Bittersweet Summit — are you aware Elon Musk banned his kids from...

1.5M ratings
277k ratings

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
cryptovexillologist

spacemongoose asked:

are you aware Elon Musk banned his kids from playing cookie clicker?

orteil42 answered:

image

holy shit

oligopsony

cookie clicker is actually the purest possible expression of reality from the standpoint of capital so I don’t see why he could be opposed

prophecyformula

cookie clickerism will win. cookie clickerism will win.

responsible-reanimation

It’s the only game I know of where you get to play as a universe-tiling unfriendly AI.

bittersweet-summit

@canwefixitnoitsfucked People like cookies Giving people what they like makes them happy GIVE PEOPLE COOKIES!

cookie clicker elon musk AI poor utility model

See more posts like this on Tumblr

#elon musk #cookie clicker #AI #poor utility model

More you might like

botanyshitposts

edgescience asked:

Do you know how to capitalize?

botanyshitposts answered:

yeah? do you know that in the complex linguistic context of casual conversation in specific circles of the internet, things like capitalization and punctuation are used differently to express different tones, inflections, and meanings, and that traditional capitalization in all contexts says a lot about the author and who they intend their audience to be?

for example: 

-’i am mad’- neutral conversation, can be funny depending on the context

-’I Am Mad’- author is making a specific point or exaggeration, often in a humorous, self-aware way

-’I am mad.’ - an inflection of formality usually interpreted as more standoffish and less approachable, slightly unfriendly if used in a casual millennial setting

in the context of this blog, i’m writing accessible science content to people my own age in the same social context of the internet, and i choose my inflection accordingly- just like i would talk to another person my age. this is indicated beforehand by the title of this blog being ‘botanyshitposts’, with ‘shitposting’ being a popular internet term to refer to memes, low-effort explanations, and easily accessible, modifiable, and approachable content. 

remember that these inflections have reasons to arise! if you’re a millennial (like me) texting your friends over discord, then it becomes less efficient in a quickly moving group chat to use proper capitalization (one more button to hit, and every line?) and everyone has an understanding that that’s that and nobody else in the chat cares about formality….because you’re friends. this is a similar reason why other shorthand for common sayings and phrases have become common over the past two/three decades (beginning with stuff like ‘lol’ and developing more to include a lot of acronyms). all this has led to relaxed capitalization and shorthand being a sign of friendliness. 

if you go to circles of the internet with people who might not have grown up talking frequently to others online, the context is much different, and is more inclined towards proper capitalization and such. similarly, when i- and others - write outside of online circles, we’re still educated human beings who write with proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, because we are fully aware of the complex societal nuances in different situations and are able to change how we speak to adhere to that. in fact, we are so acclimated to multiple online and offline cultures and relevancies that we actively choose how we talk! 

in conclusion: this is actually a really interesting ask, because it shows that you’re coming from another part of the internet/a completely different context where, when looking at how i and other (educated, intelligent) people in my age group speak online, you completely miss the nuances and brush it off as something to be mocked, because in the circles you’re a part of varied capitalization is interpreted as a sign of incompetence. meanwhile, for much of the evolving internet, varied capitalization conveys meaning of tone and intent through a medium where verbal tone changes aren’t applicable! it has it’s own meaning, and it’s a very interesting thing to watch and study from a scientific perspective… that’s modern linguistics and anthropology, bay bee!! 

bittersweet-summit

Very related:
https://www.thehistoryvault.co.uk/the-history-of-abbreviation/

The shorthand for common sayings has definitely accelerated recently, with the prevalence of digital communication, it has been around for far longer than most people would expect.

linguistics grammar punctuation abbreviation cool
captainamerica-inmiddleearth
kurowrites: “ jenngeek: “ dr-archeville: “ demiurge1138: “ systlin: “ kittyknowsthings: “ andishallemerge: “ holey-jona-d: “ a-magpie-witchling: “ seiokona: “ cinary: “I don’t even know. It’s from a book about languages my friend’s been reading....
cinary

I don’t even know. It’s from a book about languages my friend’s been reading. (it’s creepy that I can understand it …)

seiokona

It was actually invented with that purpose: anyone who spoke any European language should be able to understand esperanto. It was meant to be a lingua franca.

a-magpie-witchling

STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING Y’ALL AND TELL ME IF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS

holey-jona-d

I,understand about a half of it, I speak some dutch

andishallemerge

“What Happened? Did your computer catch a virus? Did you suddenly develop BSE [mad cow disease]?”

kittyknowsthings

Between German, English, Latin, a bit of French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian that was actually pretty readable to me.

systlin

I speak English and a very little spanish, and I can read it. 

demiurge1138

Super legible and I love it.

dr-archeville

There are a few movies done partly or entirely in Esperanto, the most famous probably being Leslie Stevens’ Incubus (1966), a horror film starring William Shatner!

jenngeek

Speak English, know some Spanish and German. I could read this without much hassle and now I’m in awe.

kurowrites

I speak English, German, French and some Itailian, so this feels pretty natural to me. It makes a lot of sense to me, actually, because that’s just an extreme example of how multilingual people actually talk.

bittersweet-summit

I fuckin’ love Esperanto!

digitalillumination

how to know you are a norse mythology geek:

sweetdreamr

upon seeing THIS in the thor: ragnarok trailer

image

Originally posted by msmarvel

you scream, “FENRIR! HI PUPPER!!!!”

auntieval

image
sweetdreamr

IT GOT BETTER OMFG IM CRYING

dendritic-trees

Yeah… me too. I wanna pat the very big pupper.

poztatt

And this is how The End is stopped.  Not by the gods or goddesses, the other races than man, no.  It is Tumblr.  As a mass running after a now confused and tail tucking Fenrir, whining softly as the crowd chants “PUPPER! PUPPER! PUPPER!”

kyraneko

Better yet: Fenrir escapes his chains and lopes forward to destroy the earth, and is met by a crowd of people. An army, Fenrir thinks, and bares his teeth in a ferocious snarl and charges toward them.

They cheer.

Wait … cheer?

Fenrir slows, confused. He smells no fear, senses no rage. This is … a very strange army.

The first hand—weaponless!—reaches for him; he tenses, ready to tear the offending limb to shreds, and lets out a high little yippy whine when it pats him about the ears.

Immediately the noise is reproduced by some four or five of the nearest humans; he smells excitement; more hands are patting him.

It’s nice.

The humans crowd around him, patting him and scritching him and shuffling around to give others a chance. Voices coo, and make puppy noises, and someone catches just the right spot and he cocks his leg and scratches himself, drawing a multitude of oohs and ahhs and cheers and squees.

At some point, his hunger awakens at the scent of burnt flesh; a human has brought him what he later learns is a hot dog; he swallows it in one bite, to more cheering, and looks around hopefully for more.

It is not long before more is bought: steaks and Big Macs and bacon; it seems like much of the group has brought him a snack of some kind and was hoping for a chance to give it to him.

The End of the World is supposed to be at hand, but Fenrir does not care. His hunger sated, his battle-lust swept away by a tide of gently petting hands, he rolls over, careful not to crush his many companions, and takes a nap.

catwinchester catwinchester

“Who’s a good boy?” they ask him, over and over. 

Is this some psychological warfare, he wonders, designed to undermine his confidence and remind him that he is nothing more than a monster who needs to be chained? 

“Who’s a good boy, huh, huh?” “Who’s my good boy?” “

And then one of them answers the question for him.

“You are!”

‘Me?’ he thinks. But if there was any doubt, she confirms it.

“You are, yes you are.”

Fenrir’s tongue hangs out of his mouth as he grins. ‘I’m a good boy!’

hamelin-born

@lectorel

dendritic-trees

This is the best thing ever.

wolf fenrir Norse dog yes! so good!

Princesses in Wreck it Ralph 2 spoilers

The princesses are introduced to comfy clothes by Vanellope von Schweetz! They all get to wear casual comfortable clothing!

Jasmine is allergic to cats, and has to use an inhaler!

Snow White needs glasses!

Ariel breaks into song when she has strong feelings!

Rapunzel sits in a pile of her own hair like a beanbag chair.

Merida speaks with an intense accent, and the other princesses can’t understand her!
(Their line in response to that is pure gold which I won’t spoil)

It’s all so freaking good!

I can’t even… Anything! It’s like it came directly out of some of the coolest fan art!

wreck it ralph vanellope von schweetz disney princess
See this in the app Show more