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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Robot lady? What about the round robot. I asked for robot bears, and I got them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Think you are right, and tbh I didn't read this as a kink thing but more some weird glorifying Aella as some sort of important cult leader thing (and misread it and assumed it had to do with the flowchart event, and not this (which I should have noticed was wrong as there were less than 100 people involved in that, for which a 'I was nr 100' is quite odd to me (and fits into the whole cultleader vibe))). A reason why I only focused on the guy myself.

And you are totally correct that people sneer on Aella way to much just because she is {a woman, sex worker, a bit strange, unapologetic about being a sex worker, has sex the wrong way, {more weird reasons unrelated to her being part of the 'we should do eugenics!' crowd}} (pick any that apply). And have mentioned this before in other places. (oddly enough this caused somebody on bsky to just go full anti sex worker, so that was an easy block at least). But yes you are right to call us out on this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it fits a pattern, half of starship troopers is about how other societies had ideals not based on mathematical truths but theirs is (no proof is ever shown). Another reason why I think the book reads so much better as a parody. The Eternal Science of Marxism, but now for Warrior Libertarians (who cannot even fight a proper war, see the whole technodogs thing).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

See also how he finds it good that capitalism has no logo, but still desires a logo for capitalism. And suggests others want it too.

But hey, of all the cult leaders in the space, Aella is prob the least bad. At least her cult doesn't come with a lot of mandatory reading homework.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (4 children)

I have so many questions, stuff like, do you know what laws of nature are? (also, see the weak link between supply and demand and capitalism, various non capitalist systems also have supply and demand curves. "im not economically illiterate, just ideologically"). And 13? Wtf is wrong with your parents that they allowed that? At least my earlier 'wtf why is he hanging out with neo-nazis' has been answered.

E: also note the dead plant in the tattoo in progress pics. (An orchid I think).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

Sorry I was being a bit too vague because I didn't have any proof ready. But here it is. It is them covering their asses if there might be a fallout, a non-apology equivalent, as there has been no changes or dropping of names/extremist behavior since, it is all just vague vibes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Re: extra creepy: and also with people their people in power.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

anarcho-communist flag, username RatOrthodox, hangs out with eugenicist iq-anon types, somewhere on the longtermist scale. Has unblocked replies from a person who fell into all the alt-right signifiers and who is calling this 'Jewish' (anti-semitism and a holocaust joke, classy. If I sneer any harder I will start to look like Scott on that recent video).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

This is more on Aella Cult than on her tbh.

And didn't Aella and also Grimes have a come to jesus moment when they realized they hung out with a lot of bad people. Guess nothing came from that. (That part of them is always worse than these just a bit off antics they pull).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

So, would you say you send a lot of time thinking about the citizens of Eastmeg One and Two? Speak directly into the recorder perp.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Im sure this is fine https://infosec.exchange/@paco/114509218709929701

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The S in CoPilot stands for Security! https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/remembering-f00fs-of-old/"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Not beating the sexism allegations.

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Begrudgingly Yeast (@begrudginglyyeast.bsky.social) on bsky informed me that I should read this short story called 'Death and the Gorgon' by Greg Egan as he has a good handle on the subjects/subjects we talk about. We have talked about Greg before on Reddit.

I was glad I did, so going to suggest that more people he do it. The only complaint you can have is that it gives no real 'steelman' airtime to the subjects/subjects it is being negative about. But well, he doesn't have to, he isn't the guardian. Anyway, not going to spoil it, best to just give it a read.

And if you are wondering, did the lesswrongers also read it? Of course: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hx5EkHFH5hGzngZDs/comment-on-death-and-the-gorgon (Warning, spoilers for the story)

(Note im not sure this pdf was intended to be public, I did find it on google, but might not be meant to be accessible this way).

 

The interview itself

Got the interview via Dr. Émile P. Torres on twitter

Somebody else sneered: 'Makings of some fantastic sitcom skits here.

"No, I can't wash the skidmarks out of my knickers, love. I'm too busy getting some incredibly high EV worrying done about the Basilisk. Can't you wash them?"

https://mathbabe.org/2024/03/16/an-interview-with-someone-who-left-effective-altruism/

 

Some light sneerclub content in these dark times.

Eliezer complements Musk on the creation of community notes. (A project which predates the takeover of twitter by a couple of years (see the join date: https://twitter.com/CommunityNotes )).

In reaction Musk admits he never read HPMOR and he suggests a watered down Turing test involving HPMOR.

Eliezer invents HPMOR wireheads in reaction to this.

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