Mad BMaX

“What does it mean for something to be a reason?” Is a very interesting question, in that it demands a bounding of context that is simply not possible with a single public sphere.

has anyone taken their bike on the water taxi? internet says you can and it seems too good to be true?

It seems like - Researchers want to do a thing. - They asked the legal guardians of the subjects if they could. - The guardians said no. - The researchers said OK and are not doing that research with those subjects. This seems like the system working to me. Am I missing something here?

Incredible imagery here.

Expression will take the forms that get results, even if it fails to precisely target. The language that gets result in the US is local zoning.

Black Locust flowers are genuinely delicious. A bit like honey, orange, and jasmine tea.

[0009892] Adventurers never stop crying

People made fun of me when I carbonated egg whites. Who is laughing now!

I am not a carceral person by disposition, but it is genuinely *very* *bad* that prison is being eliminated as a possible punishment for political crimes.

A Half-Built Garden (2022).

Going to buy this instead of a tesla

It is exceptionally interesting to me that it is simultaneously obvious that this is and is not the case. Dewey remains a criminally understudied philosopher.

This is A+ AI slop. I love it

Morning 😂.

The modern baconwhack is really going to be something else.

New econ paper title just dropped.

There’s a question that is an incredibly difficult one to answer here which is “What is the right way to localize the consequences of the underlying decisions involved here?” It would be a good thing to attempt to have a discussion about.

I do think there is some useful criteria in this neighborhood. AI that is only for ones own direct consumption seems to have fewer negative social externalities.

+———+—————+—————-+ | | Soup Gun | Cereal Gun | +———+—————+—————-+ | Soup | Cooks | Cooks | +———+—————+—————-+ | Cereal | Cooks? | Cooksn’t | +———+—————+—————-+

We may be overlearning some lessons from American Genontocracy here.

Scott Snyder in the corner taking notes.

How is Caltrans going to deal with all of the cars stuck behind them honking because they are driving too slow?

This was offered sarcastically, but I think it’s one of those things that’s incredibly illuminating if you can simultaneously consider the sarcastic and sincere versions.

Madison Street balcony, watching the world go by . . .

Viral advertising for the Lincolnshire Podcaster.

It worked!

There is broad agreement that the armed services are not full of freeloaders.

Trying to phrase this GP in a few different ways A decompression is only sustainable after it is useful. - Solomonoff We must be able to truth a thing before it can be true. - James We can only move up to a new energy minimization. - Friston

Some awesome names I have encountered recently: Jamo James Lazerrick Black Fish Gallant

Many states separate alcohol sales into supplier/distributor/retailer, and I wonder how much the impression of rent seeking would change if there was a strict separation between developer/landowner/maintainer .

RIP Campbell (1958), Koestler (1967). You would have never slept if you had made it to now.

Okay, green sichuan peppercorns, I see what you’re doing.

“They make everything and the kitchen zaibatsink”

Mfw I see someone across the bar and like their vibe.

People are dunking on this, but what a great sign that a word has truly established itself in the lexicon.

This is a good thread, and helps articulate why I was more excited about robotaxis when Lidar units were 50-100x more expensive several years ago.

The #MaxFunDrive ends on Friday. We are lagging pretty well behind our goals right now. We really need your help to keep the train rolling. Will you join us? maximumfun.org/join

J̵u̵l̵i̵a̵n̵ G̵r̵e̵g̵o̵r̵i̵a̵n̵ Tracking the passage of time and the seasons by noting the frequency and which rugs my cat throws up on.

Small thing, perhaps, but I’m starting to become more of a baseball fan now that it’s a bit less jarring.

A targeted halfway carbon tax is still a fantastic positive step. Expand this to any non-fossil-fuel power source would be a good step too (they must bring online 80%+ of their power requirements with no fossil fuel use).

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

Tulips & Beans

This is a misleading and disappointing article on multiple fronts. It’s both possible and reasonable to be against Waymos/driverless cars without doing things like what has been done in this article.

Any post you want to go viral should be 10% wrong.

Should be 15% imo.

Lake forever, burrito for now