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All Hail *Tachyorycytes* Protector of the Realm Lord of the Unseen _King_ of the mole rats
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I agree about the guys, but not to sure about the ‘HVAC’
HVAC guys round 1: great, we'll come back and fix this HVAC guys round 2: we fixed it, but your heating is broken too so we'll come back to fix that HVAC guys round 3: okay we didn't fix it the first time, nothing is working now, we'll come back and fix this ????????????????
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What research actually shows is that the difference in learning is small—a few percent. The difference is the compounding power of that over 20 years means some have already learned the material before they get into the class.
In a sufficiently advanced college math class, lots of the 130 IQ kids have to drop out because they just can't learn the material whereas almost all the 140 kids can. In a history or literature class it's more subjective. My experience is that the 130 range, though really smart, is accompanied by more class contributions that indicate they don't quite get it, whereas that seldom happens with 140 kids. In a class on contemporary politics, a fair number of the 140 kids will take monumentally stupid positions that would never occur to the 130 kids.
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You’ve got to understand: The only reason it’s a good community is because it’s moderated by assholes.
Replying to @haydclay
Reddit is actually awesome! r/art is a usually a good community but moderated by absolute assholes. I got banned a few years ago for the same thing. Don’t give up on the whole thing though, the comment sections in the right subs are usually 1000x better and alive than this app
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A teaspoon of gasoline has ~ 40 calories So hold up while I render some chicken carcasses to prepare for launch

ALT space exploration launch GIF

Replying to @shaggysurvives
Half a cup of avocado oil might be easier.
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Phi is so satisfying to write though
18 Oct 2025
Feels like there's a whole taxonomy of shadow Greeks to be labeled. Like how much reduction in short optionality a redemption gate offers. Which fund consultant is working on this marketing ahem think piece
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That’s the point of a sucker punch, you get the suckers
Can someone please confirm the SPX corrected 2.71% yesterday because glancing at my TL we are the remnants surviving in nuclear fallout from the end of the world.
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This is why intuition pumps kick ass, they are scalpels against the self-contradicted mind. And the reason we satire is *chef’s kiss* to get more people to read it.
I want to frame this whole article.
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Do yourself a favor and stand on the shoulders of giants—you may see farther! "General Intelligence," Objectively Determined and Measured’, C. Spearman, 1904– Over 11,000 citations. doi.org/10.2307/1412107

14 Jul 2025
Replying to @PurensPhD @haider1
Mark Gubrud first used the term Artificial General Intelligence in 1997, giving the following definition in his Foresight Conference paper “Nanotechnology and International Security”: “AI systems that rival or surpass the human brain in complexity and speed, that can acquire, manipulate and reason with general knowledge, and that are usable in essentially any phase of industrial or military operations where a human intelligence would otherwise be needed.” Incidentally pedantically appealing the the concept of general intelligence in psychological is begging the question - humans *are* generally intelligent, the psychological concepts around general intelligence are primarily to do with correlations of abilities in humans and theories of explanatory general factors (most famously IQ). These concepts do not map well to current AI.
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The full spectrum of intelligence is made of meat
Replying to @gmiller
Can human intelligence, which took eons to evolve, be recreated with code, matrix math, and word prediction? My feeling is that the full spectrum of intelligence (& the bio-chemical infrastructure needed to sustain it) is more complex than we think & not reproducible with silicon
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If Mehrdad doesn’t reply with the full solution to Hanoi n=10 in the comments it’s proof he can’t reason.
Replying to @MFarajtabar
🧵 7/8 Result #4: Catastrophic failure on exact computation ⚠️ Even when we GAVE the solution algorithm (so they just need execute these steps!) to the reasoning models, they still failed at the SAME complexity points. This suggests fundamental limitations in symbolic manipulation, not just problem-solving strategy. Even more strange is the inconsistency of the search and computation capabilities across different environments and scales. For instance, Claude 3.7 (w. thinking) can correctly do ~100 moves of Tower of Hanoi near perfectly, but fails to explore more than "4 moves" in the River Crossing puzzle or fails earlier when puzzles scale and need longer solutions!
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I’m a little disappointed that Yucatán2 isn’t in the mix
7 Feb 2025
Replying to @b612foundation
@b612foundation has taken the orbit and uncertainty of asteroid 2024YR4, sampled 10K trajectories from the current uncertainty, and propagated them forward. 2.3% of those hit the Earth on Dec.22, 2032. Here is where they hit.
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Kristopher Purens retweeted
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Basically think of the o3 results as validating Douglas Adams as the science fiction author most right about AI. When given longer to think, the AI can generate answers to very hard questions, but the cost is very high, and you have to make sure you ask the right question first.
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Last cycle it was the oil trade wars---but this time, critical metals and energy transition are the battleground. The USA can't lose this one. #EnergyTransition #criticalminerals #inflation
History may not repeat, but it certainly rhymes. Trump is being handed a ticking time bomb...
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Tracking artisanal miners isn’t just for compliance—it’s an exploration strategy. Our ASM detection offers unique insights into potential mineral deposits. #ExplorationIntelligence #GreenfieldExploration #ASM #WorkSmarter #UroborosInnovations
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Kristopher Purens retweeted
Come see our CEO @PurensPhD present at the @MinneAnalytics #DataTech2024 Startup Showcase tomorrow!
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We know more about the moon than the abyssal ocean.
6 Jun 2024
A 45-day expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone discovered several species not previously described by science. mining.com/pink-sea-pigs-tra…
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exactly this
Replying to @KatusaResearch
No resource development, no metals. Discovery to shovel in the ground, it takes 15 yrs to get a mine permitted on avg. If we don’t change this, we lose the race. It’s that simple.
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Kristopher Purens retweeted
1.. 🌍 Exploring Artisanal Mining with Precision and Affordability! 🌍 At Uroboros Innovations, we're transforming how the mining industry understand artisanal and small scale mining. Artisanal mining is an economically important activity that is increasing around the world,
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Kristopher Purens retweeted
1/2 How are we working to bring a digital assistant to #CriticalMineral exploration? Using AI for exploration isn't easy--the domain has unique challenges that has to be addressed. #netzero2050 #RenewableEnergy
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