dialysis being 1% of the Federal budget is one of those facts that will probably be a litmus test for future civilizations
violet
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violet
@vagueviolet
There is something in you I like more than yourself. Therefore I must destroy you
Berkeley, CA
Joined December 2023
- if aliens are 128 light years away, then the universe is teeming with life. so it’s even scarier that we’ve not seen any aliens yet. this train of thought is also why i believe it’s not a real detection… if it is then the fermi paradox is extremely worrying
- in college i got a $10,000 scholarship for being a woman. which is pretty funny considering that more women are in college than men
- > grow up > learn math and coding > get enough money to be comfortable > read all day long > success
- if you're under the age of 25 and haven't watched any shorts you're basically 99th percentile of intelligence and ability to focus
- one beer probably slashes 50%+ off your ability to solve a leetcode easy, plus the loud music and the interaction with others those people aren’t doing anything except being performativeSF is the only place in the world where coding at a Bar is socially encouraged.
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- guy who hasn’t touched google docs since high schoolintroducing freewrite. a mac app i made for myself. one simple, clean place to write without distraction. all in native swift. no subscription. all local. free. enjoy.
00:00 - why do people use thinkpads?
- if you want to learn math, you have to do math. i understand that this is upsetting
- everyone post ur annual income and IQ
- most people on tpot are upper middle class & have the time to study and whatnot. then they land cushy tech jobs they really can’t relate middle class workers put in exhausting labor and who can’t study or learn or “just do things.” which is why *agency* is a uber loaded termI think tpot’s agency fetish risks rendering it taboo for people to be open about the very normal anguish and frustration they feel when the conditions of their lives just suck
- one consequence of nobody reading anymore is that nobody is interesting anymore
- can someone please explain to me what roko has contributed to science practicallyThis is what happens when you let women do science
