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AR Hanlon

@arhanlon.bsky.social

Hanlon’s Razor II: Never attribute to intelligence that which is adequately explained by cynicism or greed. COYS About: aaronrhanlon.com

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Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 14h ago

And even if you are hot shit, you can get a much better feel for where your talents and skills begin and end and what you’d need to do to improve them to have a reasonable prospect to accomplish or know such and such. Which relatedly is why super low risk educational choices are bad.

embracebecoming.bsky.social@embracebecoming.bsky.social · 19h ago

I am far from the first person to observe this, but Yuds stuff is classic auto-didact shit. Part of why we send smart kids off to college is so that they can meet a bunch of people smarter than they are and come to the painful realization that they aren't hot shit. Certainly worked for me.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h ago

“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD.

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Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · yesterday

I kinda get why people hate on fussy philosophical stuff, but on the other hand don't you think we live in a time where it'd be especially helpful to have rigorous conversations about things like personhood, meaning in life, the point of art, the point of pure mathematics, & operationalizing ethics?

AR Hanlon@arhanlon.bsky.social · 2d ago

It would never occur to me to bring coffee or any beverage to a job interview, but also it would never occur to me to give a shit if someone else did when I’m interviewing them.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d ago

Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.

Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.

From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake.

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AR Hanlon@arhanlon.bsky.social · 2d ago

Being against anthropomorphism and overestimating its epistemic problems is old-school scientism. The very word ‘computer’ was first applied to humans who did calculations.

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d ago

Honestly I think it's a bit of a fools' errand to try and get people to stop anthropomorphising LLMs. I say my computer is angry at me if it beeps too loud.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d ago

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. "You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens." Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 3d ago

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

AR Hanlon@arhanlon.bsky.social · 3d ago

I largely agree with this, at least in spirit, but I think it’s impractical with respect to (a) the pace of change underway / the risk of near-term obsolescence and (b) actually defining ‘AI use’ and ‘for an assignment.’

Jon Becker@jonbecker.bsky.social · 3d ago

I am more convinced than ever that educational institutions should follow the lead of Berkeley Law and start from a default position of no AI use for student work. If an individual teacher or faculty member thinks differently and wants to allow it, that's fine!

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d ago

No one against impeaching Trump officials for egregious lawbreaking and Constitutional violations points out a downside. Gets the House additional investigatory powers. That alone makes it worth it. Do you not want power or do you want the full account to stay hidden from the public? Which is it?

ellie lockhart (she/they)@eleanor.lockhart.contact · 4d ago

There is no such thing as revolutionary praxis. Or praxis in general The revolution will never happen. Society will never be radically restructured by any method other than cataclysmic collapse (which will be solely destructive). Whatever you do in the name of praxis is wasted & empty

Keith@mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 5d ago

ATTN: New Password Policy: * password must be written in Lean * password must compile * cannot contain `sorry` * must not prove any theorems already proved in the last 6 millennia * must contain at least one breakthrough * password cannot be your username * expires after 60 days

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 5d ago

should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC

The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.

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Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 5d ago

Rough day for Susan Collins in the local Maine press, where ProPublica's bombshell story is the lead story.

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