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oceans of acetone, crystals of ozone ❀ フォトリソグラフィでエッチングされた雪花 ✮
the roaches have a bit more complex AI now 😛 i might try using multifractals to give their behavior more florid unpredictability though now that i've found out about that
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
the roaches have a bit more complex AI now 😛 i might try using multifractals to give their behavior more florid unpredictability though now that i've found out about that
Here are some other examples of output from the program at earlier points yesterday:
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here are some other examples of output from the program at earlier points yesterday:
I've done further work since this in the direction of a dialogue system and have brought in the multifractal techniques he described. I think it shows promise. 🙂 This is as far as I got yesterday, using a generator made from word and punctuation frequencies in Mandelbrot's article just for kicks.
September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I've done further work since this in the direction of a dialogue system and have brought in the multifractal techniques he described. I think it shows promise. 🙂 This is as far as I got yesterday, using a generator made from word and punctuation frequencies in Mandelbrot's article just for kicks.
He presents a technique that can generate signals that have not only small-scale, "routine" volatility but also less common, mid-strength volatility and rarer, large-scale volatility like occasional market crashes, therefore having a closer resemblance to actual stock price movements.
September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
He presents a technique that can generate signals that have not only small-scale, "routine" volatility but also less common, mid-strength volatility and rarer, large-scale volatility like occasional market crashes, therefore having a closer resemblance to actual stock price movements.
a landscape in utah
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
a landscape in utah
okay, i made a little audio demo making use of those formulae ^^ fm synthesis is darker, it's true!! :D it has like, the same amount of acoustic energy overall it seems like, but concentrates it more in the lower frequencies: spinnylights.net/misc/pm_vs_f... (goes pm, fm, pm, fm)
August 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
okay, i made a little audio demo making use of those formulae ^^ fm synthesis is darker, it's true!! :D it has like, the same amount of acoustic energy overall it seems like, but concentrates it more in the lower frequencies: spinnylights.net/misc/pm_vs_f... (goes pm, fm, pm, fm)
haha okay so i honestly felt a bit of doubt and wanted to reassure myself, so i outlined a proof by induction of the correctness of these formulae. i do feel somewhat reassured now ^^ i was like "is that really it?? maybe i'm just crazed?" XD
August 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
haha okay so i honestly felt a bit of doubt and wanted to reassure myself, so i outlined a proof by induction of the correctness of these formulae. i do feel somewhat reassured now ^^ i was like "is that really it?? maybe i'm just crazed?" XD
okay here are my corrections. fm synthesis is honestly not nearly as complicated as i was making it out to be. sorry about that XD it had been too long since i computed a more-than-basic integral by hand 😅 i'm glad i got this refresher honestly
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
okay here are my corrections. fm synthesis is honestly not nearly as complicated as i was making it out to be. sorry about that XD it had been too long since i computed a more-than-basic integral by hand 😅 i'm glad i got this refresher honestly
of course, even if the oscillator behaves stably under those conditions, this is still not "true" frequency modulation because no integration of the modulator is taking place (i wrote out a detailed explanation with LaTeX if you want to see it in notation)
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
of course, even if the oscillator behaves stably under those conditions, this is still not "true" frequency modulation because no integration of the modulator is taking place (i wrote out a detailed explanation with LaTeX if you want to see it in notation)
one upside of using vim is that when your cat walks on your keyboard it's particularly crazed 😂 as you can see this single line comes out to 3,539,131 characters (approx. 3.5 MB of text)
![There is a computer screen with a black background showing only text with a monospaced font. The letters are various colors—eggshell blue, pale lime green, and white—with some horizontal slate grey and purple bars going across the screen and a few small numbers up against the left side in burnt orange-scarlet. Most of the screen is filled with the text "*6888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888/54r/"8u97777777*" repeating over and over. At the bottom of the screen where the horizontal bars are, on the last six lines, it instead says things in various places like "src/modules.hpp", "197,1", "74%", "virtual std::string blank_name() const =0;", and "[Scratch] [Preview]".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7p5yt44ze2j3bpvw7pvat57j/bafkreiaqnk3b6wvptp7hj7jxjuztwgk4o7qn2onobifoifxailz4pwwwyq@jpeg)
![There is a computer screen with a black background showing only text with a monospaced font. The letters are mostly white, with some horizontal slate grey and purple bars going across the screen and a few small numbers up against the left side in burnt orange-scarlet. About 2/3rds of the screen is filled with the text "*6888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888/54r/"8u97777777*" repeating over and over, but starting from the middle. Most of the remaining two thirds is filled with repeating quote marks (i.e. `"`). At the bottom of the screen where the horizontal bars are, on the last six lines, it instead says things in pale silvery green, periwinkle, eggshell blue, and white, in various places, like "src/modules.hpp", "197,1", "74%", "virtual std::string blank_name() const =0;", and "[Scratch] [Preview]".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7p5yt44ze2j3bpvw7pvat57j/bafkreif5yaizkn2lapkuh7psask53cu72ir4rs56g53m3mf5ugqdtnz4pq@jpeg)
August 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
one upside of using vim is that when your cat walks on your keyboard it's particularly crazed 😂 as you can see this single line comes out to 3,539,131 characters (approx. 3.5 MB of text)
that said, even al gore was not immune to the unipolar high of the era…i don't know if he still thinks this way or not, but hillary clinton almost certainly does (remember "we came, we saw, he died"?)
August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
that said, even al gore was not immune to the unipolar high of the era…i don't know if he still thinks this way or not, but hillary clinton almost certainly does (remember "we came, we saw, he died"?)
if anyone wonders where the u.s. executive picked up the impulse to skirt around the courts by unilaterally throwing people it's afraid of into holes of state in more conveniently repressive countries, or how it built up the connections to do this quickly and easily, i can't help but recall…
![In a New Yorker interview with CIA veteran Michael Scheuer, an author of the rendition program under the Clinton administration, writer Jane Mayer noted:
In 1995, American agents proposed the rendition program to Egypt, making clear that it had the resources to track, capture, and transport terrorist suspects globally – including access to a small fleet of aircraft. Egypt embraced the idea ... 'What was clever was that some of the senior people in Al Qaeda were Egyptian,' Scheuer said. 'It served American purposes to get these people arrested, and Egyptian purposes to get these people back, where they could be interrogated.' Technically, U.S. law requires the CIA to seek 'assurances' from foreign governments that rendered suspects won't be tortured. Scheuer told me that this was done, but he was 'not sure' if any documents confirming the arrangement were signed.[31]
Scheuer testified in 2007 before Congress that no such assurances were received.[32] He acknowledged that treatment of prisoners may not have been "up to U.S. standards":
This is a matter of no concern as the Rendition Program's goal was to protect America. The rendered fighters delivered to Middle Eastern governments are now either dead or in places from which they cannot harm America. Mission accomplished, as the saying goes.[33]
Thereafter, with the approval of President Clinton and a presidential directive (PDD 39), the CIA elected to send suspects to Egypt, where they were turned over to the Egyptian Mukhabarat.[34] (→ Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim)
(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#Historical_cases)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7p5yt44ze2j3bpvw7pvat57j/bafkreigb3sd3xy3zjflhypr7hlsecb33r6lslhoctwwnhxh4w3ty5brchq@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
if anyone wonders where the u.s. executive picked up the impulse to skirt around the courts by unilaterally throwing people it's afraid of into holes of state in more conveniently repressive countries, or how it built up the connections to do this quickly and easily, i can't help but recall…
perhaps this is too ornate to be practical in that context, although i'm really fond of the the "compass rose and beetles in flight" theme
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
perhaps this is too ornate to be practical in that context, although i'm really fond of the the "compass rose and beetles in flight" theme
this one as well
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
this one as well
i think this would make for a lovely design on a trivet or potholder
August 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
i think this would make for a lovely design on a trivet or potholder
here's the other two development videos from this since people seem to enjoy these ^^ the aquarium area:
August 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
here's the other two development videos from this since people seem to enjoy these ^^ the aquarium area:
re last rt, lily and i did the aquarium zone for that game, v fun project ^^ iir she did most of the 3D models and textures, and i did most of the animations and materials/shading, as well as the audio…we did everything together tho ultimately, it was very side-by-side collaborative
August 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
re last rt, lily and i did the aquarium zone for that game, v fun project ^^ iir she did most of the 3D models and textures, and i did most of the animations and materials/shading, as well as the audio…we did everything together tho ultimately, it was very side-by-side collaborative
August 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
in the morning light, the gigantic gem-studded blob creature began to sing
(raw: spinnylights.net/misc/morning...)
(raw: spinnylights.net/misc/morning...)
August 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
in the morning light, the gigantic gem-studded blob creature began to sing
(raw: spinnylights.net/misc/morning...)
(raw: spinnylights.net/misc/morning...)
found on the ocean floor (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/found_o...)
August 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
found on the ocean floor (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/found_o...)
…open the door…come in, yes, don't be shy… (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/open_th...)
August 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
…open the door…come in, yes, don't be shy… (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/open_th...)
this is turning out to be one of the most fun small programs i've ever written (i'm working on a post for my new website…it's almost done…soon…soon…)
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
this is turning out to be one of the most fun small programs i've ever written (i'm working on a post for my new website…it's almost done…soon…soon…)
trees with hung lights and ribbons in bloom over water at nighttime, viewed from the water…if you don't see it at first it helps to stare for a while
August 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
trees with hung lights and ribbons in bloom over water at nighttime, viewed from the water…if you don't see it at first it helps to stare for a while