Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots
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Fixed it.
September 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fixed it.
I took this caption directly from a paper on a system called MemGPT, which would store and make use of facts gleaned from interaction. They had an example of a dialog they seem to have considered desirable.
August 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I took this caption directly from a paper on a system called MemGPT, which would store and make use of facts gleaned from interaction. They had an example of a dialog they seem to have considered desirable.
My favorite Doctor and companion.
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My favorite Doctor and companion.
Weird that in an earlier edition of the book, Roberts (!) didn't foretell nearly so much.
July 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Weird that in an earlier edition of the book, Roberts (!) didn't foretell nearly so much.
Holy schemoley. You *ARE* right. This is from a Trumpist high school friend who still hasn't unfriended me. At least, I'm pretty *sure* she's a Trumpist. At least, I'm pretty sure she *was* a Trumpist.
Let's put it this way. She's *definitely* not a liberal.
Let's put it this way. She's *definitely* not a liberal.
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Holy schemoley. You *ARE* right. This is from a Trumpist high school friend who still hasn't unfriended me. At least, I'm pretty *sure* she's a Trumpist. At least, I'm pretty sure she *was* a Trumpist.
Let's put it this way. She's *definitely* not a liberal.
Let's put it this way. She's *definitely* not a liberal.
*This* certainly dates it. The HUTHUTHUT thing is a reference to a then-recent webtoon that had crickets to indicate silence, followed by a lot of SWAT guys repelling down like Blues Brothers. And *that* was the first time I'd seen <crickets> as a signifier of silence.
June 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
*This* certainly dates it. The HUTHUTHUT thing is a reference to a then-recent webtoon that had crickets to indicate silence, followed by a lot of SWAT guys repelling down like Blues Brothers. And *that* was the first time I'd seen <crickets> as a signifier of silence.
Island-wide power outage, but why should LUMA care, since outgoing governor Pierluisi extended their contract because they're doing such a great job?
Incoming governor González (of the same party) deplores our now suddenly broken electrical system.
Incoming governor González (of the same party) deplores our now suddenly broken electrical system.
December 31, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Island-wide power outage, but why should LUMA care, since outgoing governor Pierluisi extended their contract because they're doing such a great job?
Incoming governor González (of the same party) deplores our now suddenly broken electrical system.
Incoming governor González (of the same party) deplores our now suddenly broken electrical system.
A boring answer, maybe, but I was 10, and that burned a trace in my brain you could probably see by opening my skull up and *looking*.
December 9, 2024 at 12:51 AM
A boring answer, maybe, but I was 10, and that burned a trace in my brain you could probably see by opening my skull up and *looking*.
Ran across this cryptic thing in notes from 1996. I have no idea what I was working out (it's just up in the top margin, unrelated to the actual note in question).
November 25, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Ran across this cryptic thing in notes from 1996. I have no idea what I was working out (it's just up in the top margin, unrelated to the actual note in question).
The new kid. (Cat distribution system still working smoothly.)
November 22, 2024 at 3:47 AM
The new kid. (Cat distribution system still working smoothly.)
Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.
(I got this for Christmas when I was four or five.)
(I got this for Christmas when I was four or five.)
November 14, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood.
(I got this for Christmas when I was four or five.)
(I got this for Christmas when I was four or five.)
"What. Is that?"
November 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
"What. Is that?"
Richard was a dapper little guy. He's reported to be enjoying his new life as a Floridian.
November 5, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Richard was a dapper little guy. He's reported to be enjoying his new life as a Floridian.
Pamacska helping debug.
November 5, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Pamacska helping debug.
You've seen Anubis, but here's a trip to the beach.
November 5, 2024 at 7:35 PM
You've seen Anubis, but here's a trip to the beach.
Agi and Mona.
November 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Agi and Mona.
Jack, now 17 years old.
November 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Jack, now 17 years old.