👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
been seeing lots of optimization lingo on the TL lately and it's been making me happy
there's little you could do to improve your life with as high a payoff ratio as learning a little of this math
every single decision in your life is a multidimensional optimization problem
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RT @MasterTimBlais
radically increase the dimensionality of success space so you can each look up to each other 15 different ways https://twitter.com/gwend…
https://twitter.com/MasterTimBlais/status/1425860736698535944
no MOM I'm not procrastinating, my algorithms are just written in a lazily evaluated language!!!
for these images, I used a L-systems variant called "lindenmoji", created by @beaugunderson; thanks beau!
you can try out his cool interactive editor here
https://lindenmayer.club/lindenmoji
L-systems can be leveraged not just for well-known algorithmic constructs, but as an exploratory tool to generate cool-looking imagery from simple rules
here is something I iteratively arrived on, reminiscent of spiral phyllotaxis, ie the arrangement of leaves on a succulent
"turtle" is a whimsical name for a program which follows a set of instructions to produce images; imagine a turtle w/ a market attached; as it crawls, it draws
pictured is Metatron's cube, an object w/ Kabbalistic significance, which I here desecrate for aesthetic purposes
string-replacement systems are one of the simplest language constructions, p much the point at which we transition from automata theory to PL theory
here we see a Koch snowflake, a fractal constuction, self-similar at every scale
these curves are remarkable in their simplicity
while originally botanical in nature, these L-systems can be repurposed for general generative purposes, as the rules are quite flexible
this one here is a simple Hilbert curve, a space-filling curve, ie a function which is intended to traverse every point in a certain space
this was made w/ L-systems, which are one of my favorite tools; originally invented to describe the growing logic of plants, its a recursive string-replacement system for generating turtle instructions, first described in The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
one of my primary hobbies is generative "art", if such a monstrosity can even be termed such. tbh haven't been doin much of it lately but hope to get back into it soon; this shit gives me life
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RT @pee_zombie
@generativist I've got something even better
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1425675298314539011
my general approach to civics tbh
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RT @pee_zombie
@amirism_ no hippie shit, it's not a democracy and we allocate resources with a market mechanism, as God intended
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1423702994869227521
I've found that someone's position on this is highly predictive of the likelihood that we'll get along, as this comes down to fundamental values. so many of my political positions and views about society rest on the assumption that working to repay your inherited debt is Good
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RT @THYROlD
Hot take but working hard at your job is good for you
https://twitter.com/THYROlD/status/1425284593788329991
man:manchild::woman:brat
reminder that you never have to accept their invitation to play their cute little game, you can just opt out and do what you like
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RT @KendrasUsername
It’s our hilarious interns last day. He’s autistic and a super straight shooter. My VP asked him in front of everyone on his way out “you gonna miss this place & the people at all?” and he said “Um..no” and walked out lmaoaoaoaoao
https://twitter.com/KendrasUsername/status/1425176643413463042
big facebook redesign outrage vibes coming from the font discourse td, thought I left all that behind but I guess I get to feel superior to everyone here as well
when I leave the function and stop masking
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RT @erin_nerung
egirls as soon they're off camera
https://twitter.com/erin_nerung/status/1425459891695759365
many of these were concurrent as they were part time, and there were a few recurring revenue streams that don't qualify as jobs (shoveling snow, selling contraband snacks at school, one-off startup consulting, etc)
vaguely doxxy but first seven jobs
1. math tutor
2. lifeguard
3. computer repair
4. physics tutor
5. freelance webdev
6. software engineer
7. better software engineer
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RT @mechanical_monk
ok ok my first seven jobs
1. factory worker
2. warehouse worker
3. farm worker
4. event crew (ie. building stages)
5. event crew again
6. vague temp office job
7. software developer https://twitter.com/halvorz/status/1425198856229117954
https://twitter.com/mechanical_monk/status/1425461722303848462
I don't have much of an overarching point here, besides to encourage you to examine your own cognition, identify the roots of your endemic pathologies, reconsider the ways in which they might be related to sensory issues. perhaps you too, are an autist.
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RT @pee_zombie
if you get anything out of this thread, let it be this:
consider the ways in which aspects of your experiences/behavior can be linked to high neural sensitivity; pe…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1403777411733463042
I've found that my increased neural sensitivity allows me greater control of my cognition than NTs, when in the right headspace; my resolution of thought is higher than seems to be the case for others, w/ many downstream benefits.
it's all tradeoffs.
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RT @pee_zombie
there's a flip side to this, however; that initial disability, forcing intentional efforts, gives you a huge step up once overcome; having learned how to Do The Thing, …
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1402299726557503488
but for those of us closer to the part of the spectrum previously known as Asperger's, it's entirely possible to learn to live w/ ourunique challenges, & not just live, but thrive. for while autism brings challenges, if properly harnessed, it empowers one to achieve great powers.
