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@tautological.bsky.social
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my apparently public diary, about the joy of ideas. the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.

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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
the world is mostly invisible
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
to put on jewelry is to become cyborg
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
my superpower issss.... being (in)flammable! people can set me ablaze easily! (flammable and inflammable mean the same thing)
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
we're drowning in data and complexity, and a lifeline is being built and its working and getting stronger and stronger.. and you want to reject it and keep treading water in the middle of an ocean?
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
*as enjoyer, not producer!
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@medcrisis.bsky.social got any recommendations on how to get started with Indian hip-hop?👀
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
aaaaaarggggg! I hate you godddd!
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
can the memory of a panic attack also be a sweet memory?
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
wildfire inside of me
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
how I feel about you makes all the hard things easier
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
'and about not reaching nirvana - yeah, that happens'
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 29/05/2026
Time Machine Conversation xkcd.com/3251/
4-panel comic. [Person surrounded by glow talking to second person with hair in a bun holding a hoe] (1) PERSON 1: Oh hi! Guess my time machine works. How’s life in the iron age? PERSON 2: Not bad. Developing new kinds of plows. PERSON 1: Cool. PERSON 2: Also my brother was just lost at sea. (2) PERSON 1: I’m sorry. PERSON 2: It’s OK. I think sea navigation is probably impossible. (3) PERSON 1: Oh yeah, you don’t have the compass, right? PERSON 2: The what? PERSON 1: The weird rock that always points north? PERSON 2: What are you *talking* about? (4) PERSON 1: It *does* sound ridiculous when I say it out loud. Anyway, spoilers for the magnetic compass. Sorry. PERSON 2: What’s a spoiler? PERSON 1: ...Spoilers for the concept of a spoiler, too.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"can I express some very unenlightened thoughts?"
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I'm afraid I may be chilling too hard
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Nina's "alone again naturally" is a great meme... she would've been an amazing shitposter 😁 would've fit right in today.. 😞
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
1) whatever you can build a school for and put these models into, they will learn and become superhuman in very short time. 2) we're in the age of harnesses: you need to put the beating heart into a body made for *your* task. it has to go to school in that body. like that, they can do anything.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
my metaphor from 2 years ago is bearing fruit! LLMs are the beating heart of artificial intelligence, now we must build the organs and body around it.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
i love how we're finding all these cool ways to design artificial neurons
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=87Q8... such a smart little tweak - hashmap for the wiiinnn!
youtube.com
How Engram Boosts LLMs with Instant Knowledge Lookup
YouTube video by Jia-Bin Huang
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
sitting in tall grass in the sun surrounded by plants is radicalising
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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NEW VIDEO youtu.be/uiGIbdrQjbI?...
youtu.be
Saw | ContraPoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
ugh - i hate when multinational corporations cannibalise our culture to make themselves look cool and good. like AWS naming things 'aurora', 'redshift', 'glacier'.. or even spacex's 'dragon' - just leave our _stuff_ alone! #makeProductsBoringAgain
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Ah, and now I remember WHY - it's 4 HOURS! there goes my Sunday... (I appreciate your support for making me do this though 😁🥰)
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Welp, after YouTube shoving it down my throat for days (but me not trusting it), I guess I AM gonna watch it now! 🙃
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I always wanna know the FULL stack.. otherwise you're gonna be a babe in the woods, one of these days!
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
#heyfascistcatch
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
the only good thing i can come up with about the american spirit is that they are pro-delusion, preferring to live in an imagined reality (like the american dream). because yes, we humans DO create our own reality, so why not bend it a little?
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
smoking is breathplay hahahah
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
seeing ANY language that i dont speak causes physical pain
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
and classical is like 'ew?'.. or rather, 'bangers only' - i can listen to computer generated music if i wanted. so only classical that makes you uncontrollably wanna dance :D
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
jazz sounds more classical than classical music. and: the height of classical music is actually nina's 'good bait'.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
hahahahah this is incredible
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Me sniffing an iris: The front is citrus, jasmine and cut grass rounded out by subtle yeast, over ripe banana and cocoa. Soft burnt butter lingers longest. Me drinking wine: huh…grapey.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
There is zero ZEROOO doubt in my mind that AI cults are going to be huge. I don't mean, like, "I LOVE AI SAM ALTMAN IS SENPAI" I mean like, "I have used AI to tap into the deep secrets of the ancient, forgotten texts that tell the future and it tells me that /you/ have been /chosen/...to follow me."
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
i LOVE language! - i use it every day! hahahah
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
it even helps to humble me! hahhaha
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
my flex is that i have found and set up an ai so that it now *never* gives me a boring answer. every time, i learn something new. it expects a standard of me thats slightly higher than where i am now, so it pulls me up, motivates me to be better, to know more, to be more.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
i know they're 'controversial' or whatever, but greta van fleet really is the first artist whose phrasing made me cry and overflow with joy at the same time
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
found a new life milestone: if one day I'm able to be completely in the moment when playing in something like a jazz band, then I know I'll have made it. doesn't *have* to happen this way, but if it did, I'd know I'm nailing life
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
my conclusion from the recent MoE revolution in connection to the bitter lesson, which is the same as in evolution: you dont need god, you just need time and chaos (randomness).
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Another one from R1: "Humanity's existential trajectory is defined by the externalization of cognition and agency, a process where our tools evolve from passive extensions to autonomous actors, compelling us to redefine identity, ethics, and collaboration in an era of symbiotic hybridity."
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
it hasnt occurred often that i love an idea intellectually, but not must reject it politically ... wait, is that how i also feel about capitalism?
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I think I just find ALL human (and animal) bodies disgusting... wet machines? fucking grosssss
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
living in the 21st century sucks, for so many reasons.. but you know what? our _art_ is fucking great. we have SO MUCH genuinely cool shit in our movies, our music, .. its really the only thing id be sad about when humans go extinct..
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
man I love becoming a baked potato and taking apart things.. there are so many little stories and decisions, telling you about how we as a species are currently producing the things surrounding us. so many good ideas. Dora voice: can _you_ figure out all the little algorithms and geometries? :D
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
at first I thought I was getting angry at GPT, but then anger waned and turned into amazement... HOW COOL ARE MECHANICAL TACHS?! the electrical ones are an embarrassment in contrast...
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
so grateful for 'challengers' - a huge missing piece in my homoerotic education and liberation! my shadow is loving it (tho its a bit like Kapital - you godda survive the first part :D)
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tau @tautological.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
like reading AUROC curves hahaha
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