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People are downvoting this comment but I think it's a valuable assertion, and the core fact (JS engine developers use current/real-world empirics to make optimi

People are downvoting this comment but I think it's a valuable assertion, and the core fact (JS engine developers use current/real-world empirics to make optimization decisions) is indisputably true: https://v8.dev/blog/sparkplug https://v8.dev/blog/sparkplug

astrange 5y ago
Well, it's a bit silly to quote SSC (a blog that rewrites basic philosophy so STEMheads can think they invented it) for a definition of "slack".
- Smaug123 5y ago
  I'll need someone to step in with a link to the actual post, because I can't think of the right search terms, but he has (of course) written about this in the past. His self-described schtick is to write about existing things in such a way that they reach a new audience, by dint of acting as a translator between some of the mental models that various people have. I'm not sure how much is gained by describing such an approach in the way that you do. If you'd simply omitted the bracketed clause, perhaps your comment might have been useful!
  - astrange 5y ago
    The mental model that causes you to need to get information from nerd essayists is probably not a good one though. You gotta try and be well read. Also, I thought it was bad when he said he was running the blog as a project to promote scientific racism (https://twitter.com/ToWit12/status/1362159170615537667 https://twitter.com/ToWit12/status/1362159170615537667).
- refenestrator 5y ago
  The only things philosophers do are think and write, and somehow they are ass bad at writing. SSC wouldn't have a niche if they could get concepts across without a bunch of obscurantist bullshit.
  - astrange 5y ago
    If you're referring to the continentals, I think French people and academics are just like that because their readers aren't impressed by books they can understand.
    - refenestrator 5y ago
      They're the most egregious but academics in general suffer from the same flaw. People criticize SSC because they're like "uh leave it to the REAL experts", but A) it's just opinions and B) the 'real experts' are unreadable, so I'll continue to ignore them while occasionally checking out astralcodexten.

astrange 5y ago

Well, it's a bit silly to quote SSC (a blog that rewrites basic philosophy so STEMheads can think they invented it) for a definition of "slack".

Smaug123 5y ago
I'll need someone to step in with a link to the actual post, because I can't think of the right search terms, but he has (of course) written about this in the past. His self-described schtick is to write about existing things in such a way that they reach a new audience, by dint of acting as a translator between some of the mental models that various people have. I'm not sure how much is gained by describing such an approach in the way that you do. If you'd simply omitted the bracketed clause, perhaps your comment might have been useful!
- astrange 5y ago
  The mental model that causes you to need to get information from nerd essayists is probably not a good one though. You gotta try and be well read. Also, I thought it was bad when he said he was running the blog as a project to promote scientific racism (https://twitter.com/ToWit12/status/1362159170615537667 https://twitter.com/ToWit12/status/1362159170615537667).
refenestrator 5y ago
The only things philosophers do are think and write, and somehow they are ass bad at writing. SSC wouldn't have a niche if they could get concepts across without a bunch of obscurantist bullshit.
- astrange 5y ago
  If you're referring to the continentals, I think French people and academics are just like that because their readers aren't impressed by books they can understand.
  - refenestrator 5y ago
    They're the most egregious but academics in general suffer from the same flaw. People criticize SSC because they're like "uh leave it to the REAL experts", but A) it's just opinions and B) the 'real experts' are unreadable, so I'll continue to ignore them while occasionally checking out astralcodexten.