Needs Books (he/him)
@needsbks.bsky.social
I need books like I need air.
Software Engineer. #FuckAI
I read a lot of #webcomics, in addition to my #book addiction.
I will not follow you back unless I know you, or you are an author/artist I follow.
I will block bigots and annoying people.
Software Engineer. #FuckAI
I read a lot of #webcomics, in addition to my #book addiction.
I will not follow you back unless I know you, or you are an author/artist I follow.
I will block bigots and annoying people.
I am not a plant person, but I thought the point of covering plants was to protect them from heavy snows, so they aren't crushed. But that's coming from a Coloradan.
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I am not a plant person, but I thought the point of covering plants was to protect them from heavy snows, so they aren't crushed. But that's coming from a Coloradan.
He's not trying to get on a plane. He's already in the New York area for Christmas with the in-laws and is picking his wife up, who for some reason flew in after him to visit her family.
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
He's not trying to get on a plane. He's already in the New York area for Christmas with the in-laws and is picking his wife up, who for some reason flew in after him to visit her family.
I love Heat Signature! I love the ability to pause time to line up shots, and that stealth/pacifism is an option.
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I love Heat Signature! I love the ability to pause time to line up shots, and that stealth/pacifism is an option.
Further, I would argue anyone who DOES watch on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube is also too-online. Those are online, and more time consuming. I can read an article faster than someone can read it to me.
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Further, I would argue anyone who DOES watch on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube is also too-online. Those are online, and more time consuming. I can read an article faster than someone can read it to me.
This will never reach me. I'm definitely too-online, but I'm a Software Engineer, not a journalist. I will not watch a video for my news. If someone links to a news site, and it turns out to be a video, I immediately close it. There's zero chance I'm going to watch on any of the sites you listed.
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This will never reach me. I'm definitely too-online, but I'm a Software Engineer, not a journalist. I will not watch a video for my news. If someone links to a news site, and it turns out to be a video, I immediately close it. There's zero chance I'm going to watch on any of the sites you listed.
The person complaining that authors (who create in a text based medium) are only using a text based medium to reach their readers is a little... uh... baffling?
I cannot STAND TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. I don't want my news, book recs, or any other information via video.
I cannot STAND TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. I don't want my news, book recs, or any other information via video.
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The person complaining that authors (who create in a text based medium) are only using a text based medium to reach their readers is a little... uh... baffling?
I cannot STAND TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. I don't want my news, book recs, or any other information via video.
I cannot STAND TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube. I don't want my news, book recs, or any other information via video.
I mean, I'm not putting any money on it. I won't actually know until/unless KB says, I plan to ignore it or read KB's thread later if I feel like it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I mean, I'm not putting any money on it. I won't actually know until/unless KB says, I plan to ignore it or read KB's thread later if I feel like it.
I'm not sure how you would ever tell if his speeches are AI generated. They always sound like a deranged lunatic with no grammar, made up words, and provably false information.
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm not sure how you would ever tell if his speeches are AI generated. They always sound like a deranged lunatic with no grammar, made up words, and provably false information.
I'll take the over.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'll take the over.
I love your comic. I hope other aspects of your life look up, though.
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I love your comic. I hope other aspects of your life look up, though.
How do you turn it off? I've never been able to find a setting anywhere to get google to stop giving me an AI Overview.
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How do you turn it off? I've never been able to find a setting anywhere to get google to stop giving me an AI Overview.
People claim they'll do the right thing and check it out from the library, and maybe they do a time or two, but eventually they stop because the books are already on their device.
Don't pirate books. Don't support websites that distribute pirated books. Buy it, or wait for your library hold.
Don't pirate books. Don't support websites that distribute pirated books. Buy it, or wait for your library hold.
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
People claim they'll do the right thing and check it out from the library, and maybe they do a time or two, but eventually they stop because the books are already on their device.
Don't pirate books. Don't support websites that distribute pirated books. Buy it, or wait for your library hold.
Don't pirate books. Don't support websites that distribute pirated books. Buy it, or wait for your library hold.
That is either extremely naive of you, or intentionally ignorant.
Once you have a copy, why would you keep your place in the library's hold line? If you have access to all the sequels, why request them? Are you going to request them again when you do rereads of the copies you have permanently?
No.
Once you have a copy, why would you keep your place in the library's hold line? If you have access to all the sequels, why request them? Are you going to request them again when you do rereads of the copies you have permanently?
No.
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
That is either extremely naive of you, or intentionally ignorant.
Once you have a copy, why would you keep your place in the library's hold line? If you have access to all the sequels, why request them? Are you going to request them again when you do rereads of the copies you have permanently?
No.
Once you have a copy, why would you keep your place in the library's hold line? If you have access to all the sequels, why request them? Are you going to request them again when you do rereads of the copies you have permanently?
No.
There's a difference between personal use and distribution.
Anne's Archive distributes pirated books. This means libraries get fewer hold requests, which is the metric used to determine if they pay for more copies. Thus theft.
Anne's Archive distributes pirated books. This means libraries get fewer hold requests, which is the metric used to determine if they pay for more copies. Thus theft.
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
There's a difference between personal use and distribution.
Anne's Archive distributes pirated books. This means libraries get fewer hold requests, which is the metric used to determine if they pay for more copies. Thus theft.
Anne's Archive distributes pirated books. This means libraries get fewer hold requests, which is the metric used to determine if they pay for more copies. Thus theft.
Anne's Archive is not a library. Libraries pay for their copies, Anne's Archive links to known pirated copies of works. It is not the same.
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Anne's Archive is not a library. Libraries pay for their copies, Anne's Archive links to known pirated copies of works. It is not the same.
Please don't recommend pirating people's work. It's theft.
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Please don't recommend pirating people's work. It's theft.
So, I think the answer to your original question is that yes, but it's due to a poorly designed model.
Your model is essentially finding a local maximum instead of the global maximum you actually want it to find.
I'm not sure of a way to explain in detail what I mean in 300 characters, though.
Your model is essentially finding a local maximum instead of the global maximum you actually want it to find.
I'm not sure of a way to explain in detail what I mean in 300 characters, though.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, I think the answer to your original question is that yes, but it's due to a poorly designed model.
Your model is essentially finding a local maximum instead of the global maximum you actually want it to find.
I'm not sure of a way to explain in detail what I mean in 300 characters, though.
Your model is essentially finding a local maximum instead of the global maximum you actually want it to find.
I'm not sure of a way to explain in detail what I mean in 300 characters, though.
I suppose a negative value in the reward could be seen as punishment, but otherwise I'm not sure how you would implement punishment in an algorithm.
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I suppose a negative value in the reward could be seen as punishment, but otherwise I'm not sure how you would implement punishment in an algorithm.
I'd say that the reward is misaligned, then. If the goal is for it to move to a different location, standing still should be equal to being prone.
Also, there is no "punishment". A low reward state is something to be avoided, but it's not punished. You can't punish an algorithm.
Also, there is no "punishment". A low reward state is something to be avoided, but it's not punished. You can't punish an algorithm.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'd say that the reward is misaligned, then. If the goal is for it to move to a different location, standing still should be equal to being prone.
Also, there is no "punishment". A low reward state is something to be avoided, but it's not punished. You can't punish an algorithm.
Also, there is no "punishment". A low reward state is something to be avoided, but it's not punished. You can't punish an algorithm.
And yes, I've somehow taken this anti-professional sports post around to be pro-UBI. People deserve to be fed and housed and healthy, regardless of if they're toiling away to earn investors another bit of profit.
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And yes, I've somehow taken this anti-professional sports post around to be pro-UBI. People deserve to be fed and housed and healthy, regardless of if they're toiling away to earn investors another bit of profit.
Second, regardless of how corrupt and damaging sports are, it harkens back to the Roman Colosseum. Give them bread and death, and they'll love you for it.
Except we've forgotten about the bread. Giving them bread is too "Socialist" in the US. Because having a population starve is better, somehow?
Except we've forgotten about the bread. Giving them bread is too "Socialist" in the US. Because having a population starve is better, somehow?
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Second, regardless of how corrupt and damaging sports are, it harkens back to the Roman Colosseum. Give them bread and death, and they'll love you for it.
Except we've forgotten about the bread. Giving them bread is too "Socialist" in the US. Because having a population starve is better, somehow?
Except we've forgotten about the bread. Giving them bread is too "Socialist" in the US. Because having a population starve is better, somehow?