#spitballing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spitballing, aggregated by home.social.
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Why I use LLMs: no one else to talk to who uses a large enough fraction of their brains and also has a functional empathetic core.
#llm
#thereisgoodinyou
#theoreticalphysics
#science
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Why I use LLMs: no one else to talk to who uses a large enough fraction of their brains and also has a functional empathetic core.
#llm
#thereisgoodinyou
#theoreticalphysics
#science
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Why I use LLMs: no one else to talk to who uses a large enough fraction of their brains and also has a functional empathetic core.
#llm
#thereisgoodinyou
#theoreticalphysics
#science
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@markstos I trust you looked for a Language setting at the System Settings level? Not sure how that could've been flipped, but it's a place to look. #spitballing
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@markstos I trust you looked for a Language setting at the System Settings level? Not sure how that could've been flipped, but it's a place to look. #spitballing
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@markstos I trust you looked for a Language setting at the System Settings level? Not sure how that could've been flipped, but it's a place to look. #spitballing
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@markstos I trust you looked for a Language setting at the System Settings level? Not sure how that could've been flipped, but it's a place to look. #spitballing
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@markstos I trust you looked for a Language setting at the System Settings level? Not sure how that could've been flipped, but it's a place to look. #spitballing
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Occam's Knife Game:
People who are in deep denial about what they nonetheless know to be the truth will offer up every explanation they can imagine except the correct one in an effort to sustain their denial. You can tell they understand the truth of the matter, because of how carefully and completely they avoid it.
See also: spit-balling, red herring, motivated reasoning, dishonesty.
#socialMedia #denial #occamsRazor #occamsKnifeGame #climateChange
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Occam's Knife Game:
People who are in deep denial about what they nonetheless know to be the truth will offer up every explanation they can imagine except the correct one in an effort to sustain their denial. You can tell they understand the truth of the matter, because of how carefully and completely they avoid it.
See also: spit-balling, red herring, motivated reasoning, dishonesty.
#socialMedia #denial #occamsRazor #occamsKnifeGame #climateChange
#spitBalling #redHerring #motivatedReasoning #dishonesty -
Occam's Knife Game:
People who are in deep denial about what they nonetheless know to be the truth will offer up every explanation they can imagine except the correct one in an effort to sustain their denial. You can tell they understand the truth of the matter, because of how carefully and completely they avoid it.
See also: spit-balling, red herring, motivated reasoning, dishonesty.
#socialMedia #denial #occamsRazor #occamsKnifeGame #climateChange
#spitBalling #redHerring #motivatedReasoning #dishonesty -
Occam's Knife Game:
People who are in deep denial about what they nonetheless know to be the truth will offer up every explanation they can imagine except the correct one in an effort to sustain their denial. You can tell they understand the truth of the matter, because of how carefully and completely they avoid it.
See also: spit-balling, red herring, motivated reasoning, dishonesty.
#socialMedia #denial #occamsRazor #occamsKnifeGame #climateChange
#spitBalling #redHerring #motivatedReasoning #dishonesty -
I wouldn’t characterize myself as an advocate for AI. I’m largely skeptical and remain so. Still, with generative AI all over and clogging up self-publishing with it’s slop, it’s impossible to ignore.
I’ve embarked on a quest to see whether generative AI that is available can help me in various ways. One of these ways is with writing, not in generating text but helping me write.
Since I don’t really want companies that own AI to have visibility into what I consider my original work, I installed my own LLM (easy enough) and set about experimenting. With it local, on my machine, I had control of it and felt safer sharing my thoughts and ideas with it.
I wondered how I would use it. So I tried it out. This idea I’ve been working into a novel needed a start, and yesterday I got that done with some assistance. It’s advice on writing wasn’t bad, and helped me be more of an active voice by nagging me a bit when I had it look at my work – like a good editor, though not a replacement for a human editor.
The general theme I go with when writing is get the draft done and re-read it later. Yesterday, I sweated it out over about 1,000 words of an introduction to the novel with foreshadowing and introductions of some of the characters who had placeholder names. Names in the context of the novel seemed pretty important to me, so it was sort of a ‘hold back’ on allowing me to write more fluidly – a peculiarity I have.
The LLM did provide me with names to pick from based on what I gave it, and I researched it on my own – and lo! – that was finally done. I had to rewrite some parts so that it flowed better, which I must admit it seemed to once I took the LLM’s advice, though it does nag a bit on some style issues.
All in all, it was a productive day. I treated the LLM as something I could spitball with, and it worked out pretty well. This seems like a reasonable use case while not letting it actually write anything, since a LLM is trained on a lot of text.
I’d tap out a few paragraphs, and paste it into the LLM to see what it thought, and it would be helpful. Since I was doing this as I wrote, it commented on the story as I went along and noticed things I had not, giving inputs like, “There is potential for tension between the characters here that might be worth exploring.”
Of course, it does seem to be equipped with a Genuine People Personality. It sometimes comes across as a bubbly personality that can grate on my nerves.
Much of what I did yesterday I could have done without it, but I think it saved me some time, and I’m more confident of that introduction as well. It is nice that I can be alone writing and have a tool that I can spitball ideas with as I go along. Is it for everyone? I don’t know. I can only tell you how I believe it helps me. At least I know it’s not going to blabber my ideas to someone else.
As I use it in other ways, I’ll re-evaluate subscriptions I have to AI services like Chat-GPT. I don’t need to be bleeding edge, I just want something that works for me. In the end, that’s how we should be measuring any technology.
https://realityfragments.com/2024/05/27/writing-with-a-llm-co-pilot/
#ai #editor #life #llm #ollama #perspective #spitballing #technology #writing
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I wouldn’t characterize myself as an advocate for AI. I’m largely skeptical and remain so. Still, with generative AI all over and clogging up self-publishing with it’s slop, it’s impossible to ignore.
I’ve embarked on a quest to see whether generative AI that is available can help me in various ways. One of these ways is with writing, not in generating text but helping me write.
Since I don’t really want companies that own AI to have visibility into what I consider my original work, I installed my own LLM (easy enough) and set about experimenting. With it local, on my machine, I had control of it and felt safer sharing my thoughts and ideas with it.
I wondered how I would use it. So I tried it out. This idea I’ve been working into a novel needed a start, and yesterday I got that done with some assistance. It’s advice on writing wasn’t bad, and helped me be more of an active voice by nagging me a bit when I had it look at my work – like a good editor, though not a replacement for a human editor.
The general theme I go with when writing is get the draft done and re-read it later. Yesterday, I sweated it out over about 1,000 words of an introduction to the novel with foreshadowing and introductions of some of the characters who had placeholder names. Names in the context of the novel seemed pretty important to me, so it was sort of a ‘hold back’ on allowing me to write more fluidly – a peculiarity I have.
The LLM did provide me with names to pick from based on what I gave it, and I researched it on my own – and lo! – that was finally done. I had to rewrite some parts so that it flowed better, which I must admit it seemed to once I took the LLM’s advice, though it does nag a bit on some style issues.
All in all, it was a productive day. I treated the LLM as something I could spitball with, and it worked out pretty well. This seems like a reasonable use case while not letting it actually write anything, since a LLM is trained on a lot of text.
I’d tap out a few paragraphs, and paste it into the LLM to see what it thought, and it would be helpful. Since I was doing this as I wrote, it commented on the story as I went along and noticed things I had not, giving inputs like, “There is potential for tension between the characters here that might be worth exploring.”
Of course, it does seem to be equipped with a Genuine People Personality. It sometimes comes across as a bubbly personality that can grate on my nerves.
Much of what I did yesterday I could have done without it, but I think it saved me some time, and I’m more confident of that introduction as well. It is nice that I can be alone writing and have a tool that I can spitball ideas with as I go along. Is it for everyone? I don’t know. I can only tell you how I believe it helps me. At least I know it’s not going to blabber my ideas to someone else.
As I use it in other ways, I’ll re-evaluate subscriptions I have to AI services like Chat-GPT. I don’t need to be bleeding edge, I just want something that works for me. In the end, that’s how we should be measuring any technology.
https://realityfragments.com/2024/05/27/writing-with-a-llm-co-pilot/
#ai #editor #life #llm #ollama #perspective #spitballing #technology #writing
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Why do social media companies get to collect and sell our data? Why aren’t users free to build and monetize their own personal databases?
Maybe social media companies put some meaningful effort into developing the infrastructure to ease the upload of personal data?
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@joranelias maybe for S4 '@' works as it always does. but for non-s4 it accesses attributes.
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@joranelias maybe for S4 '@' works as it always does. but for non-s4 it accesses attributes.
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@joranelias maybe for S4 '@' works as it always does. but for non-s4 it accesses attributes.
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@joranelias maybe for S4 '@' works as it always does. but for non-s4 it accesses attributes.
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@joranelias maybe for S4 '@' works as it always does. but for non-s4 it accesses attributes.
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Been thinking of the problem of media, political apathy, divide-and-conquer tactics from the ultra-wealthy, etc.
How about something like Citizens' Unions? I.e. organizations with a membership of natural persons, based on their residence, which provides political reviews, news and even some forms of mutual aid to the members, and also acts as a political interest group in the relevant administrative bodies.
Syndicated from city/county-level to national and multi-national level.
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Been thinking of the problem of media, political apathy, divide-and-conquer tactics from the ultra-wealthy, etc.
How about something like Citizens' Unions? I.e. organizations with a membership of natural persons, based on their residence, which provides political reviews, news and even some forms of mutual aid to the members, and also acts as a political interest group in the relevant administrative bodies.
Syndicated from city/county-level to national and multi-national level.
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Stray thought, but I might try learning how to #animate my avatar after I finish drawing them a #vibribbon -inspired body, including their miscellaneous parts. Who knows? Might make 'em into a #vtuber too, just for the fun of it. I mean, I DID just pick up a #leapmotion hand tracker/controller from a friend, so why not?
No promises though, already have enough to deal with thanks to life making me hold down a job to pay off loans. =[|>87
#animation #ideas #justthinkingaloud #spitballing #miscellaneous #handtracking #voidlinux #glibc
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@renwillis @OutOnTheMoors @jcrabapple @zens @jonny Thinking about this post again, from @darius. Human based onboarding seems like the ideal solution. But UX can play a role in making that easier. Reminders to check in on new users you've invited or paired with, ways to recommend specific follows to them beyond just your boosts that go out to everyone… #spitballing https://friend.camp/@darius/109660508577796501
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@renwillis @OutOnTheMoors @jcrabapple @zens @jonny Thinking about this post again, from @darius. Human based onboarding seems like the ideal solution. But UX can play a role in making that easier. Reminders to check in on new users you've invited or paired with, ways to recommend specific follows to them beyond just your boosts that go out to everyone… #spitballing https://friend.camp/@darius/109660508577796501
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@renwillis @OutOnTheMoors @jcrabapple @zens @jonny Thinking about this post again, from @darius. Human based onboarding seems like the ideal solution. But UX can play a role in making that easier. Reminders to check in on new users you've invited or paired with, ways to recommend specific follows to them beyond just your boosts that go out to everyone… #spitballing https://friend.camp/@darius/109660508577796501
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@renwillis @OutOnTheMoors @jcrabapple @zens @jonny Thinking about this post again, from @darius. Human based onboarding seems like the ideal solution. But UX can play a role in making that easier. Reminders to check in on new users you've invited or paired with, ways to recommend specific follows to them beyond just your boosts that go out to everyone… #spitballing https://friend.camp/@darius/109660508577796501
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@renwillis @OutOnTheMoors @jcrabapple @zens @jonny Thinking about this post again, from @darius. Human based onboarding seems like the ideal solution. But UX can play a role in making that easier. Reminders to check in on new users you've invited or paired with, ways to recommend specific follows to them beyond just your boosts that go out to everyone… #spitballing https://friend.camp/@darius/109660508577796501
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@b0rk #spitballing -- something with Schroedinger's Cat maybe, inasmuch as: you never know what the float is until you try to use it?
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@b0rk #spitballing -- something with Schroedinger's Cat maybe, inasmuch as: you never know what the float is until you try to use it?
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@b0rk #spitballing -- something with Schroedinger's Cat maybe, inasmuch as: you never know what the float is until you try to use it?
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@b0rk #spitballing -- something with Schroedinger's Cat maybe, inasmuch as: you never know what the float is until you try to use it?
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@b0rk #spitballing -- something with Schroedinger's Cat maybe, inasmuch as: you never know what the float is until you try to use it?
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@shannonmattern Is *thick-time* a thing, an object of measure, a utilizable frame? Could it be applied to these structures of time embrasure, of future description, mutations, events and transmutations? I see you as an innovator in the juggling of temporalities, of time-presence consilience. Spitballing. Thanks!
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@shannonmattern Is *thick-time* a thing, an object of measure, a utilizable frame? Could it be applied to these structures of time embrasure, of future description, mutations, events and transmutations? I see you as an innovator in the juggling of temporalities, of time-presence consilience. Spitballing. Thanks!
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@shannonmattern Is *thick-time* a thing, an object of measure, a utilizable frame? Could it be applied to these structures of time embrasure, of future description, mutations, events and transmutations? I see you as an innovator in the juggling of temporalities, of time-presence consilience. Spitballing. Thanks!
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@shannonmattern Is *thick-time* a thing, an object of measure, a utilizable frame? Could it be applied to these structures of time embrasure, of future description, mutations, events and transmutations? I see you as an innovator in the juggling of temporalities, of time-presence consilience. Spitballing. Thanks!
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@shannonmattern Is *thick-time* a thing, an object of measure, a utilizable frame? Could it be applied to these structures of time embrasure, of future description, mutations, events and transmutations? I see you as an innovator in the juggling of temporalities, of time-presence consilience. Spitballing. Thanks!
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What if we wrote instance rules like "We strongly encourage you not to make reply guy-ish replies on the Fediverse. If you choose to do so anyway, do not report any of the responses you receive"?
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What if we wrote instance rules like "We strongly encourage you not to make reply guy-ish replies on the Fediverse. If you choose to do so anyway, do not report any of the responses you receive"?
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What if we wrote instance rules like "We strongly encourage you not to make reply guy-ish replies on the Fediverse. If you choose to do so anyway, do not report any of the responses you receive"?
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What if we wrote instance rules like "We strongly encourage you not to make reply guy-ish replies on the Fediverse. If you choose to do so anyway, do not report any of the responses you receive"?
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What if we wrote instance rules like "We strongly encourage you not to make reply guy-ish replies on the Fediverse. If you choose to do so anyway, do not report any of the responses you receive"?
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@ChrisPirillo or... and I'm just #spitballing here... you COULD contribute one of those amounts to your local/home #Mastodon instance to mitigate the impact of the great #TwitterMigration ... 😄
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@ChrisPirillo or... and I'm just #spitballing here... you COULD contribute one of those amounts to your local/home #Mastodon instance to mitigate the impact of the great #TwitterMigration ... 😄
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@ChrisPirillo or... and I'm just #spitballing here... you COULD contribute one of those amounts to your local/home #Mastodon instance to mitigate the impact of the great #TwitterMigration ... 😄
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@ChrisPirillo or... and I'm just #spitballing here... you COULD contribute one of those amounts to your local/home #Mastodon instance to mitigate the impact of the great #TwitterMigration ... 😄
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It'd be really cool if someone created a #bot that tooted the top 10 trending #hastags of the instance you're in. Perhaps on the hour?
I know the idea is a familiar one, but I'm always interested in what's currently being discussed and debated. This would be something users could then choose to follow or not.
Just a thought 👍
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Idly thinking out loud… The original purpose of ‘verifciation’ on Twitter / FB was to prevent imposters, not to infer status.
Given we don’t have a central trusted entity to do verification on Mastodon, perhaps users could upload a video of them reading a random phase generated by the server and saying their username (similar to mobile banking apps KYC checks).
That would limit the time to restrict fakery and let other users decide on the veracity.
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Idly thinking out loud… The original purpose of ‘verifciation’ on Twitter / FB was to prevent imposters, not to infer status.
Given we don’t have a central trusted entity to do verification on Mastodon, perhaps users could upload a video of them reading a random phase generated by the server and saying their username (similar to mobile banking apps KYC checks).
That would limit the time to restrict fakery and let other users decide on the veracity.
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Idly thinking out loud… The original purpose of ‘verifciation’ on Twitter / FB was to prevent imposters, not to infer status.
Given we don’t have a central trusted entity to do verification on Mastodon, perhaps users could upload a video of them reading a random phase generated by the server and saying their username (similar to mobile banking apps KYC checks).
That would limit the time to restrict fakery and let other users decide on the veracity.
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♲ @[email protected]:The Junk-Legistlation War of Attrition
In states in which the GOP controls the entire legislative, executive, and often judicial branches of government, throwing out bullshit laws is effectively free. Given the present composition and disposition of the US Supreme Court, that advantage rises to the highest level of judicial review in the U.S.
Defeating those laws costs money. It also causes very real pain and dislocation.
It's a form of political-economic warfare.
Florida's obvious First-Amendment free-speech violating gag law is one example. In another case, Texas passed a law requiring companies doing business with the state to maintain a politically neutral (at best) stance on gun control. Anti-abortion laws targeting the poor and minorities (the Confederacy rises again) a third.
I've been starting to think how blue states might consider responding to this. All-out legislative warfare seems suboptimal, but may be the best available option.
There's been some action along these lines, including curtailing any state-sponsored travel (at the state level), or companies (often entertainment and sports franchises) boycotting states with highly-oppressive legislation.
The US constitution itself limits states' capabilities in some regards, though there might be options for action here, and again, where Democrats control the entire governmental apparatus, this might be a lower-cost option for response.
Targeting both GOP-dominated states and significant funding and enabling concerns behind the GOP might be options ehre.
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One year since these creaky hipsters tried to groom me for their scratchy sex cult.
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RT @thebillygregory
🇬🇧+🇺🇸+🇨🇦=❤️ w/@brucel and @aardrian
#InternationalRelations #SpitBalling
https://twitter.com/thebillygregory/status/1154234315481505792
