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				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'd wager innocent black men worry a lot more about being victimized by other black men than about not being able to collect handguns.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Mental health treatment was much worse back then, and consisted heavily of involuntary confinement, surgery, or just enough benign neglect to let nature take its course.  But it did have the effect of keeping it away from the rest of society to a higher degree.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I sympathize with everyone but especially Jane Doe because she got sold an idea of female empowerment and sexuality that is pretty incompatible with like 80% of women and found out the hard way.




The young men were sold the exact same story and are being punished much more harshly.  Why more sympathy for her exactly?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I live in Milwaukee and have been a Brewers fan my whole life!  I was at Game 2 Saturday screaming myself hoarse.  Go Brewers!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The thoughts and feelings of humans are also electric patterns whose rules are fundamentally governed by physics that can be expressed mathematically.  While I'm aware this can lead to sociopathic territory, I'm not fully convinced this is substantively more "real" because it runs a meat substrate rather than a silicon one.  The moral differences will probably have to come from elsewhere.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Tinker Tuesday for October 20th, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Had my first go at something with SuperGrok.  A desktop USB accessory using some kind of HID controls from a custom Windows app, but I wanted to use it on Omarchy.  I downloaded the Windows application, asked Grok Build to produce a service for my Linux environment that would perform the same functions, and in about 15 minutes it was done and working.  A couple of minor tweaks for Office 365 authentication and I was on my way.


Not many times in my life have I felt such empowerment!  Just months ago, I would be resigned that such things would have to wait for someone with the skill, desire, and spare time to tackle.  Now, it seems like there is no want too trivial not to request bespoke software to satisfy.  Awesome and a little terrifying.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Is there a more proper term for pretending to be from an "enemy organization" in this way? From what I can tell black propaganda is the closest one.




"Fake, but accurate."


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Can you actually afford to stand alone with no allies?




I believe European cultural suicide has most likely already foreclosed the possibility of "standing with allies."  Fortress America may in fact be doomed, but is has a better chance of success without committing its blood and treasure to the glory of a Europe undergoing MAID.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Though I believe Objectivism is not about practicing objectivity; it is about the philosophical axiom that there is a morality objectively proper to rational beings, from which ethics can be logically derived.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You're right! I've forgotten if there's a name for the phenomenon of increasing competence causing people to increase their overestimation.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Helicopters at least would be extremely vulnerable to even 1939-era AA guns.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Maybe I’ve just been swayed by the Rationalists’ PR campaign, but I’d wager that the average Rationalist is better at overcoming bias than the average human (which is not to say that they’re immune to it, far from it); or at the very least, people who are naturally better at overcoming bias are more likely to be drawn to Rationalism as a hobby or social group.




Yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're better at recognizing their own limitations at overcoming bias.  There could certainly be a type of overcoming-bias Dunning-Kreuger effect, where people who are better at overcoming bias are also more likely to overestimate their true ability to do so.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Make a brutal kind of sense - social media viewing is much easier to monetize.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Well, what do you think "trust the experts" means?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You mean an excavator?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Even better, get large ricer.  Makes superior, absolutely lump-free mashed potatoes and can be used for other things, like mashing egg yolks for deviled eggs or avocados for guac.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh my, that is indeed dire.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Timely, possibly-related investigation as to how RedLetterMedia maintains its viewership with seemingly little to no algorithmic attuning: https://plainenglish.io/web-scraping/i-analyzed-2-500-youtube-videos-to-understand-why-redlettermedia-are-internet-darlings#1


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Niche nerd stuff:


    

  • https://youtube.com/@clabretro - experiments in vintage enterprise computing and telephony gear, with some interesting deep dives into IT obscura
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  • https://youtube.com/@BenEater - very satisfying walk-throughs of digital logic devices, includes building devices like a CPU entirely out of logic chips on breadboards, step-by-step
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  • https://youtube.com/@CaptainDisillusion - infrequent poster but puts an absurd amount of production value into each video, primarily about video fakery
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  • https://youtube.com/@Anthrofuturism - autistic-level videos exploring the logistical and engineering possibilities of large-scale lunar colonization industrialization, esp. related to ISRU
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				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes but that does require more infrastructure. It's also very possible that the units connect to a manufacturer cloud controller on the Internet only on outbound connections, which is typically reasonably secure so long as you use SSL pinning etc, or even on an IPSEC tunnel, but that the cloud controller was itself compromised in some way.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 11, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If you're trying to save weight for backpacking, supplement emergency supplies, or need relatively small quantities of milk infrequently on an irregular basis, I discovered it is actually pretty easy to procure powdered whole milk, under the name Nestle Nido Fortificada, and which they sell at Walmart in the international foods area for some reason.  Grocery stores around me seem only to ever have powdered nonfat milk in the baking department, which is disgusting, but the Nido Fortificada reconstitutes into a very convincing glass (or bowl) of milk.  I believe this is similar to what the Navy uses on long cruises.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 11, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Cutting board oil for maintaining your wooden cutting board is ludicrously expensive at the home improvement store. It is just unscented food grade mineral oil, which you can buy much cheaper in the Walmart human laxative department or even cheaper per unit volume in the ag store horse laxative department.


Also, you can use it as a laxative.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 9, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I agree, some of the newer AI music video efforts have been genuinely good.  I think the best results are when a human with some music knowledge is able to offer specific enough prompting to get something that captures a vibe.


The Upping my p(doom) song is well-produced.
But my favorite so far is Close All Your Windows featuring an AI character Cluadia that has been in several other videos by the same..."creator" for lack of a better word.  It really hits in a lot of ways - a heavy dose of Windows XP nostalgia, a vision of 2003-era futurism, a surprisingly sensitive vocal creation, and lyrics that are heavy with double meaning and some commentary about the human condition.


I'm not completely surprised - music theory has done a lot to systematize the qualities of "decent" music and so much music is digitally produced already.  Much like with visual art, machines might still struggle to produce truly transcendental works, but appear to be great at producing "good enough" music that people will find enjoyable with little to no real effort.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 5, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Makes me wonder if her horniness was, let's say, hormone enhanced.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Transnational Thursday for October 1, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It would be extremely painful.