ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
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Joined Nov 2022
Then I watched #Prometheus , which Netflix suggested was somehow related in some way to Lucy or Scarlett Johansson or something. It didn't make the tiniest particle of sense, but had some fun moments. Is it supposed to be a prequel to Alien(s(es)) or something?
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(Said environments often involving AI and LLMs, argh.)
omg yes.
There are multiple environments where I think I come off as (what?) abrasive, because when someone says something with a confidence that I can't imagine them actually having evidence enough to justify, I tend to (gently, often) wonder just how they know that. Such a jerk I am lol.
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The more confident you are in your answers, the less seriously I take you.
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My friend has a daughter and if you ask her "What religion are you?" She answers "Jewish and Christmas"... so cute.
Sister Rust, I need you now.
Cause I've got a feeling.
It's you and me again, waiting for the credits to end.
Now and forever.
With something in our hearts, that if we were to stop, would pull us away.
There's nothing we can do, to stop feeling this blue.
Anyway.
Easy to read extreme Asiaphobia here too, of course. All too easy.
The kiss is certainly fanservice, if you will. But not excessively.
Very much reminds me of "My name is Alice... and I remember everything."
Which was apparently Milla Jovovich.
"Scary actresses becoming dangerously post-human" for 400, Alex.
"Professor Norman, my name is Lucy I just read all of your research on the human brain we need to meet."
She does seem to randomly kill a few perhaps-innocent people near the beginning. I suppose we're supposed to assume she super-knew that they were bad guys...
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There is a level of nuance to piracy, especially book piracy and why it is unfortunately necessary in some places. But it must be noted that if you have the means to do so… please support your favorite authors in whatever way you can. That especially applies to using your library and requesting books for purchase if you have a functional library system. Use it or you’ll lose it.
I don't know why I like #Lucy (2014) so much. The science ("We use only a small fraction of our brains") is utter twaddle. I didn't realize that was Scarlett Johansson; she's good! But the basic "ordinary person gets super powers, fights bad guys, transcends time and space" is somehow very appealing. I could watch several (interestingly different) takes on this!
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I saw white Southerners pretending to move "with all deliberate speed to integrate" institutions, while refusing to move an inch.
And since that time, I've seen over and over the ravages that systemic racism and racial injustice inflict on US society, because our society as a whole has refused to move towards racial justice. Those ravages are on glaring display in the Trump era.
The problem is not moving quickly. It's the refusal to move at all.
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people i am so ready for 2015
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
