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New comment by michaelsbradley in "The two Christian saints who are the Buddha"

michaelsbradley — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:30:41 +0000

The missing term and concept is Inculturation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inculturation

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Dolly Parton has died"

michaelsbradley — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:55:14 +0000

My son loves them too!

New comment by michaelsbradley in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

michaelsbradley — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:57:10 +0000

It's a fair point. I honed in on "the burning of" (original comment) versus more generally thinking in terms of "the loss of", because parent context here is "AI companies destroy…".

New comment by michaelsbradley in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

michaelsbradley — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:54:35 +0000

Depends on the point being made about “historical precedent” and the lessons to be drawn from such.

Also, helps to clarify what exactly the commenter was referring to and possibly help distinguish the centuries-spanning decline of the Library of Alexandria from the violent fate of the Serapeum.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

michaelsbradley — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:55:57 +0000

> From a historical precedent standpoint, this is akin to the burning of the library of Alexandria

Are you referring to the burning of the Serapeum in AD 391 or the warehouse fires in 48 BC?

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

michaelsbradley — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:36:31 +0000

Can equivalent theoretical predictions be calculated in a Bohmian framework for the quantum aspects, or is this (potentially) an interesting case where there’s divergence and falsifiability?

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software"

michaelsbradley — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:58:51 +0000

First appeared in Quake 3 Arena’s public demo

New comment by michaelsbradley in "OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’"

michaelsbradley — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:25:53 +0000

Donald won’t be POTUS too much longer, hang in there, less than 3 years to go.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’"

michaelsbradley — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:27:37 +0000

It would not be without problems and mistakes in execution over time, but I think the US and our NATO allies should nationalize AI research and development in a sweeping manner, and NATO membership ought be revised to hinge on that.

In the US, for example, all intellectual property of OpenAI, Anthropic, et al. would become public domain through custody of the Federal government, probably in an expansion of the NSF. All AI research and development would be required by law to be done in the open: open source code, transparent training data, reproducible models.

Against Ethical AI

michaelsbradley — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:06:22 +0000

Article URL: https://theliteratewoman.substack.com/p/against-ethical-ai-cb5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676346

Points: 3

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New comment by michaelsbradley in "Becoming a dad changes men's brains"

michaelsbradley — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:12:45 +0000

About 2-3 months after the birth of my first child, I started “seeing” the baby’s face vividly whenever I would close my eyes, when I was falling asleep but other times during the day as well. It was not a conscious-voluntary imagination, more like an artifact of my brain rewiring priority numero uno. Our second child is now 3 months old and I have not experienced similar, perhaps because the brain changes already settled down before his birth.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Amazon Announces Multibillion-Dollar Data Center in Missouri"

michaelsbradley — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:39:56 +0000

It’s about 80 miles from the city proper, out in the middle of nowhere essentially, so unlikely to employ anyone that actually lives in St. Louis.

Jeff Bezos Wants to Build an 'Artificial General Engineer'

michaelsbradley — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:49:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/technology/bezos-prometheus-ai-engineer.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48498468

Points: 3

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New comment by michaelsbradley in "macOS Container Machines"

michaelsbradley — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:57:09 +0000

Can macOS be run as a container machine on macOS?

New comment by michaelsbradley in "macOS Container Machines"

michaelsbradley — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:55:41 +0000

Just install and use MSYS2, git bash is derived from it anyway, and a regular MSYS2 installation offers a lot more.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "A Man Who Reads Books for a Living"

michaelsbradley — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:53:28 +0000

Reminded me a bit of the man who 100-percents (completes all achievements) and reviews video games for a living, usually a couple per week but it varies by time of year and industry cycles:

https://youtube.com/@mortismalgaming

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism"

michaelsbradley — Sun, 31 May 2026 03:55:22 +0000

> Papal doctrine is the word of God until a subsequent pope says otherwise

No, that’s Hyperpapalism, which is an error.

The Pope does not have the authority-power to transform error into truth, nor can he make “new truths” (of the Faith), whatever that might mean. He does have the solemn duty to faithfully hand on and explain the Apostolic Tradition. In an extra-ordinary act of his office, the Pope can, without error, define the proper understanding of Catholic teaching on a matter of faith or morals.

In the case of John XXII he proposed something false as pertains to Catholic doctrine, repeatedly, in public sermons. He was rebuked for it and recanted before he died. What he taught was not somehow “intermittently true”, it was an error through and through, and it was completely right that his subjects called him out on the matter.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism"

michaelsbradley — Sun, 31 May 2026 02:51:31 +0000

Pope John XXII publicly taught erroneously re: death and the Beatific Vision. Jean Gerson threatened to burn him at the stake and in general there was much public resistance, from royalty to common folk.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism"

michaelsbradley — Sun, 31 May 2026 02:40:34 +0000

> If you're a Catholic, then the choice of interpretation is clear: you must accept the Pope's interpretation…

cf. Hyperpapalism

Thankfully, Hyperpapalism is a misunderstanding of the role of the teaching-governing authority of the Bishop of Rome, and Catholics can be and remain good Catholics while disagreeing with the Pope on a variety of matters.

New comment by michaelsbradley in "Magnifica Humanitas"

michaelsbradley — Tue, 26 May 2026 00:28:21 +0000

For the record, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in math, not a Master’s or a PhD. I had looked that up previously, so knew it wasn’t a PhD, but recalled incorrectly when making my comment earlier today.