Link Roundup: September 2024
Did you know that some of my links, I get from other link roundups? I don’t always give credit to aggregators, since it’s not like they wrote the original article. But in case you like more links,...
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Every Dodecahedron Symmetry
Remember when I drew 98 cubes? Well, this time I drew 164 dodecahedra. I created an infographic-style diagram of dodecahedron/icosahedron symmetries. This image is very large, so I’m putting a small...
View ArticleTips for respecting microlabels
Readers may be familiar with the idea of stacking queer labels, especially words related to asexual and nonbinary people. For example, somebody might call themselves a nebulagender panromantic...
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Failed origami experiments
A few times before, I’ve posted origami failures, outtakes and disasters. This time I’ll focus on some failed experiments–design ideas that didn’t quite work out. First, we have a failed prototype of...
View ArticleLink Roundup: October 2024
How I Fell Out Of Love With Facebook | Tantacrul (video, 3:10 hours) – A comprehensive review of all the scandals that Facebook got involved in. I had known about a few of these but hadn’t heard of...
View ArticleI read books: Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations, by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe To steal a description from Existential Comics, Wittgenstein solved philosophy in 1921 with the Tractatus...
View ArticleTargeted Advertising: Good or evil?
I have had some professional experience in marketing. It’s a job, you know? Targeted advertising is a very common data science application. Specifically, I’ve built models that use credit data to...
View Article2024 Election positions
As usual, when I write about election positions, my purpose is not primarily to persuade readers, but rather to normalize the research & voting process. I believe in doing a small amount of...
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Origami: Stick Figure
Stick Figure, designed by Thomas Speckman This design is made by someone I know, a teenager that I see in the local origami space. For him, this is a very simple design, something he can teach others...
View ArticleLink Roundup: November 2024
This link roundup does not include any discussion of the US elections, and I do not have plans to write about it in the immediate future. My thought about it is: pace yourself! We’re on a slow motion...
View ArticleTwo kinds of LLM hallucinations
After writing about LLM error rates, I wanted to talk about a specific kind of error: the hallucination. I am aware that there is a lot of research into this subject, so I decided to read a scholarly...
View ArticleMy economic simulation of spacefaring kittens
Kittens Game is a clicker game that you can play in your browser. It makes a strong first impression, as it tempts you into choices that will kill off your kittens within twelve minutes. But I’m not...
View ArticleA better masculinity, for those who don’t want it
A few months ago, I went to an ace unconference–an unconference being an event where attendees create sessions on the spot, rather than planning sessions in advance. I’ve been to quite a few of...
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Origami: Cube Tessellation (again)
Cube Tessellation, designed by me Back in 2017, I designed this tessellation based on the rhombile tiling, and I blogged about it here. More recently, someone asked my permission to teach it in an...
View ArticleAnti-trans “advice” defies sense
Okay, I’ll talk a bit about the election. In November, many people speculated on why Democrats lost the election. This has largely been an exercise in confirmation bias–everyone thinks reason Democrats...
View ArticleLink Roundup: December 2024
This month, the ace journal club discussed genital plethysmography, and then we took seriously the idea of a sex therapy as a BDSM scene. The Really Dark Truth About Bots | Benn Jordan (video, 29 min)...
View ArticlePopularity is (almost) scale-free
We live in an ecosystem, where everyone is pressured to be a content creator of some sort. Suppose you want to interact with your friends on the internet. Let’s say they hang out on BlueSky or...
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Link Roundup: January 2025
This month, I wrote a history of color symbology in ace and aro flags. Atheist group faces backlash after publishing, then removing, anti-trans article | Friendly Atheist (via) – If you’re interested...
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What does it mean that AI is “remixing existing work”?
Marcus reminded me of the common claim: “AI is just remixing existing works”. Or the more colorful version, “AI just regurgitates existing art”. This is in reference to creative uses of AI image...
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