Ben Cooley
@benjcooley.bsky.social
Dude living in Southern California.. generally enjoying life, the beach, etc.
Alum of Lucas Arts, Zynga, Telltale Games. Former Principal Engineer and tools/pipeline lead at Riot for League of Legends, now at Proof of Play (yay web3).
Alum of Lucas Arts, Zynga, Telltale Games. Former Principal Engineer and tools/pipeline lead at Riot for League of Legends, now at Proof of Play (yay web3).
This isn't quite the Star Trek I remember. Can't put my finger on what's different....
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This isn't quite the Star Trek I remember. Can't put my finger on what's different....
Read this article and wondered what well painted renders of these statues would look like.
Took the images of the statues, and several of the images as style references, and fed it into Nano Banana. This is what it produced.
Took the images of the statues, and several of the images as style references, and fed it into Nano Banana. This is what it produced.
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Read this article and wondered what well painted renders of these statues would look like.
Took the images of the statues, and several of the images as style references, and fed it into Nano Banana. This is what it produced.
Took the images of the statues, and several of the images as style references, and fed it into Nano Banana. This is what it produced.
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What if every form of disinfo - media manipulation and propaganda had a name like "Gaslighting", "Streisand Effect", etc. where everybody immediately knew what it was?
"Whadabout", "Willie Horton/Laken Riley", "Seesawing", "Flashbang", "Firehose", "The Gallop", "Fringe-baiting", "Grass-Cutting"...
"Whadabout", "Willie Horton/Laken Riley", "Seesawing", "Flashbang", "Firehose", "The Gallop", "Fringe-baiting", "Grass-Cutting"...
January 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What if every form of disinfo - media manipulation and propaganda had a name like "Gaslighting", "Streisand Effect", etc. where everybody immediately knew what it was?
"Whadabout", "Willie Horton/Laken Riley", "Seesawing", "Flashbang", "Firehose", "The Gallop", "Fringe-baiting", "Grass-Cutting"...
"Whadabout", "Willie Horton/Laken Riley", "Seesawing", "Flashbang", "Firehose", "The Gallop", "Fringe-baiting", "Grass-Cutting"...
Procgen and AI are like peas and carrots.
Procgen adds the bones.. AI adds the meat. You can build pretty spectacular stuff when you put these two together.
Procgen adds the bones.. AI adds the meat. You can build pretty spectacular stuff when you put these two together.
January 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Procgen and AI are like peas and carrots.
Procgen adds the bones.. AI adds the meat. You can build pretty spectacular stuff when you put these two together.
Procgen adds the bones.. AI adds the meat. You can build pretty spectacular stuff when you put these two together.
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A serious constitutional crisis is taking place in North Carolina where Republicans are trying to steal a state Supreme Court election by disenfranchising 60,000 voters AFTER the count and recount have showed the Democrat won.
Please watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yW...
Please watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yW...
BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court Blocks Certification, Will Hear Ballot Challenge Case
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A serious constitutional crisis is taking place in North Carolina where Republicans are trying to steal a state Supreme Court election by disenfranchising 60,000 voters AFTER the count and recount have showed the Democrat won.
Please watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yW...
Please watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yW...
32GB is a laughable amount of VRAM for a GPU in 2025.
Anyone disagree with this statement? How are you going to run any non trivial LLM?
Anyone disagree with this statement? How are you going to run any non trivial LLM?
January 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
32GB is a laughable amount of VRAM for a GPU in 2025.
Anyone disagree with this statement? How are you going to run any non trivial LLM?
Anyone disagree with this statement? How are you going to run any non trivial LLM?
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I think I know why Elon doesn't like Wikipedia
December 26, 2024 at 5:49 AM
I think I know why Elon doesn't like Wikipedia
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How is that a publication like Rolling Stone gets it right when so many other news orgs are failing at real journalism & keeping it real—and so damn obvious about it?
December 26, 2024 at 4:42 PM
How is that a publication like Rolling Stone gets it right when so many other news orgs are failing at real journalism & keeping it real—and so damn obvious about it?
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This is groundbreaking stuff.
You ask the AI to generate a world, and then walk around exploring it. Gobsmacked.
You ask the AI to generate a world, and then walk around exploring it. Gobsmacked.
Introducing 🧞Genie 2 🧞 - our most capable large-scale foundation world model, which can generate a diverse array of consistent worlds, playable for up to a minute. We believe Genie 2 could unlock the next wave of capabilities for embodied agents 🧠.
December 7, 2024 at 7:04 AM
This is groundbreaking stuff.
You ask the AI to generate a world, and then walk around exploring it. Gobsmacked.
You ask the AI to generate a world, and then walk around exploring it. Gobsmacked.
Always a nice gesture to smile and wave at the stopped cars as you pass by.
Ooh, now the 110 is a parking lot, unless you are in the bus lane ♥️
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Always a nice gesture to smile and wave at the stopped cars as you pass by.
Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell - you sure you won't be needing one of those Biden pardons they'll be handing out?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Korea: President Yoon's arrest list included own party leader
The head of President Yoon's party called for his suspension in a sign it may back moves to impeach him.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell - you sure you won't be needing one of those Biden pardons they'll be handing out?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when you vote for a clearly corrupt religious-nationalist authoritarian to "own the other folks".
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...
How a Country’s Economy Was Siphoned Dry
Bangladesh’s currency was battered by what the new head of the central bank says was the looting of the banks under the deposed prime minister.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:19 AM
This is what happens when you vote for a clearly corrupt religious-nationalist authoritarian to "own the other folks".
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...
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California Tesla Sales Slip 12.6% in 2024 while BEV/HEV combined reaches 39.4%. Mostly Hyundai, BMW and Kia along with other auto mfrs have claimed that market share.
I think we can say at this point that the Tesla brand has suffered considerable damage in CA.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
I think we can say at this point that the Tesla brand has suffered considerable damage in CA.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
California New Car Dealers Association Releases Q3 2024 Auto Outlook Report – California New Car Dealers Association
www.cncda.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
California Tesla Sales Slip 12.6% in 2024 while BEV/HEV combined reaches 39.4%. Mostly Hyundai, BMW and Kia along with other auto mfrs have claimed that market share.
I think we can say at this point that the Tesla brand has suffered considerable damage in CA.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
I think we can say at this point that the Tesla brand has suffered considerable damage in CA.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
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"It is imperative that we all recognize our shared responsibility to aid and encourage the construction of enough housing to ease our housing shortage."
That's why we exist! Please read and widely share Hamilton's article.
That's why we exist! Please read and widely share Hamilton's article.
Los Angeles' inability to upzone single family neighborhoods even in the face of a state mandate and the threat of losing Congressional seats and an acute housing shortage goes to show: Housing is the issue where progressive values crumble.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/more-housi...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/more-housi...
More Housing In Your Neighborhood Is a Progressive Value
Liberal homeowners, wake up.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
"It is imperative that we all recognize our shared responsibility to aid and encourage the construction of enough housing to ease our housing shortage."
That's why we exist! Please read and widely share Hamilton's article.
That's why we exist! Please read and widely share Hamilton's article.
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Even science can’t explain the nostalgic power of this shade of grey
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Even science can’t explain the nostalgic power of this shade of grey
Basically correct.
The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Basically correct.
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#SILO is live! The TV show based on my novel WOOL landed on #AppleTVPlus today. So freaking excited!
May 5, 2023 at 9:24 AM
#SILO is live! The TV show based on my novel WOOL landed on #AppleTVPlus today. So freaking excited!
Got to say bluesky feels like Twitter/X used to feel. I like it.
November 19, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Got to say bluesky feels like Twitter/X used to feel. I like it.