Atharv Vaish

software eng. class of 2014 @caltech. traveling space and time. he/him.

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@gm_mertd @triketora Meh he didn’t call out anyone in particular in the first one and the second isn’t really a horror story for @pmarca - his sin is taking a meeting too seriously and being open to a pitch. But yeah sure on the third one

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

I just went 74-8, think you can go 82-0?

Play 82-0: https://t.co/NLLDpgXIJd

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

This is the point.

The Separatists, led by Dooku under the influence of Sidious, are attacking the Republic and kidnapping Chancellor Palpatine.

There are no sides. Nobody was winning.

The climactic battle was Dooku, Sidious’ apprentice, vs Anakin, Palpatine’s apprentice!

[Technomage Doge @TechnomageDoge]

@JadeAtrophis The ship battle in the beginning of ROTS was bad because it was confused. There was no direction, no ability to tell sides, and no ability to tell who was winning, making it much worse than Return of the Jedi.

The only blame on CGI rather than artistic composition was color.

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

This is interesting but why would someone want a public stamp that says they were rejected by someone else? Also it’s not like Uber ratings are gamed at all of course.

[Steve Yegge @Steve_Yegge]

I feel like nobody has kicked any really big beehives today. So here goes.

https://t.co/bPX11SYkdQ

[Harry @hdwmovies]

Ridiculously stupid idea to give a Star Wars trilogy to the genius writer behind X-Men The Last Stand, Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix and Fant4stic. Does anyone at Lucasfilm actually want Star Wars to be good

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@joinshiftX Shift

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@navkast to be clear there are plenty of valid reasons for both caffeine/amphetamine. but if you want your laptop to continue to go to sleep when you close the lid… keeping the lid open while your agents are running seems like a fine choice

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

This x100

[Nauseam (in sf!) @ChadNauseam]

https://t.co/yk5AOzp7in

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

incredible. how does he do it

[khushi suri @khushkhushkhush]

so abhorrent that the person responsible for a massive chunk of ai misinformation regarding water consumption is continuing on as a public figure against ai

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@skyechannelwrx @absolutelyCard_ It is pemdas to an extent. He saw 40 - 0 + 4 and did the A before the S

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@ViridianGames Why is Luke on an island

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

I feel like the saddest part of ‘distribution being everything’ is that it turns the world into a stage for the camera. Weddings are arranged for the photographer. Podcasts are arranged for the video. The 3D space we inhabit is arranged with its post hoc 2D picture/vid in mind

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@VicVijayakumar Yeah I figured but less useful today imo

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@nazzobetweeting He’s wording it poorly but in fairness I think he’s talking about an individual’s rent not the entire unit’s rent. Thus, having roommates would help

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@bradchattergoon https://t.co/2BmHNjZBLJ

[Tim Soret @timsoret]

Assuming no possible coordination:

If everybody was rational, we would all individually pick red & be safe without needing coordination, trusting that the sum of individual interests would lead to the most optimized outcome.

Except that many humans are irrational & dogmatic, and driven by idealistic / empathetic concerns, would pick blue, even if that requires coordination which is not guaranteed & which puts them as risk.

Knowing this, even if you’re initially inclined to vote red, the actual moral choice, to avoid the death of those willingly putting their lives at risk, is to vote blue to maximize the chances of saving everybody.

In short, if you know that others are not perfectly rational agents, to save them you have to go along with their irrationality, which is counter intuitive.

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

Everyone should hit the red button, but if anyone ever hits blue, everyone should hit the blue button.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@bradchattergoon

[Atharv Vaish @atharv]

@bradchattergoon What evidence? This is vibes lol