HSM
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Hyperstructure Hypermedia, Inc. Building a network of information, built on open compatible tech, shaped like human thought, where users own their data.
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@hyperstructure.media
· Aug 29
What is HSM?
Against images as accessories: olivermeredithcox.medium.com/against-imag...
Against images as accessories
Today, too many images are little more than filler and bait.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Against images as accessories: olivermeredithcox.medium.com/against-imag...
The use of symbols is the ultimate tool of human intellect. And computers are the generalization of symbols.
September 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The use of symbols is the ultimate tool of human intellect. And computers are the generalization of symbols.
Writing is in many ways like programming: it's about experimenting with different structures and arrangements, constantly breaking one's understanding of the problem.
One big difference is that bad (malformed, illogical) programs won't compile, while you can hit publish on any writing you like.
One big difference is that bad (malformed, illogical) programs won't compile, while you can hit publish on any writing you like.
September 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Writing is in many ways like programming: it's about experimenting with different structures and arrangements, constantly breaking one's understanding of the problem.
One big difference is that bad (malformed, illogical) programs won't compile, while you can hit publish on any writing you like.
One big difference is that bad (malformed, illogical) programs won't compile, while you can hit publish on any writing you like.
AI (as the term is most commonly used today) doesn't need to exist. We feel like it needs to exist, because our computer systems are so bad that we needed to create another computer system to explain them to us.
Let's just create better computer systems.
Let's just create better computer systems.
September 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
AI (as the term is most commonly used today) doesn't need to exist. We feel like it needs to exist, because our computer systems are so bad that we needed to create another computer system to explain them to us.
Let's just create better computer systems.
Let's just create better computer systems.
What does every computer user need, but don't know they need it? A Lisp machine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_ma...
Lisp machine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
What does every computer user need, but don't know they need it? A Lisp machine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_ma...
Watching the House judiciary committee discuss free speech yesterday might have been a little depressing for you: seeing representatives throw the idea of "free speech" around so much that it practically became an empty signifier.
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Watching the House judiciary committee discuss free speech yesterday might have been a little depressing for you: seeing representatives throw the idea of "free speech" around so much that it practically became an empty signifier.
"Computer" is a misnomer. "Symbolic machine" is a better term for devices that can handle practically any system of information/logic, not just mathematics.
September 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Computer" is a misnomer. "Symbolic machine" is a better term for devices that can handle practically any system of information/logic, not just mathematics.