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Richard Whaling

@r.whal.ing

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I hack things. Data, ML, music, etc. AI governance geek. Founder of semistructured.ai, speaking in a personal capacity only here. Likes are bookmarks, not endorsements. music/art projects on IG, @r__whaling

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 10d

xpost from my IG - sound on - I made a tutorial about glitch effects in clavier-36

still working on my render/etc chain, lmk if it's illegible etc
#livecoding #creativecoding #generative

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 1d

hacking around in hydra, a js/shader based video synth today - music is in max/msp (a simpler version of my clavier/orca setup)

ran into a file size limit uploading this, we'll see how the encoding handles this much ✨🌈🌀✨

#synthsky #creativecoding #generative

Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 1d

I observed something like this when Claude 4.0 came out too - great in Claude Code, totally unreliable in Cursor

I’m guessing there is some special sauce in tuning their own models for their preferred CLI’s and things get weird otherwise?

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 1d

Google Gemini 2.5 Computer Use

it’s a new model that builds on Gemini 2.5 Pro’s existing computer use capabilities

it’s both better and faster than stock Gemini 2.5 Pro

blog.google/technology/g...

A flowchart illustrating an iterative AI-assisted process, labeled “Initial Task” at the top.
1. Initial Task leads to a blue parallelogram labeled “Screenshot + Previous Context”.
2. From there, an arrow labeled “1. Send a request to the model” points left to a blue hexagon labeled “Model”.
3. Another arrow, labeled “2. Receive the model response”, goes downward from the model to a blue rectangular box labeled “Computer environment (client app)”, containing a small computer window image.
4. The next step, labeled “3. Execute the received action”, moves right to another identical “Computer environment (client app)” box showing a partial screenshot of an app interface.
5. The final arrow, labeled “4. Capture the new environment state”, loops upward back to “Screenshot + Previous Context”, completing the cycle.

The diagram depicts how a model observes screenshots and context, generates actions, executes them in a client environment, then captures the new state for the next loop.

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 1d

Folks below have mentioned NVDA and energy stocks. I think real estate also? If we get to full automation, land and natural resources are the only scarce commodities left.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 1d

Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced

What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?

I propose "vibe engineering"!

simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...

Vibe engineering

I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …

simonwillison.net

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 1d

so dystopian

tachikoma @tachikoma.elsewhereunbound.com · 1d

the new UX will be "can you hop on a quick call?" in a couple years with an AI agent

Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 1d

fwiw the movie was really good!

IGN @ign.com · 1d

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has issued a statement after The Smashing Machine became the Hollywood star's worst box office opening ever.

'You Can't Control Box Office Results' — Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 2d

Yeah I had this once, it was awesome until the layoffs 🫠

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

it is useful not to lose sight of how, underneath everything else, hollow all of this noise is. portland and chicago are warzones, so i am dispatching a couple hundred best buy assistant managers there to quell the insurrections. potemkin stuff, paper thin

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Xor @xordev.com · 2d

"Lapse"
for(float i,z,d,h;i++<5e1;o+=vec4(3,z,i,1)/d)
{vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;a.y++;p.z+=7.;a=mix(dot(a,p)*a,p,sin(h=length(p)-t))+cos(h)*cross(a,p);
for(d=0.;d++<9.;a+=sin(round(a*d)-t).zxy/d);z+=d=.1*length(a.xz);}
o=tanh(o/1e4);

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 2d

Xor you have really outdone yourself with this one

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 4d

this is really good, what model is it?

what model android I mean

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 4d

made another clavier-36 post, working on adding more harmonic movement with "one dumb trick" #livecoding #generative #synthsky #creativecoding

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 4d

🤯🤯🤯

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 5d

Don't Parse, Call

timkellogg.me/blog/2025/10...

Don't Parse, Call

Instead of writing crap tons of parsing code for LLMs you can just use functions. It's easy.

timkellogg.me

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 5d

I’m not a furry but your art is amazing? But just being a random person is ok too 🤗

Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 5d

Thanks for grabbing this, super interesting read. I googled, the interview with Sutton is on his podcast/youtube?

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John David Pressman @jdp.extropian.net · 6d

I've written an essay reflecting on how I use the word slop and some theory of what distinguishes slop from spam and kitsch.

minihf.com/posts/2025-1...

On Slop

minihf.com

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 8d

Happy final fantasy tactics day to all who celebrate

(It is me, I am celebrating)
🥷 🥷 🥷 🥷 🧙‍♀️

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 9d

everyone is learning about their world from screens that specifically tell them whatever narrative they will find most validating and provide them with endless rationales to ignore or explain away any facts that complicate the validating narrative. this is why politics has gone insane

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 9d

Like for me, having major logic/arithmetic operators all available, and the "wire" function for long-range dependencies, makes it way more usable, and viable for much larger packages. But I have used ORCA for many years, taught it in workshops, etc., still love it for many things.

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 9d

CLAVIER's author, River, is not on Bluesky, but what he has told me is that it started as a re-implementation of ORCA designed for sample-accurate audio triggering and an integrated sampler, but it has diverged into a different language with a very different personality.

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Richard Whaling @r.whal.ing · 9d

this is CLAVIER-36, a 2-dimensional programming language for music - clavier36.com/manual

it is very terse but surprisingly accessible! I find it easier than more conventional livecoding languages like sonic pi and strudel

clavier36.com

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