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fun fact: there's around 10 mio. times more bacteria on this planet than neurons
to leave every Pile behind, to stop doing my Anki cards, recording data on my life, and just be Done.
to leave every Pile behind, to stop doing my Anki cards, recording data on my life, and just be Done.
sometimes i think i should return to a cleaner state of mind, abandon all big never-to-be-finished projects, and write simple text-processing utilities on a raspberry pi running plan 9, improvising fractile jazz over a lonely lake and spend most of my remaining time meditating.
sometimes i think i should return to a cleaner state of mind, abandon all big never-to-be-finished projects, and write simple text-processing utilities on a raspberry pi running plan 9, improvising fractile jazz over a lonely lake and spend most of my remaining time meditating.
My website is very Piling. look at the todo list: https://niplav.github.io/todo.html! i can't tell you much about how it will look like in a year, but i can tell you that it won't shrink. it's piling. everything is piling up, forgotten drafts, half-finished experiments, buggy code—fixed over time, sure, but much more slowly than the errors come rolling in. it's an eternal struggle.
My website is very Piling. look at the todo list: https://niplav.github.io/todo.html! i can't tell you much about how it will look like in a year, but i can tell you that it won't shrink. it's piling. everything is piling up, forgotten drafts, half-finished experiments, buggy code—fixed over time, sure, but much more slowly than the errors come rolling in. it's an eternal struggle.
Piling, on the other hand, is when you have something that is infinitely extendable in scope and size, where every paragraph can have a subparagraph, every feature can be customizable, the dataset could be 10% bigger, the party could be a bit more extravagant, …, …, ……….
Piling, on the other hand, is when you have something that is infinitely extendable in scope and size, where every paragraph can have a subparagraph, every feature can be customizable, the dataset could be 10% bigger, the party could be a bit more extravagant, …, …, ……….
Doneness is when something is temporarily finished, but if it is modified in any way, it is either fixed because the winds of time have buried under the bitrot, and it must be dug out, or because something was found that could be removed.
Doneness is when something is temporarily finished, but if it is modified in any way, it is either fixed because the winds of time have buried under the bitrot, and it must be dug out, or because something was found that could be removed.
fifth, small & nifty programs. https://niplav.github.io/code/99_klong/sol.kg being exemplary, but i want to write some more code. every single function there is Done. there is only stuff to remove, if at all, and nothing to add.
fifth, small & nifty programs. https://niplav.github.io/code/99_klong/sol.kg being exemplary, but i want to write some more code. every single function there is Done. there is only stuff to remove, if at all, and nothing to add.
fourth, let's look at music, especially jamming. if you improvise, you are riding that same edge of time as with meditation, all music you create is there right now, and only the causal vibe carrying it all forward. that's why i mostly don't compose or record (also because my music is shit)
fourth, let's look at music, especially jamming. if you improvise, you are riding that same edge of time as with meditation, all music you create is there right now, and only the causal vibe carrying it all forward. that's why i mostly don't compose or record (also because my music is shit)
third, let's look at daygame. if you ask someone out in a social circle/hobby group, that leaves residual social cruft lying around: awkwardness & mutual avoidance. the whole thing is not Done the way it is when you get cleanly rejected on the street. (online dating has a similar quality of Doneness to it, I think, but matches might stack up and old leads might spring to life sometime, but that's the same with DG).
third, let's look at daygame. if you ask someone out in a social circle/hobby group, that leaves residual social cruft lying around: awkwardness & mutual avoidance. the whole thing is not Done the way it is when you get cleanly rejected on the street. (online dating has a similar quality of Doneness to it, I think, but matches might stack up and old leads might spring to life sometime, but that's the same with DG).
second, there's predictions. a prediction is Done when it's made. you could add comments, explanations, models &c, but the prediction can be Done and stand there on its own. (there is a slight problem with the fact that predictions need to be updated over time, though, so there is some Piling there as well).
second, there's predictions. a prediction is Done when it's made. you could add comments, explanations, models &c, but the prediction can be Done and stand there on its own. (there is a slight problem with the fact that predictions need to be updated over time, though, so there is some Piling there as well).
there is this property of Doneness that I really like, and that tracks a lot (but not all) of my interests. First, let's take meditation: every single moment in meditation is really Done after it's over, it doesn't linger around, the sensations don't pile up somewhere. They might influence each other, sure, but at the end of the day it's just the present experience, slashing into and out of existence in its clear luminosity.
there is this property of Doneness that I really like, and that tracks a lot (but not all) of my interests. First, let's take meditation: every single moment in meditation is really Done after it's over, it doesn't linger around, the sensations don't pile up somewhere. They might influence each other, sure, but at the end of the day it's just the present experience, slashing into and out of existence in its clear luminosity.
wish i could scream “I TOLD YOU SO” at the top of my lungs about how dumb europe was to abandon nuclear in favour of Russian gas, but tbh I hadn't even considered that as a factor. Still,,,,,,,,,,,,,
trembling-hand best response dynamics?
You know, Papadimitriou claims that PPAD stands for “Polynomial Parity Arguments on Directed graphs”, but it bears a suspicious resemblance to his name…
Acausal Macroeconomics: A Semidecidable Perspective
who called it the psyche and not the egosystem
truly Weapons From a More Civilized Age material
truly Weapons From a More Civilized Age material
i remembered i liked structural regular expressions, but re-reading the paper reminds me of how cool they are
i remembered i liked structural regular expressions, but re-reading the paper reminds me of how cool they are
in general, lw feels like a place where it would be good for many people to cross-post to, a content aggregator/archiver
in general, lw feels like a place where it would be good for many people to cross-post to, a content aggregator/archiver
idea: upvote-only lw shortforms posts: the karma isn't counted on the user karma score, but it also can't be downvoted, which encourages more wild and possibly wrong speculations
idea: upvote-only lw shortforms posts: the karma isn't counted on the user karma score, but it also can't be downvoted, which encourages more wild and possibly wrong speculations
the elephant seal in the brain
the elephant seal in the brain
okay, so here's a claim: axes of personal development à la Kegan are in principle orthogonal to meditative attainments
okay, so here's a claim: axes of personal development à la Kegan are in principle orthogonal to meditative attainments
“there's still canyons worth of work this winter”
“there's still canyons worth of work this winter”
in the community of people who adore the music of patricia taxxon, i'm probably an extreme outlier—not a furry, or queer in any way, maybe even anti-queer bc of daygame, sort-of liberaltarian, no mental illness, etc. If she ever gives a concert (as if), I'm going to feel odd being there
ahhhhh pdfs with columns aaahhhh
ahhhhh pdfs with columns aaahhhh
all linear programming is integer linear programming if you try hard enough
all linear programming is integer linear programming if you try hard enough
“Lines of Flight in Intelligence Explosions: Queering the Causal/Evidential/Functional Trichotomy”
“Lines of Flight in Intelligence Explosions: Queering the Causal/Evidential/Functional Trichotomy”
i imagine postrats who learn esperanto have a huge problem with the word for school,,,
i imagine postrats who learn esperanto have a huge problem with the word for school,,,
the curse of academia: having to build complex models when simple ones would be sufficient
the curse of academia: having to build complex models when simple ones would be sufficient
Cowen's second law: there is a literature on everything
Cowen's second law: there is a literature on everything
probably quite fun at parties
probably quite fun at parties
im gonna go out onna limb here and claim that theres not enough positive utilitarians around
im gonna go out onna limb here and claim that theres not enough positive utilitarians around
Christmas dinner at Aella's family must be…interesting
Christmas dinner at Aella's family must be…interesting
best known to me as the youtube skull & swords guy that breadtube made fun of
best known to me as the youtube skull & swords guy that breadtube made fun of
still amazing (davis?) aurini was an early lesswronger
still amazing (davis?) aurini was an early lesswronger
Gwern's law: Well-known quotes are often wittier and more memorable than the original.
Gwern's law: Well-known quotes are often wittier and more memorable than the original.
what do you mean, Infinite Jest is not a blogpost by Andrés Gomez-Emilsson?
what do you mean, Infinite Jest is not a blogpost by Andrés Gomez-Emilsson?
is every normal-form game representable by a tree a potential game?
is every normal-form game representable by a tree a potential game?
you heard of Différance, now get ready for Différance 2: Convergance
you heard of Différance, now get ready for Différance 2: Convergance
party game idea: MNIST debate
party game idea: MNIST debate
por vs. pro in esperanto always trips me up
por vs. pro in esperanto always trips me up
What's astonishing is not that people try so hard to establish a positive reputation online, it's that they try so *little*.
What's astonishing is not that people try so hard to establish a positive reputation online, it's that they try so *little*.
the best time to participate in a community is after it has died
the best time to participate in a community is after it has died
for what i've invested in my site, it's now probably time to move it off github.io on my own domain
for what i've invested in my site, it's now probably time to move it off github.io on my own domain
I wish more people would number their podcast episodes
I wish more people would number their podcast episodes
*Ramanujan voice* “Oh, AI alignment? That's just a continued fraction” *pulls out a notebook*
*Ramanujan voice* “Oh, AI alignment? That's just a continued fraction” *pulls out a notebook*
you know what's interesting? if you randomly replace some words in a conversation with “redacted”, very few people will notice
you know what's interesting? if you randomly replace some words in a conversation with “redacted”, very few people will notice
some minds start cutting themselves if not dulled repeatedly.
some minds start cutting themselves if not dulled repeatedly.
what's a bijection between ℝ and ℝ^2?
what's a bijection between ℝ and ℝ^2?
people talk often about power in a way that is not clearly physical power. i have never understood those people, but i suspect that there is some thing there, and that i often perceive its shadow which is epistemic bullshit.