historians are far more equipped for aesthetic judgement than philosophers

artists themselves are historians of a sort by the minimal requirements of acculturation, but the aperture of their historical gaze narrows and widens as circumstance requires, for better and worse, even if they have capacity to do so

i’m also thinking of vertical and horizontal considerations

epistemic humility is one of the best intellectual virtues there is, but it can be pragmatically dire

praxis is hard in the way virtue ethics is hard, its all-encompassing and has extensive and intimidating demands

helps if you don’t play the all-or-nothing kantian game and your evaluative framework allows for gradations and contextual application

becoming an aesthetic stalinist (or conditionally, fascist) to own the ai glazers

if i can construct a logically consistent argument against a known bad thing, i can stop thinking and don’t have to explore the rest of its implications

not even a self deprecation thing but i genuinely don’t know how kasey doesn’t get incredibly irritated with me, considering im the exact kind of incompetent coworker that makes her life miserable

i’ll get better but wow am i slow on the uptake, throwing away the first year of training really fucked me

lol i’m dumb

very dumb

“her overall response far eclipses what i would expect for a TS of her tenure”

when is m getting w f“{val=}”

w $$fString(“{val=}”) is probably viable

tho in all likelihood you’d have to parameterize and it’d defeat the purpose, you’re just doing %s at that point

why’s everyone doing nick land rn

triple key index so fast

sometimes i have agoraphobia in the classical sense

other times, “open spaces” are unbelievably comforting, provided no one is in the vicinity

i need to go for a walk

i’m like incredibly uneasy lol

uncomfy environment and no one’s hand to hold

this is how you get the pronouns labeler folks

funny that i did the exact same awkward song and dance in 2023 when i joined the first time

one last screenshot for old times sake

tfw u don’t know the vibe yet so u don’t know what pronouns to use

everyone’s too woke about this shit

“if i’m being a bitch you can use she/her”

thank u for dragging me btw, it wasn't a graceful goodbye but it mattered to me

she is busy but she told me to come in

honestly it was pleasant to just sit and listen for a bit

she is quite good at her job you know

“my orbit” is pretty funny lol

maybe i’ll go hug kasey and listen to her talk about pager duty

that sounds contrary to this but it’s a different kind of social, like a weighted blanket

hopefully she’s not busy

most social tired i’ve been in a while

i like when mary goes “woe”

i always think about lilypichu playing bard in league and collecting chimes

this is a beautiful video youtu.be/S4OCQYKHPX4

honorable mention

LLMS should have stopped at bard, he was so wholesome

this is kinda dreadful accly

okay im going to eat and shower and refresh myself, hopefully i can brain reset

i feel a little overcluttered and fatigued

some (most?) mashcore is rather uninspiring

or maybe just the more recent batch i've listened to

sometimes i feel like the world is small and other times i feel like the world is incomprehensively large and bountiful, i could never hope to experience a miniscule fraction of what it has to offer