Daniel Nelson

@StuartJRitchie @AnthropicAI Congratulations Stuart, you're super smart and dedicated and Anthropic has gained a great asset

Hello from San Francisco! TREMENDOUSLY excited to be starting my new job today - I’m joining the Comms team at @AnthropicAI! It doesn’t get much cooler than that. Wish me luck…!

It's so great to see so many people subscribing to The Studies Show - my new science podcast with @TomChivers! You can give it a listen and subscribe right here: thestudiesshowpod.com

Man, things sure have changed on this site

@EyePatchWolf The classic maze screensaver from Windows 95 youtube.com/watch?v=oRL5du…

also doesnt have to be traditional media, wierd internet shit is both apprecaited and encouraged

What are your favorite examples of Liminal Space in media? Can be films, games, photos, stories, horror, non horror, whatever.

@iasminaedina Can absolutely sympathize. I enjoy starting projects much more than I do finishing them, haha. Always just want to be done by the time I'm editing, so sometimes I have to motivate myself with a reward. I know you can do it, hang in there!

I'm so close to finishing this revision of my book.✍️💪 I know because I've gone and outlined a completely new book and am procrastinating getting through the last 30 pages of my revision. pls send help 😂 #amwriting #amwritingfiction #amediting #WritingCommunity #Writer

@iasminaedina don't just work yourself harder when you hit milestones, you should reward yourself. Celebrate with a slice of cake or a glass of wine before you make that video! Or better yet, both. many cheers, you deserve them

🎉📚 Thanks so much to everyone who clicked the subscribe button on my bookish channel, means a lot! I have a nice video planned out to celebrate this milestone, but might take me a couple more weeks to put out 😊 #authortube #booktube #YouTuber #YouTubers

If you're like me, you probably see the title and think "oh yeah I'm totally willing to look stupid." You should read the post to realize how much stupider you could be willing to look

@juliagalef @willmacaskill Would love to learn more about it but don't quite have the time for Will's book right now. Would you consider doing an episode of the podcast on moral uncertainty with Will? Know of anywhere that the topic is presented fairly cleanly and concisely?

I raised several objections in the thread, but I wanted to add one more: *moral uncertainty,* a concept I learned from philosopher @willmacaskill Whatever your moral views are, you should have at least a little uncertainty about whether those views are correct.

Bryan argues that utilitarians should be pro-life, because the (+) utility of creating a new life generally outweighs the (-) utility of a person being forced to give birth An interesting argument, but I disagree… twitter.com/bryan_caplan/s…

@PAX_Badges I literally just bought badges for myself and my friends, but now everyone is saying they aren't comfortable going this year. The charge to my card is still pending, is there any way that I can cancel it?

@c0nc0rdance @brianwolven "Float" and "int" are data types in programming languages, haha

What’s the difference between Treebeard and the Fellowship of the Ring when they were going downriver in canoes? The Fellowship is afloat, and Treebeard is an Ent.

Follow @c0nc0rdance for the biology, stay for the dad jokes.

A marvel of adaptations: - Leaf-shaped nose that focuses echolocation - Wide, ridged ears maximize ability to pinpoint sounds - Micro-serrated teeth are efficient in capturing insects in flight - Ability to change into sparkly vampire at will

Content moderation is hard for everyone

@juliagalef @FalconryFinance @Pancakeoflust This might be one of the best exchanges I've ever seen on Twitter. Also, random bit of trivia: the original prototype of the game had players shoot by typing things like "bang" and "pow"... Which is an awesome way to simulate anything

@FalconryFinance @Pancakeoflust uh

I played a lot of Oregon Trail as a kid, so was fascinated to read this detailed account from the game designer of how he set up the "river crossing" part of the game to be as complex and realistic as possible: died-of-dysentery.com/stories/crossi…

Sometimes I wonder how much research has been lost simply because it wasn't backed up somewhere. Good stuff. And love the retro logo

@notsmartblog @davidmcraney @milobela I'm a sucker for elegant explanations of complicated ideas.

Without using any numbers, @milobela wrote a book about the math behind multiple infinities, strange topologies, extra dimensions, and other fascinating and complex ideas that usually only make sense when scribbled in strange notations on a blackboard.  omny.fm/shows/you-are-…

@juliagalef Well, I normally add books to an ever growing reading list, but I'm going to have to bump this up to the very front. Pre-ordered it today. Excited to read it, congrats!

1/ Hey guys, I’m excited to announce my first book is coming out April 13! It’s about something I call “scout mindset” - the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were; to be intellectually honest & curious about what's actually true penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555240/t…

@elibosnick Oh, I didn't know you code. That's rad. What kind of programs do you write? Is it mainly just hobby stuff or do you do any freelance software development? Still cool either way

@juliagalef "As a professor of science, I can assure you that we did, in fact, evolve from filthy monkey men." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth

A hill I will die on: Referring to humans as "monkeys" instead of the more accurate "apes" is perfectly justified, due to it being way funnier