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More paint tests with the projector and touch frame
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
More paint tests with the projector and touch frame
Painting with an IR touch frame, projector, and image-paint.constraint.systems
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Painting with an IR touch frame, projector, and image-paint.constraint.systems
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poems are generated via the Savelost algorithm: given an input text, we repeatedly "compress" it by erasing a single letter at a time
a text embedding model is used to evaluate deletion candidates & choose the one that least disrupts the "meaning" of the original input
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
a text embedding model is used to evaluate deletion candidates & choose the one that least disrupts the "meaning" of the original input
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
🫠 new poetry machine: Savelost
given a sentence, Savelost repeatedly picks one letter to delete…
while trying to keep the new sentence as semantically similar as possible to the orig sentence
concept + algo by me, js port + frontend by @barrettrees.bsky.social
barrettrees.com/savelost
given a sentence, Savelost repeatedly picks one letter to delete…
while trying to keep the new sentence as semantically similar as possible to the orig sentence
concept + algo by me, js port + frontend by @barrettrees.bsky.social
barrettrees.com/savelost
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
poems are generated via the Savelost algorithm: given an input text, we repeatedly "compress" it by erasing a single letter at a time
a text embedding model is used to evaluate deletion candidates & choose the one that least disrupts the "meaning" of the original input
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
a text embedding model is used to evaluate deletion candidates & choose the one that least disrupts the "meaning" of the original input
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
🌱 Making: More IR frame experiments
I got the projector sized to the IR touch frame. I made a desk inset for it and a wood overlay to sit on top.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
I got the projector sized to the IR touch frame. I made a desk inset for it and a wood overlay to sit on top.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🌱 Making: More IR frame experiments
I got the projector sized to the IR touch frame. I made a desk inset for it and a wood overlay to sit on top.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
I got the projector sized to the IR touch frame. I made a desk inset for it and a wood overlay to sit on top.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
🌱 Writing: AI Coding checkin
Thinking about a couple posts in relation to AI-use and my own recent experiences with it.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
Thinking about a couple posts in relation to AI-use and my own recent experiences with it.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
Writing : AI Coding checkin - Feed
Thinking about a couple posts in relation to AI-use. [One by Geoffrey Litt](https://x.com/geoffreylitt/status/1991883354694918162) on using agents to prep a tutorial, particularly this:
feed.grantcuster.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🌱 Writing: AI Coding checkin
Thinking about a couple posts in relation to AI-use and my own recent experiences with it.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
Thinking about a couple posts in relation to AI-use and my own recent experiences with it.
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11...
I’d like to figure out how to post workspace shots like this of programming projects I’m working on. Screen recordings are a piece of it but it would be fun to figure out a bigger overview.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’d like to figure out how to post workspace shots like this of programming projects I’m working on. Screen recordings are a piece of it but it would be fun to figure out a bigger overview.
I ordered this IR touch screen frame not knowing what to expect and am so far pleasantly surprised. I need to map the projector to it but touch detection seems pretty good.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I ordered this IR touch screen frame not knowing what to expect and am so far pleasantly surprised. I need to map the projector to it but touch detection seems pretty good.
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Reposted by grant
Microsoft Bob
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Microsoft Bob
cosine.constraint.systems/text/293929f... Barthes on Cosine
We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a s... - Cosine
We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning (the 'message' of the Author-God) but a multi-dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them ori...
cosine.constraint.systems
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
cosine.constraint.systems/text/293929f... Barthes on Cosine
New from me on constraint.systems:
Cosine lets you embed and hash any text and view its nearest neighbors.
cosine.constraint.systems
I wanted to explore what it would be like to use the similarity capability of embeddings as the central organizing feature of a site.
Cosine lets you embed and hash any text and view its nearest neighbors.
cosine.constraint.systems
I wanted to explore what it would be like to use the similarity capability of embeddings as the central organizing feature of a site.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New from me on constraint.systems:
Cosine lets you embed and hash any text and view its nearest neighbors.
cosine.constraint.systems
I wanted to explore what it would be like to use the similarity capability of embeddings as the central organizing feature of a site.
Cosine lets you embed and hash any text and view its nearest neighbors.
cosine.constraint.systems
I wanted to explore what it would be like to use the similarity capability of embeddings as the central organizing feature of a site.
Playing more with embeddings again and getting increasingly tempted to try something with an RSS reader.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Playing more with embeddings again and getting increasingly tempted to try something with an RSS reader.
Testing/previewing a thing: cosine.constraint.systems/text/293929f...
If you want to explore and/or give feedback I'll take it.
If you want to explore and/or give feedback I'll take it.
We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a s... - Cosine
We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning (the 'message' of the Author-God) but a multi-dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them ori...
cosine.constraint.systems
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Testing/previewing a thing: cosine.constraint.systems/text/293929f...
If you want to explore and/or give feedback I'll take it.
If you want to explore and/or give feedback I'll take it.
This looks like a great pairing with the recent string of Wookash podcasts on C/game UI. Including a dearImGui one podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This looks like a great pairing with the recent string of Wookash podcasts on C/game UI. Including a dearImGui one podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Visualize all the pages (of Byte magazine in this case)
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Visualize all the pages (of Byte magazine in this case)
🌱 Making:
Exploring an "everything is embedded" mini/fake social network.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-11-08-53-36
Exploring an "everything is embedded" mini/fake social network.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-11-08-53-36
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🌱 Making:
Exploring an "everything is embedded" mini/fake social network.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-11-08-53-36
Exploring an "everything is embedded" mini/fake social network.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-11-08-53-36
tools for directing your own attention
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
tools for directing your own attention
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idea: Turbo-C-style initials
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
idea: Turbo-C-style initials
🌱 Making: Cosine WIP
Working on a stripped down "embed anything and see its neighbors" prototype.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-06-20-16-26-cosine-wip
Working on a stripped down "embed anything and see its neighbors" prototype.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-06-20-16-26-cosine-wip
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🌱 Making: Cosine WIP
Working on a stripped down "embed anything and see its neighbors" prototype.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-06-20-16-26-cosine-wip
Working on a stripped down "embed anything and see its neighbors" prototype.
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-11-06-20-16-26-cosine-wip
I've been listening to a lot of playlists lately and wanting a way to learn more about the currently playing artist without pulling out my phone. I put together a little raspberry pi setup to sit on our shelves and display info about the current playing artist.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've been listening to a lot of playlists lately and wanting a way to learn more about the currently playing artist without pulling out my phone. I put together a little raspberry pi setup to sit on our shelves and display info about the current playing artist.
I made a (Spotify) web player for the excellent Herb Sundays (herbsundays.substack.com) playlist series.
It's focused on surfacing a random playlist from the series. I've been using it to put something on in the morning. It's nice to have hand-curated playlists with some intention to them.
It's focused on surfacing a random playlist from the series. I've been using it to put something on in the morning. It's nice to have hand-curated playlists with some intention to them.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I made a (Spotify) web player for the excellent Herb Sundays (herbsundays.substack.com) playlist series.
It's focused on surfacing a random playlist from the series. I've been using it to put something on in the morning. It's nice to have hand-curated playlists with some intention to them.
It's focused on surfacing a random playlist from the series. I've been using it to put something on in the morning. It's nice to have hand-curated playlists with some intention to them.
🌱 Tabletop: Problem solving
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-10-30-13-50-51-problem-solving
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-10-30-13-50-51-problem-solving
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🌱 Tabletop: Problem solving
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-10-30-13-50-51-problem-solving
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2025-10-30-13-50-51-problem-solving