👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt

not even gunna bother posting my results for this latest autism test, they're basically what you'd expect

the more interesting aspect here is, imo, my internal conflict when filling these out

it can be hard to decide whether to give the "natural" answer, or the "actual" one
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RT @pareinoia
hmm
https://twitter.com/pareinoia/status/1397962559022678018

but our various aesthetic sensibilities & subsequent ideological positions do tend to form large coherent clusters, loosely aligning with these labels

perhaps it is indeed rather absurd to use harvested & cultured fetal cells to develop synthetic flavorings

but damn bruh relax

the grays, however, taking a more Rationalist perspective, would point to the many instances where our intuitions don't quite map to the complexities of modern life; man cannot live by vibes alone

ofc, this is overly reductive, as most of us here are not strictly in either camp

this is a core difference btwn the red & gray tribes: their relationship to the disgust response. do you listen to it, treating it as a intuitive moral compass?

the reds would say that it's bugman bs to try & override your intuition, tuned over the eons, w/ conscious reasoning

the life sciences involve many such viscerally-disturbing instances, as their purview naturally delves into what many would term "playing god"

they would rather see us regress to a lower standard of living for the sake of their aesthetics sensibilities

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RT @pee_zombie
while degrowth motivations differ wildly, ranging from solarpunk ecoutopian aspirations, to religious fear of incurring God's wrath for meddling with nature, they all…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1396664066656063490

the cells in question, however, have absolutely no connection to abortions, besides that their predecessors were likely harvested from a fetus decades ago; the phrasing used is intentionally sensational & evocative, intended to paint a certain picture

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RT @HippoHodl
@0x49fa98 Let's break it down into two parts- the science and the ethics.

Science:

Here is how it actually works. The HEK293 cell has been used for almost 50 years. Thi…
https://twitter.com/HippoHodl/status/1397558216419020802

I'll admit that there's certainly a natural body horror & disgust reaction to hearing about fetal cells being used for commercial applications

but, is there any ethical issue with this sort of thing? it's quite banal and in some senses depressing; artificial coffee creamer blows

from an aesthetic appreciation perspective, I greatly enjoy the prosaic interpretation & phrasing here; this quality of perception & voice is why he's such a great writer

however, there's little truth or ethical utility to it; the interpretation is overly dramatic & inaccurate
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RT @0x49fa98
So let me get this straight. They take actual live unborn babies, grind up their organs, and use them to build automation for making poison hyper-…
https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1397541592798580739

u kno ur really getting into the good shit when u need to delve into ontology to explain some technical nuance

"ok so if u think about it there's a difference between 'doing thing' and 'a thingdoer' pls believe me I swear it matters"

fascinating overlap between credentialism, consumerism, and stress-response sexual perversion

wherein the object of desire is shifted from the biological form of the opposite sex, to the mind as a properly-vetted consumer product

a fetishization of authority in a chaotic world
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RT @BLCKD_COM_PILLD
Send me the nudes instead
https://twitter.com/BLCKD_COM_PILLD/status/1396441406974091268

iTerm tabs are the new Chrome tabs
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RT @reduct_rs
Coworker With 35 Terminals Open Somehow Not Stressed Out By That
https://twitter.com/reduct_rs/status/1396993822475816960

he ignores every other message +- jitter on purpose so as to ensure protocol rigor
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RT @jamest_lu
@Lithros reliable in-order delivery tcp gf unreliable out-of-order udp bf
https://twitter.com/jamest_lu/status/1397008266065027074

the discourse
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RT @AbstractFairy
@CountJ0ecool @a_yawning_cat 👉👇
☝️👈
https://twitter.com/AbstractFairy/status/1397008933496279045

SARS-CoV-2 was the result of US-funded gain-of-function research to create the most divisive possible scissor statement through memetic engineering
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RT @tszzl
few know that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was actually studying viral tweets
https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/1396996812419084289

incentives rule everything around me part 4

there's little point grumbling about the what people respond to; they're predominantly low agency and just follow their impulses. instead, focus on leveraging those impulses by designing inputs to get the outputs you want to see
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RT @wagonomics
The Ohio lottery looks to be working https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/05/staple-a-lottery-ticket-to-every-vaccination-card.ht…
https://twitter.com/wagonomics/status/1396868690822373377

quite amusingly, this image is dating itself

mostly every old world culture has a list of who it's supposed to "ha ha only serious" hate; it works v well as a set of default icebreakers when meeting someone of that group

I'm ukrainian, we hate the polish
when I meet one of em we get the insults out of the way and then vibe
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RT @Paracelsus1092
The left's squeamishness around racial and ethnic stereotyping tells you they've never actually been in a truly diverse place. Where…
https://twitter.com/Paracelsus1092/status/1396900786366468103

the best jobs for a computer are those that are very simple to describe but surprisingly complex in a hard to explain way

just count the birds dude how hard can it be

well,,,
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RT @patio11
Love this business, which is a straightforward task to describe but immensely, immensely valuable, and it's literally all in the name of the product: Count Things.

https://countthings.com/case-studies/0001

Great example of real-world ML, too.
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1396953324482535424

the jobs for a computer are those that are very simple to describe but surprisingly complex in a hard to explain way

just count the birds dude how hard can it be

well,,,
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RT @patio11
Love this business, which is a straightforward task to describe but immensely, immensely valuable, and it's literally all in the name of the product: Count Things.

https://countthings.com/case-studies/0001

Great example of real-world ML, too.
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1396953324482535424

when you've spent too long in the caves of nuance amidst shades of gray, the bright piercing sun of a pure heart is nigh unbearable
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RT @chaosprime
all the boundless cruelty of a true innocent
https://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1396956213842227211