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Sean O'Hara
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Author, translator. Polyglot, polyamorous, polygonal. Knower of things. Mostly real. My posts may be licensed for training data in large language models and generative AI at a cost of US $1000 per word.
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New short story! "Drifting, Falling," a tale of an immortal man who must confront the horror of living through Deep Time. Only from Amazon.
It is calumny to reduce George Mason University economics professor Robin Hanson to the idea of Futarchy. He's also the guy who wrote an essay arguing that it's okay to rape unconscious women as long as you're gentle about it.
Interesting that two of Rubio's great men are guys who built empires that fell apart within a generation of their death, and a third is a military dictator.
Marco Rubio in Athens, speaking on Western civilization’s greatness, touting: “…the qualities that led Alexander to conquer the entire known world reappeared in Caesar, then Charlemagne, and Cortes.” That‘s Hernán Cortés, who massacred and enslaved 1000s of Native people in what’s now Mexico.
New short story! "Drifting, Falling," a tale of an immortal man who must confront the horror of living through Deep Time. Only from Amazon.
The problem with Silicon Valley isn't that they engage in group sex. It's that they come up with convoluted procedures to do it instead of posting on FetLife at 8:00 Saturday night like normal people.
The people who are running the massively powerful and lucrative US AI industry pretty much all know about this chart, and quite a few directly participated in the proceedings. Speaking of the rationalist sex cult who regard a Harry Potter fanfic as their Bible, and who also have tons of money.
What makes this movie great is it's that scene in the Rocketeer where Paul Sorvino's like, "I may be a gangster, but I don't like no Nazis" expanded to feature length.
Humphrey Bogart vs. Nazi saboteurs in Manhattan. CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson revisits All Through the Night, Vincent Sherman’s fast-moving 1942 mix of gangster comedy, espionage and wartime thrills, now on a new Warner Archive Blu-ray. trailersfromhell.com/all-through-...
To be clear, there are many practical issues with "AI" which may be overcome in time, but as a matter of philosophy, "AI" is idolatrous and an insult to life itself, and it funnels money to morally corrupt people through theft of labor. Even if it worked perfectly, it would be repugnant.
There are two ways to look at this: (1) These people are stupid and don't understand investing. (2) These people understand investing way more than most economists.
"more than a quarter of Gen Z investors saying they see gambling on sports as part of their long-term financial strategy,...More than half of young investors said they had redirected money originally earmarked for investing into sports betting over the past year," www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
My fundamental issue with Marxism and its derivatives is the idea that two guys with a 19th Century Eurocentric understanding of world history were able to suss out the True and Inevitable Course of History, and this is the only way events can unfold, and all who oppose it are enemies of the future.
I love accelerationist arguments like this. Do you really think that “we’re going to intentionally make your lives worse so we can roll the dice down the line and maybe make it better (unless the revolution goes poorly)” is an argument that regular people are receptive to?
In the last month I've read: The Fisherman by John Langan The Dreamquest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson The Place of the Lion by Charles Williams The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice The 100 by Kass Morgan Old High German Poetry: An Anthology I, the Jury by Mickey Sillane The Mugger by Ed McBain
In what fucking universe is any of this true
She's one of the characters in the first season of The Facts of Life who didn't make it to the second.
"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens
He is describing Hell and calling it a paradise.
UN Ambassador Matt Whitaker: "People are enjoying the United States of America because it's an awesome place. We have extraordinary things like Buc-ee's and Chick-fil-A, very convenient to eat in your car while you're having a phone call. It's an amazing country."
If I ever received a call from the school that my child was gender nonconforming, the principal would have five assholes before I was done with him.
HR 822 requires trusted adults (school employees, counselors, coaches as well as doctors & other health workers) to monitor children for signs of gender stereotype non-conformance and report them. Non-compliance results in steep fines and criminal punishment. This goes into effect in Idaho today.
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
The reason people hate the Democratic Party is it's run by people who want unwavering support from voters without ever having to engage with what voters actually want.
I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination. Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign.