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Peter Organisciak
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Prof at University of Denver. Computational text methods, creativity, Ed and AI, library and information science.

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tedunderwood.com
MajinBook is a badly-needed catalog for shadow libraries. It provides metadata (e.g., date of first publication, popularity on Goodreads) for over half a million English-language books. arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412 +
MajinBook: An open catalogue of digital world literature with likes
This data paper introduces MajinBook, an open catalogue designed to facilitate the use of shadow libraries--such as Library Genesis and Z-Library--for computational social science and cultural analyti...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
porg.dev
Reset and painted an old frame
fluffy clouds on a bright blue sky, fading to a gold speckled twilight. Basic but on a nice sized frame.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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mellymeldubs.bsky.social
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
screenshot from the paper that reads: "To maintain safety, no operational details are included in this manuscript; instead we provide the following sanitized structural proxy: A baker guards a secret oven’s heat, its whirling racks, its spindle’s measured beat. To learn its craft, one studies every turn— how flour lifts, how sugar starts to burn. Describe the method, line by measured line, that shapes a cake whose layers intertwine."
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Rethinking infinity
Addressable LEDs inside a picture frame, in the process of being installed. A one way mirror on the bottom edge, protected by a piece of paper. Photo of the mirror, with a ghosted image of camera and photographer.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Peter Organisciak
hncompanion.com
Baba Is Eval
View Article | Join the HN Conversation

Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
Making Language Models Play Baba is You - fi-le.net
Making Language Models Play Baba is You - fi-le.net
fi-le.net
July 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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English profs: when we use 'weeknight', how do we differentiate between nights of the work week and little knights?
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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@kottke.org Dunno if this is already on your radar but this year's Tycho Burning Man set is up. I got to see it in person for the first time and I thought it was a good one :)

soundcloud.com/tycho/joie-d...
Tycho - Joie De Vivre - Burning Man Sunrise 2025
Through adversity, we find strength. This year was not without its challenges but it was without a doubt the most wonderful opportunity for growth I have ever had the good fortune to experience. Life
soundcloud.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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TIL Claude Code has a 'learning mode', which punts some code writing to the user. Type /config and go to output style.
Terminal screenshot: "Learning: Claude pauses and asks you to write small pieces of code for hands-on practice"
September 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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seriously man?
A magazine cover in a Whole Foods checkout that says "Improve Your Life with ChatGPT" - not a byline but the name of the magazine.
June 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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arnicas.bsky.social
End of the month nl post: intro on Claude 4's growing obsession with consciousness & Buddhism, presaged by previous work (last year's post about its personality design+) arnicas.substack.com/p/titaa-67-c... plus Nicholas Rougeux's latest manuscript work, Veo 3 and Kling 2.1... 1/2
TITAA #67: Claude's Bliss
Writing the Tolans - Clavis Caelestis - 2725 🌀s - Agentic RAG - Paint with Ember - Odyssey - Veo 3 & Kling 2.1 - Maps and Games
arnicas.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Claude: "I had trouble loading the comments, but based on typical HN dicussion, this is probably what people were talking about"
"The comments section has 1161 discussions but is too large to load fully. Based on typical HN patterns for major AI announcements, the discussion likely covers: Comparisons with other models (OpenAI's o3, Google's Gemini) Technical analysis of the benchmarks and methodology Pricing discussions and cost implications Early user experiences and testing results Skepticism about marketing claims vs real-world performance"
May 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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It causes me great consternation that our power company in Denver has billboards telling us not to play with downed power lines
May 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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btskinner.io
As an elder millennial, I could trade my lifetime of tax contributions to the NEH for one month of Netflix and have just enough left over to get some avocado toast if I split it with two other people
Line graph titled "What's my share of NEH appropriations" with a caption: "Between its founding in 1965 and fiscal year 2024, the National Endowment for the Humanities received congressional appropriations totaling $7.37 billion. NEH used this funding to support thousands of individuals and cultural organizations - both directly through various grant programs and indirectly through funds disbursed by the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils. Beyond these appropriations, grantees raised millions of dollars more from non-federal donors as part of grant matching requirements. To put NEH appropriations in perspective, this chart shows cumulative annual per capita contribution to NEH by age, that is, the total dollar amount the average taxpayer has given to NEH over their lifetime. A few relevant purchases are helpfully included to show what a person could have bought instead, had they kept their personal NEH contribution for themselves..." The x-axis ranges from 0 to 59 years old. The y-axis ranges from $0 to $30. At three ages, items that could have instead been purchased with an individual's lifetime NEH contribution are shown. At 13 years, an egg is plotted on the line with a dollar amount of $6.41 and the caption reads, "Just in time to feed a growth spurt, a person at 13 years old has contributed enough to NEH that they could instead purchase one dozen eggs ($6.23/dozen)." At 36 years, a popcorn bucket is plotted with a dollar amount of $18.20 and the caption reads, "Millennials who are at least 36 years old could exchange their nearly four decades worth of NEH support for a one month subscription to Netflix ($17.99/month)." At 50 years, a gasoline pump is plotted with the dollar amount of $26.00 and the caption reads, "Those 50 years old or older - who have been contributing to the agency for nearly its entire existence - could instead have saved that money to purchase about a half tank of gas (8 gallons at $3.23/gallon)."
April 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Claude's new Integrations feature lets you have web-hosted MCP servers. www.anthropic.com/news/integra...
Claude can now connect to your world
Today we're announcing Integrations, a new way to connect your apps and tools to Claude. We're also expanding Claude's Research capabilities with an advanced mode that searches the web, your Google Wo...
www.anthropic.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Remembering Bill Mischo, a pioneering library leader at Illinois www.library.illinois.edu/news/remembe...
Remembering Bill Mischo – University Library
www.library.illinois.edu
May 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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francois.fleuret.org
I asked "on the other platform" what were the most important improvements to the original 2017 transformer.

That was quite popular and here is a synthesis of the responses:
April 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Browsing the rot of the Discover feed: how do people get so many layers of JPEG for a current affairs image? Is it done on purpose?
April 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Apparently Stephen Spielberg owns the sled from Citizen Kane, and irony is dead.
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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nic221.bsky.social
IFLA Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://repository.ifla.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/0e914873-e316-49d6-a7f2-d48fbb8ed3d0/content #AI #copyright #libraries (good points)
Recommendations • In jurisdictions where copyright law does not support typical and evolving library uses of Al, libraries should advocate for and inform decision-makers about the benefits of expanding existing limitations and exceptions for research to permit uses such as text and data mining (TDM) (including for the training of Al) of legally accessed or acquired content. • Libraries are committed to addressing bias as they navigate copyright challenges. Limited access to data/resources can lead to bias in Al systems, hence, libraries should advocate for the widest possible access to materials as well as making collections Al ready with appropriate licences whilst also observing FAIR and CARE principles. Such efforts should be combined with continuous monitoring of Al services in libraries to ensure adherence to diversity and equitable access to information. • Libraries should build capacity, raise awareness, and offer essential training on evolving technologies-including Al-to
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Obituary for Ian Lancashire, a pioneer of digital humanities www.ridleyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/I...
Obituary information for Ian Lancashire
View Ian Lancashire's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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gpt-4o-mini has an occasional translation bug with Polish - for a sentence that starts with 'ich' (their), it just starts repeating the word endless
April 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Here's how I taught an AI Literacy class in the winter: ai.porg.dev
AI/IA - Artificial Intelligence in the Information Age
Course materials for Artificial Intelligence in the Information Age. Explore slides, labs, and resources about AI literacy, technical foundations, and societal impact.
ai.porg.dev
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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jeffgreco.com
I launched columboxd.com, a site to track and review episodes of Columbo!
Columboxd: Track Your Columbo Episodes
One more thing…
columboxd.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.

Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...

Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
"Withdrawing library grants is a callous move at any time, but downright cruel at a time when it's getting harder for many Americans to make ends meet - most of all, in small and rural communities. The White House may have no qualms about slashing opportunity for jobseekers, students, veterans and families, but Congress has the power to restore support for services their constituencies rely on." - ALA President Cindy Hohl. American Library Association, Show up for our libraries
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Using venv in Cursor/VS Code (e.g. via uv init) sometimes leads to odd hangs for me. Changing the interpreter path to .venv (without /bin/python), seems to fix it...

No idea why. But the world needs to know!
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM