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she (in a binary way) / any (in an I want people to be absolute goblins about it way)

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Finally starting that "bookmarks" site I talked about a while back. Decided to just edit HTML straight up, rather than come up with some system to build the site for me.

My thinking is that whenever I go to look something up, I'll leave the tab open until I've added it to this system.

Already finding that providing context for these links is encouragement to write in more detail.

madewokherd.nfshost.com/bookma

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Hey if any friends are on other socials more (been hearing about bluesky a lot), I would like to follow you there. I have feed-merger to conveniently pull everything together, although I need to update it with bsky api (rss feed has some annoying limitations), and it doesn't work with Twitter because Twitter charges unreasonably for API access.

Probably will still only post here though, as much as I do at all.

re: LLM uses 

So far ChatGPT seems to be pretty good at this.

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It would be easy to make the world a better place, but if people were happier, they’d probably buy less stuff

I think maybe the reason I don't like debuggers (the kind you type commands into) is that it feels like an execution challenge, where I have to perform the correct sequence of commands and actions to get the information I want. With print statement debugging I just write more code and if it's not good enough I fix it.

So basically I want a debugger I can program ahead of time.

Finding that in difficult debugging situations where I'd previously give up, my response now is more often to improve my tools.

LLM uses 

Hypothesis: One of the few things LLMs are good at is metaphor. Human minds respond well to metaphor and can be changed and observed via imagination (which doesn't have to be visual - anything you can experience is a possible way to imagine). The problem is often finding the right metaphor what you want.

Therefore, LLMs may be good for helping to observe and make changes in one's mind through metaphor.

I am either too tired to give my talk, or the perfect amount of tired to give my talk.

I have begun to think that any action that slows down oppression, even a little bit, matters. Any additional resources used means fewer available to oppress other people, and a delay to those plans. It doesn't have to change the winds to make a difference.

Hopelessness is manufactured. Hopelessness is part of Neo-Liberalism.

They want you to believe there is no hope and no possible alternative.

Planning a 27-hour train trip because flying (not the actual "being in the air" part but everything around it) sucks that much.

Being sober and going to bed at a reasonable time is underrated.

spider (+++) 

This morning I set a roll of toilet paper so it would hang down the side of my bathtub, so that a spider could use it to climb out. It was adorable to watch. I love spiders.

(Usually I try to grab them by holding something flat underneath them and then drop that outside the tub, but I thought this might be less scary for them? Plus, it can still help while I'm away.)

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Bathtubs should have textured bits so spiders can climb out.

I was invited to be the closing keynote at @BSidesRDU this past weekend. Some folk found my presentation there, and the ensuing Q&A, somewhat moving...

youtu.be/aUXHItYNKYY

... recording there is 30min talk, 30min discussion. Both were very rewarding. 👍

Thank you so much to everyone who was a part of this one. 💚

Gaming history blazing hot take: if recreating the experience of playing old games via CRT shaders is important, it's equally important to recreate crappy old emulators so you can experience what it was like to play these games for the first time on a low-env 90s PC.

I need to know how many bunny girls are on Fedi. If you want to know how many bunny girls are on Fedi #PleaseBoost the heck out of this.

#BunnyGirl #Furry #Boost #Important #Bunny #Rabbit #BunnyRabbit

PS: Also options for other stuff.

about post-hypnotic suggestions/programming 

(While writing this, I programmed myself to do something a little silly later, with no hypnosis or trance around it. Mostly to observe what I was doing. Will be interesting to see if it works.)

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about post-hypnotic suggestions/programming 

I think that when someone looks at you very seriously and gives you some warning about a precaution to take, so you don't burn or electrocute yourself or something, and you know it's important and somehow you always seem to remember when the time comes, that's the same thing as programming a post-hypnotic response.

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