I'm completely serious about not planning on dying and am structuring my life around being able to upload before my body reaches its use by date
let's see, which of my beliefs do I regularly get incredulous questioning for...
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RT @eigenrobot
i think my views have become too reasonable
time to find some new weird belief's https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/712913395645685760
https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1403262108960059398
the dangers of too small a hash space
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RT @saraduit
wild 1st day in NYC - accidentally slept in a stranger’s bed after my redeye 😳 somehow my keys worked for someone else’s apartment…
https://twitter.com/saraduit/status/1403013011720245248
a sovereign
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RT @vgr
If you see a rattlesnake on the trail you’ll warily avoid it... what do you call such a counterparty? Not an enemy, competitor, or adversary. Not a proactive hostile either. Just a temperamentally dangerous person you want to avoid or handle with care.
https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1403115161615880193
some believe they'll be judged for not knowing things, so desperately try to bullshit everyone around them to maintain the facade of competence
while in reality, they're wasting everyone's time & fooling no one, not to mention hampering their own growth
just ask questions bro
the saga continues
there's this one guy in particular who is infuriating to deal with
missing tons of foundational knowledge (such as what memory is or what it means to 'redo'), which is fine
what's not fine is how he consistently LIES to my FACE about it
bad look, man
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RT @pee_zombie
more adventures in developer tech support
"hey man i'm having a problem getting it to work, getting an error"
well dude i'd love to help but u go…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1403037911512125446
will never understand why people insist on not reading error messages
its like their minds slip over them like the smoothest ice, completely ignoring their existence
incredible
incel bf homo economicus gf
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RT @_metallurgist
physicist bf spherical gf
https://twitter.com/_metallurgist/status/1403023899911065600
this just in, transhumanism is just edging for death
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RT @jmrphy
Death is the consummation of life. Eating, drinking, fighting, testosterone, sex and reproducing—all speed death because they are acute expressions of vitality.
The Longevity meme is not pro-life, it is an elongation of death into the present—that we may last a bit longer.
https://twitter.com/jmrphy/status/1402741102210322438
gives me whiplash to watch these dudes go from putting out technically intricate and highly impressive design docs on complex domains
to asking me qs like "does 'storage autoscaling' mean the database will autoscale its storage"
pls. ur allowed to think about this, big brain
i talk a lot about the limitations of autism, how it manifests, but this is not to be discouraging; rather, to broaden conceptions of starting points, dispel notions of certain things being naturally accessible to all
this is why i'm a transhumanist; human, transcend yourself
there's a flip side to this, however; that initial disability, forcing intentional efforts, gives you a huge step up once overcome; having learned how to Do The Thing, you end up more capable than those who had natural aptitude, able to self-improve
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RT @pee_zombie
that intentional studying often gives one a deeper understanding of the domain in question, affording them more competence than is typical
i've always been like this; ve…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1397985426233868293
when you lack the intuitions many others seem to possess, you're disadvantaged, having to work harder to achieve the same results; there's a good bit of privilege in just being able to vibe, to be a social human, to operate a body with ease & fluidity
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RT @pee_zombie
it took very intentional study of microexpressions, body language, subtle social signals and the subconscious interplay, before I got good at "seeming natural" at a par…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1315704520652009472
poor physical coordination & general disembodiment is a downstream consequence of this, too; when your sensory homunculus feels like a mecha you're underequipped to be able to operate, its only natural to avoid it, doubling down on non-physical pursuits
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RT @pee_zombie
being a nerd first and foremost, I've always been rather clumsy and awkward; while I'm relatively athletic, it's only come through intense focus and work, with comple…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1335106165223645185
over time, with great efforts, it is possible for us to realize this, and learn to peel back the numbing, to consciously re-engage with our high-res sensoriums; this can be difficult and painful; there are many pitfalls here
but if you get thru them, much is unlocked for you
it stems from genetic predisposition & environmental triggers for increased neural sensitivity. all else is downstream of this: from sensory issues to poor theory of mind, overly-rigid thinking patterns
like depression, much of autism is a numbing response to overwhelming inputs