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also, *wow* i have a lot of physical energy. it's making it hard to concentrate on intellectual work—my body wants to move constantly.

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having small “this feels like mdma” type moments during listening to techno & dancing. who knew that ~1000 hours of meditation could have an effect?

the last twt was brought to you by me listening to a podcast from two old german hackers talking about blockchain, and really embarassing themselves.

have you guys learned nothing‽

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i hope that when i'm old, I will approach technology with the mindset of either “how can i use this to make cool shit” or “how can i make this technology safer”.

niplav attempting to get cancelled by the physics community: attempt 1

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actually it's the case that dark matter is just consciousness. think about it: both are unobservable, clearly extant in large amounts, and clearly influence this universe.

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bad joke 

@niplav not until we build a Large Gender Collider
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Actually, what are the social norms about joke-flirting with people on fedi?

Is it "just don't", "feel the waters & see", "only flirt back, "there are no rules"?

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I met a Russian who is really into Latin today, he was called Javlatsky Absolut

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the male urge to become a dwarf and dwell deep in the mountain doing nothing but mining shiny things

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"Wow! I didn't know the arxiv was selling merch!"
"niplav, that's just a sweater with a smiley on it"

@locus huh I guess it's on my side, works on laptop but not on phone

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feds don't want you to know white people evolved by eating snails
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