Surprised and a bit disappointed to see patio11 attending. Gwern isn't though, lol.
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PZ Myers called this: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/09/i-predicted-the-fate-of-neuralink/
I'm betting some alt-right bozos are mad they didn't get the name first.
Is it the dominant listing website in the UK?
Scott is of the opinion that being able to maintain peaceable discourse with people who you deeply disagree with on political issues is an important feature of society which we shouldn't readily make exceptions to.
"Scott being nice to racists and reviewing their books positively actually means he's less racist" is a good rhetorical trick.
"Our critics are mocking us for spending all the mosquito-net money on a castle!"
"It's not a castle, it's a stately home, a manor house."
"That still sounds too posh!"
"OK how about 'detached house'? Just don't mention it has 27 bedrooms..."
Y’all owe to yourself to read the extended copy
In 1923, the 7th Earl of Abingdon sold the Abbey to Raymond ffennell, who made further but comparatively modest alterations – these included the addition of the loggia at the south end, and a small extension to the rear of the butler’s house.
It’s like a parody of a certain English novel but real.
Weirdly (or maybe not, because Bret Easton Ellis) Patrick Bateman has a cameo in The Rules of Attraction
I am intrigued by your ripostes and wish to offer you a book deal.
This is another example of how LW is a cult, if some other commenter had replied like this you’d expect the reply to be ignored but the respondent is of the same tribe, so author has no problem exposing them (and himself, by extension) as cranks to an appreciative audience (us).
Inorite! “Here, let me replace my blood with blood from a horse, it should make me stronger”
For such ostensibly smart people, the basics of finance and economics are surprisingly elusive!
Also can be read as "why isn't trespassing a capital crime anymore?"
For someone who is surprisingly au courant with the water distribution situation in Crimea, not being aware of the long history of left/Green protests in Germany is weird. Why didn't he chose Hungary or Romania as a factory site instead?