She/her. I like to make things. Brentfordian, hangs out with @westealingwi.
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I think I'm mostly done here, for now at least. You can find me at perilmild on That Other Place.
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what a fucking idiot
Vivek Ramaswamy's thought experiment for reducing the size of government on @lexfridman:
"Day 1, anybody in the federal bureaucracy who's not elected, whose Social Security number ends in an odd number, you're out. [Day 2], of those who remain, if your Social Security starts in an even number, you're in, and if it starts with an odd number, you're out. That's a 75% reduction."
"Now imagine that you could run that thought experiment at scale, but you had a metric for screening people who had the greatest competence, as well as the greatest commitment and knowledge of the Constitution. That would immediately raise not only the civic character of the United States... it would also stimulate the economy. The regulatory state is like a wet blanket on the economy."
"One of the virtues of that thought experiment is you don't have a bunch of lawsuits you're dealing with about gender discrimination or racial discrimination... [And] the reality is... on Day 3, not a thing will have changed for the ordinary American, other than their government being a lot smaller and more restrained, and spending a lot less money."
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I will hear nothing against it, the Outnumbered parents being in a relationship is officially Adorable
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There is man walking down my tube carriage telling people about his foodie YouTube channel and having little chats, I admire his commitment extremely personalised marketing
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I’ve seen other people take this down but I have to add: as part of my autism assessment I had an IQ test administered by an educational psychologist, and scored like top 0.02%. Do I seem like someone with an intellect that can reshape the trajectory or humanity? Of course not.
As someone who has studied systems, AI, intelligence, and a slew of other things, what most people don't get is just how big of a difference just 10 IQ points makes.
An IQ of 110 means that you can basically succeed at most jobs and have a decently productive life. This is your typical developer or six figure office worker.
An IQ of 120 means you can get a PhD in most topics. Lawyers, doctors, etc.
An IQ of 130 means you can get a PhD in physics or math from a prestigious university.
When o1 started testing at 120 or so, I knew we were already past the tipping point. Every gain from here on out, even if they are tiny marginal gains, will have a disproportionate impact on the Frontier of Automation.
To put it another way, an army of 120 IQ people can't hold a candle to a good team of 130 IQ. And all of that pales in comparison to a single person with an IQ of 140. A single person with an IQ of 150 to 160 can reshape the trajectory of humanity.
o1-preview is already playing on scales that most people cannot comprehend.
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As it is Transgender Awareness Week, the LGBTQ+ Staff Network are putting on a lunchtime event about how to be a better ally!
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State of the fucking replies to this, just a parade of ‘I hate fatties, why should they be allowed to exercise and wear clothes?’
The BBC definitely seems to run more of these personal grievance/insecurity puff-pieces than anywhere else. Why is this? Who writes them & who are they for?
bbc.com/news/articles/c8jy84…
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I genuinely didn’t know 5k this fast was possible. Until 1984, this was the men’s world record. It’s super impressive to do this under any circumstances, let alone the super casual Saturday morning setup of a Parkrun.
So many of the replies are terves! Unrelenting, illogical!
We love the personal achievements of everyone in the parkrun community 🧡
Congratulations to Nick Griggs on setting a new fastest parkrun time of 13:44 at Belfast Victoria parkrun on Saturday.
This was one of an amazing 51,356 parkrun PBs set this weekend. Well done everyone.
ALT Image of Nick Griggs at Belfast Victoria parkrun
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I mean when the man was good he was fucking phenomenal
"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving."
- A Hat Full of Sky -
🎨 @PaulKidby
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Learning about the TFL API! Learning about different cuts of beef on the Morrisons website so I can make the most cost effective chili! Learning about absolutely anything other than UNCONSCIOUSNESS
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I am still awake and because I only had cinema snacks (popcorn and strawberries) and a soup dinner today I am absolutely fucking ravenous
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Also I am frustrated with the beginnerrunning subreddit when it’s all “I’ve just finished my first half marathon!” “I did 10k with an average page of 5:30 a kilometre!”
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Drinking my herbal tea, explaining data quality issues with trans community data from the 2021 census over on Threads 👍
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Currently torn between a light autism crisis of either going into work later than I had in mind, or working from home tomorrow, both of which mean deviating from THE PLAN and make me feel terrible
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I went to bed three hours ago yet I am still awake! There are only four hours until I have to be up for work! Everything terrible!
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Saw a trailer for this before Juror #2 today and it was WILD how it left out a Major And Serious Narrative Thread. Genuinely just two minutes of “Look at these nice people fall in love! Now they have a baby!!” I DON’T THINK THAT IS HOW THE FILM ENDS.
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