Glenn Boustead
@gbottawa.bsky.social
Totally agree! I’ve learned so much from this talk. He actually referred to it in the SnapCon 2025 keynote youtu.be/U9W04TEMBUk?... when he pointed to the perceptron sprite code and said something like “that’s for another talk”. And a month later that talk showed up.
What's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural Networks
YouTube video by Jens Mönig
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Totally agree! I’ve learned so much from this talk. He actually referred to it in the SnapCon 2025 keynote youtu.be/U9W04TEMBUk?... when he pointed to the perceptron sprite code and said something like “that’s for another talk”. And a month later that talk showed up.
Is there a way to access this if I don’t have access?
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Is there a way to access this if I don’t have access?
I wanted to respond to this saying something like how important sitting in a circle and having discussions about a wide range of topics would be better than hitting a turn in button for something you may not have done. Then I saw this machine and thought of the Jetsons. We need to think about tech..
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I wanted to respond to this saying something like how important sitting in a circle and having discussions about a wide range of topics would be better than hitting a turn in button for something you may not have done. Then I saw this machine and thought of the Jetsons. We need to think about tech..
Maybe it rhymes with pilver.
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Maybe it rhymes with pilver.
Forgot this one - might be about 50% correct at the moment. Lots of room for improvement though
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Forgot this one - might be about 50% correct at the moment. Lots of room for improvement though
I will definitely have a look at this later today. I’m about to post a rough view of a very exciting success using the neural net library. I had an Alan Kay moment - holy shit it worked!!
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I will definitely have a look at this later today. I’m about to post a rough view of a very exciting success using the neural net library. I had an Alan Kay moment - holy shit it worked!!
Thanks for doing this. This talk has helped make more clear to me how you have developed the neural network library and how the blocks work. The historical references add enormously to the story as well.
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Thanks for doing this. This talk has helped make more clear to me how you have developed the neural network library and how the blocks work. The historical references add enormously to the story as well.
The more important discovery would be that the language models are not understanding sentences as a human would. They are simply churning out the next word based on … A discussion of the … would hopefully lead to more messing around with language and translation.
September 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The more important discovery would be that the language models are not understanding sentences as a human would. They are simply churning out the next word based on … A discussion of the … would hopefully lead to more messing around with language and translation.
As a grownup and teacher I find it fun and interesting. Going between English and French there can be problems with gender words (report is le rapport in French - the model didn’t catch the original meaning of the sentence right at the start). Could be a fun activity for people learning French.
September 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As a grownup and teacher I find it fun and interesting. Going between English and French there can be problems with gender words (report is le rapport in French - the model didn’t catch the original meaning of the sentence right at the start). Could be a fun activity for people learning French.
When this executive order came out, I happened to read it. After I read section 2, part c, I went to Wikipedia to remind me of the definition of the Gestapo.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Crime
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September 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
When this executive order came out, I happened to read it. After I read section 2, part c, I went to Wikipedia to remind me of the definition of the Gestapo.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I like this - I am also younger than the solar system. However I am old enough to have watched Mary Poppins when it came out in theatres.
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I like this - I am also younger than the solar system. However I am old enough to have watched Mary Poppins when it came out in theatres.
What a beautiful place to have near your office.
September 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What a beautiful place to have near your office.
@megjlow.bsky.social when I read this I thought about what you said today about teaching Java during your superb keynote at Snap!Con 2025. Thanks for telling such a full story about your experiences, especially leading to Turtlestitch gatherings. We need more of these everywhere.
September 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@megjlow.bsky.social when I read this I thought about what you said today about teaching Java during your superb keynote at Snap!Con 2025. Thanks for telling such a full story about your experiences, especially leading to Turtlestitch gatherings. We need more of these everywhere.
I am eagerly awaiting your show. I wish I could make it to Heidelberg this year, but will have to settle for online in Ottawa this time around.
August 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am eagerly awaiting your show. I wish I could make it to Heidelberg this year, but will have to settle for online in Ottawa this time around.
It’s hard to remember something that didn’t happen.
August 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s hard to remember something that didn’t happen.
As a recently retired elementary school teacher, I find your comments about relationships spot on. People want to express themselves using their own voice when they believe that their audience cares about them as humans. To believe that requires a relationship that will have taken time to develop.
August 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
As a recently retired elementary school teacher, I find your comments about relationships spot on. People want to express themselves using their own voice when they believe that their audience cares about them as humans. To believe that requires a relationship that will have taken time to develop.
Here’s a video of sax versus clarinet. Even with poor playing it could tell the difference between these similar instruments.
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here’s a video of sax versus clarinet. Even with poor playing it could tell the difference between these similar instruments.
I’ve had time to mess around with these new blocks. I’ve tried several instruments and it works quite well. What I haven’t been able to figure out is how to have more than 2 instruments be detected in one model. I tried different classification numbers but no success yet. Video in reply…
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve had time to mess around with these new blocks. I’ve tried several instruments and it works quite well. What I haven’t been able to figure out is how to have more than 2 instruments be detected in one model. I tried different classification numbers but no success yet. Video in reply…
The book is amazing and Ken’s entire life’s work has been devoted to children and learning. toontalk.com/English/kenk...
Happy to share my spare copy if you would like to explore further. Lots of fascinating explorations.
Happy to share my spare copy if you would like to explore further. Lots of fascinating explorations.
Who built ToonTalk?
toontalk.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The book is amazing and Ken’s entire life’s work has been devoted to children and learning. toontalk.com/English/kenk...
Happy to share my spare copy if you would like to explore further. Lots of fascinating explorations.
Happy to share my spare copy if you would like to explore further. Lots of fascinating explorations.
Fun times. Sounds like you’ve visited these topics in an abstract way. It reminded me of this story from Ken Kahn’s new book
cmkpress.com/product/lear... where a little girl very concretely encounters these ideas using pebbles. I’ve attached the story as a photo but have a spare copy of the book.
cmkpress.com/product/lear... where a little girl very concretely encounters these ideas using pebbles. I’ve attached the story as a photo but have a spare copy of the book.
August 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fun times. Sounds like you’ve visited these topics in an abstract way. It reminded me of this story from Ken Kahn’s new book
cmkpress.com/product/lear... where a little girl very concretely encounters these ideas using pebbles. I’ve attached the story as a photo but have a spare copy of the book.
cmkpress.com/product/lear... where a little girl very concretely encounters these ideas using pebbles. I’ve attached the story as a photo but have a spare copy of the book.
I forgot to include this image from Wikipedia. And to express thanks for translation.
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I forgot to include this image from Wikipedia. And to express thanks for translation.
You always choose thoughtful stories to tell that embrace and make clear whatever the tech details are. This simple song will be relatable to all in some way, and gives a perfect reason for using computation to listen for an instrument as a signal. I hope I get to hear this at SnapCon25! Thanks!
August 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You always choose thoughtful stories to tell that embrace and make clear whatever the tech details are. This simple song will be relatable to all in some way, and gives a perfect reason for using computation to listen for an instrument as a signal. I hope I get to hear this at SnapCon25! Thanks!