Hot take: I kinda feel like a lot of the datacenter opposition is Chinese astroturf too. To be sure, there are some legitimate concerns, I don't deny that. But the frenzy against it feels kind of artificial. China desperately wants us to lose on AI, and a lot of people are being useful idiots for them on that front. AI is happening whether we like it or not. The question is whether we lead on it, or China does.

There’s a guy in the bar wearing an SS shirt but he’s on crutches Morally do I punch him for being a Nazi or not because he’s disabled

Look at these CT pies and tell me there are states with better pizza than Connecticut. You simply cannot.

October 21 When you're first starting you can quickly make huge gains. As you get better those gains lessen and take longer until it gets to the point where miniscule improvements require astronomical amounts of work. It's 'relatively easy' to get to 85-90% of elite shooters, but getting that last 10-15% requires 10x as much work as the first 85-90%. When I say 'relatively easy' that means almost anyone who really wants it can get there, not that it will be painless or without effort. Closing out huge matches is another beast entirely, and there are very few people in any given year with a realistic shot of doing it.

Fine. You’re gay