Truffula
@truffula.bsky.social
also Gammarad some places, lemniskath in a couple places too; software developer, SF reader, cat owner, fan exchange writer
Openness personality trait correlates positively with math ability pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... and with empathy digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustuden...
What Is Mathematical Giftedness? Associations with Intelligence, Openness, and Need for Cognition
It is common practice in the educational system to foster high mathematical abilities in schools as well as in specific promotional programs. Still, little is known about the construct of mathematical giftedness itself. In line with intellectual ...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Openness personality trait correlates positively with math ability pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... and with empathy digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustuden...
There's the billionaire kids book writer who suddenly tried to put all trans people under the bus. The commonality is being billionaires, not being good at math or words. Money corrupts.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There's the billionaire kids book writer who suddenly tried to put all trans people under the bus. The commonality is being billionaires, not being good at math or words. Money corrupts.
I got mad because in my experience with people good at math and people good at words, they're equally likely to be good at understanding that "people like me" don't equal "people who are better" - and you seemed to be claiming to be good at that but acting like you were bad at it, in that post.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I got mad because in my experience with people good at math and people good at words, they're equally likely to be good at understanding that "people like me" don't equal "people who are better" - and you seemed to be claiming to be good at that but acting like you were bad at it, in that post.
As a person who is good at both, I disagree. This is huge over-generalization. Being good at math does not predispose people to arrogance more than being good at words. Lots of science advocates for diverse intelligences and lots of "the western canon is all you need" literary types.
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As a person who is good at both, I disagree. This is huge over-generalization. Being good at math does not predispose people to arrogance more than being good at words. Lots of science advocates for diverse intelligences and lots of "the western canon is all you need" literary types.
So, this landlord had a LLM write the lease and it swiped things from employment contracts, I think. At least that's the only storyline I can think up that would explain this.
September 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So, this landlord had a LLM write the lease and it swiped things from employment contracts, I think. At least that's the only storyline I can think up that would explain this.
this was interesting to read as a list & got me to look up what my top kudosed fics were for August.
1. Sk8 gen, 2025 Sk8 exchange
2. Alice in Wonderland gen, APP ex
3. TGE Idra & Maia, 2024 Yuletide
4. IHNMAIMS Harlan Ellison fic from the last nonconathon
58 of my stories got kudosed in Aug❣
1. Sk8 gen, 2025 Sk8 exchange
2. Alice in Wonderland gen, APP ex
3. TGE Idra & Maia, 2024 Yuletide
4. IHNMAIMS Harlan Ellison fic from the last nonconathon
58 of my stories got kudosed in Aug❣
September 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
this was interesting to read as a list & got me to look up what my top kudosed fics were for August.
1. Sk8 gen, 2025 Sk8 exchange
2. Alice in Wonderland gen, APP ex
3. TGE Idra & Maia, 2024 Yuletide
4. IHNMAIMS Harlan Ellison fic from the last nonconathon
58 of my stories got kudosed in Aug❣
1. Sk8 gen, 2025 Sk8 exchange
2. Alice in Wonderland gen, APP ex
3. TGE Idra & Maia, 2024 Yuletide
4. IHNMAIMS Harlan Ellison fic from the last nonconathon
58 of my stories got kudosed in Aug❣
more detailed instructions here: mashable.com/article/goog...
How to turn off Google AI Overviews
There is one way that doesn't require a Chrome extension.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
more detailed instructions here: mashable.com/article/goog...
I turned it off - sort of - by setting my search to Google's web tab.
Firefox: www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...
Chrome:
www.reddit.com/r/google/com...
Firefox: www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...
Chrome:
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April 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I turned it off - sort of - by setting my search to Google's web tab.
Firefox: www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...
Chrome:
www.reddit.com/r/google/com...
Firefox: www.reddit.com/r/firefox/co...
Chrome:
www.reddit.com/r/google/com...
Also you might find this article interesting reactormag.com/quiltbag-spe... as it covers some possibly related topics and the book might be of interest too
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February 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Also you might find this article interesting reactormag.com/quiltbag-spe... as it covers some possibly related topics and the book might be of interest too
How about Diaspora by Greg Egan? 1997, primarily virtual intelligences (some always that way, some kind of copies of humans), lots of friendships but I don't remember any important romance or sexual relationships at all in the book.
February 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
How about Diaspora by Greg Egan? 1997, primarily virtual intelligences (some always that way, some kind of copies of humans), lots of friendships but I don't remember any important romance or sexual relationships at all in the book.
I haven't read anything by Rooney, but I just read that review you were talking about, and my impression from what the reviewer said about Rooney's sex scenes is that she has one routine that she thinks of as "sex" and that's all she thinks everyone does sexually: mdom/fsub-verbal consent-PIV.
February 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I haven't read anything by Rooney, but I just read that review you were talking about, and my impression from what the reviewer said about Rooney's sex scenes is that she has one routine that she thinks of as "sex" and that's all she thinks everyone does sexually: mdom/fsub-verbal consent-PIV.
And this one's the C names from the 80s: reactormag.com/fighting-era... There are just so many that us listing what we remember off the top of our head only scratches the surface. Dive deep.
Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1980s, Part III - Reactor
The next stop in our tour through the science fiction and fantasy of the 1980s is “women whose surnames begin with C.” The usual disclaimers apply, foremost among them being that, as I am monolingual,...
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January 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
And this one's the C names from the 80s: reactormag.com/fighting-era... There are just so many that us listing what we remember off the top of our head only scratches the surface. Dive deep.
(and if you want more details, comment on the dreamwidth post & I can reply there at greater length than a bluesky postelet permits 😄 )
January 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
(and if you want more details, comment on the dreamwidth post & I can reply there at greater length than a bluesky postelet permits 😄 )
And probably the most broken was the time that every participant got their regular assignment and a write-in assignment, so that every assignment had two people assigned to it (and you could, somehow, see the other person sometimes!)
January 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
And probably the most broken was the time that every participant got their regular assignment and a write-in assignment, so that every assignment had two people assigned to it (and you could, somehow, see the other person sometimes!)
well, for example, one time all matching criteria were deleted, and matches were random, and everyone was encouraged to default immediately, and then assignments were auctioned for word count. And one time matching was reset each week and everyone got new assignments without signing up again.
January 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
well, for example, one time all matching criteria were deleted, and matches were random, and everyone was encouraged to default immediately, and then assignments were auctioned for word count. And one time matching was reset each week and everyone got new assignments without signing up again.
If I find (or create) something like that, I'll let you know. It really depends on what you consider straightforward, which depends on your personal experience and expectations, though? Try describing what you think of as straightforward & it will help me figure out what you don't know about yet 😎
January 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I find (or create) something like that, I'll let you know. It really depends on what you consider straightforward, which depends on your personal experience and expectations, though? Try describing what you think of as straightforward & it will help me figure out what you don't know about yet 😎
Absolutely the peer to peer nature of it is the essential glue of the fandom participation style. The sites of choice are (in approx order) ao3, dreamwidth, discord, gdocs (for writing & beta-ing), and "the app" - a request-finding webapp by a MVP participant - ao3 is required, rest are optional
January 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Absolutely the peer to peer nature of it is the essential glue of the fandom participation style. The sites of choice are (in approx order) ao3, dreamwidth, discord, gdocs (for writing & beta-ing), and "the app" - a request-finding webapp by a MVP participant - ao3 is required, rest are optional
That's very much how it is, yes. Some of the participants in multi-fandom exchange fandom are also deep in a specific source-fandom, some aren't - and the types of attachment to source material differs, too - it's hard to put into so few words when each person is so different yet shares a lot too 😅
January 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
That's very much how it is, yes. Some of the participants in multi-fandom exchange fandom are also deep in a specific source-fandom, some aren't - and the types of attachment to source material differs, too - it's hard to put into so few words when each person is so different yet shares a lot too 😅
I'm not sure what you mean by "deep fannish attachment" - before I was in fic-writing fandom, I was at the edges of written science fiction fandom - keeping tabs on Hugo voting and stuff like that - never just a fan of one book or media property or character or relationship. But I'm deeply attached!
January 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I'm not sure what you mean by "deep fannish attachment" - before I was in fic-writing fandom, I was at the edges of written science fiction fandom - keeping tabs on Hugo voting and stuff like that - never just a fan of one book or media property or character or relationship. But I'm deeply attached!
Yes, the ones I know are mostly part of multifandom *exchange* fandom (you left out exchange in your quote, and exchange is the key part, I think) - simply because that's where I hang out so that's where I meet people.
January 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Yes, the ones I know are mostly part of multifandom *exchange* fandom (you left out exchange in your quote, and exchange is the key part, I think) - simply because that's where I hang out so that's where I meet people.