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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

As it happens it has a very strong style, which doesn't show up in the anime adaptation at all. What's going on? Is it a trend? I'm suspecting modern animation tools make it decently cheap to produce an adaptation but push you in more standardised style? I don't really know.

A page from the manga Witch Hat Atelier. Featuring Coco and Quifrey.

A still from the anime Witch Hat Atelier, featuring Quifrey.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

But then, I hadn't recognised the style at all. The anime looks just completely generic (it's quite compelling though). Another anime I watched recently is Witch Hat Atelier. Here again a rather generic looking but compelling anime. Then I saw what the manga looked like.

Gabby from an early episode of the Deamon of the Shadow Realm anime

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I was walking in a book store today, and I saw a manga series has obviously been drawn by the same author as Full Metal Alchemist. The style was unmistakable. Getting closer I recognised the character: it's Daemons of the Shadow Realm. An anime I watched just a few weeks ago.

Cover of the 3rd volume of the Daemons of the Shadow Realm manga, featuring Gabby.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Memory lane moment. Do you remember these yoghurt pot figures from Marks and Spencer? I was quite fond of them as a kid. Their image stayed with me ever since. (screenshot from this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0cj... )

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In his Haskell Implementors' Workshop talk, David Binder asked this question. And I must say that I'm a little dismayed, concerned even, that I immediately knew the answer. Link to the the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_P...

What is the difference between:

- a module without an export list (`module A…`)
- a module with itself as an export list (`module A (module A)…`)

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ça me fait penser aux Vivo Barefoot.

Une paire de chaussures de marque Vivo Barefoot. Une chaussure vue de dessus et une de dessous. On y voit la forme élargie des pointes.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Also, it seem to believe that “Mandelbrot effect” can refer to the Mandelbrot set. I've never hard that before. I assume it's just the system absolutely wanting to have something to say.

$The overview section of Google's AI summary when googling "Mandelbrot effect". It reads The term "Mandelbrot effect" most commonly refers to the Mandelbrot set, a fascinating mathematical object in complex dynamics, known for its intricate and infinitely complex patterns. It's often visualized as a fractal, a shape that exhibits self-similarity at different scales. The Mandelbrot set is generated by iterating a simple mathematical formula on points in the complex plane.$

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So, apparently, Gemini isn't very good at recognising puns.

A section of Google's AI summary when googling "Mandelbrot effect", referring to my tweet. It reads

Collective False Memory:
There's also a more recent and somewhat humorous use of the term "Mandelbrot effect" referring to a collective false memory where people misremember what the Mandelbrot set actually is. This likely stems from the set's fame and the way it's often discussed and depicted.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

You know these glass jars with glass stoppers that use the friction of ground glass to provide a seal? They're really cool, I wish we'd use them more.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I got me some Nancy Drew book a few months back. The first four ones (out of a measly 613…). The edition I got has absolutely gorgeous covers (because a book is also an object). The attached picture is the cover of the collection's case. I did rather like them, it's fun.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Speaking of Emma Myers, Imdb, what—and I can't stress this enough—the hell‽ 4/13

Screenshot from Imdb showing Wednesday with a 8.0 mark while A Good Girl's Guide to Murder has only 6.8.

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The beauty of word2vec. I like playing Pedantix cemantix.certitudes.org/pedantix (colleagues showed it to me and I was hooked). It makes you guess a redacted Wikipedia page, using a word2vec embedding to estimate that you found a close enough word. Sometimes it yields hints like this.

A piece of a Pedantix-redacted Wikipedia page. It reads
<blank> that that that <blank>-<blank>
for that this that that "that"

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Arnaud Spiwack @aspiwack.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I've watched two Nancy Drew movies. Nancy Drew (2007) www.imdb.com/title/tt0479500 , Nancy Drew and the hidden Staircase (2019) www.imdb.com/title/tt8323104 . The 2019 film tries to be much more modern but ends up being a bit weak.

Poster for the Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019) movie.

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