Willa
@willawillnot.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ She/Her | Baltimore | 29 | Electrical engineer working on prosthetics 🦾
it finally passes CI. i have earned the hell out of this weekend
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
it finally passes CI. i have earned the hell out of this weekend
this is from a *winnie the pooh* film (1997)
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is from a *winnie the pooh* film (1997)
i see we're doing another round of the "prison abolitionism has no concrete policy proposals" complaint again
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i see we're doing another round of the "prison abolitionism has no concrete policy proposals" complaint again
trying to remember a place that truly made me feel safe
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
trying to remember a place that truly made me feel safe
"using machine learning to cut apart a voice actor's recording into phonemes and reassemble it into something they never said is clearly 'generative AI' and clearly evil! it's obviously taking work from real VAs!"
alright then, you got the pitchforks ready for miku?
alright then, you got the pitchforks ready for miku?
![Wikipedia screenshot. Miku uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2, Vocaloid 3, and Vocaloid 4 singing synthesizing technologies, alongside Crypton Future Media's Piapro Studio, a standalone singing synthesizer editor. She was the second Vocaloid sold using the Vocaloid 2 engine and the first Japanese Vocaloid to use the Japanese version of the 2 engine. [Emphasis added:] The voice is modeled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hxmawr3xyyxjrhf2gq7aawfi/bafkreiad2ylavtk5xra4zspymls2medpbf325nszibbaixkablxrijdvj4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"using machine learning to cut apart a voice actor's recording into phonemes and reassemble it into something they never said is clearly 'generative AI' and clearly evil! it's obviously taking work from real VAs!"
alright then, you got the pitchforks ready for miku?
alright then, you got the pitchforks ready for miku?
look at this graph, every time i do it makes me cry [because i'm experiencing pseudomenstrual emotional fluctuations every 7 days]
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
look at this graph, every time i do it makes me cry [because i'm experiencing pseudomenstrual emotional fluctuations every 7 days]
after 7 years of being a full time engineer, i *finally* had the occasion to submit my first ever pull request to an open source project. and it got merged basically immediately! woo!
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
after 7 years of being a full time engineer, i *finally* had the occasion to submit my first ever pull request to an open source project. and it got merged basically immediately! woo!
Shows up at the function wearing the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint dog collar, leaving everyone maximally confused about what I desire from this interaction
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Shows up at the function wearing the Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint dog collar, leaving everyone maximally confused about what I desire from this interaction
[forgive the link to my own addition but you can't link directly to posts from deactivated blogs] - this post by sizhens really resonated with me.
so often i hear people panicking that parts work is meaningful for them therefore they Must Be Plural - nah don't worry www.tumblr.com/transhumanis...
so often i hear people panicking that parts work is meaningful for them therefore they Must Be Plural - nah don't worry www.tumblr.com/transhumanis...
![Truncated post from tumblr user sizhens across three reblogs:
the supplicants of the DSM-5 cult are going to murder me for my opinions about plurality
"pretending to be plural" is frequently an artifact / symptom / consequence of being plural. no singlets allowed! get plural now!!!!!!
like. ok. i know i've talked about this before but i genuinely think that the boundary between "plurality" and "singlethood" is so fucking fuzzy and ambiguous because i do not think a boundary exists. like. ok what do people know about "internal parts therapy" or whatever. god. nevermind ignore that i said that. listen to me.
do you feel like, around certain people, you are an entirely different kind of person? with some people, you are outgoing, excitable, loud, outspoken, confident? with others, you are quiet, reserved, shy, anxious? obviously these do not mean these are necessarily two different people, right?
well, I mean. what the fuck is "a person." or rather what the fuck is "a consciousness" is maybe a better question.
plenty of systems have the whole "i have amnesia and my parts are profoundly distinct and cannot communicate with each other internally" etc etc etc but 1) this is like. a specific expression of a broader phenomenon and 2) this is not the only way to be plural.
a better example than the above is maybe "when I'm at work, I am Literally A Different Person than when I am at home with my wife."
this is something that I think most people would not balk at saying, even if it's nominally in jest or hyperbolic. but like, what makes that not literally true?
if we accept that a Part or an Alter or a Headmate or a Distinct Psyche [remainder out of frame]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hxmawr3xyyxjrhf2gq7aawfi/bafkreicwhdoq5dkkpsqqo5ebywayrsdammlzm3pfi5kamlqe3xmu6h6kwm@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
[forgive the link to my own addition but you can't link directly to posts from deactivated blogs] - this post by sizhens really resonated with me.
so often i hear people panicking that parts work is meaningful for them therefore they Must Be Plural - nah don't worry www.tumblr.com/transhumanis...
so often i hear people panicking that parts work is meaningful for them therefore they Must Be Plural - nah don't worry www.tumblr.com/transhumanis...
it is so fucking backwards that the punishment for homicidally reckless driving is "a decade in the torture nexus! ...but you can still drive a car again after, nbd"
what if we just took away reckless drivers licenses forever instead of hoping the abstract threat of jail if they fuck up stops them?
what if we just took away reckless drivers licenses forever instead of hoping the abstract threat of jail if they fuck up stops them?
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
it is so fucking backwards that the punishment for homicidally reckless driving is "a decade in the torture nexus! ...but you can still drive a car again after, nbd"
what if we just took away reckless drivers licenses forever instead of hoping the abstract threat of jail if they fuck up stops them?
what if we just took away reckless drivers licenses forever instead of hoping the abstract threat of jail if they fuck up stops them?
"phew, that was a close one! now the children we've failed to provide homes for will sleep on the fucking street, so if they die of an overdose, those poor hotel staff don't have to worry about any liability. we saved the city!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"phew, that was a close one! now the children we've failed to provide homes for will sleep on the fucking street, so if they die of an overdose, those poor hotel staff don't have to worry about any liability. we saved the city!"
the DHS here is saying "sure, we'll ban placing foster kids with no other options in hotels, and maybe hospitals" and then the big reveal is.
"homeless shelter" is considered a valid placement.
what the fuck is this?
why is there 0 mention of any effort to find more qualified foster parents?
"homeless shelter" is considered a valid placement.
what the fuck is this?
why is there 0 mention of any effort to find more qualified foster parents?
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
the DHS here is saying "sure, we'll ban placing foster kids with no other options in hotels, and maybe hospitals" and then the big reveal is.
"homeless shelter" is considered a valid placement.
what the fuck is this?
why is there 0 mention of any effort to find more qualified foster parents?
"homeless shelter" is considered a valid placement.
what the fuck is this?
why is there 0 mention of any effort to find more qualified foster parents?
pov: you are about to have a headache
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
pov: you are about to have a headache
these are my settings, i have this thing where i love assistance but i want it to be visually silent. don't assist me until i explicitly ask, otherwise show me clean and un-annotated code and don't interfere in my typing.
except paren/brace completion, that can stay.
except paren/brace completion, that can stay.
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
these are my settings, i have this thing where i love assistance but i want it to be visually silent. don't assist me until i explicitly ask, otherwise show me clean and un-annotated code and don't interfere in my typing.
except paren/brace completion, that can stay.
except paren/brace completion, that can stay.
got that lea michele rizz
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
got that lea michele rizz
reimplementing this on atproto
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
reimplementing this on atproto
PDSls lets you view the labels generated by a labeler and filter by DID
you got a !suspend, which i believe are the temporary variety, as opposed to !takedown which are used for permas
you got a !suspend, which i believe are the temporary variety, as opposed to !takedown which are used for permas
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
PDSls lets you view the labels generated by a labeler and filter by DID
you got a !suspend, which i believe are the temporary variety, as opposed to !takedown which are used for permas
you got a !suspend, which i believe are the temporary variety, as opposed to !takedown which are used for permas
bluesky is incorporated as a public benefit corporation, "we care about things other than making money" is built into the legal foundation of the company. why are people *upset* that they don't want to cynically capture their attention for profit? lmao
2nd speech bubble is literally just this
2nd speech bubble is literally just this
October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
bluesky is incorporated as a public benefit corporation, "we care about things other than making money" is built into the legal foundation of the company. why are people *upset* that they don't want to cynically capture their attention for profit? lmao
2nd speech bubble is literally just this
2nd speech bubble is literally just this
question: can i competently fry tofu?
answer: i can fry it to look beautiful, be mid according to my tofu-loving husband, and a "permissible substance" according to my tofu-ambivalent self
answer: i can fry it to look beautiful, be mid according to my tofu-loving husband, and a "permissible substance" according to my tofu-ambivalent self
October 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
question: can i competently fry tofu?
answer: i can fry it to look beautiful, be mid according to my tofu-loving husband, and a "permissible substance" according to my tofu-ambivalent self
answer: i can fry it to look beautiful, be mid according to my tofu-loving husband, and a "permissible substance" according to my tofu-ambivalent self
since this'll inevitably get detached:
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
since this'll inevitably get detached:
this is true. but, more can than they might think, which is why i try to mention it from time to time.
especially because you may be able to draw from a 401k. many of us were *formerly* decently paid.
mine was $21k, probably in the ballpark of $26k once you factor in incidental expenses.
especially because you may be able to draw from a 401k. many of us were *formerly* decently paid.
mine was $21k, probably in the ballpark of $26k once you factor in incidental expenses.
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
this is true. but, more can than they might think, which is why i try to mention it from time to time.
especially because you may be able to draw from a 401k. many of us were *formerly* decently paid.
mine was $21k, probably in the ballpark of $26k once you factor in incidental expenses.
especially because you may be able to draw from a 401k. many of us were *formerly* decently paid.
mine was $21k, probably in the ballpark of $26k once you factor in incidental expenses.
i use pretty straightforwad gitflow and it's still way easier to keep track of if i have a visible graph, especially when dealing with squashes and rebases (which you should be doing in gitflow.) the original gitflow explainer used a graphical representation!
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i use pretty straightforwad gitflow and it's still way easier to keep track of if i have a visible graph, especially when dealing with squashes and rebases (which you should be doing in gitflow.) the original gitflow explainer used a graphical representation!
lockout tagout clamp!
September 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
lockout tagout clamp!