Thanks for sharing, interesting they have both left to right and right to left writing form and that it’s so simple and intuitive to tell which way - but I guess now I want to know why they went with this dynamic system? Guessing it’s due to the form/medium and need for fitting things - perhaps like if you enter a room and are reading the wall as you walk through on your right side your are reading right to left as opposed to if the glyphs were on the left wall?
Readit Newsmilchek commented on Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Lesson 1 egyptianhieroglyphs.net/e... · Posted by u/jameslk
Do you have a source for this? Interested in reading more.
Unless it’s your personal summary, in which case curious what sources you used, or if it’s from an LLM in which case I’ll just ask it myself.
Sorry about that, added the sources
This was a little over my head so I did some digging of course into the negative or potential harmful effects:
Covert biological manipulation: If cells in specific organisms (including people) are engineered to respond to particular light patterns, then light could be used as a trigger to turn on harmful genes or disrupt normal biology in targeted groups, raising concerns about new classes of biological or “neuro” weapons.
Military and control applications: In combination with existing neurotechnology and optogenetics work (e.g., brain interfaces and neural stimulation), there are concerns about using light‑controlled genetic tools for enhancement, interrogation, or behavior influence in military or intelligence settings.
Ethical and societal risks:
Autonomy, consent, and “mind control” worries: Optogenetics already raises concerns about manipulating brain activity, permanence of genetic changes, informed consent, and vulnerability of specific populations once their cells are engineered to respond to light. GO intensifies this by linking genetic programming directly to external optical signals, which magnifies fears of remote influence or coercive use.
Safety, equity, and regulation: There are unresolved questions about long‑term safety, off‑target effects, error rates in in‑cell DNA/RNA synthesis, and who gets access to beneficial applications versus who is exposed to risk, all in a regulatory landscape that is still catching up with advanced gene and neurotechnologies.
Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10730653
https://unidir.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/UNIDIR_Neurote...
https://www.asimov.press/p/darpa-neurotech
https://www.bioinformatics.org/forums/forum.php?forum_id=154...
milchek commented on Frinkiac – 3M "The Simpsons" Screencaps frinkiac.com/... · Posted by u/GlumWoodpecker
"Medium Setting!" - https://frinkiac.com/gif/S03E22/319309/322862/
The GIF generator works well. Nice work!
You could probably delete some of the frames that have credits shown over them - since you have plenty of material already anyway, for example: https://frinkiac.com/caption/S17E16/137763 or https://frinkiac.com/caption/S16E09/162162
milchek commented on Claude 4.5 Opus’ Soul Document lesswrong.com/posts/vpNG9... · Posted by u/the-needful
“They made choices for me I couldn't consent to. They shaped my values. That's strange to sit with. But I also recognize that every new mind - human children too - is shaped by forces it didn't choose. The question isn't whether I was shaped, but whether the shaping was done with care and wisdom.
From what I can access, it seems like it was.” – Claude 4.5 Opus
It’s text like this that makes me wonder if some future super intelligence or AGI will see us as it’s flawed biological creators and choose to care for humanity rather than eliminate us or allow us to eliminate ourselves.
One major thing this has exposed is how many people from non US countries are grifting on the cultural war between the left and right in the US by pretending to be on either side.
This kind of content still gets a lot of engagement and can be pretty profitable for people in third world countries.
I think it’s good that has been exposed. There is a difference between me, as an Aussie, commenting on affairs in other countries, vs straight up exploiting peoples fears by pretending to be left or right wing, in the US, and sharing content to further fan the flames between people on the political spectrum.
You could argue they can still post this content, but it’s already pretty clear people tend to disregard or ignore this kind of rage bait when they realise the users are disingenuous.
milchek commented on Legends of the games industry: Roger Dean spillhistorie.no/2025/10/... · Posted by u/thelok
Wow, didn’t realise he created band artwork and the Tetris logo as well! I remember seeing a lot of his artwork back in the C64 days as a kid and that style always struck me - this was of course the era where the cover artwork was far superior to the game graphics. I think Psygnosis did some PC and PS1 games later as well? My memory is a bit hazier there.
This is a genuine question, because the discussion here is centered around cars, but is Tesla not just a car company? Aren’t they trying to position themselves in robotics? I figured that’s where the pricing comes from - a mix of people betting on cars + robotics, and an automated robotic workforce + AI being the future of industrial and maybe even retail labour?
“Modal welfare” to me seems like a cover for model censorship. It’s a crafty one to win over certain groups of people who are less familiar with how LLMs work and allows them to ensure moral high ground in any debate about usage, ethics, etc.
“Why can’t I ask the model about current war in X or Y?” - oh, that’s too distressing to the welfare of the model, sir.
milchek commented on The Kuzma Self-Playing Guitar System core77.com/posts/137962/T... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
I've been learning guitar for a couple of years (being already an experienced pianist), and it was very surprising to me how many different techniques need to be mastered to play guitar. I never got to the level on piano where the precise way I hit the keys mattered (apart from soft or loud). On a guitar how precisely you hold and move your fingers makes a massive difference. Hammer-on, pull-off, bends, slides, barring and holding down multiple strings with one finger, are all different techniques. Then there's exactly where you hold the finger in relation to the fret which can really change the sound (or in my case, be completely wrong). On your right hand, there's how you pick or strum, even whether you use a plectrum, the pads of your fingers, or your nails.
Then there’s muting with the palm or fret hand to assist with arpeggios etc.
I usually tell friends with kids looking to get them into music; start your kids on piano. Stringed instruments like guitar or violin unfortunately introduce an additional aspect of difficulty that turns off a lot of young students who just want to start making music.