HarJIT 🜬
@harjit.moe
Software developer, character encoding nerd; 🜬; in my late 20s.
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Misato Katsuragi ❤️❤️❤️
March 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Misato Katsuragi ❤️❤️❤️
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October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Rainy, winner of the latest poll!
August 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rainy, winner of the latest poll!
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do showers get anyone else unreasonably horny?
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
do showers get anyone else unreasonably horny?
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May I present you a goth fox
April 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
May I present you a goth fox
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39 years ago today, July 27th 1987, a song was released by a young singer that would change the world forever.
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
39 years ago today, July 27th 1987, a song was released by a young singer that would change the world forever.
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
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My catboi Florian with Lux, commissioned by Aximey
Being commissioned to draw your own OCs is like art goals, living the dream!
High res with more alts you know where, as always ;)
Being commissioned to draw your own OCs is like art goals, living the dream!
High res with more alts you know where, as always ;)
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My catboi Florian with Lux, commissioned by Aximey
Being commissioned to draw your own OCs is like art goals, living the dream!
High res with more alts you know where, as always ;)
Being commissioned to draw your own OCs is like art goals, living the dream!
High res with more alts you know where, as always ;)
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I do web stuff rather than Tay's field, but this is true: we literally made this industry up as we went along. When I went freelance in 1999, there was no job title for what I did. I called myself a web applications developer, and just hoped clients would recognise that as the thing they needed.
I regularly bleat into young people's ears that there was no goddamn "tech career track" until recently. All the most senior people you know came from some weird shit. Our Deputy CISO ran a college Helpdesk. They came up from the bottom. Every single one of them has a different story. Relate to it.
July 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I do web stuff rather than Tay's field, but this is true: we literally made this industry up as we went along. When I went freelance in 1999, there was no job title for what I did. I called myself a web applications developer, and just hoped clients would recognise that as the thing they needed.
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This is it, exactly. The word is so useless that I find myself in deep, intractable arguments where it turns out we both agree.
GenAI =/= ML and GenAI doesn’t automatically mean using stolen material
That conversation is impossible in an environment where artists livelihoods are being taken away
GenAI =/= ML and GenAI doesn’t automatically mean using stolen material
That conversation is impossible in an environment where artists livelihoods are being taken away
This discussion about whether AI is useful reminds me about the first chapter of AI Snake Oil
The word AI has sort of become meaningless. I think we are all talking about different forms of "AI"
"AI" as seen by some people could indeed be useless
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The word AI has sort of become meaningless. I think we are all talking about different forms of "AI"
"AI" as seen by some people could indeed be useless
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
June 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is it, exactly. The word is so useless that I find myself in deep, intractable arguments where it turns out we both agree.
GenAI =/= ML and GenAI doesn’t automatically mean using stolen material
That conversation is impossible in an environment where artists livelihoods are being taken away
GenAI =/= ML and GenAI doesn’t automatically mean using stolen material
That conversation is impossible in an environment where artists livelihoods are being taken away
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Transliterating Japanese like an Assyriologist: 🤨
すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。
su-be-te-no REN.JIAN-wá, SHENG-ma-re-na-ga-ra-ni ši-te ZI.YOU-de a-ri, ka-tsu, ZUN.YAN-to QUAN.LI-to-ni tsu-i-te PING.DENG-de a-ru.
'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.'
すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。
su-be-te-no REN.JIAN-wá, SHENG-ma-re-na-ga-ra-ni ši-te ZI.YOU-de a-ri, ka-tsu, ZUN.YAN-to QUAN.LI-to-ni tsu-i-te PING.DENG-de a-ru.
'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.'
December 22, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Transliterating Japanese like an Assyriologist: 🤨
すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。
su-be-te-no REN.JIAN-wá, SHENG-ma-re-na-ga-ra-ni ši-te ZI.YOU-de a-ri, ka-tsu, ZUN.YAN-to QUAN.LI-to-ni tsu-i-te PING.DENG-de a-ru.
'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.'
すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。
su-be-te-no REN.JIAN-wá, SHENG-ma-re-na-ga-ra-ni ši-te ZI.YOU-de a-ri, ka-tsu, ZUN.YAN-to QUAN.LI-to-ni tsu-i-te PING.DENG-de a-ru.
'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.'
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For Japanese Studies folks: I’ve ported the NDL’s kuzushiji OCR to run directly in your web browser.
ndlkotenocr-lite-web.netlify.app
No GPU or installation needed. First-time use may take a few minutes to download the model, but after that, it should transcribe each image in about ten seconds.
ndlkotenocr-lite-web.netlify.app
No GPU or installation needed. First-time use may take a few minutes to download the model, but after that, it should transcribe each image in about ten seconds.
May 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
For Japanese Studies folks: I’ve ported the NDL’s kuzushiji OCR to run directly in your web browser.
ndlkotenocr-lite-web.netlify.app
No GPU or installation needed. First-time use may take a few minutes to download the model, but after that, it should transcribe each image in about ten seconds.
ndlkotenocr-lite-web.netlify.app
No GPU or installation needed. First-time use may take a few minutes to download the model, but after that, it should transcribe each image in about ten seconds.
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Andrew had a heart of the most immense kindness and generosity and an intellect that was, in the true sense of the word, awe-inspiring. I was very privileged to know him.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Andrew had a heart of the most immense kindness and generosity and an intellect that was, in the true sense of the word, awe-inspiring. I was very privileged to know him.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
May his dear soul rest in peace.
Andrew C. West, 1960-2025.
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I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
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Dr West was one of the most remarkable scholars out there. He could read scripts that were extinct for a millennium -- Tangut, Khitan, Sanskrit, Tibetan; derive meaning from even tiny scraps of paper that time had preserved for us.
May Dr. West be reborn in the Pure Land of Amithaba
May Dr. West be reborn in the Pure Land of Amithaba
I've just heard the terrible news that my friend - and friend of many here - Andrew West, @babelstone.co.uk, the incomparably brilliant Sinologist and Tangutologist passed away suddenly but peacefully on 10th July. 1/2
July 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Dr West was one of the most remarkable scholars out there. He could read scripts that were extinct for a millennium -- Tangut, Khitan, Sanskrit, Tibetan; derive meaning from even tiny scraps of paper that time had preserved for us.
May Dr. West be reborn in the Pure Land of Amithaba
May Dr. West be reborn in the Pure Land of Amithaba
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Judge Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, says the Trump administration's position on Abrego Garcia amounts to a "path of perfect lawlessness." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Judge Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, says the Trump administration's position on Abrego Garcia amounts to a "path of perfect lawlessness." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Finally to draw someone slender
November 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Finally to draw someone slender
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Khiara, Len, Einarr and Varric for endromida and blacktiger1337
December 7, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Khiara, Len, Einarr and Varric for endromida and blacktiger1337
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when I saw this Now Online sidebar on this Thai dictionary website I gasped
February 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
when I saw this Now Online sidebar on this Thai dictionary website I gasped
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Excuse me, what in the Footloose fuck? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
February 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Excuse me, what in the Footloose fuck? www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Ichikawa City in Chiba Prefecture announced that a new program giving rent subsidies to newly married couples will also be open to LGBTQ couples. It's the first time such a program in Japan has recognized sexual and gender minorities.
Japanese City Will Grant Marriage Support to LGBTQ Couples - Unseen Japan
Ichikawa City in Chiba Prefecture will become the first in Japan to extend a marriage benefits program to sexual and gender minorities.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Ichikawa City in Chiba Prefecture announced that a new program giving rent subsidies to newly married couples will also be open to LGBTQ couples. It's the first time such a program in Japan has recognized sexual and gender minorities.