Posts by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
(DIR) Post #ARlKBtL5rhds74XjWq by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-01-18T08:45:20Z
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@clive @shannonmattern @vortex_egg Don't underestimate the bandwidth and flops a PHPBB with a big archive can eat up; once the database gets big, even simple queries can use a lot of juice. And the human bandwidth of modding one is not insignificant, either (as migration to the 'don has forcibly reminded many people of late).
(DIR) Post #AUN5JbxwvLRGFfHvUm by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-04-05T15:01:29Z
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A reminder that there already exists a formulation for the problematic way terms like "artificial intelligence" become hollowed-out signifiers which can subsequently be filled with whatever the hell the speaker has to hand while in search of funding, plaudits, power, leverage, approval or whatever the hell else.That formulation is "suitcase words"... ... and it was coined by none other than Marvin Minsky himself, using "artificial intelligence" as the example.https://www.velcro-city.co.uk/unpacking-the-suitcase-words/
(DIR) Post #AWG07hEW91fV000Elc by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-06-01T18:43:39Z
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@LucyWinter Perhaps he knows something about why you keep having to get the sink fixed? Perhaps it is less fear of contractors and... guilt of sink-blocking?
(DIR) Post #AWG07jH4YUttKVDJ1k by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-06-01T18:46:10Z
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@LucyWinter I mean, that's a pretty guilty look he's wearing in that pic.
(DIR) Post #AY734dq2JoK70xBh9E by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-07-27T07:30:42Z
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@clive Denmark and Finland have entered the chat
(DIR) Post #AZYYsJWF1aT9LyTcYq by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-09-08T11:57:03Z
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@tante These fucking guys. "What if AI could blah-di-blah-di-blah?" Well, what if it *couldn't*? We know one certain answer to that one: your fucking grant money would disappear overnight. Now there's a rational utopia I can get behind...
(DIR) Post #AZnV3ElpLkBwpPMXzs by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-09-15T16:54:43Z
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@Wolven Ah, damn. Golumbia was a fine thinker and writer.
(DIR) Post #AbZXwOphgfZSh43Oca by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-11-07T17:00:43Z
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@danhon @clive @tim There can be found a legacy AppImage of the last native Linux version of Scrivener, if you're not too fussed about the latest bells and whistles. It's janky in some ways, but does most of the basics, works with Dropbox. I use it myself for some things.
(DIR) Post #Abu9rAcs1GxGEtdeMK by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-11-17T17:44:07Z
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@Wolven Sandberg, talking at Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.
(DIR) Post #AcEViIbd44WoXGQoRU by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-11-27T13:23:02Z
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@clive "Rated highly" on what metric, what set of standards? the sort of writing that _Nature_ considers publishable, for instance, is a very particular subgenre of the academic style, which -- as countless complaints from no-academics attest -- is not greatly received outside of the sacred grove. That these models can reproduce the turgidity of the OA papers they were presumably trained on is no surprise; whether that reflects well on them (or on academic writing) is another question entirely.
(DIR) Post #AcEjWKCCj5phLkivKa by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-11-27T13:25:17Z
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@clive (Throwing no shade, here: I just came off a ten-year stretch in the ivory tower, and I understand the utility of academic prose, even as I lament the particular form it has taken as a result.)
(DIR) Post #AcVdMC9eTJylTddQoa by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-12-05T19:37:49Z
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@clive That last diagram is pure 🤯
(DIR) Post #Acpn5PWQPadMntg8OG by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-12-15T13:01:02Z
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@clive I think you really meant to type "super COOL", Clive.@dailymedievalcats
(DIR) Post #Acpno4csws5p1mztOS by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-12-15T13:08:42Z
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@clive I endorse this strategy.@dailymedievalcats
(DIR) Post #AdAK6iOwdiyAGaVqpE by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-12-25T10:46:15Z
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@clive That "Refugee" cover basically sums up the aesthetic of the band I've spent fifteen years failing to start.(It may also explain why I've been unable to entice anyone into the project, but hey, you gotta stick to your thing.)
(DIR) Post #AdAqW9nl6I2r1HIKjg by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2023-12-25T10:48:55Z
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@clive And now I just got to "My Sharona", and holy crap, this is just *amazing*.
(DIR) Post #AhDUL4twewUDgjcIL2 by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2024-04-24T14:54:13Z
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@catandgirl I'm feeling *very* called-out by that admirably subtle tarot reference there...
(DIR) Post #AhpHfdbmxWBp8YJoxc by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2024-05-06T09:42:02Z
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"Instead of engaging with people and organizations hurling weaponized messages at you, do anything else. Write a letter, sit in a garden, talk to a friend, play a game, listen to music, or seek out information that isn’t laced with lies and threats. We won’t end this culture war by manufacturing better weapons. We must refuse to fight. We must rebuild our public sphere, not nuke it from orbit."Very wise words from @annaleen on life in a psyops-saturated culture.
(DIR) Post #AhpHfg2RvMhifoo8nI by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2024-05-06T09:45:19Z
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(That quote ganked from their latest newsletter, which you can find here: https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/how-to-recognize-a-psyop-in-three-easy-steps/Finding it hard to articulate how much of a relief it is to hear someone make this argument. After two decades of ratchet-effect culture war bullshit, it's desperately needed, on this side of the Atlantic as much as t'other.)
(DIR) Post #AiNxR37WctXLMlWjM8 by PaulGrahamRaven@assemblag.es
2024-05-27T06:29:50Z
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Quick question for anyone using Stripe to take payments online: are pay-outs sent as domestic transactions, i.e. wired to you from an instance of Stripe based in your own country of operations, or are they wired to you as a payment from overseas?(Would appreciate some signal-boost on this query, because Stripe's FAQ is super opaque, and it turns out that their email-based customer service systems have been almost entirely turned over to LLMs... )