jbum
@jbum.bsky.social
Piano-playing, puzzle-making, tree-loving nerd.
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Somebody went to Baskin Robbins and all they had was vanilla.
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Somebody went to Baskin Robbins and all they had was vanilla.
Doesn’t it deliver electric shocks or something?
October 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Doesn’t it deliver electric shocks or something?
YouTube problem? It’s not just you. I think someone replaced the broadband with a cocktail straw.
October 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
YouTube problem? It’s not just you. I think someone replaced the broadband with a cocktail straw.
Umm, Spotify events, I'm not sure if Warren Zevon is gonna make that October gig...
August 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Umm, Spotify events, I'm not sure if Warren Zevon is gonna make that October gig...
This week I’ve been testing very generic prompts on a variety of text and image models.
Here are some doctors.
The image prompts don’t provide any clues as to gender nor ethnicity.
Left is Imagen-3 (Google). Right is Dall-E-3 (OpenAI).
Here are some doctors.
The image prompts don’t provide any clues as to gender nor ethnicity.
Left is Imagen-3 (Google). Right is Dall-E-3 (OpenAI).
March 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This week I’ve been testing very generic prompts on a variety of text and image models.
Here are some doctors.
The image prompts don’t provide any clues as to gender nor ethnicity.
Left is Imagen-3 (Google). Right is Dall-E-3 (OpenAI).
Here are some doctors.
The image prompts don’t provide any clues as to gender nor ethnicity.
Left is Imagen-3 (Google). Right is Dall-E-3 (OpenAI).
Python (which LLMs really excel at) is 0.64 pants. The I Ching is merely 0.01 pants. So I would guess that the magic number for which a decent modern LLM can be expected to perform relatively well falls somewhere between 1% and 20% Pants!
4/4
4/4
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Python (which LLMs really excel at) is 0.64 pants. The I Ching is merely 0.01 pants. So I would guess that the magic number for which a decent modern LLM can be expected to perform relatively well falls somewhere between 1% and 20% Pants!
4/4
4/4
A fun unit-of-measurement I like to use when researching demand is “Pants”, since demand for pants is something I assume to be relatively stable. The demand for anything else can be expressed in pants, kilopants, millipants, etc. Tarot demand is roughly 0.19 pants. I Ching is much lower.
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3/4
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A fun unit-of-measurement I like to use when researching demand is “Pants”, since demand for pants is something I assume to be relatively stable. The demand for anything else can be expressed in pants, kilopants, millipants, etc. Tarot demand is roughly 0.19 pants. I Ching is much lower.
3/4
3/4
A comparison between Tarot and I Ching on Google trends provides a likely culprit. These models are generally trained on the open web, and the amount of available material on these topics likely mirrors the relative demand shown by Google trends. The I Ching is not well represented.
2/4
2/4
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A comparison between Tarot and I Ching on Google trends provides a likely culprit. These models are generally trained on the open web, and the amount of available material on these topics likely mirrors the relative demand shown by Google trends. The I Ching is not well represented.
2/4
2/4
All the AI models I’ve tested lately are excellent at doing tarot card readings, and terrible at casting I Ching hexagrams. DeepSeek R1 knows all 78 tarot cards and can provide interpretations. But when asked to provide a list of the 64 I Ching hexagrams, it hallucinates like crazy.
Why?
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Why?
1/4
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
All the AI models I’ve tested lately are excellent at doing tarot card readings, and terrible at casting I Ching hexagrams. DeepSeek R1 knows all 78 tarot cards and can provide interpretations. But when asked to provide a list of the 64 I Ching hexagrams, it hallucinates like crazy.
Why?
1/4
Why?
1/4
It coincided with the Eaton fire being downgraded from Evac order to Evac warning. Hmm…
January 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It coincided with the Eaton fire being downgraded from Evac order to Evac warning. Hmm…
Navigating Bluesky on an iPad is like walking thru a minefield in which any random step might put you into Landscape mode.
December 2, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Navigating Bluesky on an iPad is like walking thru a minefield in which any random step might put you into Landscape mode.
I’ve spent the last couple hours skimming episodes of Murder She Wrote looking for instances of this stock footage lightning bolt (I’ve found six) and I gotta say: This little town in Maine is NOT a safe place to live.
November 30, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I’ve spent the last couple hours skimming episodes of Murder She Wrote looking for instances of this stock footage lightning bolt (I’ve found six) and I gotta say: This little town in Maine is NOT a safe place to live.
I feel the same way about old novelty catalogs.
November 29, 2024 at 6:39 AM
I feel the same way about old novelty catalogs.
This looks pretty swell.
November 29, 2024 at 5:47 AM
This looks pretty swell.
Welp, my borfday is gonna be here soon and I think I know what I want!
November 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Welp, my borfday is gonna be here soon and I think I know what I want!
Curious how BlueSky’s opening will affect demand.
February 10, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Curious how BlueSky’s opening will affect demand.
Mar’s ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
December 16, 2023 at 5:21 AM
Mar’s ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
