@AlexSchleber (The thing that is learned, is the helplessness. So, here's what's happening. Think evolutionary biology for a sec. I'm a mammalian brain:
"In attempt to favorably influence [xyz aspects of my environment], I have explored [N] permutations on [q,r,s,etc] behavioral patterns. ...
Jan 19, 2019 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
idk if it's unpopular or just depression is poorly described?
There are, broadly, two major etiologies of depression. But however you end up at that neurochemical place, "learned helplessness" and the neuro ways that occurs are behind it either way
we wear athleticwear for, or to signal participation in, athletics. as such we expect athleticwear brands to promote an image of performance and athleticism
this is lifestyle brand adverts 101. nike's image is not pure athletics now
Sep 30, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
so i tortured some unfamiliar artists out of the pandora algorithm. (it's so good at that, if you use it right. too bad the "premium" audio is an absolute joke.)
anyway one of them is the greatest thing ever, and i'm going to share it with you all
gif very related
if you're into any rock music where the subgenre is "melodic", "symphonic", etc -- you'll have noticed how many mainstream artists / bands in those niches are technically christian
but i bet you've never seen a (christian) anarchocapitalist nu metalcore band
Sep 26, 2018 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
so, i was listening to some new (to me) @Amaranthemetal stuff on Tidal
they don't really do filler tracks like lots of bands, so i click on a single, presumably from an upcoming album, which, fuck yeah about that too! anyway
mere seconds in, my brain already has two conclusions
t+2, yesss, this song is my favorite kind of Amaranthe
t+13 "ohh right i haven't seen Attack on Titan in ages, how behind am i?"
there is 100% chance this song will be a candidate for the intro piece on any action animes in production. the arrangement and pacing is *textbook*
Aug 28, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
"ay, isabela. lo mismo, the world. it is going to a shitshow in a handbasket to hell"
a bit melodramatic and the absolute madrina of all mixed metaphors but i have to say, it has a nice flow to it
Aug 12, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
lmao. oh the vogonity
guns are cool but can't buy iced tea or razor blades (the tea is apparently bc ppl throw them at cops?)
America is apple pie and agents of the state enforcing "is this a hidden camera show" levels of self-contradictory rulesets with a straight face
for years we've watched people who were otherwise very qualified for a thing, have that thing taken away for a prior bad habit of publicly saying dumb shit, or edgy shit, or "yeah i hear you but ehh still seems kinda [x]ist" shit
in sarah's case she was (probably, mostly?) just being an edgelord against a permitted target, not unlike the constant jew jokes on 4chan
buuuuttt there's also pretty clearly something deeper that hopefully she'll deal with; there's all too often a tinge of sincerity in her edge
Aug 2, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
welp, my condolences and also my warm thanks to the tireless Teslabears
Condolences in particular to all the shorts losing their shirts after running out of leverage but you kinda deserve it—maybe find religion or something;
Aug 2, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
overlooked (thus far) thing that came out on today's Q2 earnings call is Tesla's ASIC-ized their vision processing and it's pretty much ready for deployment
this is the same advantage Apple has over Android handset makers in the upcoming AR/VR wars and it's significant
doing things on GPUs, CPUs, APUs, whatever -- a well-designed ASIC will always beat it on whatever metric you choose (performance per dollar, or per watt, or whatever) by 10x or better
Jul 28, 2018 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
so what's the ETA on publicly traded cos noticing that corporate virtue signaling, kissing the rings of the Professionally Outraged, and/or kowtowing to cardboard-cutout mobs has neutral stock impact at best—but usually fairly meaningful near to midterm *negative* value?
(what's the ETA on shareholders / boards noticing and starting to take execs to task for it? what's the ETA on somebody actually getting sent packing for violating their fiduciary obligations—you know, instead of, say, using "the N word" **in a quote about not using that word**)
Jul 27, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
how weird that this might turn out to be one of the timelines where Thanos in the end was actually a paranoid and clueless Disney exec reacting to a very loud but tiny group of morons
due to the confluence of where scripts currently stand, where the phase 4 plans sit, who's "allied" (worked most closely) with who, if Gunn isn't hired back, and if things don't go pristinely, this will go down as the moment that launched the beginning of the end of the MCU
Jul 18, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
dependent on your state there's a really curious life hack around jury duty. i'm not sure if i should describe it
in texas at least, there is a category of theft reserved for shoplifting items of total value not exceeding $50. it is a simple citation (for your first offense, that is) of the same severity as a moving violation. so like, speeding ticket, rolling a stop sign, etc
Jul 12, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
what the shit, this is a carbon copy of what just went down with Netflix's comms exec two weeks ago
everyone has suddenly lost every one of the (already-rare) working brain cells in their toddlerfucking minds
Jul 8, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
ironically, illiteracy on the part of writers contributes to the perception of trump's illiteracy. this is not how a competent writer would transcribe trump's speaking style, which is an extreme stream-of-consciousness with highly nested parentheticals
i'm for it, and i'm glad to see she's reached a point in evaluating where things are at that she was like, "yep, i'm over it, i'm just gonna do projects"
