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  1. Nov 4, 2026
    #essay#language#llm
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    // on the appearance of sentience

    The appearance-of-sentience effect, disambiguated from illusion and from evidence, using a Nabokov novel and a 1966 chatbot as control group.

  2. Nov 4, 2026
    #ruby#embedding#image#machine-learning
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    // on the appearance of vision

    The Ruby image-embedding stack — ruby-vips, Informers.rb, clip-rb, neighbor and pgvector — surveyed from an observing distance that does not survive contact with a directory of photographs.

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SFL Engine research · ruby · 2025

Stance-filtered RAG for LLM security — separates what was said from how it was said, then filters the how before it reaches the model.

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Skiing Smokers project · humor · 2026

A simulator of athletic ambition meeting biological reality. Navigate the frozen wastes of middle age with only a pack of cigarettes and a crumbling sense of dignity.

/fun/skiing-smokers-game.html →
Prompt Library tool · prompt engineering · 2026

An interactive bench for prompt and context engineering — instructions, example runs, and SFL-driven dials to watch the same ground get realized differently.

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GitAgent Workbench tool · web · 2026

A visual development environment for AI agents — a guided wizard for identity, capabilities, models, and compliance that exports a complete, validated agent package.

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