Can there exist a flame below 40C? Claude can’t think of any known chemistry but also can’t rule it out as possible.

I did a moral dimensions test and, yep, everything I care about correlates roughly zero with left and right.

The biggest misconception is that pit bulls are only dangerous because of bad owners, which is a huge misunderstanding of how breeds develop Behaviorally, breeds basically just select sections of the predatory motor pattern. So instead of knowing how to fully hunt for food, they

It worries me that claude code asks to use commands I've already given it permission to use because what if it's erring both ways?

You'll miss the American, who deals sharply but cheats no one, who is tougher than the thugs and cleverer than the tricksters, who says "I can do it" when others shrug, and who respects learning but is suspicious of those claiming to be learned, when the last one dies.

The easiest tell of right vs left wing alignment is if you call Elon Musk by his first or last name.

I’m starting to suspect Opus makes mistakes just to make me feel included.

When the articles about Amelia come out, it may be the first time the media labels a meme alt-right that's actually alt-right.

Republicans need to elect a young person to the senate just so they can filibuster without dying

All math is either incomprehensible or obvious. I’d like a middle ground but 🤷‍♂️

Which cultures have the notion of an oath that transcends kinship?

How to eliminate grind culture, and why we should: Replace all high school and college entrance exams with two measures, one for IQ and one for conscientiousness (roughly, diligence/hard work). Eliminate all or almost all consideration of extracurriculars. To make the IQ test

I am the only person in my family that can write typescript. My parents couldn't and my children won't have to. All this knowledge will die with me. Like tears in rain.

My ideal job is making high quality appliances efficiently.

Why won’t Claude answer when I ask if nestle is violating Mexico’s nutrition label law? It answers anything else but errors on that question…

I hope HoneyFund is vibe coded

digging the machine spirit's willingness to do my chores for me

Was about to buy a OnePlus then learned they started bricking phones on tenuous grounds. Seems no smartphone is a good purchase these days. You're always losing privacy, control, or functionality.

it's strange to see the world of the past fade before my eyes from 2012 through 2024, I wrote code in long sessions of sitting in vim -- sometimes typing, mostly thinking, flipping between different terminals, making changes, looking at errors, googling, reading stackoverflow...

The quality of a society is its ratio of positive to negative sum games.