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Comment · 18 days ago
Why do we want to reduce 'the neuron' and encapsulate it? As a potentially interchangeable feature?

Even when similar weight activations arise across learning regimen it seems we will miss a whole range of interpretations if we just go off 'the text'. The outside context in which a neuron arises is equally, if not more, telling; its genesis cannot (yet?) be quite captured by the weight itself.

The network may reveal its own context and history, but what can ultimately be encoded in its weights that originated outside the network?

Comment · 1 month ago
You could likely cluster individuals by drawn features; might not tells us much about geographic origin but may reveal interesting differences/levels in geographic aptitude, and which clusters correspond best to what land borders/contintents.
Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 1 month ago
Wouldn't excessive/above average flagging rather indicate a post is controversial/counter narrative enough to warrant longer front page exposure? It certainly seems to have gotten the people going in the short time it was up, and it's not a secret that early vocal users can be quite generous with the flag button.
Comment · 1 month ago
Flow is a state of privilege, too, yet (thru reading) one most easily cultivated. Take control of your time expenditure!
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Echoes of a semantic Web that never was! Showing the prompt trajectories is also a nice touch.
Comment · 2 months ago
Remember motiongerm and the whole sleek 60fps flash design thingamabob? Bespoke interfaces everywhere
Comment · 2 months ago
There is of course, transformative use, and the slew of software packages we used to depend on without acknowledging the original maintainers on every commit.
Comment · 2 months ago
They say to throw away the first page. It needs to hurt a bit as we go.

For 'context priming' I'd like to see an interface that supports this. Not just alts and variations, but an assistant or companion that challenges what's already on the page, and sometimes doesn't even look back at what's been thrown out.

Forgetting can be just as effective as capturing.

Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
Just as stating the wrong thing would be the quickest way to elicit a response in the past, so too can 'dumb' questions prime the context for more complex queries.

I am all for this strategy, and revisiting my list is equal parts fun and conducive to long-term recall.

Comment · 3 months ago
Software has a dependency contract that is quite unique. We can't imagine the shelflife beyond the Bazaar or Cathedral. They seem ever lasting.

The myth of impossibility remains, because we can't imagine what it means to forever occupy those places, even when others rise past them.

Comment · 3 months ago
Alternative to resolving an image via Einstein ring lensing?
Comment · 3 months ago
I think social graphs are often pre-disposed to capturing strong interactions only—an email chain, a trace-able back and forth (just as this), friend degree networks—not the off-hand conversations you overhead on the coffee corner, a tidbit you saw on a documentary awaiting a doctor's appointment, a faraway poster hanging on a museum wall.. you get the idea. Weak ties are everywhere! (Just not always recorded)

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