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Sweet, sweet, (unsweetened), 9:20 p.m. coffee. In a green chair. With papers to read.

Sweet, sweet, (unsweetened), 9:20 p.m. coffee.

In a green chair.

With papers to read.

If anyone is on Bluesky, I am also over there as cabernet.bsky.social

If anyone is on Bluesky, I am also over there as cabernet.bsky.social

All of social media has ground to such a halt that I have no idea what has happened anywhere in the world, today, except that social media...

All of social media has ground to such a halt that I have no idea what has happened anywhere in the world, today, except that social media has ground to a halt.

I think my photos are too large for posting, so just imagine a nice porcelain saucer full of fresh-picked wild black raspberries.

I think my photos are too large for posting, so just imagine a nice porcelain saucer full of fresh-picked wild black raspberries.

Bluesky paused new sign-ups, temporarily, so looks like I got in just in time!

Bluesky paused new sign-ups, temporarily, so looks like I got in just in time!

I have two Mastodon accounts, and I can't log into the other one, because I forgot which instance it is on.

I have two Mastodon accounts, and I can't log into the other one, because I forgot which instance it is on.

Here... boycotting other-place... we'll see what happens.

Here... boycotting other-place... we'll see what happens.

So, this Bluesky thing... I have to be invited in? Like a vampire?

So, this Bluesky thing... I have to be invited in? Like a vampire?

Why do I have so many old browser sessions still open?

Why do I have so many old browser sessions still open?

This may be the longest I've been locked out of Twitter since the early Fail Whale days.

This may be the longest I've been locked out of Twitter since the early Fail Whale days.

I was just minding my own business, posting some Bing chatbot output to Twitter, when... 😬

I was just minding my own business, posting some Bing chatbot output to Twitter, when... 😬

Well, that can't be good...

Well, that can't be good...

KOSMOS-1 from Microsoft... a new MLLM (Multi-modal Large Language Model) with cross-modal transfer, among other interesting things... also...

KOSMOS-1 from Microsoft... a new MLLM (Multi-modal Large Language Model) with cross-modal transfer, among other interesting things... also interesting performance on Raven IQ dataset:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.14045

Accidentally purchased whole bean coffee, so I've been crushing small batches of beans with mortar & pestle to put in a reusable...

Accidentally purchased whole bean coffee, so I've been crushing small batches of beans with mortar & pestle to put in a reusable Keurig filter. Not optimal.

Easiest way to do content moderation: permit no content!

Easiest way to do content moderation: permit no content!

work-aroundScheduled tweets are working, so set one for a minute or two into the future to post.

work-around

Scheduled tweets are working, so set one for a minute or two into the future to post.

Good afternoon, Coffees! ☕ ☕ ☕ Are we all venting about the limit drama? (Me, too!)

Good afternoon, Coffees! ☕ ☕ ☕

Are we all venting about the limit drama? (Me, too!)

I bought my dad a new kind of birdseed and some suet for Christmas. So far, the local birds do not seem pleased with my selection.

I bought my dad a new kind of birdseed and some suet for Christmas. So far, the local birds do not seem pleased with my selection.

Happy New Year's Eve, Coffees!

Happy New Year's Eve, Coffees!

I keep trying to like Mastodon, but every single time I log in, I'm flooded with network drops and "Oops, unexpected errors"...

I keep trying to like Mastodon, but every single time I log in, I'm flooded with network drops and "Oops, unexpected errors" -- quite unusable!