niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

new favorite color: space cadet (#1E2952) (not really)

from now on whenever the word “spirituality” or “consciousness” or “awareness” comes up in a discussion i will look slightly quizzical and ask “yeah, sure, but *can you feel your toes right now*?”

RP=?DP

akraska

holy crap i wrote some really good poasts in the last ~year

i'm kind of impressed with myself

so that's what it feels like to have your mind scissored in half

i should avoid it

also unnecessary dig at crypto at the end

well done

thank you for being the force of blandness

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KHunHoNd2fckwaRxz/the-forces-of-blandness-and-the-disagreeable-majority

IF **SOCIAL FUCKING NETWORKS** CAN'T BE DECENTRALIZED HOW IS THE MOTHERFUCKING ECONOMY GOING TO BE

HOW FUCKING WARPED IS YOUR MIND

I AM THOROUGHLY AND DEEPLY BOGGLED

https://nitter.hu/atomicthumbs/status/1518685880759640064

OH MY GOD

THIS PERSON IS A FUCKING ANARCHIST ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

THAT THREAD IS THE MOST "I'M AN ANARCHIST BECAUSE I HAVE UNRESOLVED DADDY ISSUES PLEASE CHOKE ME FATHER STATE/TWITTER"

i don't sneer often, but in this case, i feel it's well deserved

i don't know of any Gentle Introduction to Why Prediction Markets are Awesome, à la Wait But Why, with stick figures and just going slow in on the topic, answering objections along the way. i consider it a collective action failure that no such text exists, and also that i don't know of any book that does this (other than superforecasting)

have to admit that switching to python & numpy for data analysis from klong relieves me from a huge pain in the ass—klong is just *slow* for that.

daily reminder that you are being ruled by lawyers, not engines