iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Patrick-Bateman-headphone-walking down to the kitchen at 2am to make a depression meal with Caramelldansen blaring in my ears. This is living

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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

let this image radicalize you

the shape of the cat in the snow made by footprints

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I'm becoming such an AI bro, it's so bad... I can't stop the urge to get into arguments around accelerationism and x-risk...

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Damn who put all these nails everywhere? Oh well, good thing I brought, of all my tools, only this hammer

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Updating. I think Bluesky kind of sucks actually. Algorithmic feed curation tools are just not there and I see too much stuff I don't want to

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

What if I just move to the US. What if I did that

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Tangentially- about a year ago I decided to learn OpenGL. I have produced literally nothing in the way of graphics, but I *have* created a novel FRP reactivity library. Which I will definitely use for OpenGL stuff. Eventually.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Great argument, unfortunately CALLING OUT FROM SCATLAND 🗣🗣 Calling out from Scatman's World 📣🌍🌐 If you want to be free,💯 you better listen to me,👂🎤 you've gotta learn how to see👁 in your fantasy ✨🔭 BA BO BEH, BOP-BOP-AH-DOP BA BA BA,

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

I think users probably care less about actual algorithms than they do the seeds/weights. Like what I want is "playlists" where I make collections of accounts and then browse algo feeds based on those. Basically like alts but just for the browsing part.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

so far Bluesky is pretty cool but none of the algorithmic feeds feel up-to-scratch with X's For You. Also I hope they open this place up soon!!

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

All I want is a leftism which is intellectually honest, *genuinely* liberal (not punitive), but with some understanding of power dynamics. Is that too much to ask? 🙏

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Metta/loving-kindness meditation is one of the most underdeveloped in terms of teaching practices. "Imagine things that make you happy :)" do you KNOW how much mental infrastructure there is out there to explicitly avoid this

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

I haven't had a crush in yeeears, idk if it's inherently a younger thing but I weirdly miss how much that messes you up lol. In the last ~1yr I get a lot more attention from women when I go out (which is honestly v important for my younger self) but deeper interest is just not there, on both sides 😔

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Something I miss from Twitter/X is seeing why posts are on the algorithm feed - "liked by __" or at least being able to mouse-over a profile and see who follows them. Very useful for curating a good feed

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

The latest in my gradual acceptance of woo is that I think chakras might be real. At least not in the metaphysical sense but it seems right there are places on the body where stuff gets focused or blocked. Will report back

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Just seen a property manager looking for a place on Spareroom... Ironic... He could house others, but not himself

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Ok, dudes rock but most conventionally-attractive guys I see when out just have no sauce whatsoever. When they dance there's no belief, it's always with the subtext "haha look I'm cool but I can have a bit of fun too!" Some girls seem to love this though??

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Twitter hasn't noticeably change much for me content-wise since Elon's takeover, so I'm confused how people think it's a hellhole now. Ngl I assume they respond to ragebait all day and so the algorithm gives them what they want 🤷‍♂️

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

The Vive XR Elite is a premium VR headset focusing on mobile, so you'd think it would play well with power-saving/travel. Nope, the controllers wake up via movement, and also sometimes randomly when stationary, so continuously drain power when not in use 👍

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

🗿 is my role model. I want to be 🗿. Whenever I feel afraid or doubtful, I think "🗿" and it helps me through

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Human beings were not supposed to know what they looked like. I don't want to see photos of myself. It's just better if I don't know

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Yeah, there's a load of biases/irrationality that people have when they're not trying to reason properly, but there are also weird misunderstandings of logic, badly taught "critical thinking" practices, and new biases among people who *do* try to be rational. Under-appreciated IMO

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Rough idea I keep having... Strategies which, by following them, affect your ability to apply the strategy. "Be firm/forceful but don't destroy important things" - you can't, being forceful requires changing your thoughts on what is important to not destroy.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Coming around to the idea that the girlies are right about lava-hot shower water

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

I love this suberic.net/~dmm/food/al...

Chocolate chip recipe in the style of an alchemical diagram

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Calvin Harris has been making bangers for like 15 years, yet I've never met someone who says they're a Calvin Harris fan. What happens to them...?

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Kind of insane that behaviour and feelings are wired both ways. If you try to act happy when you're not, you will dig up so many reasons why you think you shouldn't. If you try to stand up straight you will immediately know why you feel you need to slouch

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Started being way less discriminate about what I put in my GTD inbox - I used to think it was only for task-like things but now I put any random thought in there. The idea is I spend less time interrupted by making notes of passing ideas, just save a prompt and come back later

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

This tool reminded me of something... I really want to try a writing tool based on recording you voice, like some intuitive controller where I can record, replace, insert, rearrange, speed-listen to snippets entirely with audio, eyes closed

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Guy opposite me on the tube reading Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction ... pretty sure big changes are coming soon 🔥💯

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

This is how I get all my news, and There's Nothing Wrong With That 😃👍

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

I don't like how most Buddhists, even monks, talk/write about it. "Suffering is caused by craving and skillful training is required to rid yourself of it" - this means something totally hellish to 99% of people. I consider it actively misleading.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Being scared of walkable cities seems slightly less insane when you think of it as "government measure to make it more convenient to have less autonomy." Still not really true but that's the internal logic

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Just tried to type "norries" instead of "no worries" ... what if ...

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

The autistic ideal is to set up the final, self-running algorithm for living, which once set off, learns and adapts to novel situations and requires no meta-level intervention. Unfortunately, life is full of meta-level problems. Life is an endless game of Factorio anxiety

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

My parents used to have a plumber called Eric who would always loudly complain about how he'd lost something or someone had taken it, only to find it moments later. So now when someone does the same we say "Eric!!"

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

You can get 80% of the benefit of NixOS on a normal OS just by keeping a notes file for what changes you've made to your computer

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Literally everyone fights me about this every time I mention it (please don't fight me about this, I am tired of hearing how you are an exception) but: users really do overwhelmingly prefer algorithmic timelines to chronological timelines on their social media by an amazingly wide gap

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

I bring a sort of 12-megaton meteor explosion vibe to the Tunguska river that the East Siberian ecosystem don't really like

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Tunguska event - Wikipedia

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Anna @annah.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Robot vac got a brief glimpse at the outside world. Now back to it’s prison

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Parts work is weird - used to find myself idly saying things about myself, self-criticism or otherwise - now I'm like "huh? who said that??"

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I thought it was a shape rotator - but, I can't concentrate while speaking - doesn't this prove I'm using the verbal system for reasoning?? Am I a wordcel? It's so over...

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Right now I'm grateful for compassion. It's pretty incredible that we feel other people's pain and are motivated to help them. Proof that there's something good in the world.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I guess I am terrified of irrationality. I don't want to humanity to drive blindly into more suffering and pain. I just want it all to be understood and made right.

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Instant life hack: you find an Terrible Opinion which shocks you, and start to worry how much harm it is doing -> remember that you found out about the opinion by someone *saying* it, not from its harms. That's not much evidence it's actually influential

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Tom Mewett @tmewett.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Some people use a strange definition of "easy" that lets them say e.g. "weight loss is easy, but most people fail at it." This makes no sense. The only sensible definition of "easy" is "most people who attempt it succeed." The correct conclusion is "__ is hard for reasons I don't understand"

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