Tag: Constants and Variables
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Dove stops the itch
Latest from Kirn: None of the myriad products being boycotted now are products I buy anyway. It’s as though I knew something, but I wonder what it was. Avoid all goods that are heavily advertised? I suppose it was this. Yup. I feel the same itch. Living a simple life means (1) I don’t buy…
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One variable
For some reason I was thinking back to public school. Which years were tolerable and which years were hell? Exactly one variable. Gym class. In elementary school we had recess, which was only partial hell. The team leaders never chose me, and the teacher had to force them to take me on pain of detention.…
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Brinkley’s ghost is pissed.
Polly on Rumble is discussing the Transhumanist and Effective Altruist types who want to live forever so they can continue ruining the world forever. Several of them, including Thiel, are into ‘young blood’ transfusions as a way of reversing their age. The ‘young blood’ doctor received FDA approval for his craziness. Doc Brinkley’s ghost is…
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Astrology
Looking back through my previous interest in those ancient offices, I noticed that my items around that time also included a writer who grasped tenure. Here’s the connecting point, from June 12, 2017. The item about the ancient offices came the next day, triggered by purchasable prestige vs real aristocracy. = = = = =…
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Wrong end of the variable
From Above The Line: = = = = = START QUOTE: For weeks, multiple studios and streamers have been planning to use AI to generate scripts based on books and other IP that is in the public domain, with lists of titles making the rounds among development executives, multiple insiders have told Above the Line.…
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Controlled experiment in stupidity
I’ve learned over the years that I’m incurably stupid about politics. Fake populists will fool me every damn time, no matter how often I temporarily “catch on” to their fakery. I’m much harder to fool in economic and scientific areas of life. Just noticed a neat Constants And Variables. When Bukele took over El Salvador,…
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Feedback returns in one area
Americans are fairly smart about corporate brands but hopelessly dumb about political brands. When a corporation goes off the cliff for ESG, lots of people stop buying its product. We exert meaningful negative feedback, and now that the QE free money is gone, the negative feedback has some effect. We don’t respond in the same…
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Thinking about tinking
As far back as I can remember, I was always “making” stuff. Roads and dams in the dirt, complex Tinkertoy projects, electronic stuff. Today I asked whether my friends and acquaintances were also tinkerers. Some were and some weren’t. The line was drawn exactly by father’s occupation. Sons of professors never got their hands dirty.…
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Speedrunning = speedreading
From 1905 to 1945, most Americans had an accurate idea of how to get wealthy. We understood the Machiavellian truth. Power and wealth are earned by evil and crime. Busting this truth was a MAJOR part of Deepstate’s project after 1946. Massive media and school-based propaganda attempted to restore the lies of “equality” and “meritocracy”.…
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Lot of silliness
Reading some comments on AI. Some were hopelessly behind the times. “What if AI passes the Turing test?” “What will happen when we give AI the nuclear codes?” Already passed the Turing Test, already has the nuclear codes. The famous story of Blessed Hero Stanislav Petrov proves it. In the early ’80s both sides were…
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Receiving end is more interesting
Sammy has now been charged with bribing Chinese regulators along with US regulators. The giving end of this bribe is unsurprising. Sammy is a professional criminal. Everything he does is slimy. The receiving end is a bit more interesting in terms of UNNECESSARY ENTITIES. Our writers on “both” “sides” constantly emphasize that China is Communist.…
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Using the trustifying rule
Taibbi received a personal visit from an IRS agent, which is unusual. Normally the IRS sends paper letters to bill you or request corrections. Here’s a good application of my rule for trustifying. Follow personal experience. When I’ve been observing or dealing with an entity for a while, how often has the entity disagreed with…
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USA = Rodarbal
I’ve been bothered for many years by one vicious inconsistency. 1. US loves and obeys countries that have actually attacked us in one way or another. England, Germany, Japan, Israel, Saudi, China. 2. US hates countries that have never attacked us. Above all Russia, which has always tried to be our friend. We’ve been steadily…
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Interesting question
From Denyse at UD: If two snowflakes are identical, does that increase information? Play the game right, don’t look at the other answers. My definition of information is the same as a neuron’s definition. Info is a new sensory input, not fitting into current background patterns, and potentially salient. Putting it another way, info is…
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Audits and edits
FDIC is like an insurance company, but one crucial aspect of real insurance is missing. Real insurers can raise rates or halt coverage for a driver who has accidents, or a business that allows too many thefts, or a homeowner who allows methies to squat in his garage. Real insurers, especially at the business level,…
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