Alice Valiant
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November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
i like doing the notebook thing from Dhalgren because, if you aren't willing to write the same thing down over, and over, until you can sing it like a song - why should anyone waste their time reading it?
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i like doing the notebook thing from Dhalgren because, if you aren't willing to write the same thing down over, and over, until you can sing it like a song - why should anyone waste their time reading it?
broke: im an awful writer
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
broke: im an awful writer
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
woke: I'm fine i guess. simply irrelevant in the grand scheme of course
bespoke: writing is a vile art, an insult to the continuous. squeeze the juice of life and render it into dead language
![screenshot of visual code text:
### Chapter 7: The Projection Spell
The function **project_point_to_camera** at line 68 was the fundamental magic:
1. Given a 3D point in world space, a camera, and a scene
2. It invoked bpy_extras.object_utils.world_to_camera_view (line 80)
3. This returned co_2d with x, y in [0,1] and z as depth
4. If z < 0, the point was behind the camera - return None (lines 84-85)
5. Otherwise, return the projected point (line 87)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmddb3azjlolnq7eqtnebg42/bafkreify5h6h67647cw6e2mp752le7woidheyzn6kx37jo6kc5hyjbdkji@jpeg)
woke 2 means never apologizing for trying to make all the characters queer
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
woke 2 means never apologizing for trying to make all the characters queer
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every story is about a wizard. and if you don't know who the wizard is? it might be you, the reader
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
every story is about a wizard. and if you don't know who the wizard is? it might be you, the reader
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Reposted by Alice Valiant
warner brothers trickster figures explained
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
warner brothers trickster figures explained
i hate doing laundry. i hate wrapping my time around the demands of a centripetal machine. and yet.... this is the best time in history to be doing laundry #optimism
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i hate doing laundry. i hate wrapping my time around the demands of a centripetal machine. and yet.... this is the best time in history to be doing laundry #optimism
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god lost the earth's login credentials after being catfished by tocharian scammers ca. 730 CE. these "South Qunduz Mischief Boys" spent years using them for infantile pranks like adding water to earth's mantle or resurrecting the extinct coelocanth. the last of them passed away no later than 800 CE
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
god lost the earth's login credentials after being catfished by tocharian scammers ca. 730 CE. these "South Qunduz Mischief Boys" spent years using them for infantile pranks like adding water to earth's mantle or resurrecting the extinct coelocanth. the last of them passed away no later than 800 CE
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AI engineers need a professional code of conduct
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
AI engineers need a professional code of conduct
llm usecase, unfortunately: putting in incomprehensible insurance documents into it and getting English back
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
llm usecase, unfortunately: putting in incomprehensible insurance documents into it and getting English back
"abolish the health insurance industry" is on my 2028 pres candidate demands. why are we still fucking around with these assholes
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"abolish the health insurance industry" is on my 2028 pres candidate demands. why are we still fucking around with these assholes
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
do we have sensors for the modalities of scent and taste yet? why not
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
do we have sensors for the modalities of scent and taste yet? why not
every time i hear about conde naste it's about some other bull shit...!! Im Sick of This Fuckin Media Corporation
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
every time i hear about conde naste it's about some other bull shit...!! Im Sick of This Fuckin Media Corporation
basically an LLM is a big gun that shoots code much faster than a human being can. sometimes the code's good. sometimes it's not
it's a blunt tool. nobody paints a masterpiece with an LLM. but nobody's paying us to paint masterpieces. (they should, though)
it's a blunt tool. nobody paints a masterpiece with an LLM. but nobody's paying us to paint masterpieces. (they should, though)
here's the thing with "vibecoding"/agentic programming/whatever we're gonna call it in a decade: the human being is, ultimately, responsible. a lot of the negative social impact is attributable not specifically to the existence of the LLM, but in the way that people do not think they owe things
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
basically an LLM is a big gun that shoots code much faster than a human being can. sometimes the code's good. sometimes it's not
it's a blunt tool. nobody paints a masterpiece with an LLM. but nobody's paying us to paint masterpieces. (they should, though)
it's a blunt tool. nobody paints a masterpiece with an LLM. but nobody's paying us to paint masterpieces. (they should, though)
here's the thing with "vibecoding"/agentic programming/whatever we're gonna call it in a decade: the human being is, ultimately, responsible. a lot of the negative social impact is attributable not specifically to the existence of the LLM, but in the way that people do not think they owe things
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
here's the thing with "vibecoding"/agentic programming/whatever we're gonna call it in a decade: the human being is, ultimately, responsible. a lot of the negative social impact is attributable not specifically to the existence of the LLM, but in the way that people do not think they owe things
theres a section on this at Mercer Labs but they didnt let us see it. a lot of mirror rooms though. those kick ass
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
theres a section on this at Mercer Labs but they didnt let us see it. a lot of mirror rooms though. those kick ass
is a4a a thing yet. feel like some of u hoes are that. peace
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
is a4a a thing yet. feel like some of u hoes are that. peace
wife says Elf is an autist 4 autist movie and she's right
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
wife says Elf is an autist 4 autist movie and she's right
happy anniversary to my dear wife of 3 years. thanks for not leaving me bc I’m a tranny. love, alice
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
happy anniversary to my dear wife of 3 years. thanks for not leaving me bc I’m a tranny. love, alice