i’m not really advocating that anybody should be on more networks, but FWIW libera.chat has been very nice, the staff has been doing a great job, and it’s the nearest “spiritual successor” to what we all liked about Freenode.
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“Remember: the internet didn’t have to be like this. A better world is possible.” I love this. telnet issue1.anewsession.com
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I just timed it: 59 seconds for my Raspberry Pi to boot, 33 of which is waiting for my keyboard firmware to initialize. That's just absurd.
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¯_(ツ)_/¯ It’s a funky mechanical thing running QMK, but I have two others that fit that description which don’t behave like this.
major difference between updating on evidence vs. morals: we know that a bayesian is converging (monotonically?) towards truth with each piece of evidence, while with moral progress, it seems likely that we are not bounded in how wrong our updates can be (even if we grant that the arc bends towards justice in the end). we might need to escape moral local maxima. therefore, it seems good to preserve option value.
I can often distinguish sympathetic mockery from sneering mockery, even with relatively litlte context. I wonder why – what am I picking up on? What is the distinct way of making fun of someone you actually like vs. don’t like?
my brain really likes accumulation.
twt is better because I can pronounce it like twit, which sounds a bit like “twat”, which is an insult and therefore better.
Think of it like buying a signed print of a photo, instead of the photo itself, but the “signature” is an entry in a database and that’s all you get. Still dumb.
so much is different now, i feel like i’m in a completely different place then when i was writing here last
I wouldn’t have bought this mouse if it wasn’t on the shelf at Micro Center. I’ve always thought it was a meme, but I like it a lot.
2-bit audio gives you DC. I like having DC.