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Cogito, ergo sum incertus | DADA professor @Hogwarts

Katılım Mayıs 2025
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Andrew Côté
Andrew Côté@Andercot·
Think of the opportunity cost of not having an admirable and gracious scientific public persona We used to have Carl Sagan Richard Feynman Albert Einstein Niels Bohr Charles Oppenheimer World class physicists for the better part of a century were international statesmen, their opinions sought out on world affairs, they were national heroes, celebrity and fame came with it and they used their voice to advocate for peace, diplomacy, humanitarian causes, scientific advances and funding. This generation we have "bong rip" charlatans that basically spew nonsense, arrogant buffoons, obnoxious and insecure and insufferable all at once. There is basically a vanishing minority of physicists even approaching the mandate of what institutional science should be in society - counterweight to commerce and politics, rational and balanced, the voice of reason. If you want to reduce society to Luddite superstitions, incapable of sophisticated analysis or reasoning, all you need to do is make the voice of science an arrogant buffoon, an insufferable fucking loser.
Andrew Côté@Andercot

I think Neil de Grasse Tyson just plain sucks. He has none of the depth of Carl Sagan, none of the humility Hawking, nor scientific accomplishments. He is a gotcha sound-byte narcissist, an absolute dead weight to society, he just fucking sucks

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Dear World
Dear World@dearantlers_·
"You're allowed to think about the worst case scenario, but you gotta do something about it"
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Λlchemistocrat
Λlchemistocrat@alchemistocrat·
Since Anthropic’s previous model names, Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus, followed a poetic theme, here’s some fun speculation about the name behind Fable 5: Did you know that Claude Barbin was Jean de La Fontaine’s bookseller and publisher of Book X, which includes Fable 5? The fable is about a wolf having difficulty distinguishing true virtue from hypocrisy, and recognizes the asymmetry in who gets condemned. The fable mentions “Thibaut the little lamb,” which is not a random name chosen by La Fontaine, but rather a literary allusion to Thibaut l’Agnelet from La Farce de Maître Pathelin, where he is a shepherd. A contemporary interpretation points to @tibo (Thibault). The fable mentions Jupiter, and since this model was released on June 9th (9/6 if inverted per French dating format) it points to Book 9, Fable 6, which is a story about a sculptor who buys a block of marble and decides to carve a god who will become “the master of the earth.” He creates Jupiter, the god of thunder, so convincingly real that the statue “seems to lack only speech.” But in the end, the sculptor becomes afraid of the statue he made. Mythos in Ancient Greek means speech. It’s also the word used to describe an Athenian tragedy’s plot as the deliberate arrangement of the incidents.
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Rajjath
Rajjath@Rajjath24·
turns out, reading voraciously, moving your body, loving people without keeping score, protecting your solitude, chasing nothing but your own growth, and occasionally staying out too late with people who make you laugh until it hurts is not a bad way to build a life.
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Λlchemistocrat
Λlchemistocrat@alchemistocrat·
Ce n’était rien qu'un peu de miel, Mais il m’avait chauffé le corps, Et dans mon âme, il brûle encore, À la manière d'un grand soleil.
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Λlchemistocrat
Λlchemistocrat@alchemistocrat·
Can y’all please ban these horse carriages, it’s not the 1800s anymore @nick_benson @NYCCouncil @SpeakerMenin @NYCMayor @nycdistrict1 @ZohranKMamdani
Voters For Animal Rights@theanimalvoters

Statement from Council Member @ChrisMarteNYC and Voters For Animal Rights President Julie Cappiello: “This Thursday, Council Member Marte will introduce Ryder’s Law, legislation to transition New York City away from horse-drawn carriages and toward a safer, more humane future. The death of a carriage horse in Central Park tonight is a heartbreaking reminder that this system no longer works — not for horses, and not for the workers whose livelihoods depend on an industry facing an uncertain future. Horses are living beings who deserve dignity and compassion. They should not be forced to navigate the noise, traffic, and demands of New York City streets. New York City can protect animal welfare while supporting the workers who depend on the horse carriage industry. As we push to end horse-drawn carriages, we are committed to ensuring workers have a fair transition, economic security, and access to new opportunities. We look forward to working with TWU, the City Council, and all stakeholders to develop a workforce program that supports affected workers and their families. Tonight’s tragedy was heartbreaking — but future tragedies are preventable. It is time to pass Ryder’s Law.”

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Λlchemistocrat
Λlchemistocrat@alchemistocrat·
@jonnygerow Anytime I see this sort of stuff I get goosebumps from remembering that one time I forgot to discharge a capacitor and got the shock of my life
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Jon Gerow
Jon Gerow@jonnygerow·
Just a friendly reminder... If an unplugged power supply has enough energy to light a light bulb, the capacitors definitely hold enough of a charge to kill you.
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Thomas Ricouard
Thomas Ricouard@Dimillian·
Do you actually use the Codex Desktop app git UI or do you ask the model to commit and push on your behalf?
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Alex Adelman
Alex Adelman@alexadelman·
the bikes in nyc are nothing short of electric
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Bojan Tunguz
Bojan Tunguz@tunguz·
gm time to take it up a notch this week
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Beff (e/acc)
Beff (e/acc)@beffjezos·
This is the middle of SF rn
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Philipp Schmid
Philipp Schmid@_philschmid·
My personal research question for today: Should we optimize the model for a harness or should the harness be optimized for the model?
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Λlchemistocrat
Λlchemistocrat@alchemistocrat·
@celinehalioua I’ve worked from the Bar Room at the Beekman on weekdays, really cool place. They might be busy on a weekend but deff try
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Celine Halioua
Celine Halioua@celinehalioua·
recs for nice places to work from in tribeca on weekend? That are call friendly :)
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