Marsh Ray

"Anthropomorphizing" is normal. It's just using familiar words to talk about complex systems with internal state: "This thing has a mind of its own." "This car wants to pull to the right." "The thermostat thinks it's too warm." 💯 cromulent expressions. Not fallacious or an indication of psychosis.

Another podcast interview! Some fun questions and some ramble answers from me

movement in non-euclidean quaternionic space

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...

Remember when people used to say "do not obey in advance" ?

Adrian Tchaikovsky's acclaimed sci-fi series The Final Architecture is getting a graphic novel prequel, and Whovians may recognize the face of its clone soldiers, the Partheni.

This is me being interviewed in detailed on the nuts and bolts of writing technique.

This game has evolved a bit over the years ...

Buddy, you want to teach me about learning with errors? I AM THE WORLD EXPERT AT LEARNING WITH ERRORS. NOBODY LEARNS WITH AS MANY ERRORS AS ME

Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

Is anyone playing FFXIV these days? I’m looking to pick it back up.

Twitch (Amazon) just sent me this in email. AFAICT, this image is a *complete fiction*. They must be really desperate.

I thought a "40% chance of rain" implied a 60% chance that nobody would get any rain.

mother’s day breakfast

Whenever I'm feeling excessively loved or appreciated, I know I can always turn to the BlueSky community for some words of discouragement. ❤️ clearsky.app/marshray.bsk...

Every complaint about "the top 5% are ruining the earth" bitch that's you the planes of the elite IS ANY PLANE YOU ARE ON

I'm all for empowering web apps with appropriate user-consent, but it's absolutely flipping ridiculous that there's no browser toggles to turn off the ability of arbitrary websites to: 1. Take full-screen 2. Disable the keyboard 3. Hide the mouse cursor Each could easily require permission.

The official Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan has posted footage from the video game ARMA 3, claiming it shows a real military response to alleged Indian aggression. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/pakistani-go...

Welcome to the public domain, HALLELUJAH (1929), the first Hollywood studio film with an all-Black cast. This musical drama was selected for the National Film Registry in 2008. 🎞️ Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025

R3 does not exist #AIArt #midjourney

Aye, Christmas Eve. I remember this day well.

Flat earthers are putting my discussions with them on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Cd...

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Great to see how far we’ve come in vulnerability disclosure. The MBTA learned it can be chill, and the kids are alright. https://www.wired.com/story/mtba-charliecard-hack-defcon-2023/

I got into making comics for a bit

A jar for your brain. Reserve yours today.

There is some debate about how to accurately describe longer-range ATACMS missile Ukraine can now use. News articles and even producer call it long-range. But @timothysnyder.bsky.social is correct its range puts it in short-range category. The one they’ve used until now is combat-range.

---> WELCOME NEW BLUESKY USERS! <--- make a few posts... reasonable sounding things... don't overthink it before you start following everyone I bet you'll get more follow-backs that way

I expect this to be a great lecture and follow-on discussion on ML, AI, statistics, etc.: Discord Thu Nov 21st 7:30 PM PST discord.com/events/12711...

How to date recordings using background electrical hum. robertheaton.com/enf/

Squishy friends! #VisitAustralia

Public head-trauma competitions are unethical and should be banned.

Lenny, reincarnated: news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-d... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoO...

I know it’s not Friday but I would welcome infosec and cryptography follow recommendations. Interesting cryptocurrency people also ok.

Hello, all you new (and reunited) followers! Apologies in advance for being generally annoying and way less cool than all the Bsky rockstars. 😅

go.bsky.app/8SiuL2y.

go.bsky.app/L5rSdZs A mix cuz I'm eclectic.

The conscious embrace and enabling of anti-vax by the GOP leaders, the ones who know better, is probably one of the most unambiguously evil things I’ve seen in my lifetime.

Over the last few days, H5N1 began showing up in wastewater in some places known more for their people populations than their dairy herds.

A List of Things People Blamed on Flappers 🧵

The AI conjures a boat of limited capacity and uses it to leave the hungry child on the far side of the river to protect the food. Every time.

This 7-3/4 hour documentary on flat earth beliefs and believers is... impressive. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh4z...