Aaron D'Souza
@aarondsouza.bsky.social
Pathological learner. Lapsed Ph.D.
math | code | jazz | drums | photos
math | code | jazz | drums | photos
Only a truly terrible product has an attack surface that is as fractal as language.
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Only a truly terrible product has an attack surface that is as fractal as language.
No, no, see these kids are on the wrong side of the birth canal.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
No, no, see these kids are on the wrong side of the birth canal.
Unfortunately they'll spin it as: "The libs controlled Congress going into the midterms and see how fucked up the country is"
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Unfortunately they'll spin it as: "The libs controlled Congress going into the midterms and see how fucked up the country is"
What a waste of perfectly good Carbon.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What a waste of perfectly good Carbon.
Vibes around Scotchy:
a girl with a yellow shirt on is holding a piece of paper
ALT: a girl with a yellow shirt on is holding a piece of paper
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Vibes around Scotchy:
~55min has been my sweet spot. (Unrelated, but) Teaspoon of chocolate balsamic thrown in during the last 10 minutes turns it into something extraordinary.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
~55min has been my sweet spot. (Unrelated, but) Teaspoon of chocolate balsamic thrown in during the last 10 minutes turns it into something extraordinary.
Also: Tell me you don't know how risk pools work without telling me you don't know how risk pools work.
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Also: Tell me you don't know how risk pools work without telling me you don't know how risk pools work.
So dumb. Everyone knows 640K electrons ought to be enough for anyone.
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
So dumb. Everyone knows 640K electrons ought to be enough for anyone.
Seriously. All you're left with is some light wind.
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Seriously. All you're left with is some light wind.
"Dr. Summers added that he would continue teaching as an economics professor at Harvard"
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying wait what ?
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying wait what ?
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"Dr. Summers added that he would continue teaching as an economics professor at Harvard"
Tangerine Palpatine has indeed not.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tangerine Palpatine has indeed not.
Just bought.
Can't. Wait.
Can't. Wait.
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just bought.
Can't. Wait.
Can't. Wait.
I feel like this warrants particular attention if/when extruded-text responses are featured on queries related to imminent mental/physical distress.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I feel like this warrants particular attention if/when extruded-text responses are featured on queries related to imminent mental/physical distress.
I love David Binney's early work so much. "Graylen Epicenter" is still one of my all time favorite albums.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I love David Binney's early work so much. "Graylen Epicenter" is still one of my all time favorite albums.
This is the historical record of this time.
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the historical record of this time.
Jose James' version of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" (wr. Abel Meeropol).
Firstly, he has the gonads to actually attempt a touchstone of American musical history. And then he knocks it out of the park by looping his own voice to recast it in the style of a Negro Spiritual.
🤯
Firstly, he has the gonads to actually attempt a touchstone of American musical history. And then he knocks it out of the park by looping his own voice to recast it in the style of a Negro Spiritual.
🤯
Jose James - Strange Fruit
YouTube video by Sven van Dijk
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Jose James' version of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" (wr. Abel Meeropol).
Firstly, he has the gonads to actually attempt a touchstone of American musical history. And then he knocks it out of the park by looping his own voice to recast it in the style of a Negro Spiritual.
🤯
Firstly, he has the gonads to actually attempt a touchstone of American musical history. And then he knocks it out of the park by looping his own voice to recast it in the style of a Negro Spiritual.
🤯
The vast majority of the time the proximal (read "lazy") "fix" is to simply blocklist the query that produced the bad result.
Which creates a biased triggering of the product because bad results are more often produced for marginalized communities on which there was a paucity of good training data.
Which creates a biased triggering of the product because bad results are more often produced for marginalized communities on which there was a paucity of good training data.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The vast majority of the time the proximal (read "lazy") "fix" is to simply blocklist the query that produced the bad result.
Which creates a biased triggering of the product because bad results are more often produced for marginalized communities on which there was a paucity of good training data.
Which creates a biased triggering of the product because bad results are more often produced for marginalized communities on which there was a paucity of good training data.
$DEITY that is such garbage.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
$DEITY that is such garbage.
Stymied by clouds here too.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Stymied by clouds here too.
Yeah, we're on the precipice of needing a new control board for our washer, and guess what? They don't make them anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Yeah, we're on the precipice of needing a new control board for our washer, and guess what? They don't make them anymore.