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Some bookmarks from early 2023 that seem relevant now: https://zizians.info https://zizians.info https://old.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/

Some bookmarks from early 2023 that seem relevant now: https://zizians.info https://zizians.info https://old.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/ https://old.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/ https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-1-the-wunderkind https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapte... I do not engage with any of those people nor their weird communities.

s1artibartfast 2y ago
Just wanted to say fantastic substack writing. Thanks for linking as I go down this rabbit hole
- mickelsen 2y ago
  Yeah! I devoured the entire series of posts in one go back then, I had no idea about all the people and their ties. Plus it was a super engaging read, I could imagine being there.
guerrilla 2y ago
Holy shit, there are 7 chapters to that last one. Chapter 1 is fucking mind-blowing. I could never figure out why they were obsessed with Roko's basilisk but it makes total sense now considering how it all started. This is such an epic unbelievable story. We live in this world? Chapter 6 covers how StarSlateCodex comes into the picture, by the way. I always wondered that too.
dvaun 2y ago
I especially enjoy how the author from the substack series described the singularity as “The Rapture of the Nerds”.
- guerrilla 2y ago
  I really loved the language describing the singularity as "an inescapable runaway feedback loop which leads to the ascension of an enemy god". Beautiful.
joenot443 2y ago
Sneer Club is one of the most nasty, uncharitable, and bad-faith subs out there these days. They generally hate HN, as well. I think any community which exists solely to make cheap shots at another community is poison at its core, SC’s parasocial relationship with LW is a perfect example.
- Der_Einzige 2y ago
  N-gate was among the only things that made this website worth reading. They solely existed to make "cheap shots" at HN. If that's "poison", than I don't want an antidote!
  - zozbot234 2y ago
    What happens if you feed the n-gate archive to an LLM and ask it to generate commentary on current HN posts in the same style?

s1artibartfast 2y ago

Just wanted to say fantastic substack writing. Thanks for linking as I go down this rabbit hole

mickelsen 2y ago
Yeah! I devoured the entire series of posts in one go back then, I had no idea about all the people and their ties. Plus it was a super engaging read, I could imagine being there.

guerrilla 2y ago

Holy shit, there are 7 chapters to that last one. Chapter 1 is fucking mind-blowing. I could never figure out why they were obsessed with Roko's basilisk but it makes total sense now considering how it all started. This is such an epic unbelievable story. We live in this world? Chapter 6 covers how StarSlateCodex comes into the picture, by the way. I always wondered that too.

dvaun 2y ago

I especially enjoy how the author from the substack series described the singularity as “The Rapture of the Nerds”.

guerrilla 2y ago
I really loved the language describing the singularity as "an inescapable runaway feedback loop which leads to the ascension of an enemy god". Beautiful.

joenot443 2y ago

Sneer Club is one of the most nasty, uncharitable, and bad-faith subs out there these days. They generally hate HN, as well. I think any community which exists solely to make cheap shots at another community is poison at its core, SC’s parasocial relationship with LW is a perfect example.

Der_Einzige 2y ago
N-gate was among the only things that made this website worth reading. They solely existed to make "cheap shots" at HN. If that's "poison", than I don't want an antidote!
- zozbot234 2y ago
  What happens if you feed the n-gate archive to an LLM and ask it to generate commentary on current HN posts in the same style?