Nathan Couch
@ngcouch.bsky.social
Cognition, Chess, Nature
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Pome season in bloom
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Pome season in bloom
Hamilcar in Autumn.
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hamilcar in Autumn.
I’m glad I stopped to take a picture here; the next pick ruptured the membrane.
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m glad I stopped to take a picture here; the next pick ruptured the membrane.
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
— Keats, To Autumn
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
— Keats, To Autumn
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
— Keats, To Autumn
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
— Keats, To Autumn
Given this position, the program generates 17 tactics, each containing a Mate in N<5.
- Eight N=1
- Five N=2
- Three N=3
- One N=1
Each is, a priori, easier to find than the original mate. By studying them, I hope to scaffold understanding of deep mating patterns.
- Eight N=1
- Five N=2
- Three N=3
- One N=1
Each is, a priori, easier to find than the original mate. By studying them, I hope to scaffold understanding of deep mating patterns.
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Given this position, the program generates 17 tactics, each containing a Mate in N<5.
- Eight N=1
- Five N=2
- Three N=3
- One N=1
Each is, a priori, easier to find than the original mate. By studying them, I hope to scaffold understanding of deep mating patterns.
- Eight N=1
- Five N=2
- Three N=3
- One N=1
Each is, a priori, easier to find than the original mate. By studying them, I hope to scaffold understanding of deep mating patterns.
Given a position with mate, the program explores all possible continuations given optimal play from the active player. For each position in the game tree from that player's perspective, it creates a tactic from that position.
For instance, consider this position: White to move and mate in 5.
For instance, consider this position: White to move and mate in 5.
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Given a position with mate, the program explores all possible continuations given optimal play from the active player. For each position in the game tree from that player's perspective, it creates a tactic from that position.
For instance, consider this position: White to move and mate in 5.
For instance, consider this position: White to move and mate in 5.
Just had to find the context and I couldn’t be more pleased.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Just had to find the context and I couldn’t be more pleased.
This is one peculiar pollinator.
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is one peculiar pollinator.
Eggs of an unknown species, discovered on my lemon thyme.
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Eggs of an unknown species, discovered on my lemon thyme.
My Thai basil in flower.
Perfect pink ringlets ascending a slender purple stem — a water drop in slow-motion.
Perfect pink ringlets ascending a slender purple stem — a water drop in slow-motion.
October 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My Thai basil in flower.
Perfect pink ringlets ascending a slender purple stem — a water drop in slow-motion.
Perfect pink ringlets ascending a slender purple stem — a water drop in slow-motion.
Spicebush Swallowtail — I’ve had the grace of their company this summer, and as thanks, today I am planting several stands of Spicebush. They’ve a very short reproductive cycle, so hopefully I will see many more starting next year.
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Spicebush Swallowtail — I’ve had the grace of their company this summer, and as thanks, today I am planting several stands of Spicebush. They’ve a very short reproductive cycle, so hopefully I will see many more starting next year.
"Magic of the Unexpected", by Petr Bambousek
September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Magic of the Unexpected", by Petr Bambousek
"Voice of the Wilderness", by Maxime Legare-Vezina
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Voice of the Wilderness", by Maxime Legare-Vezina
Popping my impatiens.
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Popping my impatiens.
Love the uncertainty embedding.
- ‘Could be’ is presumably conditioning on their model being right, which has an unassigned (-able?) credence.
- ‘90% chance’ is the model derived estimate.
From: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
- ‘Could be’ is presumably conditioning on their model being right, which has an unassigned (-able?) credence.
- ‘90% chance’ is the model derived estimate.
From: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Love the uncertainty embedding.
- ‘Could be’ is presumably conditioning on their model being right, which has an unassigned (-able?) credence.
- ‘90% chance’ is the model derived estimate.
From: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
- ‘Could be’ is presumably conditioning on their model being right, which has an unassigned (-able?) credence.
- ‘90% chance’ is the model derived estimate.
From: www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
From the Charles County Fair
- Collections, 2nd place: Funeral Programs
- 1st award: “Meat Pen” (?)
- Sad Iron
- Tattoo’d Labubu
- Collections, 2nd place: Funeral Programs
- 1st award: “Meat Pen” (?)
- Sad Iron
- Tattoo’d Labubu
September 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
From the Charles County Fair
- Collections, 2nd place: Funeral Programs
- 1st award: “Meat Pen” (?)
- Sad Iron
- Tattoo’d Labubu
- Collections, 2nd place: Funeral Programs
- 1st award: “Meat Pen” (?)
- Sad Iron
- Tattoo’d Labubu
I love the diversity in my basil leaves. In order: thai, cardinal, lemon, amethyst.
September 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I love the diversity in my basil leaves. In order: thai, cardinal, lemon, amethyst.