Louis Patterson
@theboatend.bsky.social
All-purpose nerd and "competitive" sailor. Australian, Melburnian, Footscrayite, Him.
Google AI informing me of the latest medical advances.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Google AI informing me of the latest medical advances.
endless streams of splat-squad vans, i had no idea there were so many. i thought it was for the gaza crew but...
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
endless streams of splat-squad vans, i had no idea there were so many. i thought it was for the gaza crew but...
perfect weather for exploring an underground railway
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
perfect weather for exploring an underground railway
'parrently i could.
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
'parrently i could.
yeah don't think I'm gonna get on the first train through the metro tunnel.
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
yeah don't think I'm gonna get on the first train through the metro tunnel.
LLMs just do token matching and we've spent a literal trillion dollars building stochastic markov chain machines. They'll try and fix this manually, but being able to unify tokens of this level of similarity is really a sine-qua-non of a useful language analysis engine.
![ai google result for "cassowary pseudopenis" [no hyphen] stating such a thing does not exist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qq7rgk6au6muh4yvfxwz4vtc/bafkreih3u7gbvxpybmbcbrvu7tq6mqslayjlip2zhl3acokfdfmh3mxvry@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
LLMs just do token matching and we've spent a literal trillion dollars building stochastic markov chain machines. They'll try and fix this manually, but being able to unify tokens of this level of similarity is really a sine-qua-non of a useful language analysis engine.
In the latest delivery of rags to the print mines. May have broken me, that this has been going on long enough for clothes to be recyled.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
In the latest delivery of rags to the print mines. May have broken me, that this has been going on long enough for clothes to be recyled.
And I went snivellin', I went crawling around to my girlfriend's house
She came down hard upon me
And she ground her finger into my breastbone
And she said, she said:
"You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore"
She came down hard upon me
And she ground her finger into my breastbone
And she said, she said:
"You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore"
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And I went snivellin', I went crawling around to my girlfriend's house
She came down hard upon me
And she ground her finger into my breastbone
And she said, she said:
"You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore"
She came down hard upon me
And she ground her finger into my breastbone
And she said, she said:
"You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore"
And it does fit! Single-track passing station in TT with goods siding and a street tramway. 2x16m car trains, plus space for a couple of scenery setpieces, all on a 780x270 billy bookshelf shelf.
Will need some 7.5⁰ and r1 15⁰ curves I think, and leave the tramway for phase two.
Will need some 7.5⁰ and r1 15⁰ curves I think, and leave the tramway for phase two.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
And it does fit! Single-track passing station in TT with goods siding and a street tramway. 2x16m car trains, plus space for a couple of scenery setpieces, all on a 780x270 billy bookshelf shelf.
Will need some 7.5⁰ and r1 15⁰ curves I think, and leave the tramway for phase two.
Will need some 7.5⁰ and r1 15⁰ curves I think, and leave the tramway for phase two.
Never thought I'd reuse this meme within the quarter-hour.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Never thought I'd reuse this meme within the quarter-hour.
So, if you tie a flag to a broomstick and then tie the pulling-up rope, the halyard, to the broomstick below the flag and then again at the bottom of the broomstick, you can hoist the flag higher than you could normally.
Occasionally useful knowledge.
Occasionally useful knowledge.
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
So, if you tie a flag to a broomstick and then tie the pulling-up rope, the halyard, to the broomstick below the flag and then again at the bottom of the broomstick, you can hoist the flag higher than you could normally.
Occasionally useful knowledge.
Occasionally useful knowledge.
Bah. It looked like so much more space when I was sketching it out. The secondhand track not having the short curves I want doesn't help.
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Bah. It looked like so much more space when I was sketching it out. The secondhand track not having the short curves I want doesn't help.
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
[the general idea is freelance 70s japan heavily inspired by some mid-sized private railways, esp the hokuriku. In TTm, because why not make your life harder]
i was so disappointed when i saw a picture of the british mess dress rank brooches.
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
i was so disappointed when i saw a picture of the british mess dress rank brooches.
clearly you're not australian, these are our traditional shoes. Great for visiting japan.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
clearly you're not australian, these are our traditional shoes. Great for visiting japan.
bootstraps, the pulling up of self by same.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
bootstraps, the pulling up of self by same.
Trouble at th' mill, one of the phases askew on the substation.
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trouble at th' mill, one of the phases askew on the substation.
There's a lot of steam tours around melbourne, and most of them pass through my local station. Might get two of these a month but even so *everyone* stops and stares, as is proper.
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
There's a lot of steam tours around melbourne, and most of them pass through my local station. Might get two of these a month but even so *everyone* stops and stares, as is proper.
Useful advice from one of the machines at work.
![A sign reading "kepp [sic] fingers away from punching zone"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qq7rgk6au6muh4yvfxwz4vtc/bafkreif5urduiqwp55oeh6p4axuywg44bwbigryjezx6oum2vfazcqzgvu@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Useful advice from one of the machines at work.
Looks like my sewing machine just died, failed controller pedal. Been meaning to get it serviced since covid but never got around to it.
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Looks like my sewing machine just died, failed controller pedal. Been meaning to get it serviced since covid but never got around to it.
Also whole baked pears. General assessment is the whole meal is delicious.
September 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Also whole baked pears. General assessment is the whole meal is delicious.
Cheers to the french community of Belgium, who I'm sure have never been involved in colonialism so horrific it shocked 19th century europe.
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Cheers to the french community of Belgium, who I'm sure have never been involved in colonialism so horrific it shocked 19th century europe.
Time to check your spill prep people.
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Time to check your spill prep people.
Here's a table of corrections for celestial navigation: 33min of arc is ~the diameter of the sun or moon, or about two minutes of the sun's motion if it's setting at 90º to the horizon at the equator [~3min at 45º, &c].
September 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Here's a table of corrections for celestial navigation: 33min of arc is ~the diameter of the sun or moon, or about two minutes of the sun's motion if it's setting at 90º to the horizon at the equator [~3min at 45º, &c].
nesting swan, melbourne docklands
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
nesting swan, melbourne docklands