Alice Valiant
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[flash of self-awareness] wait, why do i bother skeeting then
consider: finetune a small llm on a specific corpus; poetry, written by a voice that has been taught only academic papers. or written by a voice finetuned on trans writers, women writers, only left handed writers. these things are black mirrors, reflecting language opaquely.
First successful fine tune of Baguettotron. And very on brand to see it’s about poetry.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
consider: finetune a small llm on a specific corpus; poetry, written by a voice that has been taught only academic papers. or written by a voice finetuned on trans writers, women writers, only left handed writers. these things are black mirrors, reflecting language opaquely.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
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named my son Sue in the hopes of imbuing him with a sort of gentle, nurturing femininity and it fucking backfired Big Time
November 24, 2024 at 1:38 AM
named my son Sue in the hopes of imbuing him with a sort of gentle, nurturing femininity and it fucking backfired Big Time
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you don't rip out a girl's heart / without cracking a few ribs
BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2
listen to the full album on bandcamp now. also, purchase it. with money, if you want to
BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2
listen to the full album on bandcamp now. also, purchase it. with money, if you want to
Blood On The Lens Part 2, by Jana H-S
14 track album
janah-s.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
you don't rip out a girl's heart / without cracking a few ribs
BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2
listen to the full album on bandcamp now. also, purchase it. with money, if you want to
BLOOD ON THE LENS PART 2
listen to the full album on bandcamp now. also, purchase it. with money, if you want to
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This is from March, but current in the sense that I am also feeling pretty overwhelmed by how fucking evil everything is right now. Too many predators doing too much predatory shit. defector.com/kingdom-of-t...
Kingdom Of The Biters | Defector
The summer after I got married, one of my bosses bit me on the arm. I had a lot of jobs that summer, and a lot of bosses; at the time, I was recreating the sort of interchangeable, poorly paid jobs I’...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is from March, but current in the sense that I am also feeling pretty overwhelmed by how fucking evil everything is right now. Too many predators doing too much predatory shit. defector.com/kingdom-of-t...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
i like doing the notebook thing from Dhalgren because, if you aren't willing to write the same thing down over, and over, until you can sing it like a song - why should anyone waste their time reading it?
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i like doing the notebook thing from Dhalgren because, if you aren't willing to write the same thing down over, and over, until you can sing it like a song - why should anyone waste their time reading it?
broke: im an awful writer
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
broke: im an awful writer
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
![screenshot of visual code text:
### Chapter 7: The Projection Spell
The function **project_point_to_camera** at line 68 was the fundamental magic:
1. Given a 3D point in world space, a camera, and a scene
2. It invoked bpy_extras.object_utils.world_to_camera_view (line 80)
3. This returned co_2d with x, y in [0,1] and z as depth
4. If z < 0, the point was behind the camera - return None (lines 84-85)
5. Otherwise, return the projected point (line 87)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmddb3azjlolnq7eqtnebg42/bafkreify5h6h67647cw6e2mp752le7woidheyzn6kx37jo6kc5hyjbdkji@jpeg)
woke 2 means never apologizing for trying to make all the characters queer
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
woke 2 means never apologizing for trying to make all the characters queer
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every story is about a wizard. and if you don't know who the wizard is? it might be you, the reader
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
every story is about a wizard. and if you don't know who the wizard is? it might be you, the reader
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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warner brothers trickster figures explained
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
warner brothers trickster figures explained
i hate doing laundry. i hate wrapping my time around the demands of a centripetal machine. and yet.... this is the best time in history to be doing laundry #optimism
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i hate doing laundry. i hate wrapping my time around the demands of a centripetal machine. and yet.... this is the best time in history to be doing laundry #optimism
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god lost the earth's login credentials after being catfished by tocharian scammers ca. 730 CE. these "South Qunduz Mischief Boys" spent years using them for infantile pranks like adding water to earth's mantle or resurrecting the extinct coelocanth. the last of them passed away no later than 800 CE
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
god lost the earth's login credentials after being catfished by tocharian scammers ca. 730 CE. these "South Qunduz Mischief Boys" spent years using them for infantile pranks like adding water to earth's mantle or resurrecting the extinct coelocanth. the last of them passed away no later than 800 CE
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AI engineers need a professional code of conduct
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
AI engineers need a professional code of conduct
llm usecase, unfortunately: putting in incomprehensible insurance documents into it and getting English back
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
llm usecase, unfortunately: putting in incomprehensible insurance documents into it and getting English back
"abolish the health insurance industry" is on my 2028 pres candidate demands. why are we still fucking around with these assholes
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"abolish the health insurance industry" is on my 2028 pres candidate demands. why are we still fucking around with these assholes
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
do we have sensors for the modalities of scent and taste yet? why not
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
do we have sensors for the modalities of scent and taste yet? why not
every time i hear about conde naste it's about some other bull shit...!! Im Sick of This Fuckin Media Corporation
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
every time i hear about conde naste it's about some other bull shit...!! Im Sick of This Fuckin Media Corporation