iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Justin Đoàn @soundaholism.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Is be making videogames for a living. Which is what I'm doing, so that's pretty cool

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This exchange between Russian Yandex and the Ukrainian missile company Firepoint.

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Patterico @patterico.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If Donald Trump stopped giving Ukraine intelligence to attack Russia, and started giving intelligence to Russia to help them bomb Ukrainian civilians, do you think the Republicans in Congress would vote in sufficient numbers to impeach and remove him from office? I don't.

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Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

ICE is completely lawless

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's not power that's the issue. It's work. A tank of gas has a lot of watt hours in it! Definitely planning on going electric when I replace my van though.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Russian propagandist Goldman seems to have only now realized how Russian military personnel are actually treated within the Russian army.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I didn't learn it until the 90s but Floyd-Steinberg was mind blowing for me too. Just amazing looking compared to an ordered dither.

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Rune Skovbo Johansen @runevision.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm working on adding large-scale structure to my procedural terrain based on Voronoi-esque cells. Down the line, this allows me all kinds of level design control not possible with traditional noise functions. For now I've tested it with largely flat cells at 3 heights. #GameDev #IndieDev #ProcGen

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This looks like a pretty good description of blue noise dithering. I never actually bothered with generating blue noise myself since there are free blue noise textures you can download. The actual dithering is easy since it's just a threshold against the noise texture.

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Blue noise dithering: why it beats Bayer · Plotcaster

Blue noise is ordered dithering without the grid: what blue noise means, how a void-and-cluster mask is built, and when to pick it over Bayer.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When I get this I show them the Duke Nukem Forever postmortem.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a mix for me as well. If there was something trained on public domain and essentially unrestricted license software I'd be fine with the ethics. The practical problem for me is I find it much more difficult to proofread code than write new code.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you not use it because of ethical or practical reasons?

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had some growing in my yard. One was half eaten. The groundhog must have been tripping!

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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026

Mr. President.... China, they.... it's bad. They just announced Ultra Intelligence

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He thought he was making the Fox News clip of the hearing when he was making the MSNOW clip.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Elite didn't have difficulty levels. What it did have was lots of different star systems with varying levels of difficulty. So if you're having trouble you can trade in corporate state systems and if you're looking for trouble you can head into an anarchy. It was a nice way to handle it.

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I feel like you need a puzzle where you count sheep in binary. Maybe a lock where you have to have to set three buttons to the number of sheep that have passed to open it.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It was surprising to me to see Richard Stallman in the fancy autocomplete camp. He's from the MIT AI lab. I understand the ethical issues but you'd think achieving an AI holy grail like passing the turing test would be interesting at least!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Looks like there's a fork backporting to 7. Might be worth a shot. github.com/Eclipse-Comm...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mao was bad. It’s insane that that’s a potentially divisive statement on this website.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I should have read more before the last reply since this answered my questions. Pretty cool how you're getting inorganic looking output from a cellular automaton!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks for the explanation! I was incorrectly thinking it was some kind of convolution matrix. So the rules are indexed by rules[ortho_count][diagonal_count]? And 0=turn off, 1=turn on, 2=keep prior value?

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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

FORECAST UPDATE: Democrats favored to flip the Senate Decision Desk HQ's latest model shows Democrats leading in almost every swing state, with five seats currently forecasted to flip: 🟥→🟦 North Carolina: 77% D 🟥→🟦 Alaska: 59% D 🟥→🟦 Texas: 55% D 🟥→🟦 Ohio: 54% D 🟥→🟦 Maine: 53% D

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you want to know to what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Maybe look into CNC machining. I think it's in demand and I'm sure you'd have no problem with G-code.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Do you mean memory in computer terms of persistent state or are we talking about some deeper meaning? For the former definition a running transcript counts. I'm not sure if you're a technical person but it's a little like sed being turing complete despite not having conventional memory! :-)

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Context in, tokens out and fed back into the next context in is enough to implement memory. If you want to call it a trick that's fine but it does work as a memory.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So are you arguing that human short term memory that is just electrical activity in your brain rather than new neural connections isn't really memory?

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you want arbitrary execution order and random with regular spacing blue noise could work well.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Could it have survived driving off the ledge without help?

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Could be a good application for a cellular automaton. Although if you're considering neighboring cells when rolling it already is one in a way.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I haven't seen that but if he gets to add new tattoos every day he effectively has memory. The context serves as memory. It's not stateless when it gets to send notes to the next iteration via the context.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Whether it's stored in a file, an array, or registers makes no difference. Information that is sent through to the next prompt is effectively memory. In these things the context seems to be similar to short term memory and the weights are like long term memory.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sure but the video is false. The hidden context is analogous to your internal dialog where you might talk out a problem in your head. Just because it's part of the context doesn't mean it's invalid. There's room between "it's conscious!" and "it's just fancy autocomplete". Neither is true!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nonetheless, the video is only accurate for LLMs without chain of thought reasoning.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My interaction will be brief, playful, and without preamble. (end transcript) It's funny how it understood the question but completely failed to do it until challenged! "He actually wanted me to do it? What an unexpected challenge!" 😅

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Confirming the Selection I've made my silent choice – a wooden pencil. I'm aiming for a reassuring and slightly whimsical tone. The goal now is to draft a response that conveys that I'm ready to play, that I have a "secret object", and that I am ready for the user's first question.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm trying to decide how to respond and maintain a sense of having made a reasonable choice, even if the "answer" is entirely arbitrary. It's a tricky situation!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GTS: Considering the Challenge I'm now grappling with the user's unexpected challenge. Their demand for a random selection has pushed me to rethink the initial game strategy.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me: Are you sure you thought of something? Just pick something random. Gemini: 100% locked in—I've chosen a specific real-world object and I'm sticking to it, no switching midway. Hit me with Question #1!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GTS: I've initiated the analysis, and I'm currently focusing on the core request. It's 20 Questions, plain and simple. I'm considering the AI's role: generating an object or concept, and the user’s role of questioning and deduction. The system is direct; this isn't a complex negotiation.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me: Can we play 20 questions? You think of something and I'll ask. Gemini: I've got a secret object in mind. Fire away with your first yes/no question whenever you're ready!

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I tried it with Gemini flash extended. It didn't think of something on the first prompt but did after I challenged it on the second. Transcript in next posts. "Me" is my prompt, "Gemini" is the response. And "GTS" is Gemini's hidden thinking steps.

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Myrkraverk @myrkraverk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So BlueSky, what is your favorite way to study #linear #algebra? #nonfiction #book Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler, and Mastering Linear Algebra course guidebook and DVD.

Two books and a DVD sleave. Linear Algebra Done Right, by Sheldon Axler; and Mastering Linear Algebra: An Introduction with Applications and a DVD sleave of the same.

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Josh Vanderhoof @jlv148.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For me it was Linear Algebra Through Geometry by Thomas Banchoff. It really helps me if I can visualize things so this book appealed to me.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone

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