Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Essentially, these people do believe we are hurtling towards apocalypse but for many, the important bit is they are our only hope. Our one path to salvation is to become clay on their wheel. 000
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 13/06/2026"we just want to donate money to research AI risk" was a pretty transparent way to say "I want to be able to convince myself I'm doing charity while giving my buddies who couldn't make it in the real world a slush fund to fuck around with" 2285
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Back when @theophite.bsky.social mentioned the primary motivation of tech capital today was disciplining the workers, there's this theorist he kept referencing. I cannot remember the name but I think it begins with a 'K'. 120
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu neutral @neutral.zone · 13/05/2025The illusion of freedom isn’t freedom. It’s a feature-gated version of it, tailored to your profile. You start remembering things as they were branded, not as they were lived. You have a gut feeling that your insight has already been "said better", so you don’t say it. 162
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Decided to clear away the cobwebs on my Substack. Memories of religious life and despair in early 2010s Abakaliki open.substack.com/pub/obinnaok...open.substack.comOperation BoomerangA memory 030
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu deepfates @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com · 02/05/2025Bluesky could destroy Elon's X relevance forever by making it comfortable for the AI community to move over. The data/API situation here is better and management there keeps burning credibility for no reason . Just got to find a way to convince the people here not to be reactionary about it i guess 1410412
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 22/03/2025granta.com/the-hurt-bus...granta.comThe Hurt Business‘Going unbeaten for a decade or longer is more likely to mean you’ve avoided your chief rivals than that you’re a generational talent.’ Declan Ryan on boxing. 291
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu neutral @neutral.zone · 25/02/2025Meta-literacy is about more than fact-checking: it’s understanding the broader information landscape. I kind of came to it naturally, because I'm sort of wired to always ask "why?" for anything I encounter, and I ruminate a lot when I have idle time or get bored. 2151
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 26/01/2025My version of the Boots Problem takes it in a much different direction.... 1334
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 15/01/2025"Climate change is real but we'll be on Mars soon" 000
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu Dan Jurafsky @jurafsky.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Happy New Year everyone! Jim and I just put up our January 2025 release of Speech and Language Processing! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...web.stanford.eduSpeech and Language ProcessingSpeech and Language Processing 115250
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu Michael Nielsen @michaelnielsen.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I once saw an interview with a brilliant writer, who complained a lot about pathologies of university English departments (she taught in one). It seemed a pity: on other subjects she was extremely insightful, but this subject was boring I remember thinking that she needed & deserved better enemies 4263
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu oxide @oxidist.bsky.social · 15/12/2024check out the book 'drawing on the right side of the brain' 141
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu deepfates @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com · 10/12/2024The group chat is the political unit of the 21st century 2375
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I've completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 Vaguely disappointed with the brute force nature of my solutions to Day 6 and 7 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7adventofcode.comDay 7 - Advent of Code 2024 030
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu Shade, PhD Student @0xshade.bsky.social · 05/12/2024If this post gets 10 likes, I will do #AdventOfCode in Python. If it gets 20 likes, I will do it in C. If it gets 40 likes, I will do it in Assembly. 13756
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024So many dead ends lol. I learnt Kuhn's algorithm for topological sorting today. It wasn't relevant to the problem, of course, but it was really cool to see 110
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5 010
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4 020
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3 020
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2 000
Obinna Okpolu @obinnaokpolu.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1 000
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu David @yonderdavid.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Admittedly I have not yet read your book but I am being earnest when I say it would cause me no ugh to promote it. 111
Reposted by Obinna Okpolu Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 30/11/2024That's helpful, and reminds me of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCOm...youtube.comAlan Moore - Read Terrible Books - Storytelling - BBC MaestroYouTube video by BBC Maestro 021