snikeris

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by snikeris 15d ago
The two issues I have with relying on the cloud for intelligence is: - I don't trust them with my data - I don't trust the data they send back to me The first is about my privacy, the second is about not being manipulated by what
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by snikeris 18d ago
Whether a medication leads to dependence and withdrawal should be given greater weight than it gets in the regulatory process. There needs to be a greater counterweight to the obvious conflict of interest in selling a medication that makes
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by snikeris 20d ago
On the flip side, a lot of the reasoning and decision making might have happened in the conversation which is more ephemeral than a comment. A future LLM-age source code repository would store the conversation along with the commit, for fut
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by snikeris 1mo ago
What properties make a language more LLM-friendly? I've found Claude will readily make use of a REPL when available.
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by snikeris 4mo ago
I use it through reagent and re-frame. I don't have any complaints.
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by snikeris 4mo ago
I was a little surprised to find when I gave an LLM REPL access to the running program, it readily started using it during development and debugging.
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by snikeris 4mo ago
Yeah they probably wouldn't show up to a political rally because of this: > Separation from Evil > The community of Christians shall have no association with those who remain in disobedience and a spirit of rebellion against God.
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by snikeris 4mo ago
> I think reading this helps me imagine a version of the future I'd actually like to live in. A version where technology is used well (rather than preaching for abstinence from technology) I believe the Amish figured this out over a
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by snikeris 4mo ago
This is my favorite alternative form of Magic: https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-danger-room/ "I have a feeling that roughly 25% of games are decided by a player drawing too few lands, 25% of ga
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by snikeris 5mo ago
I know that it is now commonly defined that way, so I explicitly called out that I was referring back to an the older definition: > usury (loans made for unproductive purposes)
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by snikeris 5mo ago
Yeah it was redefined to that at some point. See Belloc’s essay on usury if you’re interested.
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by snikeris 5mo ago
It’s not about the interest rate. It’s the availability of loans for unproductive purposes on a societal level. It raises the price even if you choose not to partake in said loans. When the money being lended is digital and not backed by an
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by snikeris 5mo ago
Houses got expensive because of usury (loans made for unproductive purposes). It destroys civilizations over time. That is why it was encoded into ancient religious traditions. Housing, education, and cars, all typically financed via loans,
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by snikeris 5mo ago
All good, I'm in!
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by snikeris 5mo ago
After I log in, but before I confirm my email address I'm taken to a page in German. I'm guessing it is telling me that my email is not yet confirmed.
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by snikeris 5mo ago
https://www.helleniscope.com/2025/07/31/august-1971-the-day-... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/august-15-1971_b_4284327
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by snikeris 6mo ago
You don't have to read the whole thing to upvote it.
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by snikeris 6mo ago
Taking the time to craft a well-formed message requires a degree of empathy. The golden rule suggests that we write messages in a way that dignifies the recipient. The Global Elite may lack these traits and sensibilities.
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by snikeris 7mo ago
Science and engineering didn't begin with the Industrial Revolution. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
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by snikeris 7mo ago
This is cool. While we're discussing optimizing emacs keybindings...I've found it key to have my bindings set up such that my thumbs operate the control modifier key.
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by snikeris 7mo ago
This is a good point. Perhaps the poor attempt at grammar indicates a lack of empathy, which is a trait the Epstein-adjacent share.
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by snikeris 7mo ago
It's a tale as old as life itself. Some organisms succeed in coping with the environment they find themselves in. The genes and culture of these organisms gets passed on to the next generation.
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by snikeris 7mo ago
If you planted an apple tree and it never produced apples, you might start to wonder what's wrong with the tree. Maybe there's something wrong with the soil? How do you know if an organism is thriving in its environment? You count
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by snikeris 8mo ago
Joe Biden.
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by snikeris 10mo ago
Nearly 2 in 5 Americans are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. TANSTAAFL. The other 3 bear the burden. At some point Atlas shrugs and decides welfare is a better deal.
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by snikeris 10mo ago
I've found it crucial to have Control mapped to the keys immediately next to and on both sides of the spacebar. Thumbs are stronger than pinkies for modifying keypresses.
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by snikeris 11mo ago
"It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright." - Benjamin Franklin
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by snikeris 2y ago
> If you wish to not get stuck, seek to perceive what you have not yet perceived This may seem like impractical advice. How does one increase the scope of perception? Personally, I’ve found that a meditation practice leads to this.
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by snikeris 2y ago
I think the idea is to reduce the set of memory that needs to be frequently collected. Long lived objects age to the old generation which can be large and infrequently collected. I've used this kind of collector in the past for applica
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by snikeris 2y ago
This is the ketchup you are looking for: https://www.truemadefoods.com/

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