fffanatic06
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"I am a river and you are my Canyon"
this pic is gross now but someday it'll make a great "works cited meme"
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
this pic is gross now but someday it'll make a great "works cited meme"
To be clear, LLMs aren't beta readers or editors. Purple prose trips them up (at least in my experience). Long prose just wastes their time.
But if you want to take an idea you're interested in and want to play with- really mess around with it- LLMs are massive help.
But if you want to take an idea you're interested in and want to play with- really mess around with it- LLMs are massive help.
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 AM
To be clear, LLMs aren't beta readers or editors. Purple prose trips them up (at least in my experience). Long prose just wastes their time.
But if you want to take an idea you're interested in and want to play with- really mess around with it- LLMs are massive help.
But if you want to take an idea you're interested in and want to play with- really mess around with it- LLMs are massive help.
You can do this with more thematic world building too. For example, if you have a nation, empire or power that has a clear set of values, tell the LLM those values. Then feed it a list of national awards and decorations, tell it to reconcile the two visions and see what comes out
January 19, 2026 at 11:56 PM
You can do this with more thematic world building too. For example, if you have a nation, empire or power that has a clear set of values, tell the LLM those values. Then feed it a list of national awards and decorations, tell it to reconcile the two visions and see what comes out
You could open up five tabs to track words, proper grammar and word parts. Or you could just give DeepSeek or Claude a description of the area and ask it to provide of possible names. Way faster and less frustrating.
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
You could open up five tabs to track words, proper grammar and word parts. Or you could just give DeepSeek or Claude a description of the area and ask it to provide of possible names. Way faster and less frustrating.
Going to assume it's a new front in the posting war opening up
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Going to assume it's a new front in the posting war opening up
adding to this is how LLMs can adopt different tones and personalities (although they're all trained with a core one in mind). Which means both tone and perspective can be modeled as axes on this graph.
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 PM
adding to this is how LLMs can adopt different tones and personalities (although they're all trained with a core one in mind). Which means both tone and perspective can be modeled as axes on this graph.
the mathematics of AI. the general way LLMs establish meaning is by fixing words to different points. Think those old X, Y graphs from school but new dimensions are created as more information is absorbed. So you can map the word "witch" and see how it compares to the word "jerk"
January 19, 2026 at 10:37 PM
the mathematics of AI. the general way LLMs establish meaning is by fixing words to different points. Think those old X, Y graphs from school but new dimensions are created as more information is absorbed. So you can map the word "witch" and see how it compares to the word "jerk"
where's that xkcd comic when you need it.
seriously, I hope this is the good kind of busy. not '18 hr day' busy
seriously, I hope this is the good kind of busy. not '18 hr day' busy
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
where's that xkcd comic when you need it.
seriously, I hope this is the good kind of busy. not '18 hr day' busy
seriously, I hope this is the good kind of busy. not '18 hr day' busy
people stay play backgammon! We'd still be playing ur if the rules were more widely known. Obsolescence isn't a thing with recreational activities. Maybe the market share shrinks but people don't stop doing things they enjoy.
January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
people stay play backgammon! We'd still be playing ur if the rules were more widely known. Obsolescence isn't a thing with recreational activities. Maybe the market share shrinks but people don't stop doing things they enjoy.
exactly! and instead of, you know, anything productive, they're pushing for stricter IP laws. Which is only ever going to benefit companies like Disney and Oracle. Companies that can afford to buy IP and then just sit on it for decades.
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
exactly! and instead of, you know, anything productive, they're pushing for stricter IP laws. Which is only ever going to benefit companies like Disney and Oracle. Companies that can afford to buy IP and then just sit on it for decades.
People are mostly just backfilling their reasons. They hate AI because some artist or writer or whatever they admire told them to hate AI. And there's really not much else to it.
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM
People are mostly just backfilling their reasons. They hate AI because some artist or writer or whatever they admire told them to hate AI. And there's really not much else to it.
I think what she's getting at is that rent freezes cause deterioration in housing supply (both because of lack of investment and lack of maintenance of existing properties). But why would you not just say that? Why start going on about meat?
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I think what she's getting at is that rent freezes cause deterioration in housing supply (both because of lack of investment and lack of maintenance of existing properties). But why would you not just say that? Why start going on about meat?
I'm not actually pro rent freeze outside of extreme circumstances either. I think that makes me the target audience. But like... it's such a dumb thing to say.
January 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I'm not actually pro rent freeze outside of extreme circumstances either. I think that makes me the target audience. But like... it's such a dumb thing to say.
I saw someone who I know for a fact is a huge advocate for "multipolarity" acting terrified of European Re-Armament. Just total refusal to consider what the real world applications of their ideology involve.
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I saw someone who I know for a fact is a huge advocate for "multipolarity" acting terrified of European Re-Armament. Just total refusal to consider what the real world applications of their ideology involve.
hopefully at a higher rate or commission
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
hopefully at a higher rate or commission
So what was the point of Lonesome Road? It really felt like they wanted to hit the reset button.
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
So what was the point of Lonesome Road? It really felt like they wanted to hit the reset button.
I think I phrased my point poorly. It's not that they hate the NCR as a government (though I'm pretty sure they all do). It's that they hate that the setting has moved into the nation building stage.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I think I phrased my point poorly. It's not that they hate the NCR as a government (though I'm pretty sure they all do). It's that they hate that the setting has moved into the nation building stage.
but that nobody includes the party itself. You don't have Schumer redirecting questions elsewhere. You have him jumping in front of mics to field questions not even aimed at him.
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
but that nobody includes the party itself. You don't have Schumer redirecting questions elsewhere. You have him jumping in front of mics to field questions not even aimed at him.
he's going to ask for Trump's hand in marriage.
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
he's going to ask for Trump's hand in marriage.
The obvious answer is that the creatives are like a lot of the writers behind New Vegas; they hated that the NCR was a thing and wanted to reset the setting back to pre NCR status quo. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave anything to actually work with.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
The obvious answer is that the creatives are like a lot of the writers behind New Vegas; they hated that the NCR was a thing and wanted to reset the setting back to pre NCR status quo. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave anything to actually work with.
I don't even think he hates them. He just looked angry that bluesky mods weren't doing anything about obviously toxic people.
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I don't even think he hates them. He just looked angry that bluesky mods weren't doing anything about obviously toxic people.