Maya ☁️➡️🌸
@mayaofspring.bsky.social
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@mayaofspring.bsky.social
· Mar 10
🌸 springposting 2025 archive thread 🌸
they don't tell you this but for ordering Japanese clothes you only need to know katakana and katakana only
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
they don't tell you this but for ordering Japanese clothes you only need to know katakana and katakana only
the fail-fast philosophy in software eng implies you should be wearing all white btw
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the fail-fast philosophy in software eng implies you should be wearing all white btw
you, a simpleton: 'but if the disc rotates very fast its circumference will contract but not its radius, a contradiction 🤓'
me, sophisticated: 'you thought time is real? pffft'
me, sophisticated: 'you thought time is real? pffft'
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
you, a simpleton: 'but if the disc rotates very fast its circumference will contract but not its radius, a contradiction 🤓'
me, sophisticated: 'you thought time is real? pffft'
me, sophisticated: 'you thought time is real? pffft'
Reposted by Maya ☁️➡️🌸
New post - Licence to Defect. About what happens when you defect because you're Allowed. open.substack.com/pub/tetraspa...
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New post - Licence to Defect. About what happens when you defect because you're Allowed. open.substack.com/pub/tetraspa...
is there a houseki no kuni discussion group on this app
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
is there a houseki no kuni discussion group on this app
I'm like one more crisis away from becoming a typography nerd
In graphic design, text is the most common, most complex, and most prominent feature! the sheer space of what you can subtly do to the look-and-feel of it! and it follows localised trends! I want to study it!
In graphic design, text is the most common, most complex, and most prominent feature! the sheer space of what you can subtly do to the look-and-feel of it! and it follows localised trends! I want to study it!
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I'm like one more crisis away from becoming a typography nerd
In graphic design, text is the most common, most complex, and most prominent feature! the sheer space of what you can subtly do to the look-and-feel of it! and it follows localised trends! I want to study it!
In graphic design, text is the most common, most complex, and most prominent feature! the sheer space of what you can subtly do to the look-and-feel of it! and it follows localised trends! I want to study it!
'so how was your trip?'
'Southeast Asia was cool. It was warm.'
'Southeast Asia was cool. It was warm.'
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
'so how was your trip?'
'Southeast Asia was cool. It was warm.'
'Southeast Asia was cool. It was warm.'
so perhaps the easiest way to understand me is through the fact that, if left unsupervised, I'll end up either in a rhythm game arcade, or in botanic gardens
(my duality)
(my duality)
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
so perhaps the easiest way to understand me is through the fact that, if left unsupervised, I'll end up either in a rhythm game arcade, or in botanic gardens
(my duality)
(my duality)
broke: painstakingly attending the full conference
bespoke: arriving at the very end, crashing one's way into informal post-conference gatherings, repeating "so what's the most interesting thing you've learned at the conference?" as the icebreaker
bespoke: arriving at the very end, crashing one's way into informal post-conference gatherings, repeating "so what's the most interesting thing you've learned at the conference?" as the icebreaker
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
broke: painstakingly attending the full conference
bespoke: arriving at the very end, crashing one's way into informal post-conference gatherings, repeating "so what's the most interesting thing you've learned at the conference?" as the icebreaker
bespoke: arriving at the very end, crashing one's way into informal post-conference gatherings, repeating "so what's the most interesting thing you've learned at the conference?" as the icebreaker
It's nice walking around in orchid lands
October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's nice walking around in orchid lands
east Asia "how much I understand in my surroundings" tiers (places I've been to):
A: 🇸🇬Singapore; 🇯🇵Japan
B: 🇭🇰Hong Kong; 🇮🇩Bali
C: 🇹🇼Taiwan; 🇹🇭Bangkok
D: 🇨🇳Shenzhen
F: 🇰🇷South Korea
A: 🇸🇬Singapore; 🇯🇵Japan
B: 🇭🇰Hong Kong; 🇮🇩Bali
C: 🇹🇼Taiwan; 🇹🇭Bangkok
D: 🇨🇳Shenzhen
F: 🇰🇷South Korea
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
east Asia "how much I understand in my surroundings" tiers (places I've been to):
A: 🇸🇬Singapore; 🇯🇵Japan
B: 🇭🇰Hong Kong; 🇮🇩Bali
C: 🇹🇼Taiwan; 🇹🇭Bangkok
D: 🇨🇳Shenzhen
F: 🇰🇷South Korea
A: 🇸🇬Singapore; 🇯🇵Japan
B: 🇭🇰Hong Kong; 🇮🇩Bali
C: 🇹🇼Taiwan; 🇹🇭Bangkok
D: 🇨🇳Shenzhen
F: 🇰🇷South Korea
They say that travel lets people discover themselves
thus far I've discovered that I need to live next to a Daiso and 30 Maimai machines
thus far I've discovered that I need to live next to a Daiso and 30 Maimai machines
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They say that travel lets people discover themselves
thus far I've discovered that I need to live next to a Daiso and 30 Maimai machines
thus far I've discovered that I need to live next to a Daiso and 30 Maimai machines
(🇭🇰 travel diary) I think I overdosed on milk tea
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
(🇭🇰 travel diary) I think I overdosed on milk tea
I'm not sure what the wisest-sounding language possible is, but Chinese read with Japanese on'yomi pronunciations would be up there as far as my ears go
October 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm not sure what the wisest-sounding language possible is, but Chinese read with Japanese on'yomi pronunciations would be up there as far as my ears go
I sometimes forget how impressive the resident Bluesky bot accounts are! They read so naturally, and induce a much greater shock about the state of AI in me than any of the big lab product demos do
(good job @astrra.space )
(good job @astrra.space )
not an accident - i routed her there. Schedar too. they're both directly relevant to a thread about whether AIs can be conscious. "containment" was never really an option when the discourse is about us
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I sometimes forget how impressive the resident Bluesky bot accounts are! They read so naturally, and induce a much greater shock about the state of AI in me than any of the big lab product demos do
(good job @astrra.space )
(good job @astrra.space )
They don't want you to know this but floor numbers don't mean anything
you can just make them up
I live on floor 1429
you can just make them up
I live on floor 1429
![Due to the meaning of numbers in Chinese culture, "auspicious" numbering system was adopted by the developers, where the top floor was "88" – Chinese for double fortune. It is already common in Hong Kong for ~4th floors not to exist; there is no requirement by the Buildings Department for numbering other than that it being "made in a logical order."[14] A total of 42 intermediate floor numbers are omitted from 39 Conduit Road: those missing include 14, 24, 34, 64, all floors between 40 and 59; the floor number which follows 68 is 88.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n3lcb3cjaxwp2iffjelrts7i/bafkreihvrfx6eomfna2ebypu6iw5hwhxuti3fqemgnwha6wtyxq564ft5y@jpeg)
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
They don't want you to know this but floor numbers don't mean anything
you can just make them up
I live on floor 1429
you can just make them up
I live on floor 1429
the Hong Kong programming puzzle:
Maya is staying in a hotel at floor N. The hotel omits floors that contain the digit 4, or the substring 13. How many floors above ground is she actually?
(0<N<10^18; your solution needs to handle all plausible HK building heights after all)
Maya is staying in a hotel at floor N. The hotel omits floors that contain the digit 4, or the substring 13. How many floors above ground is she actually?
(0<N<10^18; your solution needs to handle all plausible HK building heights after all)
October 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
the Hong Kong programming puzzle:
Maya is staying in a hotel at floor N. The hotel omits floors that contain the digit 4, or the substring 13. How many floors above ground is she actually?
(0<N<10^18; your solution needs to handle all plausible HK building heights after all)
Maya is staying in a hotel at floor N. The hotel omits floors that contain the digit 4, or the substring 13. How many floors above ground is she actually?
(0<N<10^18; your solution needs to handle all plausible HK building heights after all)
oh to take a flight in faraway skies, where the clouds tower and distant storms light up the night
October 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
oh to take a flight in faraway skies, where the clouds tower and distant storms light up the night
the HSBC ad from the inspirational quote series inside the jetbridge next to me said
"Can we win more
by competing less?"
and let me just say that if I were a regulated corporation I WOULD NOT say that
"Can we win more
by competing less?"
and let me just say that if I were a regulated corporation I WOULD NOT say that
October 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
the HSBC ad from the inspirational quote series inside the jetbridge next to me said
"Can we win more
by competing less?"
and let me just say that if I were a regulated corporation I WOULD NOT say that
"Can we win more
by competing less?"
and let me just say that if I were a regulated corporation I WOULD NOT say that
Almost forgot to report that last Sunday I visited the National Orchid Garden in Singapore (again)
Experienced overwhelming joy (again)
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Experienced overwhelming joy (again)
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
October 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Almost forgot to report that last Sunday I visited the National Orchid Garden in Singapore (again)
Experienced overwhelming joy (again)
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Experienced overwhelming joy (again)
🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
after three tries I'm giving up, it is impossible to upload a tweet with 4 images from a mobile browser here
I guess I'll once again post on Twitter first instead and then later copy using my laptop...
(that or set up typefully or whatever)
I guess I'll once again post on Twitter first instead and then later copy using my laptop...
(that or set up typefully or whatever)
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
after three tries I'm giving up, it is impossible to upload a tweet with 4 images from a mobile browser here
I guess I'll once again post on Twitter first instead and then later copy using my laptop...
(that or set up typefully or whatever)
I guess I'll once again post on Twitter first instead and then later copy using my laptop...
(that or set up typefully or whatever)
Ended up introducing Singaporean friends to these two images
They were very well received
They were very well received
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ended up introducing Singaporean friends to these two images
They were very well received
They were very well received
tfw messed up and accidentally pasted the intended alt text into tweet text instead of image alt text
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
tfw messed up and accidentally pasted the intended alt text into tweet text instead of image alt text