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Arne Hemingway
dropped 25 August
Fuck Twitter and Instagram. Welcome to Hemittergram!
This will be my place to put my bitter and funny things, my amazing thoughts, and my incredible word usements.
Instead of posting tweets here, I will drop droppings.
This will be my place to put my bitter and funny things, my amazing thoughts, and my incredible word usements.
Instead of posting tweets here, I will drop droppings.
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 days ago
My all-time favorite action movie is True Lies and I thought I already knew everything about it, but this video revealed two new bits of information; it's based on a 1991 French film called: La totale ! and there also exists a 2023 TV series which is rated 5.2 on IMDB - I think I should maybe give that a hard pass to preserve my fond memories of the 1994 Arnie version ...
Remake Done Right | Making of True Lies
Remake Done Right | Making of True Lies
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 days ago
We were young and our happiness dazzled us with its strength. But there was also a terrible betrayal that lay within me like a Merle Haggard song at a French restaurant. [...]
I could not tell the girl about the woman of the tollway, of her milk white BMW and her Jordache smile. There had been a fight. I had punched her boyfriend, who fought the mechanical bulls.
Everyone told him, "You ride the bull, senor. You do not fight it." But he was lean and tough like a bad rib-eye and he fought the bull. And then he fought me. And when we finished, there were no winners, just men doing what men must do. [...]
"Stop the car," the girl said. There was a look of terrible sadness in her eyes. She knew about the woman of the tollway. I knew not how.
I started to speak, but she raised an arm and spoke with a quiet and peace I will never forget.
"I do not ask for whom's the tollway belle," she said, "the tollway belle's for thee."
The next morning, our youth was a memory, and our happiness was a lie. Life is like a bad margarita with good tequila, I thought as I poured whiskey onto my granola and faced a new day.
-- Peter Applebome, International Imitation Hemingway Competition
I could not tell the girl about the woman of the tollway, of her milk white BMW and her Jordache smile. There had been a fight. I had punched her boyfriend, who fought the mechanical bulls.
Everyone told him, "You ride the bull, senor. You do not fight it." But he was lean and tough like a bad rib-eye and he fought the bull. And then he fought me. And when we finished, there were no winners, just men doing what men must do. [...]
"Stop the car," the girl said. There was a look of terrible sadness in her eyes. She knew about the woman of the tollway. I knew not how.
I started to speak, but she raised an arm and spoke with a quiet and peace I will never forget.
"I do not ask for whom's the tollway belle," she said, "the tollway belle's for thee."
The next morning, our youth was a memory, and our happiness was a lie. Life is like a bad margarita with good tequila, I thought as I poured whiskey onto my granola and faced a new day.
-- Peter Applebome, International Imitation Hemingway Competition
Arne Hemingway
dropped 4 days ago
And here is the polar opposite of yesterday's AI doom and gloom post that says AI is not ready for prime time.
Current AI Models have 3 Unfixable Problems
Current AI Models have 3 Unfixable Problems
Arne Hemingway
dropped 5 days ago
I'm beginning to realize that nothing it matters any more. I've seen variations of this before but never from a respected "news" organization like the BBC.
Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?
Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?
Arne Hemingway
dropped 5 days ago
The first hard disk drive, known as the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), was introduced in 1956. It used a series of disks and had a total capacity of 5 MB, which was revolutionary for its time.
It was quite large, fitting within a cabinet about the size of a refrigerator. It utilized 50 24-inch magnetic disks to store data, and it was quite bulky and heavy. This drive worked on a completely different principle than modern hard drives. Instead of platters that spin, it used large magnetic disks to store data, which was read by moving heads.
(FYI, a 2 TB storage device is more than 419,000 times larger than 5MB storage.)
It was quite large, fitting within a cabinet about the size of a refrigerator. It utilized 50 24-inch magnetic disks to store data, and it was quite bulky and heavy. This drive worked on a completely different principle than modern hard drives. Instead of platters that spin, it used large magnetic disks to store data, which was read by moving heads.
(FYI, a 2 TB storage device is more than 419,000 times larger than 5MB storage.)
Arne Hemingway
dropped 1 week ago
When I saw that Canada had recently chosen to honour its graphic artists with a release of philatelic stamps, the rather uncharitable thought that came to my mind was, "These dudes aren't the cream of the crop; they're just all Canada has to offer." Like Margaret Atwood or Stephen Leacock.
Arne Hemingway
dropped 1 week ago
Arne Hemingway
dropped 1 week ago
Arne Hemingway
dropped 1 week ago
I know AI is the devil but I type "An unknown writer trying to write a novel that will become famous" into Suno and out pops something almost as good as if I piano-ed it myself.
[Verse]
A coffee stain on the table’s edge
Papers scattered like a storm was fed
The words are whispers hiding in my head
They’re shy
They’re shy
[Prechorus]
Every pen’s a sword
Every page a fight
I wrestle shadows through the night
[Chorus]
I’m an unknown writer
Chasing the sun
Typing out a story that’s barely begun
Will these words be whispers
Or will they run?
Run
Run into the light
[Verse 2]
The clock ticks loud
It mocks my pace
Imagination’s a tricky place
It’s a treasure map with a missing trace
I try
I try
[Bridge]
Fame’s a ghost in a velvet coat
It floats
It floats
It’s just a note
But maybe one day my lines will quote
A heart
A heart I’ve never met
[Chorus]
I’m an unknown writer
Chasing the sun
Typing out a story that’s barely begun
Will these words be whispers
Or will they run?
Run
Run into the light
(The image is also by AI, which is clever enough to know that I actually type with my vestigial tail.)
Arne Hemingway - The Unknown Riter
[Verse]
A coffee stain on the table’s edge
Papers scattered like a storm was fed
The words are whispers hiding in my head
They’re shy
They’re shy
[Prechorus]
Every pen’s a sword
Every page a fight
I wrestle shadows through the night
[Chorus]
I’m an unknown writer
Chasing the sun
Typing out a story that’s barely begun
Will these words be whispers
Or will they run?
Run
Run into the light
[Verse 2]
The clock ticks loud
It mocks my pace
Imagination’s a tricky place
It’s a treasure map with a missing trace
I try
I try
[Bridge]
Fame’s a ghost in a velvet coat
It floats
It floats
It’s just a note
But maybe one day my lines will quote
A heart
A heart I’ve never met
[Chorus]
I’m an unknown writer
Chasing the sun
Typing out a story that’s barely begun
Will these words be whispers
Or will they run?
Run
Run into the light
(The image is also by AI, which is clever enough to know that I actually type with my vestigial tail.)
Arne Hemingway - The Unknown Riter
Arne Hemingway
dropped 1 week ago
The nature of Modern Digital Work
"The standard knowledge worker approach - little tasks scattered throughout the day, a thousand little slack threads, constant email pings, this creates a continual overhead tax on your brain. Even when you log off for the day, you never really log off mentally. there's always some sort of message you should check, or project that's lurking in the back of your mind. And these thoughts and worries will eat up your mental RAM. It's kind of like leaving 30 tabs open in your browser, that's your brain right now, draining the battery life in the background. We inevitably try to keep up by bouncing from one micro-task to the next, rarely diving deep into any of them.
And by the end of the day, when you finally do want to read for leisure (or write), your brain is like a gray matter souffle ... Sustained high stress impairs our ability to concentrate or remember details of things."
Mark says Cal Newport wrote a book called Slow Productivity. Apparently this might contain the antidote. Probably could have been condensed down to a page but it's a whole goddamned book, which is funny if we all can't read it.
Me: So Duck AI, what's the summary?
Duck AI: Newport emphasizes the need to prioritize fewer commitments, maintain a natural working pace, and obsess over quality.
Key Principles of Slow Productivity
Do Fewer Things:
Reduce obligations so you can realistically achieve the work that truly matters. Newport argues that the overwhelming number of tasks often leads to a diluted focus, where people appear busy without accomplishing substantial work.
Work at a Natural Pace:
Allow adequate time for meaningful projects. Rushing through important tasks can compromise their quality and lead to burnout.
Obsess Over Quality:
Focus on the excellence of your output, which will yield higher rewards in the long run. Newport insists that a commitment to quality fosters more significant achievements and personal satisfaction.
The above is from the YT video, Why Nobody Can Read Anymore by Mark Manson
Arne Hemingway
dropped 2 weeks ago
Every once in a while a message comes along at a very particular moment in your life, and realization hits you like a punch in the gut from her Russian pimp after you already paid her but before you got anything for it, but it's not a problem this time because the message is so important and you've finally slowed down enough to listen for once, and you're never going be in this town again, you'll never again be lying face down on the dirty carpet of this hotel room - the hookers in your hometown are more reliable anyway, but that's not the message that came along; it was this:
I was a struggling artist, then I got my dream job. Big mistake.
(and read the comments)
I was a struggling artist, then I got my dream job. Big mistake.
(and read the comments)
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
"We've researched and ranked the best pulitzer prize books in the world, based on recommendations from world experts, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. "
100 Best Pulitzer Prize Books of All Time
100 Best Pulitzer Prize Books of All Time
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
Also good buddhism stuff here:
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
This is a hell of a thing. It's not radio. I don't know what it is.
Chances with Wolves
Chances with Wolves
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
This video made me chortle.
The 5 Stages of Costco
The 5 Stages of Costco
Arne Hemingway
dropped 3 weeks ago
Until this past Monday, Yadi Zhang was without a doubt the most beautiful woman in the world.
