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1 memory is time | रूप a moment ago, i sat down here; before that, i was making coffee; before that, i was washing my face; before that, i was stepping in the dim hallway then washing my face; before that, i was dreaming… 2 memory is...
1 memory is time | रूप a moment ago, i sat down here; before that, i was making coffee; before that, i was washing my face; before that, i was stepping in the dim hallway then washing my face; before that, i was dreaming… 2 memory is...
“zedeus”: On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project’s repository. Nitter mirrors X; it powers websites like XCancel which remains online and...
There's this thing in books. All these friendly shopkeepers, members of the community, cafe workers, all knowing the main character. All being friendly and involved in the main character's life. I understand the allure. It's easy, it's...
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Periodically I like to gather various observations about writing, and share my perspective. Last time was in honor of my trip to Inkhaven. This time will be in honor of the announcement of Inkhaven #3, which I encourage everyone to apply...
I'm gonna tell a story. It's not a story where I'm the hero and it's not a story where someone else is the villain. It is, however, a story about how bad it can feel to carry something for a long time just for the sake of carrying it. My...
In 1966, Mark Kac published a paper in the American Mathematical Monthly called “Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?”. A drum head has a set of resonant…
Bibio & Dorian Concept – “Shame” Jason Calhoun – “what we deserve” Eric Angelo Bessel – “Pathways” The post Visual Velcro 58 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
It took several months, but a copy of Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young, the autobiography of Zayd Ayers Dohrn, the son of late 1960s Weathermen Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, found its way to me via the local library consortium this...
I still don’t know exactly what “A Long December” by Counting Crows was meant to evoke in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, but I can tell you what it did for me: instantly took me back to that window of time in the early-to-mid...
I may not have the guts to share this, but I now have an…inconvenient medical condition. At first it was a “watch and wait” issue, but now it's a “need to see a doctor” one. Thankfully it's not cancer, but it could become an ER...
1. Have a setting, as to write the rules around it. Do not be as lame as to make a generic ruleset and then put a setting over it. 2. Evoke the setting. Make it as tangible as possible through description, implied descriptions, tables,...
A mystery! While this thing has the appearance and size of a fish decoy, it’s metal of some sort with a circular copper “medal” or sign on the side. A gun turrent atop! It even has fins and a lead sinker on the underside. My only guess...
I spend a fair bit of my life reviewing code. Even if you discount the increase in code review that comes from increased usage of the output from Large Language Models, I'm still doing a lot of code review. Not only am I doing internal...