Philip Sink | Rorty Vindicator
@thrillhouse1701.bsky.social
"Take care of Freedom and Truth will take care of itself."
Ph.D. student in philosophy/logic/formal epistemology at CMU
Trying and failing to prevent wildfires.
he/him
Website: https://philip-sink.github.io
Ph.D. student in philosophy/logic/formal epistemology at CMU
Trying and failing to prevent wildfires.
he/him
Website: https://philip-sink.github.io
BLACKTRON
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
BLACKTRON
"points on the distribution... wittgenstein" is going to stick with me for a while.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"points on the distribution... wittgenstein" is going to stick with me for a while.
He was just trying to boost his intelltignce.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
He was just trying to boost his intelltignce.
Finally, I understand what Buffalo Bill was doing in Silence of the Lambs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Finally, I understand what Buffalo Bill was doing in Silence of the Lambs.
I'm intelltignce on surface.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm intelltignce on surface.
There's only one way to find out the consequences of clicking on it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There's only one way to find out the consequences of clicking on it.
It's not going to be "Judgment at Nuremberg" and I don't think anyone going in should expect that. It may very well be much worse, even quite bad. But I am interested to see.
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's not going to be "Judgment at Nuremberg" and I don't think anyone going in should expect that. It may very well be much worse, even quite bad. But I am interested to see.
You're so right.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You're so right.
Strongly agreed - TNG feels far more like an ensemble than TOS. The TOS movies spread things around more, but the show itself is really mostly about those 3.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Strongly agreed - TNG feels far more like an ensemble than TOS. The TOS movies spread things around more, but the show itself is really mostly about those 3.
McCoy insulting Spock works because Spock gives as good as he takes. Data is just too passive.
This is what makes all post TOS writing of Spock frustrating IMO - they write him like Data but he's very different from Data.
This is what makes all post TOS writing of Spock frustrating IMO - they write him like Data but he's very different from Data.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
McCoy insulting Spock works because Spock gives as good as he takes. Data is just too passive.
This is what makes all post TOS writing of Spock frustrating IMO - they write him like Data but he's very different from Data.
This is what makes all post TOS writing of Spock frustrating IMO - they write him like Data but he's very different from Data.
This would require Riker hurling insults at Data and for a bunch of reasons I think that would land very poorly.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This would require Riker hurling insults at Data and for a bunch of reasons I think that would land very poorly.
German*
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
German*
Sounds perfect.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sounds perfect.
What is fog of war but saying "Proof follows by structural induction".
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What is fog of war but saying "Proof follows by structural induction".
I wish I was clever enough to have come up with this (original creator not on bsky)
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I wish I was clever enough to have come up with this (original creator not on bsky)
Imagine how much better this would be with a can of cool whip though.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Imagine how much better this would be with a can of cool whip though.
I can't say I was into it, but I do think the reasons I'm not into it have changed since undergrad (in convergence to what you were saying).
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I can't say I was into it, but I do think the reasons I'm not into it have changed since undergrad (in convergence to what you were saying).