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Fannish from way back. Currently big into CQL, she/her. 50% horny fandom nonsense, 50% knitting, atm, so beware

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Starting a reading thread for

So far, this novel is taking a much more realistic approach to AI than Happy Doomsday 🤣

Excerpt reads: “But that’s not really the main problem,” Lin Xun said. Dong Jun raised his eyebrows. “Since simulated neural networks are based in big data… the way they think, learn, and process inputs all have to come from their original data stream. For example, in a society that discriminates against women, the data produced by that society would reflect that. And all the data-based AI networks, when they make decisions trained off that data—they’ll learn to discriminate as well.”
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    • Betty ,
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    @ehyde huh, not used to getting this take on AI from fiction!

    Betty ,
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    @ehyde I assume it's by someone who's got some experience as a programmer, since C is a moderately serious language, and not one you dabble in. Like, I guess it's not assembly, but it's not python.

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    Having a totally normal day emailing the author of the 1984 paper "Thermoregulation and Oxygen Consumption during Terrestrial Locomotion by White- Crowned Sparrows" to ask him if he might have any pictures of sparrows on tiny treadmills.

    Betty ,
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    @jessamyn okay but if he DOES have any photos of sparrows on tiny treadmills!!!

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    I'm a simple woman; I see a cranky character, I want to put them in a ridiculous situation.

    Betty OP ,
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    @ryfulets it's self-evident /old timey naturalist voice

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    This video essay on visual cues and iconography used to hint the audience as to the era and dynasty being depicted will be of interest to fans. Part one only goes up to the Qin, so I'm keen to see later entries.

    https://youtu.be/jhPog62tBbI

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    I wanted to document this piece of fabric my mother brought back from Guatamala over a decade ago, because the more you look at it, the more fascinating it is. I'm only an amateur, so please take all my assertions about it with a grain of salt. I'm confident but I could be confidently wrong!

    First off, one's impression is that this is a sort of garment, perhaps a poncho, with the embroidery going around the hole for the neck, and trim sewn on that would sit at the shoulders.

    Back of cloth, the impression is much less vivid. Everything looks a sort of faded terra cotta, except where sewn with darker or lighter, threads. Here you can see the remaining threads that had been holding the pleats together, and it is much more obvious that the large rectangle is actually three smaller, narrower rectangles sewn together.

    Orange rectangle of cloth, with a small square hole in the middle. A square section going from edge to edge in the middle is heavily embroidered. There appears to be a geometric brocade ground, and two columns of flowers parallel to the long direction of the rectangle, in oranges and green, on both sides of the square cut-out in the middle. There has also been embroidery around the cut-out, featuring flowers, but also, on closer inspection, a human figure carrying a load on their back. A half-dozen or so creases run across the rectangle, parallel to and outside the column on flowers, ending, where the embroidered section ends. On both long edges, a short section of green scallop trim with orange braid edge and small orange flower at the centre of each scallop.
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    • Betty OP ,
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    I say that the trim is meant to sit at the shoulders but if this was meant to be a child's garment, it would have been most of the way down to the crook of the elbow. The centre hole is 5 inches square, and I can get it over my head, but honestly I have a relatively small head.

    I'm not sure that was this piece of cloth's first use, though.

    The cloth was hand-woven on a loom of about 11 inches (or at least, that's the width of the weft) and then joined together at the selvage edge.

    Betty OP ,
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    The real mystery is the "brocade" (??) or geometric (??) figures. I cannot tell if they were embroidered, or worked on the loom.

    I hope my pictures shows the long floats between colours, mostly travelling warp-wise, but occasionally travelling weft-wise. You can also see knots. Weavers, is this a thing? Could this be done on a loom?

    Detail of reverse, showing long floats of thread between colours. Most are travelling weft-wise, but occasionally they travel in the warp direction.

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    infectious hanahaki, but it makes you fall in love with the hanahaki plant. The hanahaki plant is an obligate parasite.

    Betty OP ,
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    actually maybe it's a fungal parasite that lives on the carnivorous hanahaki plant that makes you fall in love with the plant and pine over it until you die and fertilize it? This is almost a plausible parasitism.

    Betty OP ,
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    Like, "No, for the last time, you cannot climb inside the plant."

    "But I love her, and she loves me!"

    "That is a male inflorescence!"

    "That's very close-minded of you."

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    Which of 's protagonists had the best idea how sex works, when they were age 16?

    I'm worried it might be Luo Binghe.

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    I kind of feel like I should say something about the Evil as Humans

    It's like, Lovecraftian horror, plus uh... team workplace comedy?

    Various things to rate it on

    • Ladies: like, a solid 50% A normal amount
    • Gore: 7/10? IDK, I'm a wuss about gore, probably I just can't conceive of the true "10"
    • Disability rep: weirdly good? Like, there's magical disability and non magical disability and it all just seemed kinda. You know, sometimes it be like that.
    • Main couple: Solid weirdos.
    Betty OP ,
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    I know I sometimes watch shows and I'm like, "this couple is ace" but this couple romantically describe themselves as "accomplices" and that's what I appreciate about them. There was one scene that might have been a sex scene, but honestly it was a bit vaguely described, it might have been lovecraftian horror.

    OH WAIT

    Vore: like 5/10. Not all the vore, but not none.
    Dismemberment/maiming: uuuuuuuuuuuh be careful if that's a no go.
    Body horror: .... IDK, maybe a 6?

    Betty OP ,
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    I won't say nothing bad happens to characters you're fond of, but not MXTX or Priest levels.

    Speaking of MXTX, there's not no necro, but by MXTX standards, there's no necro.

    Betty OP ,
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    I guess this doesn't really convey why you might want to read it.

    The main couple are not really sure what each others' deal is, but they're like, really into each other and get along great from early on.

    The main pleasure for me was watching this one lovecraftian horror wander around acquiring a trail of misfit ducklings behind him, solving mysteries and falling into sewers.

    Betty OP ,
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    Almost every character, no matter how minor, has a level of detail that makes them feel memorable, and real, even as the cast snowballs.

    The plot is quite tight, and the author is maybe even too careful tying up all the loose ends.

    If I had to make a criticism, I'd say that the end feels a bit like a bow is being put on everything, so I don't know if that's going to bug you.

    https://kinkytranslations.com/evil-as-humans/

    jessamyn , to Random stuff
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    I have a bunch of "for work" stuff I've been working on the past few weeks on the run-up to Flickr Commons 16th birthday today, but this is the one I am the most proud of.

    16 weird and quirky stories-behind-the-photos that researched, assembled, and then wrestling into blog format

    Please enjoy what I learned about photographers, cats, Washington DC, kayaking, caravaning, tattooed women in the 30s, aviatrices, how they move books around, and how they built lighthouses

    https://www.flickr.org/sixteen-stories-for-flickr-commons-sixteenth-birthday/

    A motorhome which looks like a fancy school bus with racing stripes and awnings over the windows
    A group of men build a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean.

    Betty ,
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    @jessamyn truck full of terriers!

    carm_kuryakin , to Random stuff
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    Snowflake Challenge 2024

    A thread with my posts. These were the first ones I made but will be posting the rest as replies to this post.

    #2 Set Goals
    https://blorbo.social/@carm_kuryakin/111695081243610708

    #4 Icebreaker - Who are you?
    https://blorbo.social/@carm_kuryakin/111723409543705783

    Betty ,
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    @carm_kuryakin E Danglers translates professionally for Peach Flower House and they have some free fan translations available on their website. I can't speak to their translations' accuracy, but they're always very readable and fluid.

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    @knitting does anyone have a solution to the way that the tail of the long-tail cast-on gets untwisted (or over twisted) over a long number of cast on stitches?

    Other than letting your tail hang and untwist itself, which works less well when you've got >100 stitches worth of tail.

    jessamyn , to Random stuff
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    New Year new list. Reebee Garofalo was one of the original people who put together Rock Against Racism Massachusetts but you may know him as the snare player for the Good Trouble Brass Band playing in the HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands. He was cited in a ton of other Wikipedia articles and made that Genealogy of Pop/Rock Music chart you may have seen in an Edward Tufte book. A good guy to get to know, deserves a longer article but this is good for now
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebee_Garofalo

    A man in a red beret with a white beard looks into the camera. He is standingbehind a podium that has an apple laptop on it. He is wearing many strands of multicolored beads and a red HONK t-shirt

    Betty ,
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    @jessamyn although doesn't he look exactly like you would imagine a perriton maxwell would look?

    Betty , to knitting group
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    @knitting do you ever experience that other people will get upset with you for ripping back your own work? I think some people find it ... IDEK.

    xieliansbignaturals , to Random stuff
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    :elmo_fire: Tournament: the most pathetic character! :elmo_fire:

    Rules:

    1. We want the characters to be sad and soggy, not each other. Be kind!
    2. Voter fraud is encouraged. Rope your friends into joining the Fediverse (please do this!), use all your alt accounts, etc.
    3. No HP, for comfort and to avoid discourse.
    4. You decide the definition of "pathetic”. This tournament is based solely on Vibes™️.
    5. Have fun!

    :boostRequest:

    Betty ,
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    @sweveris @xieliansbignaturals omg he is the soggiest!

    Betty , to knitting group
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    @knitting does anyone have a method for keeping track of one's row in a written pattern with no landmarks?

    My only thinking is printing it out and crossing off rows as I get to them, but I know I'll lose my pen at some point, keep knitting because I don't want to stop, and then lose my place.

    Betty , to knitting group
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    The gift-along independent designers sale is on for the next few days, and no one is checking to make sure you're buying the patterns for a gift. If you enjoy impressively complex lace, Stephanie Tallent and Lily Go both have patterns included in the sale. https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/indie-design-gift-a-long/4284843 @knitting

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    @marthawells tickled to hear Murderbot recommended on a virology podcast I listen to casually. If you want to hear the (very short!) rec without an hour of polio and ebola protein discussion, it's at 1:21:30 https://youtu.be/Zk3COir7pdA?t=1h21m33s

    villainousfriend , to Random stuff
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    While I'm sick, I'm reading by : https://www.novelupdates.com/series/global-examination/ (a rec from @geraineon). I'm about a quarter of the way through and it's a fast, fun read!

    You Huo, his uncle and his cousin are transported into a mysterious 'examination' system, where the questions could easily kill any of the examinees. Breaking the rules to test the system, You Huo gets under the skin of Invigilator 001, but the two can't get away from each other.

    Betty ,
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    @villainousfriend boy, this shit pops up where you thought it would not!

    Betty , to knitting group
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    @knitting does anyone have tips for weaving in the ends as you go on striped/colour work? I've been doing a sort of modified russian splice where I knit to the end of A, try to mark X where the end is, tink back, join B at X, and then knit back, hoping my colour change falls at the place I marked last time.

    I'm not very good at this, so if there are other methods, I'm interested to know!

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    u ever have the problem where the urgency of doing the thing makes you vibrate in place and not do it

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    am I going to get anything done at all? stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    protagonists who could fix your blocked drain:

    None of them, I'm so sorry.

    Certainly not in any way where you had recognizable plumbing afterward.

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    why am I so much better at remembering the names of authors than the name of real life humans I have met in real life?

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    Project "knit a lace circle" continues apace, although I'm going to actually have to finish one if I want to put the design up, instead of simple solving the interesting problems and quitting.

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    I should simply accept that fic where characters have "animal traits" are simply Not For Me, but instead I keep on trying to read them because they have some other aspect I find interesting and getting stuck on genetics. HOW DOES IT WORK. If a cat-trait person and a goat-trait person have a baby with goat horns and a cat tail WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING GENETICALLY? Is "cat tail" one distinct chromosome???? How many chromosomes do these people have???

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    life lessons from BL:

    • If you can't find your boyfriend, have you looked on the roof?
    • you don't have to tell everyone, but if you have an evil twin, you have to tell your boyfriend sooner rather than later.
    Betty , to Random stuff
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    really enjoyed always something happening; it's usually quite loud by el_em_en_oh_pee

    The story of how annoying WWX/LWJ are as a couple, but also the story of Jiang Cheng and NHS, admitting they might be a couple, and the trials and tribulations of roommates.

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/48197506

    I love the queer chaos of this story

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    Wow, have you tried looking at Twitter without an adblock? It's almost more ad than tweet, now

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    Wen Qing was clearly the largest clownfish at the Burial Mounds

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    There should be more academic AUS, considering the massive "I have tenure" energy given off by all those Peak Lords

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    I've not found any discussions of Binghe's sword names, although it's exciting that both characters of Xin Mo are legible to me!

    But Zheng Yang (正阳) baffles Google translate, my first port of call. It is very funny if it really means "good and normal" as I get by going for the meanings of the characters, but probably not??

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    if you enjoy pining while fucking, this is The Shit https://archiveofourown.org/works/45051583

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    What would be really funny, in a "Shang Qinghua's suffering is funny" way, is if everything in the Northern Ice Palace tastes like freezer burn

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    I am trying to buy a single board for the express purpose of running pi-hole so I can turn off the laptop whose only job is running pi-hole.

    The single board computer marketplace is an absolute shit show. 80% of the devices are like "this is out of stock, we have no idea when it's in stock!" or else it's a $1000 USD, or else it's 50 cents from ali express or else it's labelled as a board but is clearly just a case.

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    If you gave Lan Xichen a one shot time machine to go into the past and fix things, when do you think he'd go and what thing do you think he'd try to fix? @mdzs

    Betty , to Random stuff
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    Love this Jin Zixuan/Jiang Yanli, very skillfully written, but also the part where Yanli is like "I'm pretty sure I'm dating Zixuan, but I'm not sure I'm not dating Mianmian too," and then doesn't... quite... cut off that possibility.

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/40821237

    I think I like the liminal element. They're not a throuple, but like. Mianmian is definitely part of the relationship?

    Anyway, more like this.

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    has anyone written the story where Qin Su, pregnant, is married off to Lan Xichen as a way of dealing with loose ends?

    I mean, it would be awkward to arrange at that juncture, but if anyone could do it, it would be Jin Guangyao

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    I just want to know what it's like being Mu Qingfang in a world where everything can be cured by vitamin D

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