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- ParableOfTheKingAndTheGuardCaptain . . . by achmizs: In the days when Atlantis ruled the world and held all other lands in thrall, a foreign king once came by sea to pay homage to that great nation. The king’s ship, bearing tribute and gifts, docked at the port of Atlantis, and the captain of the harbor guard came aboard to inspect the newly docked vessel.
- NitterInstances . . . by achmizs: [deleted] twitter.censors.us
- SuggestionsBox . . . September 05, 2021, at 03:00 PM by ?: Comment added
- 2021FreenodeDrama . . . May 24, 2021, at 03:21 PM by terd snuffleupagus: - Volunteer Staff provided this log from the user prawnsalad, (edit: prawnsalad says "i was not involved in the Snoonet buy out by a long time. id rather not get dragged into all this, thanks"): <https://sand.cat/fiW5QDYXauoKwybL/snoo-takeover.txt>
- TypeWorkspace . . . October 07, 2020, at 11:55 AM by achmizs: #wikitext form ~ div p { font-size: 2.5em; }
- ArsLongaVitaBrevis . . . July 16, 2020, at 10:53 PM by achmizs: <p>The Alchemist asked if I wanted a drink. I did, but no amount of staring could make my eyes settle on the color of the liquid in the flask. And the gold the alchemists paid the taxmen smelled funny and made crackling noises. I declined. </p>
- EmailFromZizToEliezer . . . May 02, 2020, at 08:44 PM by achmizs: #printhead, #printfoot {
- MoscaSummary . . . April 03, 2020, at 01:55 PM by anonymous: What Mosca called “political formulas” are largely identical to what today are called ideologies, doctrines the purpose of which is not to offer true scientific or philosophical explanations of reality but rather to justify a course of action for a particular group—a political party, a religious sect, a nation, or a ruling elite. Ideologies, however, generally claim to be philosophical or scientific in nature and to provide true explanations of reality, while, at the same time, they offer justifications or rationalizations for courses of action and behavior that accrue to the advantage of the group that has adopted them. There is therefore a sense in which ideologies are always fraudulent or deceptive, for their real purpose is to benefit the group that adheres to them; and the explanation of reality that they claim to offer is one that is calculated to promote the interests of the group. “And yet,” writes Mosca, “that does not mean that political formulas are mere quackeries aptly invented to trick the masses into obedience.” The truth is that they answer a real need in man’s social nature; and this need, so universally felt, of governing and knowing that one is governed not on the basis of mere material or intellectual force, but on the basis of a moral principle, has beyond any doubt a practical and a real importance.[154] Elites, in other words, do not simply make up their ideologies or formulas out of whole cloth. The members of elites (excluding cynics and dissidents) generally believe in their own ideologies and try to behave consistently with their implications, and the intellectual foundations of an ideology, whether scientific, religious, ethical, or philosophical in character, must be both reasonably sophisticated in argumentation and reasonably honest and complete in the selection of evidence. An ideology fails if its ostensible purpose of explaining reality becomes transparently deceptive and the real purpose is exposed, so that if it is not to fail, it must preserve the ostensible purpose by its credibility and intellectual sophistication in order to appeal to persons outside the elite who have no special interests served by it.
- WhyWasDeepLearningASurprise . . . March 17, 2020, at 08:10 PM by achmizs: #wikitext .content p + p {
- EschatonExcerpt . . . October 21, 2019, at 02:31 AM by namespace: !!Artifacts
- RecentUploads . . . August 10, 2019, at 10:32 AM achmizs : TypeWorkspace/XG.png
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- LWPostEffortRant . . . August 02, 2019, at 01:18 AM by Anonymous: The big thing that's missing from your vision of intellectual work is colleagues and shared context, and yes I know the point is to build shared context. That you say this doesn't mean you accomplish it.
- TempStyleSheet . . . January 06, 2019, at 02:25 PM by Said Achmiz: @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Libre+Baskerville');
- TLRCSS . . . October 19, 2018, at 03:24 PM by achmizs: @media only screen and (max-width: 520px) {} #content > ol { padding: 0 0 0 12px; }
- JordanSSCTalk . . . October 11, 2018, at 09:08 PM by achmizs: See the Less Wrong post [[https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/zNLuZM9nLqcR8BnZd/ask-us-anything-submit-questions-asking-about-what-we-think | Ask Us Anything: Submit Questions Asking About What We Think SSC is Wrong About, and Why]] for information about this video.
- NationalAffairsDailyFindingsFeed . . . June 08, 2018, at 11:14 PM by achmizs: (:archiveurls:)
- GroupHeader . . . January 09, 2018, at 01:59 PM by achmizs: (:if [ ! name {$Group} and ! name SuggestionsBox ] :)
- Public . . . January 05, 2018, at 08:38 PM by achmizs: [+'''This is the public area of OborWiki.'''+]
- GenderRolesIntrinsicAndExtrinsicValue . . . December 15, 2017, at 07:23 PM by achmizs: (:UNLISTED:1:)
- ResourcesForTransAsDysgenicMemeticVirus . . . December 15, 2017, at 07:23 PM by achmizs: (:UNLISTED:1:)
- OriginStampExplanation . . . November 27, 2017, at 02:07 PM by achmizs: [14:27] <namespc> So OriginStamp does not take your hash and directly put it on the blockchain, blockchain stored information is *very* expensive.
- Test . . . November 26, 2017, at 03:16 PM by test: Testing
- EquationEditorTest . . . November 15, 2017, at 03:50 PM by achmizs: Page moved to Main.EquationEditor
- EquationEditor . . . November 15, 2017, at 03:17 PM by achmizs: You can edit this page! Write equations below this line, surrounding them with [@($@] / [@$)@]. They will be rendered into SVG format, which you can then save for your use.
- Testing1 . . . November 12, 2017, at 11:22 PM by achmizs: My Cool Page
- FoxPageCreateTest . . . November 11, 2017, at 03:13 PM by achmizs: (:foxtemplate "My Cool Page" :)
- RationalistGlossary . . . November 06, 2017, at 01:53 PM by obormot: !! D !! E !! F !! G !! H
- Scenes . . . November 04, 2017, at 04:22 PM by obormot: Comment added
- ResourcesForTransAs . . . October 31, 2017, at 02:16 AM by achmizs: Page moved to Public.ResourcesForTransAsDysgenicMemeticVirus
- Blogroll . . . October 23, 2017, at 03:50 AM by achmizs: Page copied to Public.Blogroll from Reference.Blogroll
- LookItsAWebFormLol . . . September 23, 2017, at 02:22 AM by achmizs: (:input submit:)
- GroupAttributes . . . September 10, 2017, at 06:40 PM by achmizs: [deleted]
