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yan @xzyan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The cognitive debt that people are talking about is post-hoc. Delegation atrophies capacity we already had. But what’s really preceding all that? The motive to acquire capacity and hard path of learning are removed in the first place. The real problem seems like an a priori epistemic discouragement.
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yan @xzyan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Absolute cinema
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
© Anne Packard. 'Rowboat on Blue'. Oil on canvas, 1976.
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yan @xzyan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Just another example that better content is still in great demand
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Seth Lukas Hynes @sethhyneswriter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
That reminds me of Keunwoo Lee’s phrase “fractally wrong”, which refers to someone who is wrong about something on the macro/surface level and wrong on the smaller scales (wrong in every particular detail). Those who deny evolution or think the Moon landing was faked are fractally wrong.
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yan @xzyan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It’s due to the poverty of ownership. More things are created but people actually own less. Who owns the data? Who owns the intelligence? Who owns our life?
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 01/04/2026
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this
Highlighted section of the Copilot ToS which says "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"
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Shaundai Person @shaundai.com · 26/03/2026
I believe that the ability to be openly vulnerable is such a powerful trait that draws in some of the best, strongest connections At the same time though, it’s so tricky to strike a balance as an underrepresented minority One part of me has to appear infallible, because i have to repair cracks in
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David Aerne @meodai.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The nicest article about JPEG compression, by @sophielwang.bsky.social The moment there are color stats involved, I’m in. It’s so well done it makes me think we need some kind of online library where articles like this get preserved. www.sophielwang.com/blog/jpeg
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