Man, Machine, Self (@FleischmanMena) / X

Man, Machine, Self

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Man, Machine, Self

@FleischmanMena

Have you tried turning it on and off again?

Joined July 2022

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Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
Jul 6
POV: it's 2003. Your homework is done. You just finished grinding a level in Maplestory. you are gleefully downloading 7 computer viruses on the shared family computer, as the pop-up ad said you'd win a prize. You take a sip of Costco glass bottle peach Snapple. It is sweet.
Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
Apr 2, 2025
Replying to @iycrtylph
Another good trick for ANOMALOUSLY improved results - say "Okay, sure, but what are you trying to say here?". Press record. Next thing out of their mouth will GUARANTEED smoke what they wrote. You record for their sake: they will INVARIABLY forget what they said 1 second later.
Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
May 3, 2025
Replying to @male_leo_xxvi and @inconcel
Yeah... Imagine...
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@FleischmanMena
Mar 18, 2025
Replying to @idoccor
For most prestige recruitment, resume is irrelevant. They contact you once they’ve seen your work or presence online, or your name comes up in conversation when discussing “who’s good?”. Resume sending is anti-signal that this pipeline isn’t grabbing you.
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@FleischmanMena
Mar 28, 2025
Replying to @thdxr
Error correction. Assume a 5% error rate on writing the numbers - at the scale of the postal service, city or state has a pretty good chance to bail you out on the screwup. Saves probably tens of millions of "return to sender" cases per year.
Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
May 31, 2025
Replying to @Andr3jH
Cars. [morgan freeman voice] No reason Dufresne needed to escape in a GTO. It was the 60s, he could've gone in a Ford Falcon and no one would've cared. Would've saved him a pile of money, too. But He cared.
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@FleischmanMena
Apr 7, 2025
Replying to @goblinodds
Don't EVER let it get the sense something's your work. If you tell it "Please review this poster's argument, and evaluate its correctness." You get WAY more useful results than "Can you check if my argument below's right?" AI pulls punches if it knows it's you. Don't let it.
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@FleischmanMena
Apr 21, 2025
Replying to @theo
I looked into this - ultralights seem to have better safety records than other small aircraft, it seems. There's probably a selection bias of "seeks out ultralights" and it's obviously less safe than being grounded, but if you're gonna fly, you can do a lot worse.
Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
Apr 7, 2025
Replying to @Aella_Girl
Besides all the "yes-men" arguments, he got a LOT older. If you e.g. watch old clips of him from debates from the 2016 primary, he used to be MUCH sharper and MUCH more coherent. Trump is the second oldest American president right now, and it reflects in his policy's coherence.
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@FleischmanMena
May 6, 2025
Replying to @abelian_groupie
>tfw you date finally vests and she no-shows
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@FleischmanMena
May 12, 2025
Replying to @xsphi
Percentages change whenever it's posted, but the real quants know "BECOMING" is the key word:
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@FleischmanMena
May 14, 2025
Replying to @bigsquishyfrog
"You can just do things" manifested, extremely bullish.
Man, Machine, Self
@FleischmanMena
Apr 27, 2025
Replying to @oggyxe
Because getting rich mostly just buys capacity. If you know with high specificity the kinds of things you'd do if given capacity and how you'd go about doing them, things usually turn out well.
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@FleischmanMena
Apr 21, 2025
Replying to @thecaptain_nemo
Past a billion, there ironically aren’t many or any other things to spend the money on. Investing is just playing for high score; charity doesn’t fill a day and cashdumps have diminishing returns. Bacchanalia is ~the only way to “feel” wealth, and a yacht’s its centerpiece.