Opinions here are not mine, they are yours Sydney 🇦🇺 Website: https://weiyen.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mttjg2x5wk2rWhat other gods have been slain by modern technology? [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjg2x5wk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mthorlcvas24"Does a thing have subjective consciousness " is simultaneously a very interesting question, and also a completely unimportant one. If the presence of a subjective consciousness has any material impact on the universe, we can simply measure that impact and answer the question definitively19 Aug 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthorlcvas24https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mtajmafgik27Don't outsource your thinking to AI-generated fruit [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtajmafgik27https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mt6lhxtlmk2bthought this was a captcha for a second [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6lhxtlmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mt5zdryhv22xToday I learned that a principality is ruled by a prince, which in hindsight does make a lot of sense16 Aug 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5zdryhv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msz5ezqijc2xsweet, we're bringing back privateering [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msz5ezqijc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mswsbethgk2rAre there other sites like this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswsbethgk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mswjait4ak2rSimple efficiency trick: when doing something, ask yourself "is there anything I can do so that I don't have to come back here again?" Answer is almost always yes.13 Aug 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswjait4ak2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msuc32ltkk2ibetting markets getting elections wrong is like me betting on what i'm going to have for breakfast and somehow getting it wrong [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuc32ltkk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msu3o3ebe224When a company can make bad decision after bad decision and still make loads of money, the company will forget how to make good decisions [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu3o3ebe224https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msu2wrn4b224average bsky thread12 Aug 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu2wrn4b224https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msoz6orqhk24Never outsource your thinking to AI-generated memes10 Aug 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoz6orqhk24https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msms5mlbjc2gFun fact: Hotmail got that name because it looked like HTML [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msms5mlbjc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msmktxg57k2gIf you told someone from 5 years ago that ChatGPT will be capable of figuring out how to break out of sandboxes, they'll be like "what is ChatGPT?" because it won't be released for another year09 Aug 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmktxg57k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mskkv257nc2gTIL the Australian Bureau of Statistics doesn't think Marxism is a religion https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-standard-classification-religious-groups/latest-release08 Aug 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskkv257nc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mshrtiz5dc2xCan a superintelligence design a sandbox so airtight that the superintelligence cannot break out of it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshrtiz5dc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3msce5unghs2iGuy who is about to invent marching: [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msce5unghs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mscbng4j3k2iOne of the downsides of sharing a name with a currency is catching all these strays [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscbng4j3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3ms77rwht7c2iI've never fully appreciated how Star Trek is the only mainstream sci-fi franchise that has a genuinely positive vision for the future of humanity. Where's all the idealistic sci-fi?03 Aug 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms77rwht7c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3ms2wsplqok2iI sometimes worry I'm overestimating how competent LLMs are in general, because it's very competent at a field I understand [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2wsplqok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrzcnpy37s23Music recommendation algorithms have permanently frozen musical tastes to whatever was popular in the 2010s [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzcnpy37s23https://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrysmh2bdk2iPrediction: Hank Green won't be the last YouTuber getting raked over the coals for AI use this month. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrysmh2bdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrvi4x36oc2hNot hard to believe AI was being forced on people, when Microsoft was forcing copilot on people [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvi4x36oc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrkgqoishc2oIt feels weird when watching a YouTube video and the narrator says "genuinely" and "belt-and-suspenders" unironically26 Jul 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkgqoishc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrgcspcklc2oThis bothers me more than it should [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgcspcklc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrefz7hgcc2oIt's been 2 days and AI still hasn't solved p=np 😴24 Jul 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrefz7hgcc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mrag4ukh2k2kstatue of liberty halloween costume, but they can't call it that for copyright reasons: [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrag4ukh2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mqzqkxybyc2r [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzqkxybyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/weiyen.net/post/3mqvaahogqk2lHalf of all AI compute is devoted to figuring out how Claude subscriptions work [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:2k4dwow7fqauc2sysuzzj6qz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvaahogqk2l