http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:50:13 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble#comment-7107 Winter in the postmodern Soviets « The Tar Pit Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:24:15 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=566#comment-7107 [...] to do way back in the 1980s, right before they murdered the shoemaker. Frankly, I don't think the mathematician would even be worth the [...] [...] to do way back in the 1980s, right before they murdered the shoemaker. Frankly, I don't think the mathematician would even be worth the [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble#comment-6523 spyked Sun, 25 May 2025 17:41:50 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=566#comment-6523 Oh, I forgot to mention that bubbles are, fittingly enough, also another name for positive feedback loops. Oh, I forgot to mention that bubbles are, fittingly enough, also another name for positive feedback loops.

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2025/the-bubble#comment-6520 Idiocracy « The Tar Pit Sun, 25 May 2025 17:38:02 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=566#comment-6520 [...] merely in degree, not in kind. And you're heading that exact path, irrespective of whether you're a mega-mathematician or a "dumb ape". "Idiocracy is not a movie, it's a documentary", they said, and fuck me, they were [...] [...] merely in degree, not in kind. And you're heading that exact path, irrespective of whether you're a mega-mathematician or a "dumb ape". "Idiocracy is not a movie, it's a documentary", they said, and fuck me, they were [...]

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