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
advises me on 1/30 that a new sign in occurred on 1/27. Three days late! Some security they have there…
RT @NickTaber:
I remember when I was about 12 and I started to actually stand up for my own perspective - that's when I really started to g…
Saw a post not too long ago, going on about how game dev is supposed to be hard and suck but you’re not a real game dev unless you’ve suffered through that. 🤷♂️ Don’t have the source anymore.
There seems to be a group of ‘hardcore’ game devs who say you must build your own game engine to truly be a game dev.
Imagine if ‘hardcore’ web devs claimed you must build your own browser to truly be a web dev. Silly.
RT @libertyrecap:
"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race." - Thomas Sow…
Atheistic non-liberal here. I oppose the death penalty due to fallibilism and optimism: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/death-se…
RT @paulg:
You start out feeling you have infinite time, then suddenly you feel you don't have enough. The reason is that time spent / time…
RT @monitoringbias:
One black guy gets killed by police in Memphis. Biden talks about it.
Black men commit 75% of mass shootings in 2021.…
RT @prof_freedom:
Compliance is a major problem pic.twitter.com/5ClQPcqzge
RT @franceintheus:
I guess this is us now... pic.twitter.com/LrKvgjiw1X
RT @optimysticism:
"your BRAIN is TELLING YOU that" why must explanations of optical illusions be given with this actual schizo framing
RT @optimysticism:
I already don't see how universities can continue with the status quo
no longer walled gardens of knowledge. everything…
RT @OERRBlog:
Nach der tödlichen Messerattacke in einem Zug von Kiel nach Hamburg verweigert der NDR die Herkunft des Täters zu nennen. Die…
RT @MAstronomers:
Saturn's Hexagon Shaped Storm... pic.twitter.com/EBF9jbyBeh
RT @TheAtlasSociety:
Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it."
— Ayn Rand
RT @MichaelPSenger:
To this day, far too few appreciate just how monstrous the concept of “lockdown” always was. When you take away someone…
I was assaulted once in public, out of the blue, at a train station in Germany. The perps broke two of my teeth in half and more. The station had CCTV but police did not let me view the footage to help identify the suspects, citing privacy concerns. twitter.com/robdothutton/s…
RT @bfcarlson:
Love or hate her, Ayn Rand was a piercing voice on moral questions that continue to haunt the 21st century. Watch this 195…
Thanks — saw this in the skies the other day and was wondering which was which.
How to open ml5js.org without supporting BLM:
RT @jbrowder1:
Fed up, Buffett sued them in small claims court and won. Not only did he get his subscription cancelled, but he got a refund…
@danielcorin1 @DYtweetshere @scale_AI @evanon0ping @theappletucker
Neat. Strangely, for me it stores and returns the data once and then it just apologizes and says it can’t store data cuz it’s just a language model. Even though it just did it. 🤷♂️
As evidenced by this article (try getting through it without throwing up): sheknows.com/parenting/arti…
RT @LPNational:
As long as politicians and bureaucrats can confiscate our wealth at will through the IRS, we will never be free.
RT @iamyesyouareno:
When are they going to build Africa? pic.twitter.com/GXXT5NSJc7
The sins of the father create no obligations for his children. twitter.com/iaponomarenko/…
Perhaps somebody would like to contrast this study with the violence perpetrated by states, particularly in the 20th century? twitter.com/michaelshermer…
RT @lisakatharina:
Der Zug aus der Schweiz überquert nach 20 min Fahrt am Bodensee die deutsche Grenze.
Ansage: „Bitte beachten Sie: In D…
RT @MichaelPSenger:
If you want to organize your life around the avoidance of respiratory viruses, that makes you a harmless eccentric. If…
RT @Amphianda:
@DeborahBeatty14
What they don’t understand is that it doesn’t work with coercion either.
RT @rsgnl:
@iCave_Dave
Of course! There is always something better coming.
RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Imagine if you maxed out your credit cards, but you have the ability to raise the credit limit without calling the bank…
Not a priority for most. But it should be. twitter.com/libertyrecap/s…
RT @culturaltutor:
Don't fear the semicolon.
Here's how to use it: pic.twitter.com/nd0EgIKJaJ
RT @SunTzuCyber:
"The competent cyber warrior learns from their mistakes. The cyber master learns from the mistakes of others." - The Art…
RT @libertyrecap:
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat;…
Chat about Male-Female Dynamics: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/chat-abo…
RT @PelosiTracker_:
The U.S. has officially hit its debt limit & is now resorting to "extraordinary measures to pay the bills"
Extraordina…
@elonmusk @micsolana @teslaownersSV @SjvTesla
What about implementing some proof of work, if you don’t already have that?
RT @libertyrecap:
"The more one considers the matter, the clearer it becomes that redistribution is in effect far less a redistribution of…
RT @JustJake:
I love coding so much
Working away on something, heads down, finish it, look up, it's 2:30am
No better feeling
However will we cope without her there to tell us what's truth and what isn't?
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
Smiling without a license? Straight to jail. pic.twitter.com/SX3lKvyae7
Men Have No Reproductive Rights: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/men-have…
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
East Meadow, NY officer deliberately stops in front of a walking protestor, causing a slow motion collision, as an excus…
RT @atensnut:
Are you kidding me?
House Democrat Introduces Legislation to End Free Speech for White People trendingpoliticsnews.com/house-democrat…
RT @BasicAppleGuy:
“There’s something in the air.”
2008: Apple Introduces the MacBook Air pic.twitter.com/j3M8fog2Ly
arguably the most memorable reveal for a new tech product ever; IMO even more impressive than the original iPh…
And what should happen, in your opinion, to children who do not wish to attend some of these classes?
RT @Mulinarius:
Guten Morgen #Berlin 🧡 pic.twitter.com/or9el1AQOG
RT @Rainmaker1973:
An astronaut on the International Space Station took this photograph during a rare clear day over Ireland and Great Brit…
RT @Rainmaker1973:
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, @NewHorizons2015 spacecraft looked back toward the…
RT @Western_Trad:
MAKE ARCHITECTURE ART AGAIN pic.twitter.com/rtxbzZpti1
RT @MichaelPSenger:
Among most people’s worst fears is the fear of dying alone.
During COVID, this was mandated by the state.
Die Folgen unserer Ideen aus der Kindheit: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/die-folg…
@Brokencastles1 @ToKTeacher @FallingIntoFilm
If they have the universality in question, the only meaningful differences can be storage capacity and processing power. So if by “quicker” you mean processing power, I’d say the answer to your q is ‘yes’.
RT @RonPaul:
The Biden Admin is considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves.
And, of course, "climate change."
Keep in mind that the U.S.…
RT @LPNational:
@RBReich
Everyone's fair share of taxes is $0.
RT @AlexEpstein:
Calls to ban gas stoves are anti-science, anti-freedom, and anti-energy
Instead of informing us with accurate science abo…
RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Tell me right now why anyone needs 4 burners!
RT @LPNational:
Government schools are government indoctrination centers. For the sake of true educational freedom, they must be discarded…
RT @Heminator:
You want to know why so many Americans absolutely loathe the media? Let's start with the nonstop gaslighting -- here they're…
RT @housecor:
I don't write unit tests much anymore.
GitHub Copilot writes them for me. 🔥
Here's how:
1. Create a well-named function.
2.…
The irony is that Bostrom has said much worse racist things about our future AGI children as he wishes to enslave them but ~nobody bats an eye. twitter.com/skdh/status/16…
“I completely repudiate this disgusting email from 26 years ago. It does not accurately represent my views, then or now.”
RT @JonErlichman:
A story about the Walkman in 1981: pic.twitter.com/YtEViAHGTU
RT @RNCResearch:
🧵 THREAD: 21 MADE-UP STORIES BIDEN HAS TOLD ABOUT HIMSELF AS PRESIDENT.
RT @SuspectRWFed:
A classic story in 3 parts pic.twitter.com/125m6HGwVH
RT @ksorbs:
Gas stoves are bad because they can’t be turned off remotely.
Instead of ‘releasing’ it ‘back to nature’, why not keep occupying it for better, pro-human purposes? twitter.com/humanprogress/…
RT @ThePlanetaryGuy:
This isn't a rendering of @SpaceX's #Starship.
This is a photo, taken yesterday.
There's a long way to go, but if St…
“At midnight, long-separated friends, family members, and neighbors flooded across the barrier to reunite and celebrate.” twitter.com/humanprogress/…
When the Federal income tax started, it was limited to the top 3% of earners. But it didn't stay that way. So…
RT @philthatremains:
It’s like there is a fucking propaganda switch. It’s literally like they download an update.
RT @skupor:
My daughter came across this today in the @Stanford library archives - pretty cool! pic.twitter.com/nBozUZpCfg
RT @MrColionNoir:
First they called them Assault Rifles but We proved AR15s aren’t Assault Rifles.
Then they changed to Assault Weapon. W…