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Cian O'Connor

cian@post.lurk.org

<p>Computers, Music and Solarpunk vibes. Permaculture, degrowth and surviving the looming apocalypse. Bad Buddhist. Terrible anarchist.</p><p>Currently deep into Rust, Zig, Lisp and all kinds of computer music. Csound for the win.</p><p>Weirdly obsessed with art house cinema and modernist literature. </p><p>British ex-pat lost somewhere in South Carolina.</p><p>Digital Product Design/UX Designer. </p><p>nobot</p>

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    If I was to create a technology to exploit human&#39;s cognitive biases - it would probably look a lot like LLMs

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    Air conditioning should always be a last resort - after a society has utilized all the more efficient ways of keeping things cool. A lot of buildings in the US wouldn&#39;t need A/C if they were simply built properly, surrounded by sensible city planning. Drive around the south and you&#39;ll see large developments with houses that are designed for a cool environment, but which are located in very hot locales. Beyond stupid.

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    @RadicalAnthro@c.im Fascinating. Raises interesting questions about the purpose of selflessness &amp; modesty in modern societies, along with the role of politeness. Are these things that emerge from unequal societies, and if so, why?

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    @sidereal Just treat all bad writing as if it was written by AI. That way you&#39;ll catch all AI writing, and your false positives probably deserved it.

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    Part of my problem with social media is FOMO. If I&amp;#39;m busy I don&amp;#39;t want to spend much time on it - but I fear I&amp;#39;ll miss something important if I don&amp;#39;t.

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    If you have any interest in rhythm, composition or algorithmic stuff - I strongly recommend this guide to Joseph Schillinger&amp;#39;s theories on rhythm: https://www.fransabsil.nl/htm/rhythmbk.htm #LiveCoding #TidalCycles