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 @mtaibbi:
Fantasies about taking away health insurance, or letting “wheezy” die untreated in an ER, aren’t sadistic? Doctors treat heroi…
RT @t_woelfer:
Wer nach Corona tatsächlich immer noch glaubt, der Staat wäre
gut darin, auch nur die einfachsten Probleme zu lösen, geschwe…
RT @AlexEpstein:
The proper way to measure energy subsidies is: How much taxpayer money does the government pay per unit of energy? Every p…
RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Never forget that the political class flew around the planet in private jets, at your expense, while they told you to d…
I suspect that, once the enlightenment extends to children, people will realize the irony of the tweet below: that, while forcing anyone to wear a mask is wrong, forcing them to attend reeducation camps for years on end is an immeasurably worse crime. twitter.com/cwt_news/statu…
@JesseNichols @TimSweeneyEpic @sama
Sam should read Atlas Shrugged. Or maybe he has and identifies with the villains. Sad.
There’s new related material I find promising such as blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/what-mak…
LLMs are just not a step on the way to AGI. Something else is needed. Popper is needed. twitter.com/sashayanshin/s…
She has “esq” in her name so you can trust her
RT @michaelmalice:
Literal vampire preying on the poor in service to the state
RT @YasMohammedxx:
PS: The young woman who was viciously abused, isolated from family and friends, forced to wear hijab then niqab, beaten…
RT @YasMohammedxx:
A friend in my hometown was speaking to an officer about a domestic violence case and this is what he had to say. She th…
So When Can a Woman ‘Date Up’? blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/so-when-…
RT @NickTaber:
Alot of the "bad behavior" you see in kids/teens, I would characterize as reactive abuse. The kid might be experiencing emo…
Olaf Klonus ist ein schlechter Versicherungsmakler: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/olaf-klo…
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
You should be allowed to do heroin, but no one else should be forced to bear the consequences of that decision on your b…
RT @PessimistsArc:
Such an interesting 1954 article on ‘computer hype’ comparing it to ‘electricity hype’ of 1890s.
Notes that every age o…
An update on @Square’s shady business practices: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/don-t-us…
TL;DR: I give up, no accountability from Square.
RT @townhallcom:
KENNEDY: "If electric cars are so swell, how come government has to pay people to drive 'em?" pic.twitter.com/UICqGszRm9
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
The Federal Reserve has printed over $30 trillion at the behest of the US government and the elites that control it. The…
RT @SHomburg:
Möchten Sie lieber lachen oder weinen? Lauterbachs Ministerium weiß nicht, ob Masken wirksam waren!
Sie eigneten sich als In…
Can You Refute This? blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/can-you-…
RT @Hassnudla:
@m3m3z1ll4
Also du darfst als Mann dein Geschlecht ändern, außer natürlich du hast dadurch einen der Vorteile, den der Staat…
RT @billybinion:
Thread: The Supreme Court is hearing a big case tomorrow. It should unite everyone: left, right & center. And the national…
RT @a_nnaschneider:
Dahmen fürchtet sich vor Schuldzuweisungen und was soll ich sagen, das würde ich an seiner Stelle wohl auch tun.
http…
Good rules of thumb for cybersecurity:
- Don’t store things in ‘the cloud’. If you’re going to sync data across devices, use cables.
- Don’t use google. Configure your firewall to block requests to domains containing the word ‘google’ and to Google’s IPs. twitter.com/newsycombinato…
RT @realjohngatto:
School is the first impression children get of organized society.
Like most first impressions it is the lasting one.…
RT @jbrowder1:
DoNotPay is bringing AutoGPT to iMessage for all of our customers. User interfaces are outdated in the A.I/GPT-4 era.
Getti…
Are local governments and departments like the police department suppose to operate with the goal to make a profit?
Yes. Because if they don’t, that means there’s an error somewhere that needs to be corrected. Currently, that means of error correction is stifled.
RT @latestinspace:
Surface of Mars on April 20 from NASA's Perseverance rover
Taken the same day as the Starship launch https://t.co/MwDW…
RT @JimEatock:
@icorrecty00 @wytchheart @bradybuzz @POTUS
The Illinois legislature banned (by name and model number in the law) the Barrett…
RT @AlexEpstein:
"The ravenous American appetite for minerals will lead to severe shortages in the next few decades unless the nation stops…
Würde nicht der Verweis auf Artikel 1 bereits reichen? Auch um zu zeigen, dass jegliche Form von Zwangsabgabe (inkl. Steuern) verfassungswidrig ist.
RT @LinkedinFlex:
If you see this the day after submitting your taxes, you’re getting anally probed by one of Biden’s new 87,000 IRS agents…
Dieses Video bspw. von 1979 (!) ist so aktuell wie eh und je: youtu.be/-3SA6G5rZrg
RT @tomyhub:
Wir sollen der Wissenschaft folgen - #FollowTheScience - heisst es.
Doch was bedeutet das? Ist "die Wissenschaft" ein Chor,…
Schöner Thread. Popper lesen lohnt sich übrigens. Hat einiges zum Thema Autorität vs Wissenschaft geschrieben. Bei dem ganzen Coronaschlamassel hat er sich bestimmt im Grab umgedreht.
RT @NikoJilch:
Die deutsche Sehnsucht nach Verboten ist erschreckend, sagt Anna Schneider. @a_nnaschneider pic.twitter.com/Mri7Wvo7po
These Two Mistakes Led to a Grueling Divorce: youtu.be/8C9BKEH_N4I
In this video, I explain two key mistakes that led to a divorce and how to avoid them. pic.twitter.com/tLo57i0upi
RT @realjohngatto:
Over-teaching interferes with learning,
although the few who survive it may well come to imagine it was by an act of t…
RT @bobscartoons:
I see @Telegraph are trying to highlight the harms of lockdowns on children with additional needs.
Here's part of the st…
Embarrassing that government approval is needed for this. Just think how much faster all this could go. twitter.com/sawyermerritt/…
RT @MrsMThatcher:
The Government treats industry like a beast of burden. They put more and more weight on the animal, starve it of nutritio…
New highscore in Getting Over It: 12m 17s
I plan to get even better
Examples of tautologies, from the game Getting Over It:
- “forward progress”
- “uphill ascent”
Instead, say ‘progress’ and ‘ascent’.
RT @Tommy_USA:
Nothing says “I ❤️ public schools” like:
“We need to force kids to go to public schools or else they won't go to public s…
Typo. Should be either ‘such crises’ or ‘such a crisis’.
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
The corruption of the family court system on full display as these children are forcibly removed from their father and t…
RT @VoCommunism:
Remember the victims. pic.twitter.com/Mg1eLwHlew
I’m sure he understands machine learning/neural networks/whatever. What I mean is that people like him (I was thinking of Bostrom, Musk, etc) don’t understand Popperian epistemology well enough to gauge the risks properly. Nor do they understand AGI.
RT @chillywillers:
Mining restrictions hurt capitalism’s image because it is then done in places with few labor protections https://t.co/9V…
RT @AuronMacintyre:
Imagine how crazy you would need to be to believe that people inside the federal government work to exercise power over…
Yes, getting out of the way really is a key part. twitter.com/danmartell/sta…
The abuse was a given.
Consider that you’re making these arguments because you are (presumably) a fan of DD. I’ve run into similar situations where ppl immediately threw their arguments overboard when it was about someone they disliked.
Memes that solve a problem don’t necessarily spread better either.
Say a judge abuses his power and sends innocent people to prison.
Surely you’d agree that he should be held accountable.
If not, then good ideas—ie those saying not to abuse power—are at a serious disadvantage.
Memes that fill a niche better than the alternatives are selected for.
Those aren’t necessarily better ideas, just better replicators.
Better ideas don’t always replace worse ones, that’s not how meme evolution works.
A good way to prevent bad ideas from spreading in the first place is the expectation of accountability.
I don’t know why you’re so opposed to accountability.
That is, conducive to error correction.
Are others obligated to respect someone’s preference of not being held accountable just in case it might interfere with learning?
I don’t think he is a fallibilist.
People who are happy to be held accountable won’t be hesitant to make mistakes. They’ll find accountability conducive to that end.
It’s true that one can judge ideas independently of their source, but you can still judge the source too, no?
As he mentions, even if someone "evil" told you a good idea, it would still be a good idea.
Just by ascribing that do DD instead of the fictional version of Hermes you’re holding DD accountable. You’re doing the thing you’re criticizing.
As I explain in the post, when people avoid accountability, that leads to lies, hypocrisy, and indefinite delays. That seems relevant, and I provided evidence for all three. Do you have a refutation?
Still my favorite quote about coding. twitter.com/codinglanguage…
@FallingIntoFilm @InfinitOptimism
Fascinating that the trick works even after it’s been explained.
I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think people have to prove their innocence, Nancy. twitter.com/speakerpelosi/…
“[T]he state of Florida licenses ballroom dance studio operators, hair braiders, and interior designers.”
How utterly unnecessary that seems. twitter.com/bankableinsigh…
They say they don’t like being objectified while also comparing themselves to objects. twitter.com/onlyfanspostin…
Ich wusste nicht, dass er so gut Deutsch spricht. Nahezu akzentfrei, wirklich beeindruckend. twitter.com/vds_weltweit/s…
Hmm. Interesting discussion, thanks for clarifying your views. Cheers!
Why should there be a cap on how good a society can be?
And there couldn’t be a society even more peaceful and wealthy that doesn’t depend on violating basic logic?
Just like the government, I’d never turn down another million, no matter how much money I’ve already extorted from ppl. ;-)
What good can a society be whose functioning depends on violating the law of the excluded middle, ie basic logic?
I guess it should say at least 85%. Whatever, you get the idea
For the sake of fixing the thought experiment accordingly, I could simply assure you that, if you don’t give me $1,000,000, I’ll make it very unpleasant for at least 15% of the population.
So we agree that your position can’t be right. Yet you also think the opposing position can’t be right.
You can’t consistently hold both of those positions, can you?
Where’s David Deutsch’s Accountability? blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/where-s-…
Ok, then I’d like to enforce the contract where you agreed to give me $1,000,000 dollars. Didn’t sign it? I don’t care.
The more dangerous a virus the easier it is to persuade people to stay at home and then you don’t need to force them to. And vulnerable people have always been free to isolate. There was never a need for forced isolation. It makes no sense. twitter.com/andrew_lilico/…