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I don’t remember how I came across it, but this is one of the most exciting papers I’ve read recently. The authors train a neural network that tries to identify the next in a sequence …

What I most dislike about being ill is the deadening sensation of waiting for time to pass. There’s nothing useful you can do, just metabolise while the tiny machines in your bloodstream busy themselves with …

Дали щурият Exorcist II: The Heretic е първото анти-продължение, много преди The Matrix Resurrections? Тук сякаш студиото е нахвърлило бегли идеи за втора част и ги дало на лудия титан Джон Бурман да прави каквото …

Liked Can studies of living animal colour constrain the colours of dinosaurs? A case study with big theropods (markwitton-com.blogspot.com) In recent decades, biologists have made enormous strides in understanding living animal colouration, looking at how …

And – double whammy in Herefordshire Week 238 – as well as booking onto Jagged Globe’s Makalu Base Camp trek for this autumn, I’ve also confirmed the Finland Snowshoe trip for next February / March. …

Here’s a round-up of what I’ve been up to this month. Borrowed Out Of Time I have a new album on the way, to be released on the de la Catessen label. It’s called Borrowed …

My good friend Andy Sliwa and his lovely wife visited Sue and I last week and apart from the absolute pleasure of their company Andy brought a real treat with him. We met Andy at …

I recently completed my latest sculpture, the Tooth Fairy, and this is the background of the character, the process, and what I learned.

We’re a couple of years into the LLM era now, and the Gartner hype cycle from last year seems relevant: Image credit: Gartnerhttps://www.gartner.com/en/articles/what-s-new-in-artificial-intelligence-from-the-2023-gartner-hype-cycle The purpose of this post is to share two hard problems (in …

Comments on Ryan Barrett’s plan to create a “bridge” between the Fediverse and Bluesky, with reference to defaults, consent & moderation. Kind of a geeky post coming up! I was going to put it as …

There is a space between renting woes and property sales that is often unseen. On the one hand, we read stories of students renting places with black mould and being taken to the tenancy tribunal …

Posted on March 23, 2024 Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:cooking, craft:baking, craft:bread Yesterday I had planned a pan sbagliato for today, but I also had quite a bit of sourdough to deal with, so instead of mixing …

Just in my inbox is an email from DeployHQ – my favoured deployment tool since as long as I can remember – telling me that they’ve been bought by DeployBot. My first reaction whenever this …

In the “DVD extras” at the back of my recently-acquired paperback copy of Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, the author makes a very important point about literature: A book can give you the …

Our across-the-street neighbor painted his garage with a message that I suspect might be directed at the conflict in the Middle East. Next time I see him I’ll ask.

Sitting on the balcony, listening to America by Simon & Garfunkel, and drinking a glass of rosé. Almost Famous comes to mind. Great film. It's all happening...Thinking about lost friendships. How one minute you're saying …

A streamer I like is running a D&D stream and spoke of a Twitch overlay concept. A good excuse to make one.

The snow is still here from yesterday. It is enough snow to close some schools, but not others. The kind of snow a seasoned winter-ist would scoff at – just a dusting! The kind of …

Monday Thwarted by horses would be a good name for a band. These horses have scuppered my walk, gathering by the gate while I checked on the grave which is slowly rising in the church …

7899/20840A few months ago Ernie's friend Freddie showed him a bit of the movie Titanic and scared the living shit out of him. For a few days Ernie was convinced that water was going to …