Ryan Ragona
@ragona.com
cryptography + trusted computing @ openai. I’m into guitar, music theory, photography, and weird math. he/him. anti-fascist. child of radical queers. 🏳️⚧️ 🖤
This leads to my favorite sentence, which is — “my dad was a lesbian folk singer.” I wonder if I’m the only person who can say that! I spent a lot of time at women’s music festivals as a kid. His music changed when he transitioned. It’s hard as a professional musician to navigate a brand new voice.
January 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This leads to my favorite sentence, which is — “my dad was a lesbian folk singer.” I wonder if I’m the only person who can say that! I spent a lot of time at women’s music festivals as a kid. His music changed when he transitioned. It’s hard as a professional musician to navigate a brand new voice.
So fuck it. I’m gonna tell the internet about my family.
My dad was trans. He transitioned when I was young, and became a sweet, calm old man. I didn’t think much of it. He told me he felt more like a man. He took up gardening. He calmed down. We learned to shave together. He loved his grandkids.
My dad was trans. He transitioned when I was young, and became a sweet, calm old man. I didn’t think much of it. He told me he felt more like a man. He took up gardening. He calmed down. We learned to shave together. He loved his grandkids.
January 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So fuck it. I’m gonna tell the internet about my family.
My dad was trans. He transitioned when I was young, and became a sweet, calm old man. I didn’t think much of it. He told me he felt more like a man. He took up gardening. He calmed down. We learned to shave together. He loved his grandkids.
My dad was trans. He transitioned when I was young, and became a sweet, calm old man. I didn’t think much of it. He told me he felt more like a man. He took up gardening. He calmed down. We learned to shave together. He loved his grandkids.
been thinking about my queer friends and fam a lot this week. the inauguration, the hard right shift in the tech bubble.
I have two moms and a trans dad. I grew up in the 80s in oregon, when there were aggressive anti-gay measures on the ballots.
(me at portland pride with my moms in the 80s)
I have two moms and a trans dad. I grew up in the 80s in oregon, when there were aggressive anti-gay measures on the ballots.
(me at portland pride with my moms in the 80s)
January 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
been thinking about my queer friends and fam a lot this week. the inauguration, the hard right shift in the tech bubble.
I have two moms and a trans dad. I grew up in the 80s in oregon, when there were aggressive anti-gay measures on the ballots.
(me at portland pride with my moms in the 80s)
I have two moms and a trans dad. I grew up in the 80s in oregon, when there were aggressive anti-gay measures on the ballots.
(me at portland pride with my moms in the 80s)
I am super impressed with this book. It is an opinionated take on reducing music theory to its actual foundation, rather than a mishmash of hundreds of years of overlapping theory with 6 names for the same shit. Easily the most practical book on theory I’ve ever read.
January 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am super impressed with this book. It is an opinionated take on reducing music theory to its actual foundation, rather than a mishmash of hundreds of years of overlapping theory with 6 names for the same shit. Easily the most practical book on theory I’ve ever read.
My favorite photos are definitely of my kiddos this year, but this crow going to visit his buddy made me smile.
December 31, 2024 at 3:18 PM
My favorite photos are definitely of my kiddos this year, but this crow going to visit his buddy made me smile.
I just realized I am technically allowed to fret the A string with my thumb. no one can stop me… except maybe joint pain.
December 24, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I just realized I am technically allowed to fret the A string with my thumb. no one can stop me… except maybe joint pain.
I thought the chord notation was a little weird and asked it about that, and the summarized thought there is interesting.
December 14, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I thought the chord notation was a little weird and asked it about that, and the summarized thought there is interesting.
just tried asking o1 pro a music theory question and I think it did well!
(it’s actually also one of the longest compute times I’ve seen out of it, which is interesting.)
makes me want to play with having multimodal models analyze song audio from a music theory perspective.
(it’s actually also one of the longest compute times I’ve seen out of it, which is interesting.)
makes me want to play with having multimodal models analyze song audio from a music theory perspective.
December 14, 2024 at 8:57 PM
just tried asking o1 pro a music theory question and I think it did well!
(it’s actually also one of the longest compute times I’ve seen out of it, which is interesting.)
makes me want to play with having multimodal models analyze song audio from a music theory perspective.
(it’s actually also one of the longest compute times I’ve seen out of it, which is interesting.)
makes me want to play with having multimodal models analyze song audio from a music theory perspective.
foggy seattle morning. leica sl3 35mm f2 1/15th 100 iso.
December 1, 2024 at 7:05 PM
foggy seattle morning. leica sl3 35mm f2 1/15th 100 iso.
I think you’re over these shipping lanes.
December 1, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I think you’re over these shipping lanes.
