# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# self = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://niplav.github.io/twtxt.txt&offset=276
# next = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://niplav.github.io/twtxt.txt&offset=376
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Disadvantage of twtxt: less incentives to reply to people since it's not certain they'll ever see it. My current solution to that is to follow everybody on the we-are-twtxt and only unfollow if they twt a lot of stuff I'm not interested in
Disadvantage of twtxt: less incentives to reply to people since it's not certain they'll ever see it. My current solution to that is to follow everybody on the we-are-twtxt and only unfollow if they twt a lot of stuff I'm not interested in
One should probably have a bunch of hard-drives with random content (not some files, but really random) lying around to being able to believably glomarize towards law enforcement
One should probably have a bunch of hard-drives with random content (not some files, but really random) lying around to being able to believably glomarize towards law enforcement
@felixp7 "Yo, crypto-heads. Encrypted communication doesn't protect your privacy. Laws …" I guess crypto-heads are often happy with acknowledging this, but also arguing that e.g. deniable crypto is a useful way out here (and, of course, just doing illegal stuff if it gets really rough).
@felixp7 "Yo, crypto-heads. Encrypted communication doesn't protect your privacy. Laws …" I guess crypto-heads are often happy with acknowledging this, but also arguing that e.g. deniable crypto is a useful way out here (and, of course, just doing illegal stuff if it gets really rough).
Will self-driving cars also be something that's always n years away?
Personal anti-natalism delays the point point in time of malthusian saturation
…and over to monist idealism.
…and over to monist idealism.
I'm cartesianly divided from twitter, to which I'm often responding. We're back to watching television again.
I'm cartesianly divided from twitter, to which I'm often responding. We're back to watching television again.
i will not have the sex. i will not spread the gene.
lief as attire will not save you. Come back to LW we miss you. Please don't stray too far from the light. 89/89
lief as attire will not save you. Come back to LW we miss you. Please don't stray too far from the light. 89/89
and if you truly get down to it, there's no ground for solomonoff induction, because your choice of TM is completely arbitrary! Furthermore, what does it even mean for bayesianism to be a coherent epistemology‽ How do we decide wha 84/89
and if you truly get down to it, there's no ground for solomonoff induction, because your choice of TM is completely arbitrary! Furthermore, what does it even mean for bayesianism to be a coherent epistemology‽ How do we decide wha 84/89
nosilverv sits down next to me. We look at each other, still panting. I notice how his hands are still dusty. When I look up again, his eyes are glowing with a little smirk. He leans ov 73/89
nosilverv sits down next to me. We look at each other, still panting. I notice how his hands are still dusty. When I look up again, his eyes are glowing with a little smirk. He leans ov 73/89
ut in the desert,,, the vibe reigns. When it is not in check, we tremble. We sweat ourselves down into a negative kegan stage. We gendlin-focus on all the wrong things. The meditators see blue mushrooms in desire for deliverance. Fanged noum 51/89
ut in the desert,,, the vibe reigns. When it is not in check, we tremble. We sweat ourselves down into a negative kegan stage. We gendlin-focus on all the wrong things. The meditators see blue mushrooms in desire for deliverance. Fanged noum 51/89
nd in lemma 3.11 you can clearly see that ℝ∪lim_{k→∞} ℤ^{k} is homeomorphically convex. Furthermore, per Gibbard-Satterthwaite, you 32/89
nd in lemma 3.11 you can clearly see that ℝ∪lim_{k→∞} ℤ^{k} is homeomorphically convex. Furthermore, per Gibbard-Satterthwaite, you 32/89
bang. bang. bang. bang. Caledonian2 looks down on me. “What now, punk? Where is your overcoming of bias now?” “FUCK YOU” I scream. I lift 13/89
bang. bang. bang. bang. Caledonian2 looks down on me. “What now, punk? Where is your overcoming of bias now?” “FUCK YOU” I scream. I lift 13/89
It all starts back in the days, when people started posting on SL4. As it turns out, 2/89
It all starts back in the days, when people started posting on SL4. As it turns out, 2/89
My definite stance on the rat/postrat discourse. Strap in. 1/89
My definite stance on the rat/postrat discourse. Strap in. 1/89
@sdk "Oh fun. I was not active on txtnish for a while and now all the feeds are 404 :( I miss you guys..." Same.
e.g. desire, want, reason, think
Subtly phenomenologically tainted words lead to anthropomorphization in discussions about AI
Only 4^391 programs. That shouldn't be _that_ hard!
Only 4^391 programs. That shouldn't be _that_ hard!
A bit tempted to trying to dovetail to find the shortest brainfuck quine.
A bit tempted to trying to dovetail to find the shortest brainfuck quine.
“I will do as I please” will do as it pleases
“I will do as I please” will do as it pleases
Some people, paradoxically, can help the world most by first helping themselves. Often enough, those people are the ones most pre-disposed to helping the world.
Some people, paradoxically, can help the world most by first helping themselves. Often enough, those people are the ones most pre-disposed to helping the world.
In other words: you can expect the mistakes you make to be normally distributed around 0 if you're not trying.
In other words: you can expect the mistakes you make to be normally distributed around 0 if you're not trying.
Unless the world has been adversarially structured against you, you can do better by just trying. This holds both for bayesianism & consequentialism.
Unless the world has been adversarially structured against you, you can do better by just trying. This holds both for bayesianism & consequentialism.
Niplav Yushtun, PhD in Memetodynamics
Niplav Yushtun, PhD in Memetodynamics
“You only ever see the map, but you walk the territory.”
IF YOU BELIEVE A THING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SAY IT
the hard problem of matter
Infuriating: With the Euro, 50 ct. coins are bigger than 1€ coins.
Infuriating: With the Euro, 50 ct. coins are bigger than 1€ coins.
Umeshism: If you can follow your own ethical rules, your own ethical rules are not demanding enough.
Umeshism: If you can follow your own ethical rules, your own ethical rules are not demanding enough.
Buy some space near the sun, because it's going to be worth a lot when a Dyson sphere gets built.
Buy some space near the sun, because it's going to be worth a lot when a Dyson sphere gets built.
Maybe this applies to everything?
Maybe this applies to everything?
Greta Thunberg also is a nearly complete creation of the media, in the sense that we would never know about her if it were not for media.
Greta Thunberg also is a nearly complete creation of the media, in the sense that we would never know about her if it were not for media.
Greta Thunberg falls into the same narrative category as Malala Yousafzai, Sophie Scholl and Jeanne D'Arc.
Greta Thunberg falls into the same narrative category as Malala Yousafzai, Sophie Scholl and Jeanne D'Arc.
Don't make deals that involve infinities.
Don't make deals that involve infinities.
[Questions About] versus [Moral Arguments From] Coherent Ethical Simplicity
\n versus \n Coherent Ethical Simplicity
[Questions About] versus [Moral Arguments From] Coherent Ethical Simplicity
OOP turned out to be not such big a deal
The thing where a platitude you knew before gains salience (maybe related to concept-shaped holes)
Rethink Priorities is just putting out absolute bangers one after the other. Impressive
no rats on the twtxt tl :-(
I think I understand bigint multiplication now. Not sure if I've reinvented the Karatsuba algorithm
I think I understand bigint multiplication now. Not sure if I've reinvented the Karatsuba algorithm
Also, after googling, I have discovered I'm pretty much the first person to make the “Endokremlinology” pun. You are hereby authorized to use it as the name for a russian domestic politics blog if you credit me by name.
AI Takeoff model post coming together, slowly.
people only meditate bc it's a trauma cope mechanism
However, most people are not even at the “endorse an outcome” stage of political debate
MFTOE: My Favourite Theory Of Ethics
*sigh* I guess you are my little postrat. Come here *opens arms*
the whole universe being filled with hedonium is not the optimal outcome, but the whole universe being filled with dolorium is the pessimal outcome
(Hanson voice) “I am not owned! I am not owned” I shout as I am being consumed by grey goo
(Hanson voice) “I am not owned! I am not owned” I shout as I am being consumed by grey goo
(slightly nasally) …and also for vingean reasons
(slightly nasally) …and also for vingean reasons
Oh yeah, you know pain? Have you ever had your contact lenses on the wrong way, with ~½ a dioptrie difference?~
Oh yeah, you know pain? Have you ever had your contact lenses on the wrong way, with ~½ a dioptrie difference?~