Dennis Hackethal’s Blog
My blog about philosophy, coding, and anything else that interests me.
Tweets
An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.
But in case I will, you can subscribe via RSS – without a Twitter account. Rationale
RT @zackkanter:
I have no opinion on whether or not there’s a labor shortage, but I do appreciate arguments that can be applied to all sort…
Parts of the Anglosphere are looking very unlike it now. twitter.com/Leftylockdowns…
In at least one respect they are right: the concept of freedom, when taken seriously, is indeed incompatible with government. But I doubt that’s what they mean.
“"Freedom” and other anti-government slogans". twitter.com/nytimes/status…
@JonNichEdwards @DavidDeutschOxf @alex_sukhovey @iamFilos @ernsterlanson
I think people should be free to trade without governmental restriction. That includes buying and advertising “junk food”.
RT @firstofequals:
This is your reminder that #CovidIsNotOver.
And when it is, we have a whole bunch of other crises ready to go, at interv…
RT @liberty_deity:
“How much does it all cost? Who pays for it? I do. I pay my taxes as a citizen; they use the money for their luxuries. P…
Expect to get more attention from women now. And know why.
RT @firstofequals:
It has come to our attention that 12 years of intense propaganda is not fully indoctrinating all of our youth. We are no…
RT @kelseyhightower:
Developers should be as afraid of GitHub Copilot as mathematicians are of calculators.
@LPMisesCaucus @michaelmalice @POTUS
To be clear, I mean voluntary for children. Having only private schools doesn’t mean parents can’t force their kids to go to them.
@LPMisesCaucus @michaelmalice @POTUS
And remember to make private education voluntary, too.
RT @michaelmalice:
@POTUS
Public schools are literal prisons for children and the only place many people will ever encounter physical viole…
RT @firstofequals:
Experts say that masks are safe and effective in preventing the spread of individualism.
RT @nixcraft:
Hello, How may I help you today with your IT problem? https://t.co/nF1sHzdry5
@quiethandfilms @BreakingBad @AMC_TV @BetterCallSaul
You really are a pillar of the community, Mr. Fring.
RT @firstofequals:
Little known fact: I do have a certain appreciation for your American ideas of government. When considering a new policy…
RT @CrimeADay:
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball ga…
RT @firstofequals:
Ridiculous and shameful! You would never hear about such disasters under Socialism. twitter.com/LauraPidcock/s…
RT @diemauerthewall:
LENIN’S HEAD
The 3.5 tonne part was dismantled and transported away on November 13, 1991. The demolition of the entire…
@TrishtheDish_7 @MDRationalist @JenniferSey
7:05am?? Holy shit that’s early.
@lcom86 @multiprocessio @__akash__19 @brython3
Yes. In his defense, he did mention WASM eventually, but IMO it should have been his first answer: twitter.com/multiprocessio…
@multiprocessio @__akash__19 @brython3
“so you can run [those non-JS languages] entirely in the browser” is false because a JS interpreter that runs in the browser or a compiler that compiles to JS both result in JS running in the browser, not another language. OP asked if browsers can run other languages.
Well, when we stretch the meaning of “hunt” and “gather” this much, just about any behavior will fall into those categories.
Originally, “hunt” meant “kill animals for food and clothing”, and “gather” meant “look for berries”. Not “hunt” for that promotion or “gather” TV sets.
I see. And which of our behaviors isn’t governed by our genes? Do you see any room for humans being causal actors who do certain things because they want to rather than blindly executing their genes’ instructions?
Btw you’re ascribing fitness to individual humans but evolution is about replicators (genes, in this case) spreading more than their variants, not about individual organisms.
If our “hunter-gatherer genes” have so much power over us, how come I never feel like hunting or gathering?
RT @michaelmalice:
At this point masks serve the same purpose as school uniforms
@__adamjohnson_
Yes. Or, if the “homepod” cancels out sound even within the room (useful for sleeping next to someone who snores), you could wear a wristband or something that vibrates when the alarm (or doorbell) rings.
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“I don’t think it’s good that Apple is perceived as different. I think it’s important that Apple is perceived as much be…
You could watch a war movie at 3am AT FULL BLAST without worrying about waking your neighbors. And they could do so, too, without waking you.
Ideally, it would create a sonar barrier, so that not only could noise from outside the room not come in, but no noise could leave the room, either. Result: privacy, quiet for everyone, no hardware changes to the room. Could be turned on and off at the flip of a switch.
I imagine it could work just like noise-canceling headphones: (from my very rough understanding) it would need to create sound waves that cancel out existing sound waves, except they wouldn’t just travel through your ear, but through the entire room.
Idea: a device shaped like the homepod that cancels noise in the room it’s in. Like noise-canceling headphones, except you don’t need to wear anything. Would be great for sleeping in perfect silence.
Now train it on all Stack Overflow questions and answers. Type a comment in your text editor that describes a problem/question. Have the editor autocomplete the code for you, including the solution. Ideally adjusted to your unique problem situation. twitter.com/github/status/…
And proprietary… and nobody’s business. ;)
@tonyhawk @AvrilLavigne @tiktok_us
Found you! “gleam a cube” https://t.co/g55lWi4Ehx
Yeah, that in itself would be something remarkable to have in common with aliens.
@thestoryofsaz @ClimateWarrior7
Are you seriously doubting this stunning person’s lived experience? smh
RT @firstofequals:
We need to have a conversation about #CriticalRaceTheory.
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RT @ThomasEWoods:
You see, he holds a balanced view of Stalin. Stalin was “neither savior nor saint.” How fair and balanced of him!
RT @ClimateWarrior7:
Apparently I’ve got the wrong end of the stick. White History Month is about ending whiteness, not celebrating white h…
@Rose129roses @_Islamicat
Yea why wife not covered, is Haram
RT @micsolana:
“my body, my choice”
“i agree. people should not be forced to get a covid vaccinatation.”
“wait no not like that”
RT @quantumrekt:
@dchackethal @StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
wow i wanna be like dennis when I grow up :)
this is how we should t…
If they’re having fun looking at memes, it’s not a waste of time.
@clt_buzzcity @paulg
Pressure was high not to “doubt The Science ™”.
Isn’t there fun in everything that has problems?
Not quite, I think. It’s in solving problems, not having problems. Having problems that are overwhelming or that one is not interested in solving can be the opposite of fun.
How could one ever ‘realize’ something like that?
One forms new theories about what one should do. People realize this all the time. I’d guess >90% of all people in cubicles do.
I is spy one half white in there. You is need to get pawternity test.
And once viewed through the Deutschian lens, an absence of problems wouldn’t even be utopia—it’d be a nightmare. No more progress to be made, no more fun to be had. People would be miserable… which would be a problem. So the very concept of a utopia is inconsistent.
Probably the shortest blog post I’ve ever written:
RT @SwipeWright:
@FondOfBeetles @tranarchista @bigmarys @ButNotTheCity
Narrator: “But they were serious.”
RT @FondOfBeetles:
@SwipeWright
I see you, and I raise you. twitter.com/tranarchista/s…
I see my mistake 😂
investopedia.com/terms/h/hodl.a… twitter.com/michaelmalice/…
Typo “hodl” in “I will hodl all the funds” on that page you linked.
Is there still any doubt that politics is downstream of culture? What a tool. twitter.com/NottheBee/st…
Love the capitalization of “Variant of Concern”
Different people communicate differently. The Western white cisheteronormative patriarchal way is not the only way to communicate peace and love. When will the bigots understand this?? smh
@MentalCasanova @michaelmalice
But it’s in Mexico… which has a government.
Has anarchy ever been tried? Ziki-sama writes like it has.
When one realizes that a project is not fun, one shouldn’t push through to the end. Doing so anyway is a mistake children are forced to learn in school. It’s not a skill—it’s the lack thereof: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/the-true…
Children are very good at dropping projects when they’re not fun anymore. It shouldn’t be surprising that they finish fewer projects than they start: one can’t always know in advance, without trying, whether one will like doing something. Finding out is part of the fun.
Lots more citations and lots less uptalk needed. 😂
Ich (Hesse) kenne und verwende den zweiten aber nicht den ersten Sinn.
RT @Proteometheus:
@lporiginalg
It’s true, under socialism everyone is equally fucked
She’s “a contributor to the field of postsocialist gender studies” (Wikipedia). Checks out.
I didn’t put words into your tweets. Or do you have a specific quote?
Also, really, you blocked me? twitter.com/StefanoPortogh…
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
I’ll talk about whatever I want. I can ascribe violence to the state without you taking it personally. Just read my tweets slowly and soberly and don’t read things into them I didn’t say.
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
Good. But you realize that the state steals money at the threat of murder from rich (and also poor!) people all the time, even when they made their money honestly and legally?
Again, I didn’t claim you’d would want to steal from them. I don’t know why you’re taking all this so personally.
Okay, then publicly share your tax return from last year so others can make sure you didn’t make your money dishonestly. Feel free to link to it in your response.
Guilt can’t be inherited. You cannot be blamed for your ancestors’ mistakes.
And how far are you willing to go against peaceful people who do no want to “repay”?
And that makes it okay to steal it from them? Is that what you’re saying?
And what gives you the right to look into how others made their money anyway?
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
No? Then what do you think the state should do about those pesky rich white people who’d like to keep their money?
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
I didn’t put the word “violence” in your tweets, no. I only described how the government acts. I ascribed that to the state, not you. I used the word “state”.
No, I’m not hurt. I’m just saying you shouldn’t spend other people’s money. Or worse, have the government do it for you.
If people were forced to pay reparations because they’re white.
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
This despite having offered multiple ways you could change my mind. You have offered none.
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
You haven’t refuted my arguments so I don’t see why they’re false. I’ve offered many refutations of your arguments which you’ve ignored. Now you lie by claiming great respect for me but accusing me of having a big ego and looking down on me by feeling sorry for me. In one tweet!
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
Redistribution of wealth means the state violently acquires wealth. It must be violent because like you said, some wealthy people don’t want to pay. Violent acquisition of another’s wealth is a form of exploitation, which you wanted to avoid. Hence the contradiction.
Assuming your historical claim is correct that healthcare today is financed by past slavery (which I don’t think it is) does not mean slavery is the only possible way to finance healthcare. It just doesn’t follow. Yet you keep saying that.
@StefanoPortogh1 @tomhyde_ @SPortoghesi
You’re repeating a point I’ve long acknowledged and stated I have understood. I don’t know why you keep laboring it. I don’t think you’re actually trying to understand my arguments.
That’s not what I called racist.
so what
So people shouldn’t be forced to pay for others’ mistakes!
If you’re eager to give black people money, stop talking about it and just do it. And keep your hands out of others’ wallets.
@StefanoPortogh1 @SPortoghesi @DavidDeutschOxf
Why wouldn’t some white people living in western countries not be related to past white slaves owners ?
Because not all white ancestors were slave holders. Also you had just claimed that people who look alike aren’t necessarily related.