Reposted by Kevin de HaanJason @jrock08.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The simple reality is that if we want to actually address climate change a lot of people are going to have to move to cities and people that live in cities today that care about climate change need to come to terms with that. 1527
Reposted by Kevin de HaanOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There are some scary parts of the Canadian political system, but I’d put the Notwithstanding Clause way higher than the monarchy when it comes to tyranny potential. 78911
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 20/09/2026when more Jev-style models are created imo the obvious category name for them is 'oracles' but I secretly hope they get Kleenex'd® and all become Jevs 022
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 19/09/2026walk into bluesky ai consciousness argument ask poster if their position is dualist or not they don't understand explain dualism vs physicalism they still don’t get it pull Turing's 9 common objections out of my wallet they laugh and say it’s a good argument sir read argument it’s dualist 040
Reposted by Kevin de Haanbusiness goose🪿 @goose.art · 18/09/2026*person who is built the same as everyone else*: not me though, im built different 1364
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 17/09/2026Many people I love and/or respect have extremely stupid blind spots and that's ok whom among us tbh 130
Reposted by Kevin de HaanMichael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 16/09/2026Really need people engaging in AI discourse to first disclose whether they believe humans literally have souls 3374
Reposted by Kevin de HaanSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 10/09/2026all reactionaries are enemies of humanity. the past sucked and i have no desire to go there. fuck you. 222850
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 10/09/2026"if these employees were actually scared of what they're building, they would just stop" you have an understanding of the problem gleaned through quotes and headlines. it's Nukes 2. They are terrified 020
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 08/09/2026If your objection to machine consciousness fails to address Turing's 75-year-old counterarguments then I don't think you are fully engaging with the concept en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computi...en.wikipedia.orgComputing Machinery and Intelligence - Wikipedia 130
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 08/09/2026For years I've mentally written off P v NP as the equivalent of creating the philosopher's stone, and it's finally sinking in that it might be solved in my lifetime. And if so, it will probably be sooner rather than later. I wonder how many aggregate tok/sec are already being aimed at it right now. 220
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 08/09/20263/3 in 10 minutes on smokers being scrupulously observant of distance when partaking but entirely ignoring the concept of 'wind' 011
Reposted by Kevin de Haanbusiness goose🪿 @goose.art · 07/09/2026me: i think you should eat a little slower. my cat, sitting in front of a pool of her own throw up: i think you should shut the fuck up 1983642
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 04/09/2026Train delays making me claustrophobic Get me out of the vitiated rebreather box 020
Reposted by Kevin de Haanturtlyburtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026ryan i was on board as soon as i read “i’m in a battle with the city of medina” 181
Reposted by Kevin de HaanZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I'm in the pocket of big Sometimes People Just Disagree With You, Man 1405
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 21/08/2026Pre-registering my claim that it is extremely obvious that s----b--- was created with llm assistance, and hoping that when it is eventually public knowledge it's because the creator(s) chose to share and aren't experiencing the Worst Day On The Internet 020
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 17/08/2026I'm gonna get psyopped into setting up NixOS, I can feel it 2262
Reposted by Kevin de Haanbusiness goose🪿 @goose.art · 13/08/2026bestie u gotta stop watching true crime 131
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 12/08/2026heartbreaking: the expensive rice is actually worth it 010
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 11/08/2026my metric for whether I'm familiar with a neighborhood is if i know which crossings are beg buttons 040
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 06/08/2026More and more you will see "this is obscenely, preposterously difficult" run into "but it's theoretically physically possible" and the physics will win arxiv.org/pdf/2308.01074arxiv.org 010
Reposted by Kevin de HaanPhil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026At the very least, those on the left who are skeptical of these things should familiarize themselves with the barriers to even building affordable housing. We could launch a $100 billion program tomorrow and municipal + provincial intransigence would mean we get limited affordable unit counts. 041
Reposted by Kevin de Haan🥜 @moiststar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026it finally happened someone is proposing to rewrite something in rust 062
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 05/08/2026I'm gonna fucking crash out where the FUCK are people my age on election day 000
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 02/08/2026cycling companies will be like "this is our universal mounting system that will work with any bike" and then have it Not Work With Every Bike 110
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 26/07/2026I don't know how much instant coffee is supposed to go in a cup and I don't want to find out 130
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 24/07/2026they put an involiable wall around the fountain of life 1130
Reposted by Kevin de Haandenise🌈 @overrrrrrr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026yes this also applies in the inverse too: techbros who claim to love biohacking and transhumanism but then oppose gender affirming care are also massive posers 0241
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 23/07/2026I'm open to most arguments against modern AI, but if you sincerely believe that their reported capabilities are "marketing hype" then you are not engaging with reality 010
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 15/07/2026I wonder if writing "this is an actionable threat" is against TOS if the threat is a good time 🤔 130
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 12/07/2026there are TWO separate people on this train car listening to sitcoms without headphones what the heck 130
Kevin de Haan @kevin.dehaan.ca · 12/07/2026why did nobody warn me that Portland is really far away? 🤔🤔🤔 120
Reposted by Kevin de Haan🥜 @moiststar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026two hours of math later everyone loses 121