GradientDissent

Resisting the soy-ification of tech and science industry. Definitely one of the “#Experts”.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@JustFreshKicks pristine theatrics, man

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

”Welcome to office hours. Please take a seat.”

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

I'm sure you're all wondering why I've gathered you here today.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

Between what evils are happening at the hands of Israel and of England, recently, I need to remember that the Lord will prevail at the final judgement. And that I too can become blind to the line between good and evil without vigilance.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@1947Farmall After construction, the product was then blown from manufacturer to shelf.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

It still saddens me how an ultra-progressive Catholic friend of mine got excited about these burnings. I think of that conversation every time this hoax comes up and it eats me. The moral circles heatmap is funny until it hits you personally.

[Niccolo Soldo (Fisted By Foucault) @FistedFoucault]

This was largely an anti-Catholic pogrom

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

If you want to read more about this, the boys were referred to as the Tongan Castaways. (No idea why OP didn’t mention this.)

[BLACK DUMPLING™ @BlackDumpling]

More and more I'm learning that the nihilistic claptrap we were all told was genius was just Leftist demoralization propaganda.

Situations like this have occurred, and the children didn't turn into little monsters. In fact they survived quite well.

In June 1965, six boys named, aged 13 to 16 "borrowed" a fisherman’s boat hoping to reach Fiji or New Zealand. After a storm damaged the sail and rudder, they drifted for eight days surviving on fish and rainwater collected in coconut shells, before washing up on the rocky uninhabited island of ‘Ata.

Rather than descending into chaos during their months there the boys created a mini society. They planted vegetables, collected and stored rainwater, and maintained a permanent fire. They even built a gymnasium with homemade weights, a badminton court, and chicken pens.

They divided daily chores using rosters, resolved conflicts with time-outs instead of fighting, began and ended each day with songs and prayers. One boy, Gilligan's Isle style, constructed a guitar from driftwood and coconut shell to boost morale. When one of the children broke his leg falling off a cliff the others set it with sticks and leaves and took over his work. They ate fish, coconuts, eggs, wild taro, bananas, and later chickens they had discovered in an ancient volcanic crater.

They endured this for for fifteen months, and never once turned into murderous thugs. A far cry from what we were told would happen.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

Some guy at MIT: “I’m such a clever so-and-so. I put six perfectly reasonable undergraduate calculus problems into one to make it look so heckin’ complicated. Gosh, I’m smart.”

[priyanshu.sol @priyanshudotsol]

btw average MIT Questions

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

Going to Mass together as a family for the first time since the newborn came home. Feels good, man.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@GuyJones1111 Oh my. Praise God! I can’t wait until my kids start singing.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

Get me Terry!

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

AI can give researchers the freedom to pursue “crazier” ideas.

For Terence Tao, AI creates more room to experiment, test unexpected paths, and discover what might otherwise stay out of reach.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@DwightSinghS Don’t be a bigot. Those are ceremonial religious firearms.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@jollier_raptor It is cool. Assuming the residents weren’t forced to do it, I interpret this allowing the residents the dignity of work even if the impact is small. In a modern economy that is hyper-focused on efficiency, a family business makes no sense because you can source better talent.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@mamalahoa Remember when you could pay for ringtones? Well here’s a $300k heart emoji.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

The video implies that you can leave Claude to do your work while you enjoy life. That’s the imagined goal of any new, labor saving tech. In reality, it mainly raises output expectations because some competitor might be willing to forfeit that leisure time.

[Claude @claudeai]

In Claude Code, Opus 4.8 makes calls like an experienced engineer without needing constant check-ins.

It stays on track across long-running sessions and follows work through in your repo, so you can hand off a feature or a bug sweep while you focus on what's next.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

I’m considering this strategy when employers finally realize they get what they pay for with H1Deez.

[LinkedIn Lunatics @LinkedInLunat1c]

Feedback on your application🫪

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

Happy make some ragu day to all those who celebrate.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@CalifornianSon_ Some of my progressive leaning friends or family like to use the “well the Irish were discriminated against” argument when discussing modern immigration. I don’t have the heart or really the time and energy to point out the multitude of differences.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@James32980438 @stickfigureate 🙄

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

If you were to approach to chastise them, address the father. You attack his izzat in the presence of his wife. It’s unlikely those kids are leaving peacefully so at least let the father cause a scene.

[Anna 🇺🇸 Partyless Podcast @partylesspod]

The IKEA in Atlanta, Georgia a few days ago. This was one incident among many. People were sleeping on furniture, not just in the lobby, but in the showrooms. Their children were running through the halls and screaming. At checkout people were shoving in front of us in total anarchy. We ultimately left because we couldn’t shop and it was such a miserable experience. Third world behavior.

[GradientDissent @GradDissent]

@devusnullus Nothing. Welcome back, king.