Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)

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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)

@shadowcat_mst

Lead geek at https://t.co/kx3gRT3pwe; marmite to leftpondians; worst freenode oper of old; troutifier of decency; shouter of well volunteered; sometimes writes perl

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David Hines
David Hines@hradzka·
NEUROMANCER. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” GEN-X READER. “gray static” MILLENNIAL READER. “…blue?” GEN ALPHA READER. “what’s a television channel”
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David Hines
David Hines@hradzka·
swear to god it’s like these assholes are trying to make me go all laser eyes Jon’s asshole buddies had a shitload of houses burn down and are issuing permits at such a rate that restoration looks like taking a few centuries so no we don’t trust them with any more fucking fires
Jon Favreau@jonfavs

This is @StephenM trying to cause more violence and chaos - it’s not needed for public safety or immigration enforcement

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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)
I disagree with this man on ... basically everything ... but this is, even so, a pretty solid piece of analysis, and ignoring it just because of the rest of my opinions would be Incorrect.
Devon Eriksen@Devon_Eriksen_

These guys don't understand each other. Elon Musk is too guileless. He says exactly what he thinks is true with little regard for how others will react. He alienates allies by airing disputes in public instead of settling them behind closed doors. Because he is a sperg engineer who leads companies of sperg engineers, and to do this, you must be 100% truthful and transparent. Donald Trump is too guileful. He says exactly what will advance his plans with little regard for telling people what he actually thinks. He alienates allies by expecting their unconditional support without sharing any aspect of his strategic plans with them. Because he is a New York real estate developer, who thrives on winning negotiations and gaining advantage from unshared knowledge, and to do this, you must be 100% calculating and opaque. Here's what happened. Musk worked super hard, and took great personal risks, to get a head start on balancing the federal budget. He correctly believes that federal spending is an existential risk to the nation. Trump regards those savings as a political asset. And, since he lacks leverage in congress, he took them and traded them for other things he wanted, apparently dealing with border control, the courts, etc... problems which he correctly believes are an existential threat to the nation. He may have concrete plans for balancing the federal budget in the future, but, frustratingly, he won't tell his own team what they are. Trump could have squared this in advance with Musk, in private, but he appears to either have assumed his loyalty (treating an ally like a subordinate), or been unable to persuade him. Likewise, Musk could have raised his complaints in private, but either he was too upset to try, or was not able to reach an agreement when he did. Trump doesn't understand how to deal with spergs. You have to tell them the truth, not expect them to read subtext. They refuse to read subtext. They want to be spoken to honestly. Musk doesn't understand how to deal with Machiavellians. They think of language as a power tool, and think of those who insist on truth as naive. Both men are used to being in charge, and are used to dealing with subordinates, who must cater to their preferred style of communicating. They are both therefore uniquely unsuited to having both the patience and the capability to speak the other's language. The truth is that both the federal budget and the federal bureaucracy are existential threats to America. Maximum priority. Trump's concerns about the "art of the possible" are probably valid, but Musk's sense of urgency should not be dismissed lightly. It is churlish to leverage the superior strengths and talents of people on the autism spectrum while making zero allowances for their unique needs. That said, spergs can be frustratingly dogmatic, even when they aren't the richest and most successful man in the world. A few other things to notice: The democrats have said nothing. That's because there are no democrats. They have no independent intellectuals, only paid schills. A response will not be forthcoming until the wholly organic grassroots PR committees have met, and the wholly grassroots talking heads have been cut a wholly organic grassroots check. There's also a strong case to be made for Team Nothing Ever Happens. Remember that Musk will sometimes shut up when he calms down, and Trump has no problem calling someone the Antichrist one day and working with him the next.

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@TypoDynamofo Reminded of the time my girl's car was failing to start ... a hispanic family driving past saw us arguing with the recalcitrant vehicle, stopped, and while his wife rode herd on their kids the dude hopped out and helped me push until it bump started. Same energy as 4 IMO :D
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typo
typo@TypoDynamofo·
4 could farm the midwest by himself 8 could lay 24 sq of shingles in a day 5 will push a Mack Truck out of a ditch on a muddy day 11 and 12 will crush their skulls headbutting each other in disagreement over the pharaceutical bag
Dudes Posting Their W’s@DudespostingWs

Whats the ideal male body?

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Eric Owens
Eric Owens@ericowensdc·
@TheRickWilson Not only that, but just last week Germany (and thus NATO) announced that Germany (and NATO) have no problem with Ukraine attacking deep inside Russian territory. This attack was no surprise to anyone paying attention. More will come.
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Rick Wilson
Rick Wilson@TheRickWilson·
“Permission” You moronic shill. Putin wages a 2.5 year war targeting civilians and you think they need *permission* to attack the planes killing their people every night?
Patrick Bet-David@patrickbetdavid

Who gave Zelensky the authority to attack Russia? Especially after the minerals deal & desire for peace deal. There’s no way he attacks 40+ Russian Bombers in the way that he did without having someone’s backing. The answer to this question solves the riddle.

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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)
@CathyYoung63 @wanyeburkett I was vastly pleased when I asked Claude an obscure keyboard related question and it replied "I'm not sure about that, and I think if I tried to answer I'd probably hallucinate, so here's some ideas on how to research it yourself instead." An LLM that can do that at all is nice.
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wanye
wanye@xwanyex·
Granting that these are already incredible tools that can do a lot of amazing things and granting that this is the worst they will ever be, this is how a lot of my conversations go with LLMs. * it cheerfully answers my question in a way that sounds very suspect * I push back on it * it tells me that, “you’re absolutely right and, what was I thinking, and I’ll definitely get it right this next time” in a way that’s annoyingly, cloyingly obsequious and offputting * it cheerfully offers another answer that’s also very clearly wrong * I push back again * “oh my gosh, you’re so right, what was I thinking? You’re totally correct to pushback on me in this way. I was mistaken, let me give you a third answer that’s very likely to also be wrong” Obviously, I’m very often able to get useful information out of it, anyway, but my wife’s takeaway from this is that these things are a joke. She often asks it stuff about her job in the mortgage industry and when it says something to her that is clearly wrong she just throws up her arms and says, “well this is very stupid” and stops trying.
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Rob Wiblin
Rob Wiblin@robertwiblin·
What in the actual fuck:
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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)
@MorlockP (I'll be skipping said stories because I know you wouldn't enjoy them, but *I* did ;) Also because Canal Street when I went out for a smoke I yet again won a free zero personality subby twink trying to hit on me. I really wish I wasn't catnip to those boys.
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@MorlockP So many sorts of meetup are ... unfortunate. I went to a rope kink meetup once and OMG THOSE PEOPLE WERE *BORING* I spent the evening stood on the sidelines chatting to a transgirl pro-domme who held the same opinion because at least she had fun stories to tell.
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I wonder how different people's view of the FBI would be today if it had been led by somebody who could write[0] marketing copy to this level earlier. (please don't think I *like* the man, but that's not the point of the thought experiment) [0] or delegate to somebody who could
FBI Director Kash Patel@FBIDirectorKash

New from the FBI… I can confirm that this morning at JFK Airport, FBI Agents arrested an individual, Daniel Jongyon Park, on charges related to the bombing of the Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic in May. Park is alleged to have provided material support to the fertility clinic bomber by shipping and paying for significant quantities of an explosive precursor. Park had fled to Poland days after the bombing, where @TheJusticeDept @AGPamBondi led extradition efforts after our partners in Poland had detained him. This morning, the suspect was flown back to New York, where our agents arrested him. He will now face justice. Excellent work from @FBILosAngeles @NewYorkFBI @FBIPortland @FBISeattle in the investigation, as well as our local and federal law enforcement partners around the country. Thank you to our partners in Poland for your coordination. Let this be a reminder: If you harm the American people, or aid and abet those who do, you cannot hide. This FBI will work with our partners to pursue you, find you, and bring you to justice — in any corner of the planet.

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Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose@HPluckrose·
Me: Bloody hell. Why does every podcast I go on seem to have to bring up my aversion to tea heresy now? Also me responding to an Australian inviting me to do a podcast:
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Rafa Schwinger 🇻🇦
Rafa Schwinger 🇻🇦@Rafa_Schwinger·
Systems have a smell and unix smells better than linux
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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)
@MorlockP One of my arguments for free school meals is that poor childhood nutrition is an IQ shredder. You can have moral/etc. disagreements with doing it, but the societal human capital improvements of doing so seem well worthwhile to me on net.
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@travis4nh I (as Travis knows, even if any other reader doesn't) am firmly in the centre-left category. Designing maximally effective policy for *any* set of goals, including mine, including his, requires actually paying attention to reality FFS. (which no politicians manage IME, lolsigh)
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travis4nh
travis4nh@travis4nh·
6/ I get emails from people who are upset that I use evidence-based reasoning. I respond.
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Matt S "unpredictably hypergolic" Trout (mst)
You can disagree with this man's politics (and I do! our entire friendship is based on it!) but ... An amazon review said (paraphrased) "this convinced me to hate libertarianism because of all the problems" and, true, he didn't write libertopia, THAT WAS THE POINT. Recommended.
ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs@MorlockP

1/ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Better than 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' " -Amazon I wrote 2 novels about AI, uplifted dogs, markets, guns, lunar colonization #1 won the Prometheus "best novel" award in 2018 #2 won the same award in 2019 amazon.com/gp/product/B00… amazon.com/gp/product/B07…

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@sp6runderrated In my personal opinion, the Correct centre-left position here is "fuck rent control, BUILD MORE FUCKING HOUSING." Of course I mostly get yelled at for (a) being left of centre (b) thinking rent control is stupid ... but I still think I'm right :D
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sp6r=underrated
sp6r=underrated@sp6runderrated·
The purpose of rent control is to give de facto ownership to incumbent residents who like their current unit and want to stay in them until they die. It is not a program designed to help poor people.
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND

41,000 rent-controlled units in NYC are occupied by households earning $150,000 or more per year. 30% of rent-stabilized tenants reported incomes above $100,000/yr. All rent freezes are obviously bad for supply… but frankly it’s absolutely ABSURD to freeze rent on these!

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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs
2/ ...and moved it to elfwife's little gardeny area, where it joins its sibling forming a pair of gateposts defining the entrance to the garden, between the [ in progress ] stone walls.
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1/ Hydraulics fixed, got the second half of the boulder out of the hole.
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