niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

Though this has problems with comparing across different computing paradigms (what's the trace of a λ-calculus expression to the one of a Turing machine computation?)

This is maybe downstream from taking the functional and not algorithmic view on similarity: Wouldn't we want to *also* examine the traces we get?

A functional definition of algorithm similarity (number of same outputs on same inputs) disregards some "continuity"-ish assumptions: If A₁ gives the same answer as A₂ for many inputs, but for slightly perturbed inputs they give radically different outputs, I'd call those two algorithms very dissimilar.

comparing politics to constrained optimization: taxes are equivalent to the penalty method, while regulations are equivalent to barrier functions.

I want there to be a norm that it is *good* for people to first state them noticing their status-guided motivations and then proceding to answer on the object level when askedabout things.

i'm not an intellectual, i'm just a guy who likes to f**k

heuristic-ness is the curvature of the graceful decline in prediction-accuracy to perturbations of the heuristic

man living is hard

What should I do with my dating life rn

> And just—back in the 'aughts, Robin Hanson had this really great blog called _Overcoming Bias_. (You probably haven't heard of it, I said.) I wanted that _vibe_ back, of Robin Hanson's blog in 2008—the will to _just get the right answer_, without all this galaxy-brained hand-wringing about who the right answer might hurt.

Man how can MTSW rock so much

Are you furry | trans?

I'm sorry I can't tell you the name of God. I can't tell you the name of God because he is veiled and almightly over in the heavens. he is veiled and almightly over in the heavens because you have exiled him there. You have exiled him there because you were afraid of your good twin. You were afraid by your good twin because your heart is burning off

Ah why do I even honest-reply to people who are just interested in performative hate

Nobody's gonna do it if it doesn't result in money, status or sex.

(Lots of things don't get done even if they result in sex! Surprising)