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cmdln, 3 days ago to random

Reading the latest from @pluralistic and he puts his finger right on it as usual: "The aesthetic choices made by AI aren't choices, they're averages."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/13/spooky-action-at-a-close-up/

I'd go further and say anyone who thinks LLMs are more than spicy autocorrect likely doesn't understand what an average actually represents.

#LongRead

cmdln, 6 months ago to random

Good morning and TZAG, friends.

#today was my three hundredth continuous day of sitting and moving meditation. Just over two months to complete a year long streak. The chapter from 365 Tao for the day was about roots and growth. I think my roots are as strong as they've ever been. Time to spend more focus on the green shoots, a good image as I'm think about my next year of practice.

cmdln, 17 days ago to random

I managed to catch a little of the sun #today before it disappeared. I had a few minutes at the end of my lunch and was able to read about half an article before I had to come in from the deck for a meeting.

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

If those nunchuks aren't used for a lethal blow to the nuts I'll be severely disappointed. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

Me: Is he milkshaking him to death?
Her; No? Sundae-ing?
...
Her: Nope, milkshake.

#thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

I agree with #JoeBob about Cuba and their cigars. I enjoyed a Cohiba with my Dad and his friends years ago. It still haunts me. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

This romantic montage is almost as ridiculous as the crime scene whip around. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 10 days ago to random

Good morning and TZAG, friends.

We are enjoying some sun #today in the midst of a week of rain. The mix of sun and shadow mirrors my thoughts. I still feel uncertainty in my new $dayjob, not all of it owing to burnout and previous bad experience. I am also starting to feel bits of brightness as my awareness grows, spotting reasons of my own to move forward.

My morning reading was helpful, a reminder that there is always uncertainty. I am learning to better accept and work with that.

cmdln, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The soundtrack sounds like someone randomly pressing the demo button on an eighties vintage Casio. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

These poor people are clearly more terrified of this clown's wardrobe choices. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 7 days ago to random

I guess technically ghosts don't need to blink but it's still unnerving. #TheLastDrivein #DeathSpa

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

Wait, are this other drivers collaterally evil? #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

Do villains have to be actively evil to draw Toxie's wrath? Does he have some sort of Toxie sense? #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 19 days ago to random

We removed a volunteer tree in the southeast end of our plot. Everything in the flower bed south of the house has understandably responded. This clematis has never had this many blooms at once.

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

I wasn't clear whether Toxie was invulnerable. I feel like there were less destructive ways to demonstrate he is. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

I guess thanks to the doc's monologue we have to witness just how much evil, in quantity and degree, Toxie will kill. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 13 days ago to random

Good morning and TZAG, friends.

#today is weekly chore day. I need to get an early start on laundry at least. I am meeting a couple of friends for dinner tonight. I worked with both at my last $dayjob. One is local and we get together for beer at least monthly. The other is in town fortuitously for a few days so we get to enjoy a mini re-union.

cmdln, 12 days ago to random

Good morning and TZAG, friends.

#today starts week four of my new $dayjob. After three weeks I am still adjusting to the change in pace. My first project hasn't started in earnest yet for a few more days. I've been enjoying the easier pace of research and reading while I prepare. I occasionally feel like I am missing something urgent when I have a quiet moment. That is definitely a phantom feeling left over from my previous $dayjob.

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

What is this? A troupe of tweakers doing Marx Bros routines?? #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

That was great and declarative doc but didn't explain anything. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

Some conspicuously placed newspaper solely for plot reasons. Classic. #thelastdrivein

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

That head crush and the wriggle after was a cheap, fake gag but surprisingly effective gag. #thelastdrivein

angelus_04, 1 month ago to random

Wait why did he kill the dwarf #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam #ToxicAvenger

cmdln, 1 month ago to random

Love is blind. No, wait, that's justice. I guess with Toxie it is both. #thelastdrivein