[Mentalist]

Got my hands on the new phone I ordered for my birthday.

it's snowing like crazy, so perfect excuse to do nothing and tinker with it.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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Yes, I know my mind is a fickle little bee
doting on a thousand (and one (and one (and one...))) thoughts, but I'm getting
better at chasing my mind back to the moment

so I can see the spiderwebs making hammocks
the color of the moon. [...]

[...] Congratulations, Time. Look
at you and your gorgeous minutes full of everything.
Three cheers for the temp agency that hired this

particular day, these particular clouds, this set
of honking geese migrating through it. [...]

https://www.theatlan...nfusion/685012/

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 23 November 2025 - 07:09 PM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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DeepSeek admits in a new technical paper on its latest models that closed-source proprietary models [...] advanced more rapidly over the past year than open-source models. This prompted DeekSeek to reevaluate how to push the boundaries of open-source large language models. [...] To address these deficiencies, DeepSeek said it made three "key technical breakthroughs" with its latest models. [...]

"[...] our high-compute variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, surpasses GPT-5 and exhibits reasoning proficiency on par with Gemini-3.0-Pro, achieving gold-medal performance in both the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad and the International Olympiad in Informatics,"

https://seekingalpha...e-openai-google

Take that, foul T(rump)iamat, coiled around your closed-source hoards!

[Macros]

happy/ scared

Just put an offer in on a house

[Cause]

In Cancun for a short vacation.

2 hours away from Chichen Itza. May look into visiting where the red court of vampires met their end.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Cause, on 02 December 2025 - 01:07 AM, said:

2 hours away from Chichen Itza. May look into visiting where the red court of vampires met their end.

So that's why the Mayans did all that ritual bloodletting and human sacrifice... it was draining down to all the vampires lounging in the shade underneath (or inside) the ziggurats.

[Tiste Simeon]

Macros, on 01 December 2025 - 08:22 PM, said:

happy/ scared

Just put an offer in on a house

Ah congratulations! I take it's somewhere near the driving range?

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Macros, on 01 December 2025 - 08:22 PM, said:

happy/ scared

Just put an offer in on a house

Congrats!!

[QuickTidal]

Cause, on 02 December 2025 - 01:07 AM, said:

In Cancun for a short vacation.

2 hours away from Chichen Itza. May look into visiting where the red court of vampires met their end.

There's a much closer set of ruins at Tulum. It's not as impressive as Chichen Itza mind you, but it's still really cool. Enjoy! We love Cancun, and go every year.

[Abyss]

Cause, on 02 December 2025 - 01:07 AM, said:

In Cancun for a short vacation.

2 hours away from Chichen Itza. May look into visiting where the red court of vampires met their end.

get to the night market, have the corn served in styro cups, load it w whatever you see the locals using from the cart, thank me later.

[Macros]

Macros, on 01 December 2025 - 08:22 PM, said:

happy/ scared

Just put an offer in on a house

We possibly have bought a house

[Slow Ben]

Hell yeah Mac. You’re such a grown up.

[Macros]

You take that back you filthy pirate whore!

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 02 December 2025 - 10:04 PM, said:

Macros, on 01 December 2025 - 08:22 PM, said:

happy/ scared

Just put an offer in on a house

We possibly have bought a house

AHH!!! That's so exciting! Congratulations to you both (and your puppers)!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics [Quantum Field Theory, or QFT] and gravitation [General Relativity Theory, or GRT]. [...]

"It's a bit like the Cinderella fairy tale," [...] "There are several candidates, but only one of them can be the princess we are looking for. Only when the prince finds the slipper can he identify the real Cinderella. In quantum gravity, we have unfortunately not yet found such a slipper—an observable that clearly tells us which theory is the right one."

[...] "dark energy" [... which] is responsible for the accelerated expansion of the universe on the largest scales[...] can also be included in the q-desic equation. "And when we did that, we were in for a surprise[...] The q-desics now differ significantly from the geodesics one would obtain in the usual way without quantum physics."

[...] While the deviations at small distances will probably remain unobservable, at length scales of around 10^(21) meters there can be substantial differences.

[...] we may finally have identified an observable that allows us to distinguish between viable and incorrect approaches to quantum gravity. A slipper has been found—now we have to find out which theory it truly fits.

Geodesic approach links quantum physics and gravitation - Phys.org

More like: they've identified a plausible slipper.

Of course it might fit more than one foot... and other feet may be altered (or mutate) to fit the Holy Grail (slipperY as it may be...).

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 03 December 2025 - 02:15 PM

[Macros]

New laptop!

[Macros]

It's so fast and shiny!

[Tsundoku]

@Macros

Noice.

I am happy because yesterday Snotface graduated Uni with a double degree in Business and Arts(Psych), and today was my last day of work until I go back on 15 Jan 2026.

[Tsundoku]

Double post - I am overflowing with the good.

So I caught up with a few old Brisbane Malazites plus a few others tonight. We remembered to take a photo but unfortunately Razjinsar had already left.
Will get her next time.

From the left: Silencer, Shiara, Wolfy, Lucifer's Heaven, moi, Centzon Totochtin and three non-Malazans.

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[Slow Ben]

Tsundoku, on 20 December 2025 - 02:16 PM, said:

Double post - I am overflowing with the good.

So I caught up with a few old Brisbane Malazites plus a few others tonight. We remembered to take a photo but unfortunately Razjinsar had already left.
Will get her next time.

From the left: Silencer, Shiara, Wolfy, Lucifer's Heaven, moi, Centzon Totochtin and three non-Malazans.

That’s awesome.