cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 19/08/2026Whose gradient?, is probably the relevant question here. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 19/08/2026The whole A.I. is dangerous is basically a subset of thinking is dangerous, and I'd rather you not do it. 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 01/08/2026Evergreen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6yC...m.youtube.comThe Gambler - Fuck You (1080p)YouTube video by WAusJackBauer 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 10/02/2026And yet, have you ever seen an argument quite like this Travis? Tell me that's 'mediocre'. cafebedouin.github.io/narrative_tr...cafebedouin.github.ioNarrative Transform 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 05/02/2026No one suggesting the obvious, just hyping the salacious details. cafebedouin.org/2026/02/05/t...cafebedouin.orgThe Infrastructure Problem: When Blackmail Systems Outlive Their OperatorsWhat the Public Record Actually Shows The Epstein case is usually understood as a sex trafficking scandal involving a corrupt financier and his accomplice. That framing is accurate—both were convic… 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 19/09/2025Interesting point. Corporations have been places where fitting in and following the corp line was valued. But, with A.I., that's what it brings to the table. So, they will focus more on the other end of the spectrum, for human employees, which is perhaps closer to how startups select candidates. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 19/09/2025Manufacturing Consent seems apropos. The only real difference is you don't need to read Herman to understand how it works anymore.media.tenor.coman astronaut is looking at the earth with the words " always has been " above himALT: an astronaut is looking at the earth with the words " always has been " above him 010 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 16/09/2025404 Media to his Kirk article: "Kirk claimed that his Turning Point USA sent “80+ buses full of patriots” to the January 6 insurrection. Turning Point USA has also run a “Professor Watchlist,”and a “School Board Watchlist” for nearly a decade." Free speech, orly? www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...404media.coCharlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right WayThe mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work. 0111 11
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 12/09/2025Somehow, this reference feels appropriate for our cultural moment and begs the question: which times aren't interesting? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you...en.m.wikipedia.orgMay you live in interesting times - Wikipedia 010 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 08/09/2025<insert extremely bad take about not needing a Department of Education when we have Khan Academy here> 010 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 24/06/2025Love all three. But, I can also recognize downtown SF had a different character last I went, specifically a friend's purse was stolen while eating at a restaurant. Never had that happen anywhere else. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 24/06/2025The two ideas are not incompatible. Entirely possible for a geographic location to be advantageous for a certain subset of people and still be a hellhole for the majority of the population. To use L.A. as an example, Beverly Hills and Compton, which is closer to the median citizen? 100 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 23/06/2025You do understand that we live in a moderate conservative country where having a "progressive" record is, on net, a liability? Not to mention she has near zero charisma. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 23/06/2025What I like but the responses here is they are essentially, "Nah ah." Not able to entertain this idea is one reason the liberal establishment keeps losing. It's obvious that if you want to win, you need someone from a battleground state that can win it. Not California, Illinois, New York, etc. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 22/06/2025Is this where I mention philosophical skepticism and how the fundamental belief that you may be wrong about everything gives you a baseline intellectual humility? 031 3
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 22/06/2025Running a Presidential candidate with dementia followed by a black, Indian "liberal" woman from California is the greatest party self-own, worse than Mondale and McGovern. Easy to blame MAGA. But, there was a plausible argument Trump was the better choice, as much as it pains me to say so. 600 6
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 16/06/2025Understanding the difference between mean, median and different outcome distribution curves strikes again. 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 11/06/2025media.tenor.comwoody and buzz lightyear from toy story are standing next to each other in a room and talking .Alt: woody and buzz lightyear from toy story are standing next to each other in a room and talking . 030 3
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 08/06/2025wallabag.orgwallabag.orgSave the web, freely | wallabag: a self hostable application for saving web pages 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 28/05/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon rooster with a blue sky in the background is looking up .ALT: a cartoon rooster with a blue sky in the background is looking up . 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 21/05/2025Any must read Substacks for you? If Zi had to pick just one: www.news-items.com/aboutnews-items.comAbout — News ItemsNews Items is led by political writer/analyst John Ellis and supported by research and writing contributors across politics, global news, and science. 000 0
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 21/05/2025Not someone I read. Making $1.4 million from Substack. Makes you wonder why more authors aren't trying to do this and turn their novels into serials. The Murderbot series strikes me as one that could be done thus way. www.businessinsider.com/matt-yglesia...businessinsider.comYou probably can't make more than $1 million a year on Substack. But Matthew Yglesias does.The political writer — and as of the past four years, a small-business owner — on the upside of unbundling. 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 13/05/2025The question really becomes how much of the tariff can be passed on to the consumer? This is probably largely a function of elasticity and viable business margins. And people might expect the combo of higher input costs and fewer suppliers to drive price over reduced demand, which isn't crazy. 020 2
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 11/05/2025So, everyone's right. Rejoice! And go back to enjoying your Saturday night. =) 110 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 11/05/2025I think we all agree. Pulling a pint of Guinness is less labor intensive than most cocktails. But, at the same time, I might ask for a bottle of beer or something easy if the staff is swamped. Also, I can also see having the bar short staffed to the point this is a problem is a management issue. 111 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 11/05/2025Wondering the same. Ordering Guinness if it is on tap seems fine, and I'm old enough to be called a boomer by the kids. 110 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 08/05/2025"The [Left's] focus on lived experience by identity groups prioritizes the emotional world of the inner self over the rational examination of issues in the outside world and privileges sincerely held opinions over a process of reasoned deliberation that may force one to abandon prior opinions."en.m.wikiquote.orgFrancis Fukuyama - Wikiquote 010 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 06/05/2025Not to mention the impact that outsourcing reading and writing is going to have on the average of cognitive ability. Another variety of post-literate. 010 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 02/05/2025Self-diagnosed? I didn't know what this was, but reviewing it, I could very well be this as well. Not sure I'd want outside confirmation though. 110 1
cafebedouin @cafebedouin.org · 26/04/2025media.tenor.coma man with long hair and a beard is sitting in a car and says `` we could kill everyone . ''Alt: a man with long hair and a beard is sitting in a car and says `` we could kill everyone . '' 000 0
