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@ppvachina @GamewithDave Exactly what I was looking for

For those who used a computer between 1995 and 2001, what's the computer game from that time that sticks with you the most, and why?

@lauriewired In the short story Luminous, by Greg Egan, there's a supercomputer (luminous) exactly like this. It's made entirely from beams of light, and only exists for an instant until the computation it was instantiated to do is complete

I’ve always wondered about the possibility of a “pulsed” computer. That is, a computer so dense, either due to thermal or electrical limits, it can’t be run continuously. Kind of like a camera flash, intense burst, then a recovery period. Turns out, it sorta exists.

@Stewart_2028 I'm just assuming anyone who says shit like this is a Republican op

Someone needs to make a thread of all the Crockett supporter crashouts we're about to see

Some are saying he's the best to ever do it

@gdechichi @ReedSealFoss @unity I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on alternatives to scripting languages. Would your approach still support modding somehow?

file formats: .fbx, .glb, .png, .webp. I add file formats as clients need them scripting language: no, one of my hypothesis is that there is a better path than scripting languages while still being user friendly. I’ll share more about this in the future. my goal is faster *and* easier to use, of course a lot to do still but I believe it’s possible

every time I talk about my engine with devs that used @unity their whole life I always get the same reaction: 1 - they don't believe one person can build an engine that surpasses it and 2 - even if they could, it must result in tech that is "too hard" to use this used to bother me a lot, but today I realized something 🧵

@AlecStapp Growing food doesn't produce abundance, it simply shifts sustenance from some (the bourgeoisie) to others (the starving masses)

Grok is this true

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@tracewoodgrains Waluigi effect?

@tracewoodgrains First time seeing myself in a random culture war picture on the internet

@mspringut @psparks1960 Literally yes via zoning laws and architectural requirements.

@psparks1960 See!!! The NIMBYs forced me to put this steaming pile of shit here!!!

I wonder why NIMBYism happens

@Grimezsz You should read the short story "Learning To Be Me" by Greg Egan

When I first came to Silicon Valley I was describing how I had a very specific moment where I burst into consciousness in grade 1 and this guy said I probably did have another simpler consciousness that was my main personality, - but that the person I am now was like a bubbling cancer beneath the surface and I gained enough independent power that I, the second personality, killed her and took over this body. It rly shook me, and I think about it a lot. It's an insane thing to say to a stranger ! But pretty cool

This whole DOGE saga is unbelievable. I'm actually in awe at how little waste, fraud and abuse there apparently is in our federal government.

@HouseDemocrats @RepDeluzio Please, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, go fuck yourselves.

For today's Democratic Daily Download: meet @RepDeluzio from Western PA. He explains how Trump's trade policy has been a chaotic mess, but that tariffs—if done right and paired with strong pro-worker and industrial policies—can help supercharge manufacturing. We're offering hardworking Americans real policies to strengthen their families and communities—not fake populism to distract from tax giveaways to robber barons and huge corporations.

@LittleMammith What I don't understand is how we got to a point where such a large percentage of the electorate is made up of these people

@MichaelDunwort1 @Leishman BTC still don't get it, it's not about the supply, it's about the security budget being certain. Can't build a cryptographically secure system on wobbling earth. They thought stable supply mattered, and in the process compromised their security.

ETH still don’t get it, it’s not about the supply being low, it’s about the supply being *certain*. Can’t build a house of wealth on wobbling earth. Like in Tokyo geologists will tell the architects how the buildings need to be structured. Certainty matters, heaps. They thought low supply mattered, and in the process compromised their certainty. 1/10 strategic choice.

The ETH supply is about to cross the level it was at during "The Merge". If your money supply chart looks like this you are NGMI.

@bryan_johnson vectorsofmind.com/p/the-snake-cu…

We need a new origin story as a species that inspires us.

@Aella_Girl 2/7

This is a twitter poll thread. The goal is to vote for the option that the FEWEST other people vote for IN THE POLL. For each "most unpopular" option you pick, you get a point. Post your total score at the end. 7/7 is perfect score. Poll 1:

@TheOmniLiberal One must imagine Soros as happy

It is when you simply imagine the first punch.

@lisperati @ESYudkowsky @seanmcarroll Seconding Sean Carrol. I imagine he'd definitely have Yudkowsky on his podcast

@seanmcarroll is the scientist I know that has the most mainstream view on AI x-risk (i.e. "people have been worried about xrisks of all kind forever, can't give it much priority- also, something something many types of intelligences") that is still also capable of thoughtful, deep exploration of a topic

I would like to have a long recorded conversation with a well-known scientist who takes for granted that it is a Big Deal to ask if everyone on Earth including kids is about to die, who presses me to explain why it is that credible people like Hinton seem to believe that.

@DanManCarney Dawg I'm in my 30s now

Your 20s are for Donald Trump being president, a global pandemic, and then Donald Trump being president again