Max Pearl
@pearlbear.social.overlappingmagisteria.org.ap.brid.gy
Polymath, #facilitator, #writer, geeky. Posts about #sciencefiction, #writing, #politics, #tech, #science, #neuroscience whatever. These […]
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That's done.
November 1, 2024 at 8:53 PM
That's done.
I think I've sadly concluded that #Mastodon and the #Fediverse is kinda like the Linux desktop. It keeps getting better, but it still is only used by a relatively few people, and never makes it into the mainstream.
I don't really know what might change that, but Xitter's demise certainly won't.
I don't really know what might change that, but Xitter's demise certainly won't.
October 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I think I've sadly concluded that #Mastodon and the #Fediverse is kinda like the Linux desktop. It keeps getting better, but it still is only used by a relatively few people, and never makes it into the mainstream.
I don't really know what might change that, but Xitter's demise certainly won't.
I don't really know what might change that, but Xitter's demise certainly won't.
LLM's don't understand shit.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/
October 15, 2024 at 7:12 PM
LLM's don't understand shit.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llms-cant-perform-genuine-logical-reasoning-apple-researchers-suggest/
OMG, Cards against Humanity is going to pay people who didn't vote in 2020 to vote!!
https://www.apologize.lol/
https://www.apologize.lol/
October 10, 2024 at 7:37 PM
OMG, Cards against Humanity is going to pay people who didn't vote in 2020 to vote!!
https://www.apologize.lol/
https://www.apologize.lol/
I've been a novel/a-length SF writer and have a solid diet of novel/a-length SF books.
I want to write a lot more creative nonfiction and SF short stories, and I realize that means I need a steady diet of that kind of work.
What are your favorite journals?
#sciencefiction #creativenonfiction
I want to write a lot more creative nonfiction and SF short stories, and I realize that means I need a steady diet of that kind of work.
What are your favorite journals?
#sciencefiction #creativenonfiction
October 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
I've been a novel/a-length SF writer and have a solid diet of novel/a-length SF books.
I want to write a lot more creative nonfiction and SF short stories, and I realize that means I need a steady diet of that kind of work.
What are your favorite journals?
#sciencefiction #creativenonfiction
I want to write a lot more creative nonfiction and SF short stories, and I realize that means I need a steady diet of that kind of work.
What are your favorite journals?
#sciencefiction #creativenonfiction
Reposted by Max Pearl
just got a royalty statement for Your Linux Toolbox and apparently since it was published in 2019 I've made $14,707.16 in royalties, on 6,314 sales. So I guess around $2/sale on average.
Not mad about it at all (my goal was to learn about how traditional […]
[Original post on social.jvns.ca]
Not mad about it at all (my goal was to learn about how traditional […]
[Original post on social.jvns.ca]
September 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
just got a royalty statement for Your Linux Toolbox and apparently since it was published in 2019 I've made $14,707.16 in royalties, on 6,314 sales. So I guess around $2/sale on average.
Not mad about it at all (my goal was to learn about how traditional […]
[Original post on social.jvns.ca]
Not mad about it at all (my goal was to learn about how traditional […]
[Original post on social.jvns.ca]
Reposted by Max Pearl
"The creator of an open source project that scraped the internet to determine the ever-changing popularity of different words in human language usage says that they are sunsetting the project because generative AI spam has poisoned the internet to a level where the project no longer has any […]
Original post on werd.social
werd.social
September 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
"The creator of an open source project that scraped the internet to determine the ever-changing popularity of different words in human language usage says that they are sunsetting the project because generative AI spam has poisoned the internet to a level where the project no longer has any […]
I have to admit to some level of frustration regarding social media right now. In the "bad" old days, the difference between Twitter. Facebook, IG, and Linked-in we're super clear, and it was clear what kind of effort and content (whether personal or professional) you put in to them would lead […]
Original post on social.overlappingmagisteria.org
social.overlappingmagisteria.org
September 13, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I have to admit to some level of frustration regarding social media right now. In the "bad" old days, the difference between Twitter. Facebook, IG, and Linked-in we're super clear, and it was clear what kind of effort and content (whether personal or professional) you put in to them would lead […]
Providing "transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison" is a perfectly reasonable policy position.
September 11, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Providing "transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison" is a perfectly reasonable policy position.
He said that about Springfield????!!!
September 11, 2024 at 1:30 AM
He said that about Springfield????!!!
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@KamalaHarrisWin
She's in a groove now.
Love her facial expressions while listening.
She sounds so much more coherent, relaxed and natural than he does.
She's in a groove now.
Love her facial expressions while listening.
She sounds so much more coherent, relaxed and natural than he does.
September 11, 2024 at 1:29 AM
@KamalaHarrisWin
She's in a groove now.
Love her facial expressions while listening.
She sounds so much more coherent, relaxed and natural than he does.
She's in a groove now.
Love her facial expressions while listening.
She sounds so much more coherent, relaxed and natural than he does.
OMG, she is getting under his skin...
September 11, 2024 at 1:30 AM
OMG, she is getting under his skin...
OK, here we go.
September 11, 2024 at 1:07 AM
OK, here we go.
OK, #SonomaCounty folks: I've been reading a bit about Measure J, and so far, I think I'm a no. Thoughts?
September 10, 2024 at 8:45 PM
OK, #SonomaCounty folks: I've been reading a bit about Measure J, and so far, I think I'm a no. Thoughts?
Whew. Almost 2k words today on my #wip. #iamwriting
September 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Whew. Almost 2k words today on my #wip. #iamwriting
This is interesting, and clarifying. Worth a read. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/black-us-voting-bloc-survey
I'm definitely a "legacy civil rights voter".
I'm definitely a "legacy civil rights voter".
September 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
This is interesting, and clarifying. Worth a read. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/black-us-voting-bloc-survey
I'm definitely a "legacy civil rights voter".
I'm definitely a "legacy civil rights voter".
Got a really nice rejection for a short story I submitted to a journal. A detailed editorial note in two days, too! Rejections like that are really painless.
September 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Got a really nice rejection for a short story I submitted to a journal. A detailed editorial note in two days, too! Rejections like that are really painless.
Really, #nanowrimo?! Saying that it is ableist and classist be against using a tool that STEALS OTHER WRITERS' WORK to make your own? It's ableist and classist to suggest that those marginalized groups need AI to write their novels! Until they disavow their new sponsor, I'm never doing […]
Original post on social.overlappingmagisteria.org
social.overlappingmagisteria.org
September 2, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Really, #nanowrimo?! Saying that it is ableist and classist be against using a tool that STEALS OTHER WRITERS' WORK to make your own? It's ableist and classist to suggest that those marginalized groups need AI to write their novels! Until they disavow their new sponsor, I'm never doing […]
Spent a nice afternoon researching MFA programs in creative writing...
September 1, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Spent a nice afternoon researching MFA programs in creative writing...
Reposted by Max Pearl
We don't like to post xitter here, but this justifies making an exception.
https://x.com/jamesfallows/status/1828798114704351348?t=_QHCbiDu7c2G8O0EkRmCZg
#press #journalism #democracy
https://x.com/jamesfallows/status/1828798114704351348?t=_QHCbiDu7c2G8O0EkRmCZg
#press #journalism #democracy
August 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
We don't like to post xitter here, but this justifies making an exception.
https://x.com/jamesfallows/status/1828798114704351348?t=_QHCbiDu7c2G8O0EkRmCZg
#press #journalism #democracy
https://x.com/jamesfallows/status/1828798114704351348?t=_QHCbiDu7c2G8O0EkRmCZg
#press #journalism #democracy
From now on, if someone is being holier than thou about people supporting Harris because they think either "she's a cop" or "she's responsible for genocide" (or both), I want to see their receipts of actively working for those issues. If so, I'll respect your choice, and I hope you'll respect […]
Original post on social.overlappingmagisteria.org
social.overlappingmagisteria.org
August 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM
From now on, if someone is being holier than thou about people supporting Harris because they think either "she's a cop" or "she's responsible for genocide" (or both), I want to see their receipts of actively working for those issues. If so, I'll respect your choice, and I hope you'll respect […]
Any #queer, #genderdiverse, or #bipoc #hamradio fans out there I can talk with? I've sort of been on the edge of diving in, but the prospect of spending all of my time talking with white cis dudes is making me sad.
August 27, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Any #queer, #genderdiverse, or #bipoc #hamradio fans out there I can talk with? I've sort of been on the edge of diving in, but the prospect of spending all of my time talking with white cis dudes is making me sad.