Credited
Just to show I’m almost as glacial as LA Metro… Back in October ’25, they finally made a web post giving me credit for the photograph I made of the Atomic Cafe, used as the main image in the mural Continue reading
Hal O'Brien 🇺🇸🇸🇪🏴🏴☠️
So many neurons, so little time.
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Knox, Legality
“Oh, Mr. President, do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality.” Philander C. Knox (1853-1921) Quoted in Tyler Dennett, John Hay: From Poetry to Politics (1933). Knox’s reply, as attorney general, to President Theodore Roosevelt’s request for a Continue reading
Thomas Carlyle, Produce!
Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it in God s name! Tis the utmost thou hast in thee; out with it then. Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy Continue reading
Taleb
To bankrupt a fool, give him information. Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said. Hatred is much harder to fake than love. You hear Continue reading
Blasphemy, yes or no?
I’m made in God’s image, so he’s just as blasphemous as I am. Then again, when God does it, it isn’t blasphemous. Talk about a “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
Kinski, Films, Money
I choose films with the shortest schedule and the most money. So I sell myself, for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference. There isn t one role I d like to play. There are many and there Continue reading
Entropy, Chekhov
”Only entropy comes easy.”— Anton Chekhov
Telegraph
“The thing about living in a small town of 60 is you can never make any trouble. Your parents will hear about it before you get home.” Patrick, my driver today
Coolness, how it’s defined and propagated
”But there is one institution, so to speak, that Silicon Valley, and, specifically, many of AI’s biggest proponents, have become particularly obsessed with demolishing. To the point where I feel comfortable calling their premiere obsession. It even played a role Continue reading
Shaw, being right.
McCOMAS (fawning on him). Of course, Bohun, your specialty BOHUN (again interrupting him). My specialty is being right when other people are wrong. If you agreed with me I should be of no use here. George Bernard Shaw, You Never Continue reading