myrrh's recent activity
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
myrrh Link Parent...it's been a few decades since i read it but the 'huge plot point' isn't triggering any recognition: care to elucidate?.....it's been a few decades since i read it but the 'huge plot point' isn't triggering any recognition: care to elucidate?..
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Comment on The Ghost in the Shell | First promotion video in ~anime
myrrh Link Parent...that poster looks less ghost in the shell and more man-machine interface......that poster looks less ghost in the shell and more man-machine interface...
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Comment on The Ghost in the Shell | First promotion video in ~anime
myrrh Link...visually, this interpretation appears profoundly closer to the original manga than any of the others i've seen......visually, this interpretation appears profoundly closer to the original manga than any of the others i've seen...
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Comment on Waterparks - ICE (2026) in ~music
myrrh Link Parent...as his administration grow desperate in the lead-in to 2026 and 2028 elections, i fear we're just the tiniest spark away from the casus belli they seek to openly purge their opposition and......as his administration grow desperate in the lead-in to 2026 and 2028 elections, i fear we're just the tiniest spark away from the casus belli they seek to openly purge their opposition and suspend the democratic process...
...sure, they'll spin something to that effect regardless, but there's still a vast gulf between rhetorical justification and stochiastic acts of war...
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
myrrh Link Parent...i used to commute by bicycle to my previous employer, where i could avoid arterial roads entirely; i will only commute by bicycle on residential streets or dedicated infrastructure... ...sadly,......i used to commute by bicycle to my previous employer, where i could avoid arterial roads entirely; i will only commute by bicycle on residential streets or dedicated infrastructure...
...sadly, i haven't been at liberty to commute by bicycle for ten years, now...
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
myrrh Link Parent...i'd been hoping that my father-in-law could enjoy this as senescence took his mobility; alas, he's been invalid for a couple of years now as waymo at last arrives in our city......i'd been hoping that my father-in-law could enjoy this as senescence took his mobility; alas, he's been invalid for a couple of years now as waymo at last arrives in our city...
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Comment on Why London’s chimney sweeps are enjoying a resurgence in ~life
myrrh Link Parent...pretty much everything we burn is seasoned oak, but some of our more premium suppliers also offer select hardwood species to bougie restaurants, hotels, and residences......pretty much everything we burn is seasoned oak, but some of our more premium suppliers also offer select hardwood species to bougie restaurants, hotels, and residences...
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Comment on Why London’s chimney sweeps are enjoying a resurgence in ~life
myrrh (edited )Link Parent...our current supplier is also our arborist; firewood is his side gig but most of the firewood sources we've used harvest it from clearing property... ...i've harvested some lightning-strike......our current supplier is also our arborist; firewood is his side gig but most of the firewood sources we've used harvest it from clearing property...
...i've harvested some lightning-strike deadfall on my own from the adjacent hill country preserve, but hand-splitting dense oak is hard work and so our suppliers i think are reasonably-priced for what they offer...
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Comment on Why London’s chimney sweeps are enjoying a resurgence in ~life
myrrh Link...i'm in central texas, so we don't burn much more than a half-cord most years, but our chimney sweep was nonetheless surprised to see that we do indeed make full use of his services every two or......i'm in central texas, so we don't burn much more than a half-cord most years, but our chimney sweep was nonetheless surprised to see that we do indeed make full use of his services every two or three seasons...firewood's a niche market and thus not cheap here: about $200 per half-cord, seasoned, split, and delivered, although it can be had more-cheaply if you shop around, season, split, and haul your own wood...
...just by dumb luck we finished the last of our firewood stock and had another half-cord delivered the last week in january 2021, which our neighbors mocked at the time but we completely burned the second half of that february...
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Comment on Any beautiful and/or interesting magazines you like? in ~design
myrrh Link Parent...oh, vaughan oliver was totally my jam around that time; i always sensed a strong synergy between his work and the likes of dave mckean's burgeoning ouvre, which i suppose were both emblematic......oh, vaughan oliver was totally my jam around that time; i always sensed a strong synergy between his work and the likes of dave mckean's burgeoning ouvre, which i suppose were both emblematic of a broader post-modern collage expressionism sweeping through graphic design in indie music, comics, games, and eventually advertising by the turn of the millenium...
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Comment on Why the renovation of US Federal Reserve headquarters costs $2.5 billion in ~finance
myrrh Link Parent...speaking from nearly four decades of institutional archictecture, it's not sometimes: it's almost always......speaking from nearly four decades of institutional archictecture, it's not sometimes: it's almost always...
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Comment on Feeling weird about my career with respect to AI in ~life
myrrh Link Parent...the latter path treads perilously toward a paradigm of users serving the machines rather the inverse......the latter path treads perilously toward a paradigm of users serving the machines rather the inverse...
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | X-Men teaser in ~movies
myrrh (edited )Link Parent...functionally, the modern secret wars offered a plot device to integrate all the sprawling comic franchises into a single rebooted continuity; that's been the ultimate goal for their live-action......functionally, the modern secret wars offered a plot device to integrate all the sprawling comic franchises into a single rebooted continuity; that's been the ultimate goal for their live-action media since phase three and they telegraphed secret wars as the next saga shortly thereafter...
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Comment on You are a better writer than AI (yes, YOU!) in ~creative
myrrh Link Parent...our CEO has thrived despite imperfect english for thirty years (example one in how ideas matter in our profession, not technical expression) and he's recently taken to writing whatever he......our CEO has thrived despite imperfect english for thirty years (example one in how ideas matter in our profession, not technical expression) and he's recently taken to writing whatever he intends to express, then running it through chatGPT for technical cleanup, then making a final edit pass to make sure his original ideas survive intact...
...that's one of the better examples i've seen of using the tool for its strengths rather than a BS generator...
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Comment on You are a better writer than AI (yes, YOU!) in ~creative
myrrh (edited )Link...about two-thirds of our studio speak fluent english as their second language and the incidence off LLM-generated slop i find buried in our deliverables is atrocious, so i resoundingly advocate......about two-thirds of our studio speak fluent english as their second language and the incidence off LLM-generated slop i find buried in our deliverables is atrocious, so i resoundingly advocate that original thought with technically-poor english conveys a VASTLY stronger product than vacuous but technically-well-composed filler, but have made little headway amongst staff with low confidence in their written english proficiency...
...i'm grateful to see this video convey that message, but fourty minutes' attention is too great an ask of peoples' time, which i suppose brings the issue full circle...
"IF ANYONE CAN GENERATE THIS SLOP IN TWO MINUTES THEN WHY IS OUR CLIENT PAYING US?"
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Comment on The first really new compass since 1936 (a new, public domain design without liquid in the dial) in ~engineering
myrrh Link...i believe that back during bush-the-lesser's administration, the USPTO changed their standard of novelty from prior art to first-to-file, which effectively means that nothing can be safely......i believe that back during bush-the-lesser's administration, the USPTO changed their standard of novelty from prior art to first-to-file, which effectively means that nothing can be safely released into the public domain without filing for a patent first...
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Comment on The Wes Cook archive in ~arts
myrrh Link Parent...compiled by cabel sasser, no less!..i've always appreciated his story of turning down apple's proposed acquisition way back in the nascent OS/X days, before itunes......compiled by cabel sasser, no less!..i've always appreciated his story of turning down apple's proposed acquisition way back in the nascent OS/X days, before itunes...
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Comment on What do you leave out for Father Christmas? in ~talk
myrrh Link Parent...fodder for their donkey-camels, like cut grass or hay......fodder for their donkey-camels, like cut grass or hay...
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Comment on What do you leave out for Father Christmas? in ~talk
myrrh Link...stateside we left milk + cookies on an endtable near our fireplace christmas eve, plus in puerto rico we'd leave a box of grass under our bed for three kings' day... (we'd also leave a case of......stateside we left milk + cookies on an endtable near our fireplace christmas eve, plus in puerto rico we'd leave a box of grass under our bed for three kings' day...
(we'd also leave a case of beer at the curb for garbage men the week between, because apparently they'd dump trash on your lawn if you didn't)
...diaspora cemented my adoration of greg egan's proper science fiction...
...i've picked up his orthogonal trilogy but haven't had a chance to start it yet; awaiting an opportunity to really dig in with focused immersion...