… But upon close inspection the faces are _not the same family_. A clear and creepy example of how inference output is bogus when LLMs are misapplied. It just synthesizes "typical" details. It can't generate more reality.

I am also a holiday humbug

The author's Transrealist Manifesto:

www.rudyrucker.com/pdf/transrea...

Yes, though I had the significant advantage of being nearly indispensable (literally last person on Earth able + willing to maintain and troubleshoot application-level operations of a profitable but obstreperous hosted product through EOL) and higher management knew that.

(Actual quote from me)

In light of my dwindling capacity for emotional labor at work and continuing struggle of adapting to your management style—I would like to streamline things if possible. Can there be less striving at Leadership and Relationship? May we simply focus on technical, logistical, and policy matters?

The very short story you sent me yesterday is so beautiful I got a shiver and goosebumps at the end, followed by tears. I don't know if that's what you're referring to, but a gift anyway.