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I've been thinking a lot lately about how my default reaction to feeling down is to try to talk and logic my way out of it, but that only helps if the source of the pain is my own thoughts. Often I'm...
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I actually did one of the things the docs suggest to improve mood and exercised a bit. Just walked up and down the stairs long enough to get my heart rate up.I also spent some time staring at the sun...
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A friend was just like, "ohh goddd the fucking news" and asked if I wanted to get the cliff notes on what happened and I was like, "nope"Basically, it's not really worth it to me anymore to pay...
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I've chosen to interpret "Do not obey in advance" to also mean that I don't preemptively cede my attention and energy to these fuckwads unless it's absolutely necessary.
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It was clear last night but hella wimdy. My big scope was useless, but the little guy worked fine. This is just the live stack from the ASIair, and is a work in progress. I'm planning on capturing more...
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Anyone in the tech industry with any sense: Hey, this AI thing seems like a bubble. Maybe we shouldn't throw so much money at it.AI Bubble: *pop*AI companies: OH GOD WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN SUCH A...
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Things I expect to see before I die (dark predictions)- The US will start a war. Maybe with China, maybe with Iran, but probably with itself.- The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)...
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Things I expect to see before I die (dark predictions) /2- A natural disaster will directly kill millions of people.- Another pandemic.- Phoenix, Arizona will be uninhabitable for much of the year, if...
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Things I expect to see before I die (dark predictions) /3- Horrors beyond my imagination.
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Some of these things are preventable, but many are inevitable, with the only questions being when it happens and how bad it will be.It goes without saying that I am brimming with excitement for this...
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Which would you rather have an unlimited supply of?KnightsNightsG'nightsGnats
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uspol, cynicismI think it's kind of funny how we've gotten to this point and some people still think the best solution to this mess is to continue to engage with politics in the same way, but harder....
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uspol, cynicismNew and different laws won't save us. Judicial verdicts won't save us. Those things only work if everyone agrees to follow the rules, but the fascists don't give a shit about rules and...
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uspol, cynicismThis is the lesson I've learned since 2016, and why I have become such a pessimist and cynic: our society is no longer capable (if it ever was) to respond to challenges and problems to...
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uspol, cynicismThe best ways out of the various crises in front of us all follow a similar pattern: they are radically different from what we have experience with, they will be uncomfortable or...
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uspol, cynicismOur society has painted itself into a collective Prisoner's Dilemma. The best option requires all of us to do the opposite of our default behavior, and hope everyone else will do the...
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uspol, cynicismIt's not that I think it's impossible. I've just seen very little evidence that things are moving in that direction. The resistance to the EO and ICE nonsense is a good start, but it...
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Hacking is a fundamentally philosophical activity.It's taking the position that things like "purpose" and "function" are not fixed and static characteristics, but fluid and dynamic ones — that the...
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Homo sapiens: a species of mostly hairless Great Ape known for its bipedal locomotion and highly complex social dynamics, as well as sophisticated language and tool use. While often skittish and...
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To all the people that voted for nights: congratulations, you're now a vampire
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