Right leaning "common sense" commentators need to up their game. Both Tom Woods, and now Konstantin Kisin have demonstrated a very uncritical approach to their interviews lately - ranging from South Africa to parenting. They just agree with whatever the guest is saying so long as it vaguely fits the pattern of "mainstream is wrong" or "elites have an ulterior motive". Part of the problem is preparation. They don't do any major research beforehand, but just want to churn out many low quality conversations. For ads maybe? More men's vitamins etc.

When you're typing in a long password and then someone asks you a question 😑

Remember that time WW3 started and Bitcoin dipped to $104K?

Many AI "experts" don't even know how a linear regression works

The worst thing about Bitcoin is whenever it has to interact with fiat and regulated institutions

Seeing lots of Bitcoin price overconfidence "Stock to flow says we're about to hit $400k!" "There will be no more winters!" "Banana zone something something about to rip!"

Lol, everyone's a scammer. Even Tom Woods. SHSS https://fountain.fm/episode/POnp40CtgYMIynOwvCrP

It doesn't matter how many variables you have, you can't improve the modelling of a quadratic function with more than 3. You also don't improve your model with more data points past some amount. This analogy describes some of my skepticism of the claim that we will create super intelligence by merely adding more data, more parameters, and more compute to LLMs. Yes we will continue to see improvements in the ability to model human knowledge and reasoning, and yes it will be amplified by machine speed, but I don't think we somehow unlock a higher level of intelligence. We will plateau at some point and then the focus will shift more to applications of this still impressive but sub-human intelligence.

Why isn't Bitcoin $0?

Need to do more fiat shaming

New global warming propaganda: Glaciers falling on tiny Swiss villages

AI is really good at giving me an answer that a reasonably smart expert would. That's pretty useful! But I'm still slightly skeptical about how it exceeds that without just relying on crunching more data - will it genuinely understand things at a higher level than best human level?

Kid number 2 arriving in 2025 ♂️

Impressed with Mullvad's marketing. Their brand and messaging is all over London making a strong case for privacy 👏

Whenever I ask an LLM about something I actually know a lot about it's quite obvious how much it bullshits and avoids directly answering a question, or giving an actual reference.

You can just braai

Some of the smartest people in the world are warning of AI taking over governments and replacing everyone's jobs in ~3 years. Haven't seen it mentioned once in mainstream headlines. But we're treated to stories about Mexican gang members working in call centers, and how today is the hottest day of spring 2025.

Left wing socialist parties are always described as "centre-left", and parties that want to steal less of your money are always "right wing" or even "far right". Fascinating.