofc people will still have goofy mystical alternatives, but that also applies to “energy”, “entropy” — hell, even “gravity”! Shouldn’t stop a useful scientific consensus.
Im also personally open to a Nussbaumian “let’s drop the C-word all-together” future, but it seems… unlikely.
Im also personally open to a Nussbaumian “let’s drop the C-word all-together” future, but it seems… unlikely.
We Kantians do! Sadly it’s still in a bit of a controversial phase a-la climate change in 1920, but I promise, we’re working on it :)
August 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We Kantians do! Sadly it’s still in a bit of a controversial phase a-la climate change in 1920, but I promise, we’re working on it :)
I’ve got some answers on there already, but mostly along the lines of “lol noob, if you don’t like it, leave!” 😅
Would appreciate answers and/or vague-pointers-to-answers on here or there, if any of you have any!
(Also, obligatory “Python rocks, regardless” 😊)
Would appreciate answers and/or vague-pointers-to-answers on here or there, if any of you have any!
(Also, obligatory “Python rocks, regardless” 😊)
August 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I’ve got some answers on there already, but mostly along the lines of “lol noob, if you don’t like it, leave!” 😅
Would appreciate answers and/or vague-pointers-to-answers on here or there, if any of you have any!
(Also, obligatory “Python rocks, regardless” 😊)
Would appreciate answers and/or vague-pointers-to-answers on here or there, if any of you have any!
(Also, obligatory “Python rocks, regardless” 😊)
Video and photographs are of course also the fascist aesthetic as they can be doctored. Also illustrations. Ban the lot!
July 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Video and photographs are of course also the fascist aesthetic as they can be doctored. Also illustrations. Ban the lot!
First time on here in a while, honestly pretty nuts to see that this level of denialism still exists. People deny climate change so I guess I shouldn't be surprised, and yet... somehow I am!
July 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
First time on here in a while, honestly pretty nuts to see that this level of denialism still exists. People deny climate change so I guess I shouldn't be surprised, and yet... somehow I am!
Probably infeasible with a big political topic like this one, but I feel like $20 of bot likes and some A/B testing with some of his old tweets could get you a long way on more niche issues...
July 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Probably infeasible with a big political topic like this one, but I feel like $20 of bot likes and some A/B testing with some of his old tweets could get you a long way on more niche issues...
Ah very good point, didn't see it was using Twitter's native search syntax. I guess the trick would be getting your reply on the first page of replies to his tweets on the topic, along with some sort of impersonation.
Maybe just reply w/ a fake quote and attribute to him?
Maybe just reply w/ a fake quote and attribute to him?
July 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ah very good point, didn't see it was using Twitter's native search syntax. I guess the trick would be getting your reply on the first page of replies to his tweets on the topic, along with some sort of impersonation.
Maybe just reply w/ a fake quote and attribute to him?
Maybe just reply w/ a fake quote and attribute to him?
You're a hero, as always -- thanks for highlighting. That's beyond absurd.
July 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You're a hero, as always -- thanks for highlighting. That's beyond absurd.
New prompt injection vector just dropped: just, like, tweeting stuff.
Maybe tweeting under the name @3lonmu5k would be enough? Or just tagging him?
Maybe tweeting under the name @3lonmu5k would be enough? Or just tagging him?
July 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New prompt injection vector just dropped: just, like, tweeting stuff.
Maybe tweeting under the name @3lonmu5k would be enough? Or just tagging him?
Maybe tweeting under the name @3lonmu5k would be enough? Or just tagging him?
For more info, please consult the relevant seminal literature on the topic: warriorcats.com/books
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April 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
For more info, please consult the relevant seminal literature on the topic: warriorcats.com/books
“And the inaugural ‘Best SciFi Poster’ award goes to…”
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“And the inaugural ‘Best SciFi Poster’ award goes to…”
I really don’t think the French can or should brag about revolution frequency. They only had to try again because the past ones either failed in bloody horror, or succeeded in bloody horror only to be followed by a rapid collapse
April 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I really don’t think the French can or should brag about revolution frequency. They only had to try again because the past ones either failed in bloody horror, or succeeded in bloody horror only to be followed by a rapid collapse
We’ve literally never been in this situation before. “Republicans are too monolithic to flip!” is just completely baseless, IMO
April 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We’ve literally never been in this situation before. “Republicans are too monolithic to flip!” is just completely baseless, IMO
We need to impeach this year — you can’t just pause a democracy for two years and expect everything to work out, especially when the violations are this extreme.
Yes, that means convincing 16 GOP senators to elevate Vance. No, that’s not impossible just because Fox News or whatever
Yes, that means convincing 16 GOP senators to elevate Vance. No, that’s not impossible just because Fox News or whatever
April 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We need to impeach this year — you can’t just pause a democracy for two years and expect everything to work out, especially when the violations are this extreme.
Yes, that means convincing 16 GOP senators to elevate Vance. No, that’s not impossible just because Fox News or whatever
Yes, that means convincing 16 GOP senators to elevate Vance. No, that’s not impossible just because Fox News or whatever
While we’re picking, I think Chavez is the natural choice. There’s a few establishment, selfish politician types like Bessnet, Burgum, and Rubio, but Chavez is by far the most nuanced of them AFAICT
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
While we’re picking, I think Chavez is the natural choice. There’s a few establishment, selfish politician types like Bessnet, Burgum, and Rubio, but Chavez is by far the most nuanced of them AFAICT
Really tho hard to imagine a better case than a 91 y/o. Unless they give him a killer stimulant prescription and a copy of mein kampf??
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Really tho hard to imagine a better case than a 91 y/o. Unless they give him a killer stimulant prescription and a copy of mein kampf??
More to your specific point: Pete Hegseth doesn’t give a shit about tariffs. They’re evil, not identical.
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
More to your specific point: Pete Hegseth doesn’t give a shit about tariffs. They’re evil, not identical.
“JD Vance might commit crimes too” seems way, way better than all the “might”s that come with a total civil war… to say the least.
I guess this is precluding some sort of action-movie relatively-bloodless coup, but idk how that’d work, much less who to look to for it…
I guess this is precluding some sort of action-movie relatively-bloodless coup, but idk how that’d work, much less who to look to for it…
April 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“JD Vance might commit crimes too” seems way, way better than all the “might”s that come with a total civil war… to say the least.
I guess this is precluding some sort of action-movie relatively-bloodless coup, but idk how that’d work, much less who to look to for it…
I guess this is precluding some sort of action-movie relatively-bloodless coup, but idk how that’d work, much less who to look to for it…
This is absurd — you want to let the president break the law because his successors might also break the law? #Impeachment2025 is the ONLY answer provided by the constitution, I agree with that; if you truly believe that it’s useless, then hopefully you’ve got in contact with your local militia.
April 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is absurd — you want to let the president break the law because his successors might also break the law? #Impeachment2025 is the ONLY answer provided by the constitution, I agree with that; if you truly believe that it’s useless, then hopefully you’ve got in contact with your local militia.