niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

A forces activity X on B because A believes X to be good, and A is then angry because B is "ungrateful"

@gigabecquerel finally, someone who understands what POV means

She can't look at chickens without becoming agitated & wants to move away quickly too

This extends to other birds, with some birds being more okay than others (e.g. penguins)

What's the strangest phobia you've encountered in real life?

My gf has an incredibly strong alektorophobia¹, to the point where even *mentioning* chickens will make her distressed

¹: Phobia of chickens

@niconiconi This cat is indeed incredibly eepy

@alea Braver than me http://niplav.site/mathematics_notation_convention#Things_I_Would_Like_To_Do_But_Im_Not_Brave_Enough

@rime

I think this vibe hurts me.

Not in a "I am depressed/enraged" kind of way, it kind of just makes me give up(?)

I see no sense in things, I want to lie down or go outside and break promises, I don't want to get up and do things, I don't want to build a reputation—*if* I am in the vibe described therein

The facial expression in the image is on point

@Tadano You can't just attack me like that

@kaia A person I can imagine having a conversation with

(though def not my æsthetics)

@alea I was for a moment unsure whether it was Devanagari or commuting diagrams

@Paradox but I'm pretty unsire how this will shake out in the end

@Paradox the farther away you are the less you will have to change course, and the slower you are the less energy you will have to spend

But the slower you are the easier it is for someone else to find and evade/redirect your relativistic kill vehicle

Light can't be detected until it actually hits

@niconiconi bless Kenneth

Notation as the tool of thougjt

@Paradox changing course when you're moving at an appreciable fraction of c is really expensive

Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

I get either Generic Bayesian¹ or Wittgensteinian

¹: Which is totally true tbh, I talked the gf's ears off yesterday about Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

See also https://gwern.net/colder-war

I think the question of interstellar warfare is really tricky. Grand Futures has a whole appendix on this, but the impression I get is that within the distance of a few parsec this is indeed a problem (objects/lasers can be aimed ~okay easily), but over larger scales you're safe because aiming/stochastic motion of large bodies becomes a problem