downboots

Organized, attentive, nuanced, articulate, adaptable, critical thinking.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10057979-perhaps-i-could-be...

We'll hopefully look back at these like we now see asbestos. All our scientific advancement doesn't automatically cure myopia. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/disappearing-pod/how-...

Whoosh

It doesn't matter if you use a car or go there walking. If your goal is cave exploration, the tools are irrelevant.

Does turing machine count?

Yes. I think the main warning here is that it is an added risk. A little glitch here and there until something breaks.

Feels like a parallel with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28philosophy_o... where "it's not valid until you checked"

accurately represent a reality is going to become increasingly important

I personally perceive a decoupling all over the board. Not just in language. You hear terms like "wage stagnation" or "degree inflation". Just choose an area. They're all detachments from the true thing they represented.

No problem https://i.redd.it/1c3h2y6uzks61.jpg

Robo-augmented padel, the future

Corn cyborgs, the future

https://libraryofbabel.app/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709158

Similar experiences?

Regardless of which one. They're too verbose. They repeat information. They lack cohesion. Overly agreeable. The flaws are part of the tool.

Couldn't help but notice the resemblance with the ancient Egyptian cartouche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartouche

So much for juggling rats

delete all

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361257

What?

It was not meant as a pass/fail

It also says nothing of where that dollar has been in 20 years

Fever dream interview question: 100 landmines are cleared per hero rat. How many rats needed to restore peace in Eurasia?

It's not explanation — it's relabeling. Why it matters:

Might one suggest the Blonsky device https://allthatsinteresting.com/blonsky-device (ianad)

nppexec https://github.com/d0vgan/nppexec

no Roman numeral support either

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Taureau

"Everything should be made simple as possible but not simpler"

Yes

AI being nothing special in this regard?

Here the user is actively generating

Cite your sources?

David Graeber's 2006 Malinowski Memorial Lecture