how exactly can one define
a wholly altered state of mind
if wholly altered thou shalt be
then, based on the philosophy
that it takes a grain of similar perspective
to understand another one’s conjectures

where would the common ground lie
between the old you and the now “I”?

- nifty circa 2007

oh, sure.

drop a photo of your most regal fit

(women seem to have a less straightforward ego/work relationship)

AI is just the latest development in man’s continual striving for greatness vis a vis contribution

*seductive and threatening; actually most of the tech industry is built around this twin emoting

so tech that changes work values is seductive (can i harness this vs does this threaten my existing relationship to the world via the value im currently capable of contributing)

work is central to men’s understanding of their relationship to society (other men; value they provide to women)

AI promises more accomplishment for less work; it also threatens a diminishment of available work

to go back to the broad gender generalizations, men also overweight on “work technology” compared to women

*assuming its pay per msg type interactions

real AIs will never be as hard as actual humans because they’ll never ghost you

i decided a few years ago that every human is an “AI”; frankly i think that framing has served me well in terms of motivating how to text other people

i tend to think men are more fascinated by AI than women because their ability to read other people isn’t as well honed

when u realize a conversation calls for something other than Delivering Analysis

this is probably the mistake i keep making

god i keep saying that lol

what tool am i behind the curve on?

change the game vs win the game?

maybe when this thing ships TM

the truth about production is it’s all so tiresome

too much stuff todo, but i feel bored 😐

the real social status marker is a personal AI bsky.app/profile/vgr.bsky.social/...

crypto people: the bitcoin core repo on github is 68 stars away from 69,420 stars.

do with that information as you will.

kinda feels like it dilutes the scarcity of nyms

How much is having a custom domain a flex on here?

lol 😂

at some point “being online” is just being perpetually aware of what the current 20’s set are talking about lolol

b/c i think it’s funny: im on bluesky because i ended up in @vgr’s “protocol” google alert results

me and who