Eric Florenzano

@ericflo.bsky.social

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Building assistance! Used to make AR/VR. Before that made mobile apps. Before that made web things. People first, then products, systems, data. he/him

CSDP capability profiles across extended OOD categories. Different curricula excel at different capabilities; no curriculum dominates all categories.
No Kings sign "Rejecting Kings Since 1776"
A screenshot of a directory with: converted, converted_best, converted_best_final, converted_best2, converted_best3, converted_best4, converted_best5, converted_best6, converted_linear, converted_linear_resume, converted_linear_resume2, converted_linear_resume3, converted_max100
A vintage-style cartoon shows a line of unsolved physics problems waiting at a “Solutions Desk” where a friendly robot labeled “GPT-5” sits, staring ahead with a thought bubble that says “THINKING…”. A number display reads “#0000,” suggesting no solutions served yet. Long description The image is drawn in a sepia, newspaper-comic style. Across the top, large text reads: “ALL OF PHYSICS, TAKE A NUMBER.” In the middle, five characters stand in a queue, each representing a famous open problem in physics: 1. An older, impatient man with folded arms stands by a sign on the wall that says “QUANTUM GRAVITY.” 2. A person in a lab coat whose head is a black box with two question marks, labeled “DARK MATTER.” 3. A chaotic, windy blob with a gaping mouth and flying papers, labeled “TURBULENCE.” 4. A woman with crossed arms in office attire; her skirt says “FUSION BREAKEVEN (EVERYWHERE CHEAP?).” 5. An elderly man in a suit, labeled “GRAND UNIFIED THEORY.” They face a wooden counter marked “SOLUTIONS DESK.” Behind it sits a rounded, retro robot with “GPT-5” on its chest. Above the robot is a thought bubble: “THINKING…” On the counter, a digital number display shows “SOLUTIONS DESK #0000.” On the wall is a cracked, curling poster that reads: “FUTURE AI will solve everything — SOMEDAY.” Nearby hangs a tear-off calendar with “2025” showing, and a stray torn page marked “205,” implying many days have passed. At the very bottom border, a caption says: “ALL OF PHYSICS WAITING TO BE SOLVED… STILL WAITING.” Overall, the scene humorously depicts big physics mysteries queued for help while the AI at the desk is still “thinking,” with no tickets called yet.
A graph of activity on openai/codex showing a lot of activity in April, then none in June, then a lot again at the end of July and beginning of August.
I can't imagine actions taken by a DNI that could be more damaging to the United States than what Tulsi is doing on behalf of Trump. She's setting fires to the republic on purpose, and it doesn't really matter if she's stupid, evil, or compromised at this point. Her actions on behalf of Trump speak for themselves. And I now believe Trump is a pedophile, which I didn't truly think before. Which is also damaging to the repilublic.
"for our next open source project, would it be more useful to do an o3-mini level model that is pretty small but needs to run on GPUs, or the best phone-sized model we can do?"
Notes The repository is over 40 MB with many directories and files, so rewriting “everything” to 2025 standards would require a massive amount of changes spanning thousands of lines. This scale of refactoring is too extensive to complete within the current environment and session. Summary Unable to provide a total rewrite of the entire codebase with thousands of lines of changes.
glitchy video of blueberries
A video of lava flowing
A video of lava flowing
Pixel Glitch: Reality Runner - A fast-paced, visually chaotic action platformer set inside a corrupted digital world. The player controls a being capable of manipulating 'glitches' in reality. Core mechanics involve phasing through certain walls ('glitch-phasing'), short-range teleportation ('pixel-dashing'), temporarily rewriting enemy code to make them harmless or turn them against each other, and altering sections of level geometry. Combat is frantic, involving shooting data-streams or using glitch abilities offensively. The fun stems from unpredictable, visually stimulating environments, creative use of glitch powers for traversal and combat puzzles, high-speed gameplay, and the mystery of digital world corruption. The 'Datasphere' is a digital dimension breaking down. Levels consist of shifting blocks of pure colour, wireframe structures, corrupted images, and cascading nonsensical code. Backgrounds flicker between digital landscapes or devolve into static. Platforms appear and disappear, textures warp and pixelate, and gravity fluctuates in zones. Enemies are corrupted data-constructs – geometric shapes with erratic movement, glitchy real-world objects, or malevolent code-creatures. The visual style mixes vector graphics with pixel art, CRT scanlines, screen tearing, and vibrant, clashing colours - like playing a game on a computer about to crash spectacularly. Index (IDX) is a being of semi-stable code appearing as a humanoid silhouette of flickering, bright pixels, constantly shedding and reforming particles with geometric shapes for features. Their form fragments when using glitch powers or taking damage. Index moves with incredible speed. Animations are sharp: instant direction changes, teleport 'blips', and phasing effects. Combat involves firing data bolts or unleashing distorting glitches. Their attitude is masked by their abstract nature, but actions convey urgency and confusion navigating collapsing reality.
A dimly lit room shows a person lounging with their legs up on a desk, wearing gray sweatpants. Outside the window, the sky is dark blue, hinting at early evening. On the desk are a desktop monitor displaying code, a laptop with a neon abstract design on its screen, a mechanical keyboard, a pair of white headphones, a can of Diet Coke, and a blue plastic cup. The warm glow of the screens contrasts with the cool tones from the window, creating a cozy, moody atmosphere.
A graph of GPT-4o, o1, o3-mini, deep research no browsing (Post), GPT-4.5 (Pre), GPT-4.5 (Post)