Chris Beiser
@egg.computer
a big lichen on the process of civilization
apropos nothing, I think it’s a grand historical tragedy that the Google employees fighting Project Maven had so little political discipline and consequently lost the battle against turning the company into a military contractor. Not to say they could have done it—but that group definitely couldn’t.
September 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
apropos nothing, I think it’s a grand historical tragedy that the Google employees fighting Project Maven had so little political discipline and consequently lost the battle against turning the company into a military contractor. Not to say they could have done it—but that group definitely couldn’t.
it seems very obvious to me that kanye is on cobenfy. nobody is talking about this.
September 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
it seems very obvious to me that kanye is on cobenfy. nobody is talking about this.
people outside the bay area do not grasp that OpenAI is a company that wants to make money, but Anthropic is a Leninist doomsday cult building 10,000 Optimal Cadres in a datacenter in order to win WWIII
Anthropic is not your friend, but OpenAI is your enemy
August 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
people outside the bay area do not grasp that OpenAI is a company that wants to make money, but Anthropic is a Leninist doomsday cult building 10,000 Optimal Cadres in a datacenter in order to win WWIII
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
August 27,1954
August 27,1954
August 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
August 27,1954
August 27,1954
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Rectangles with rounded corners are a very common shape and they should be called roundtangles
August 24, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Rectangles with rounded corners are a very common shape and they should be called roundtangles
i think it's probably good that new models will kill the creative coding industrial complex by just letting people make things themselves
August 24, 2026 at 7:17 AM
i think it's probably good that new models will kill the creative coding industrial complex by just letting people make things themselves
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its just not been the same since i lost my knocker-upper
August 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
its just not been the same since i lost my knocker-upper
in order to fight (checks table) labor obfuscation in image generation, I'm here to tell you: i work on that stuff
August 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
in order to fight (checks table) labor obfuscation in image generation, I'm here to tell you: i work on that stuff
i do think that it's good that hong, as a slopulist anti-data center candidate, lost the primary. but i must say that I respect her opposition to holidays.
August 12, 2026 at 7:22 AM
i do think that it's good that hong, as a slopulist anti-data center candidate, lost the primary. but i must say that I respect her opposition to holidays.
i don't think it makes sense to fight ceaselessly to get people to say they like data centers… we just have to get zoning declared unconstitutional forever
August 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
i don't think it makes sense to fight ceaselessly to get people to say they like data centers… we just have to get zoning declared unconstitutional forever
Let me answer honestly: I did eat your plums. I found them in the icebox, and I'm not going to pretend I didn't know you were keeping them for breakfast. I understand if you're upset by that. There's one more load-bearing detail I should mention: they were so sweet, and so cold.
July 23, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Let me answer honestly: I did eat your plums. I found them in the icebox, and I'm not going to pretend I didn't know you were keeping them for breakfast. I understand if you're upset by that. There's one more load-bearing detail I should mention: they were so sweet, and so cold.
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Mamdani's focus on state capacity represents a form of civic education about what govt does in an age of bureaucracy-bashing.
He also connects improving state capacity to his core policy goals on housing, childcare, consumer and worker protection. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...
He also connects improving state capacity to his core policy goals on housing, childcare, consumer and worker protection. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...
July 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Mamdani's focus on state capacity represents a form of civic education about what govt does in an age of bureaucracy-bashing.
He also connects improving state capacity to his core policy goals on housing, childcare, consumer and worker protection. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...
He also connects improving state capacity to his core policy goals on housing, childcare, consumer and worker protection. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mamdani-in...
lots of people say you should go to a "top school" to meet smart people. not true. smart people are everywhere. what's unusual about is that they have many smart people who are well adjusted.
July 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
lots of people say you should go to a "top school" to meet smart people. not true. smart people are everywhere. what's unusual about is that they have many smart people who are well adjusted.
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SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS ANTISOCIAL
July 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS ANTISOCIAL
i think drake should release a chicago juke record
June 27, 2026 at 2:36 AM
i think drake should release a chicago juke record
I think that this kind of framing is borderline irresponsible and borders on encouraging conspiracy thinking. This company has 17 investors, and one is Founders Fund.
In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons. The ID checker is Persona, a firm funded by Trump ally Peter Thiel. As a U.S. company, Persona is also subject to gov't demands for people's verification data. 👀
Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID | TechCrunch
Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.
techcrunch.com
June 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I think that this kind of framing is borderline irresponsible and borders on encouraging conspiracy thinking. This company has 17 investors, and one is Founders Fund.
People love to be like "you have to understand what these people are feeling" when they believe something completely false and frankly stupid
June 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
People love to be like "you have to understand what these people are feeling" when they believe something completely false and frankly stupid
In 2019, one of the phrases of the time was "Data is the new oil," which activists used to mean it was a dangerous, extractive industry which it would be a mistake to build dependence on. But in Washington, that was taken as, "Data is a strategic resource that the US should maximize production of."
June 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
In 2019, one of the phrases of the time was "Data is the new oil," which activists used to mean it was a dangerous, extractive industry which it would be a mistake to build dependence on. But in Washington, that was taken as, "Data is a strategic resource that the US should maximize production of."
VC community needs to come together to force this company to stop running these ads lmao
people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly
June 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM
VC community needs to come together to force this company to stop running these ads lmao
trying to explain to my fellow forumgoers that i am personally concerned
June 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
trying to explain to my fellow forumgoers that i am personally concerned
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do we *actually* need to smash agriculture, the attorney-client privilege, and every HR department to pieces, or do you just need a Snickers and maybe for Mom to put your show on the iPad for you
June 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
do we *actually* need to smash agriculture, the attorney-client privilege, and every HR department to pieces, or do you just need a Snickers and maybe for Mom to put your show on the iPad for you
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[yoda on tiktok]
think fear leads not to the dark side, do you?
😏👉fear ➡️ anger
😏👆anger ➡️ hate
😏🫴 hate ➡️ suffering
think fear leads not to the dark side, do you?
😏👉fear ➡️ anger
😏👆anger ➡️ hate
😏🫴 hate ➡️ suffering
June 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
[yoda on tiktok]
think fear leads not to the dark side, do you?
😏👉fear ➡️ anger
😏👆anger ➡️ hate
😏🫴 hate ➡️ suffering
think fear leads not to the dark side, do you?
😏👉fear ➡️ anger
😏👆anger ➡️ hate
😏🫴 hate ➡️ suffering
most people still don't grasp at a basic level that the landowner / labor divide does not map to a left-right logic of affiliation
June 8, 2026 at 7:11 AM
most people still don't grasp at a basic level that the landowner / labor divide does not map to a left-right logic of affiliation
genuinely concerning to me that consensus view on X seems to be that Nithya did election fraud somehow
would be an incredibly impressive ground game for the DSA lol
would be an incredibly impressive ground game for the DSA lol
June 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
genuinely concerning to me that consensus view on X seems to be that Nithya did election fraud somehow
would be an incredibly impressive ground game for the DSA lol
would be an incredibly impressive ground game for the DSA lol