Michael Hoffman

If there’s one thing broadcasters wanted more than a Milwaukee/Tampa World Series, it’s a Milwaukee/Tampa World Series laugher sweep.

“Science Night”: Banal, dorky, wholesome. “Night Science”: Mysterious, charged, dangerous.

they should get rid of the designated hitter and just let the pitcher try to throw a base hit when it’s his turn at the plate. that’s the way it always should have been

Good luck to our MLBPA union brothers on the Brewers and Rays tonight as they start the World Series! Play ball, and solidarity forever. ⚾️✊

Mere child’s play. Wake me up when he moves to rename the Dakotas “North America” and “South America”.

No feeling quite like demolishing your spouse and three children at a tabletop game. What a rush!

I’ve been listening to these games on radio broadcasts and damn does the PA system in Dodger Stadium sound loud.

So on some level it is true to say that we can't be certain LLMs are conscious. But this is more or less as true as saying that we can't be certain WE are conscious. It's because we don't understand consciousness well, not because we have any evidence that Claude possesses it.

Dodgers 2029 (!) commitments are more than the combined (!) 2026 payrolls of the two ALCS teams.

Did @jordanjessego.bsky.social name the ump in Atlanta tonight?

Still searching for this killer app, which, when realized, will tempt me to violate all of my principles in persuit of the ultimate high.

I hate it here.

The advent of software factories implies the coming of the software labor movement.

This right here is how you modus fucking tollens.

The advent of software factories implies the coming of the software labor movement.

This right here is how you modus fucking tollens.

I can only assume the internet already discussed this for days and I missed it.

Human language rules.

“Science Night”: Banal, dorky, wholesome. “Night Science”: Mysterious, charged, dangerous.

good shit

In The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the most advanced spaceship in the galaxy, The Heart of Gold, gravely endangers its crew by diverting all of its electrical power and CPU to the task of making Arthur Dent a cup of tea. Thinking about this for no particular reason.

I know plastic is bad, but man do I love a gallon ziplock. You fill that bad boy up and say to yourself, “I have a gallon of cauliflower” or whatever. Now that’s what I call living.

not wrong, but seems like this argument really should run more strongly in the other direction? "my computer is having thoughts rn" seems like the sort of claim that should rightly be met with initial skepticism and further questions, even if you can't give a good account of what it means to think

Brooklyn’s got the smells this morning. 🙏

“Let’s organize a union.”

Starting to use 🫀 instead of ❤️ and everybody loves it/me.

Every time I see close-ups of this fabric in totally in awe of the spinners! The #spinning wheel wouldn't arrive in Europe for another 200~ years. All that thread, both for the woven background and the embroidery, was produced on a drop #spindle! #yarn

You might say Jamba “has the juice”.

Despite years of research by our greatest minds there still exists no human technology powerful enough to stop Pete Buttigieg from texting me.

If the world were really about to end, these people wouldn’t be sounding the alarm. They’d be quietly building an investment strategy to profit on the way down.

If the world were really about to end, these people wouldn’t be sounding the alarm. They’d be quietly building an investment strategy to profit on the way down.

Despite years of research by our greatest minds there still exists no human technology powerful enough to stop Pete Buttigieg from texting me.

Delightful work by the staff and editors at @wikipedia.org. You can see all 230 feet of the Bayeaux Tapestry, all within its Wikipedia page!

Get the fuck out of my inbox—and my city—with this hustle culture 996 bullshit.

Subscribing to @theonion.com is all fun and games until the headline is about you.

Saw this going around. How is the blue category not labeled “Yes, you can”? We used to live in a society. Well I’m gone.

Ok, sure, but tech folks aren’t equipped either. I may have dropped out of my philosophy PhD but I’m here to tell you that “what would it mean for a machine to think?” is not a technology question.